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What Do the IDC Predictions Mean for the B2B CMO?

SBI Growth

By 2020, the Marketing function in leading companies will be radically reshaped into three organizational "systems" - content, channels, and consumption (data). Multi-channel coverage becomes an opportunity and a challenge area, as CMOs integrate media silos. Digital marketing investment will exceed 50% of total program budget by 2016.

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Not Just For Kids: How Gamification Can Help Fill Your Channel Pipeline

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2016-07-25. Author: Lynn Smith, COO, Focused Impressions. Teaser: Gamification has taken the business world by storm. It's the concept of injecting competitive elements of games into non-game environments to increase user engagement and drive results.

Channels 168
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6 Lessons on Partner Management from ‘The Martian’

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2016-09-26. The same is true of many channel partners who teeter on the very edge of business survival. The same is true of many channel partners who teeter on the very edge of business survival. Author: Dave R. read more

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2018 Top MarTech Trends: Top Pain Points and Spending Priorities for CMOs

DiscoverOrg Sales

Difficulty creating a consistent, multi-channel customer experience. Pain point #2: Difficulty creating a consistent, multi-channel customer experience. Difficulty creating a consistent, multi-channel customer experience was a pain point for 48% of organizations are experiencing pain related to in Q3, 2017.

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The Web Is Not A Distribution Channel

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2016-02-01. Author: Henry Nothhaft Jr. Teaser: The appetite for content, whether it’s videos, blogs, articles, reports or whitepapers, is increasing faster than most businesses can handle. Any sales enablement strategy is destined to fail unless there’s a plan in place to match content supply to demand.

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Measuring Channel Marketing ROI is Easier With the Right Tools

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2016-02-29. Author: Mike Reilly. Teaser: Is there any truth at all when it comes to knowing exactly what marketing efforts are driving your revenue growth - if any? The answer lies in adopting three key actions when assessing the ROI of your marketing efforts.

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5 Ways to Supercharge Your Sales Enablement Efforts

DiscoverOrg Sales

In fact, according to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , the number of businesses with a dedicated enablement function has increased from 19% to 33% since 2013. This is in spite of the fact that most of it is created for sales and channel enablement purposes.