Making MarTech Pay Off     $50 US*
Future of MarTech Depends on CMO-CIO Relationships

As companies emerge from the pandemic, marketing and MarTech lie at the heart of the recovery. To optimize MarTech investments, marketing needs to have a very effective relationship with IT that spans strategy, selection and management. Such a working relationship drives MarTech innovation, capability maturity and higher performance.  Yet fewer than one out of four marketing organizations ha...

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Bridging the Gap for Comms and Marketing     $50 US*
Building Cohesion in the Age of Customer Disruption

Digital media now singularly impacts buying decisions and how consumers feel about brands, only amplifying the importance of consistent messaging across media channels and especially with earned media. Yet too many brands are dissatisfied with their earned media performance due largely to problems arising from misalignment between marketing and comms. Brand leaders need to know how to spot market...

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Doing More With Data     $50 US*
Discovering Data-Accelerated Revenue Traction

Charged with the mandate of elevating customer experience, marketers increasingly look to data to better engage with customers and identify new opportunities. Yet previous CMO Council research highlights that marketers admit their organizations could do more to transform the data supply chain to allow them to do more with internal data assets. To ignite real change, data needs to move beyond the ...

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Context, Commerce + Customer     $50 US*
Best Practices to Exceed Expectations

While digital marketing technologies and engagement channels multiply, many marketers remain concerned that they are still not delivering what customers want most: a seamless, frictionless and individualized buying and problem-solving experience. According to new research from the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council and SAP Customer Experience, more than a third of marketers (39 percent) believ...

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CLOSE: Scenarios and Solutions     $50 US*
Mapping the Traps and Sales Effectiveness Gaps

In any sizeable company, the functions of marketing and sales are crucial to success. No matter the product or service, marketing must drive programs that stimulate demand and sales must develop and mazimize opportunities. Successful execution of these functions has always been challenging, hinging on the sometimes strained and troubled relationship between sales and marketing. The Chief Marketing...

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