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Why Companies Are Cutting the CMO Role (and What Happens Next)

Marketing Insider Group

For decades, the CMO role has been a mainstay of the executive suite. But now, many big companies are starting to cut or modify the CMO position , scale back and refine their marketing approaches. Why Companies Are Cutting the CMO Role There are several reasons why companies are starting to cut the CMO position.

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Marketers Spend on New Technologies While Battling Usage and Impact Challenges

The CMO Survey

The 32 nd edition of The CMO Survey examines reoccurring questions related to marketing spending and performance, marketing leadership, and marketing jobs. Lagging are “changing market selection” (18.5%) and “changing brand” (10.1%). to 3.9% (37% lower) and Branding Building from 5.5% per year on average. two years ago.

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Why you don’t need a CMO… yet

Martech

However, most likely, you don’t need a CMO. There are plenty of reasons to hold off on hiring an in-house CMO, ranging from the effect on your bottom line to a CMO’s inability to build successful marketing efforts without an established sales cycle to extrapolate from — let alone a team to build out content and campaigns.

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Scale Smarter, Not Harder: Why Outsourcing to a Fractional CMO Is the Move for Growing Brands

yorCMO

Outsource marketing to a fractional CMO to access strategic expertise without the full-time cost. The post Scale Smarter, Not Harder: Why Outsourcing to a Fractional CMO Is the Move for Growing Brands appeared first on yorCMO. Scale smarter with flexible, results-driven marketing.

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5 tips for finding standout CMO candidates

Martech

While evaluating a short list of CMO candidates, I noticed something interesting. CMO candidates and selection committees don’t have it easy. CMOs have one of the most difficult jobs on an executive team. Companies must triangulate the changing business landscape, mixed CMO responsibilities and varied candidate pools.

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Thriving in a Year of Uncertainty: A Discussion of Findings from The CMO Survey

The CMO Survey

In this webinar, Christine Moorman, Founder of The CMO Survey and the T. Topics included managing digital marketing returns, marketing and DEI, marketing and the C-suite, and brand political activism. The post Thriving in a Year of Uncertainty: A Discussion of Findings from The CMO Survey appeared first on The CMO Survey.

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Customer experience and brand: 2025 predictions

Martech

CX alignment to build trust and brand recognition Customer experience means engagement. Optimizing these engagements means strengthening all areas of the journey from branding to purchasing and post-purchase loyalty opportunities. In the coming year, marketers will look to boost CX to achieve all of the above. The result?

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