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Stop defending your marketing budget — start proving its value

Martech

Let’s be honest: seeing Gartner’s latest CMO spending report probably made your stomach drop. Marketing budgets are down 15% year-over-year. Only 24% of CMOs feel confident about their 2024 funding. This sparked doom-and-gloom predictions about marketing’s diminishing role in 2025. Streamlined.

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How marketers can succeed with generative engine optimization

Martech

The digital landscape is evolving rapidly, and marketers are feeling the shift. Generative AI is redefining how people search and engage with content, reshaping traditional marketing strategies. This transformation poses both challenges and opportunities for marketers. At its core, GEO is about connection.

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Are You Ready to Be a Fractional CMO?

Duct Tape Marketing

Are You Ready to Be a Fractional CMO? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I do a solo show exploring the misconceptions surrounding the role of the Fractional CMO.

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Fractional CMO Benefits: Transform Your Business Marketing Strategy

Duct Tape Marketing

Fractional CMO Benefits: Transform Your Business Marketing Strategy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Discover How Fractional CMOs Are Transforming Marketing Strategies for Businesses and Why It's Time to Jump on Board The idea of the fractional CMO has been gaining traction recently, and it's easy to see why.

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The hard truth about what AI will do to GTM

Martech

Dig deeper: AI is transforming GTM teams into fiduciary powerhouses Proof-based GTM will replace persuasion-based GTM The most significant shift ahead is the move from persuasion to proof. By 2028, B2B buyers will completely control the vendor selection, rendering most traditional marketing and sales tactics obsolete.

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Why you don’t need a CMO… yet

Martech

And it makes sense to have a savvy individual in the driver’s seat to ensure that your marketing efforts dovetail together, connect with your KPIs and overall business goals and move the organization forward. However, most likely, you don’t need a CMO. What is a chief marketing officer (CMO)? What is a CMO?

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Solving the Marketing Leadership Gap for Small Business

Duct Tape Marketing

As we look ahead to the future of marketing in 2025, I dive into why traditional solutionslike hiring agencies or fractional CMOsoften fall short and what businesses must do to implement a long-term marketing strategy that drives sustainable business growth. So the traditional solutions, I already talked about them.

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