Over the last six years, I have had a personal interest on the verge of a crusade to better understand and study lead marketers and CMOs across industries. My concern, after meeting well over 300 …
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Only 25% of Companies Are Managing Marketing Effectively, Study of 400 Companies Links Performance to Specific Marketing Management Best Practices
Only one-fourth of companies believe they are managing their marketing efforts effectively, according to the results of a survey of more than 400 companies by my firm, CMG Partners, and market research firm Chadwick Martin …
Continue readingIs IDC loosing relevance on marketing?
The IDC released a preview of their upcoming report, IDC’s 7th Annual Tech Mktg. Benchmarks Study. I was stunned at the marketing kingdom protection rhetoric and support of empire building for marketing leaders. Most of …
Continue readingRenewed definiton of brand
by photographer PiccoloNamek and image via Wikipedia This is the fourth in a series of short posts related to The CMO Agenda research. Informed by recent CMO conversations and CMG Partners‘ collective experience helping top …
Continue readingMarketing: noun or verb?
When we asked leading marketers about their roles and priorities during our recent CMO Agenda study, we heard a lot of commentary on the need to step up and drive major change inside their organizations. …
Continue readingDifferentiate or be commoditized
This is the second in a series of short posts related to The CMO Agenda research. Informed by recent CMO conversations and CMG Partners‘ collective experience helping top marketers develop marketing strategy, we have compiled …
Continue readingWhat should CMOs be doing? Transformation!
This is the first in a series of short posts related to The CMO Agenda research. Informed by recent CMO conversations and CMG Partners‘ collective experience helping top marketers develop marketing strategy, we have compiled …
Continue readingGearing up for AMA’s Mplanet 2009, reach out to me
CMG Partners is proud to be an exhibiting sponsor for the American Marketing Associations (AMA) upcoming Mplanet marketing conference. As the AMA puts it, “Mplanet is a one-of-a-kind forum where B2B and B2C marketing leaders …
Continue readingSponsorships at Amex: the experience is the strategy
Image via Wikipedia In a previous post, “Choose organic product placements or your brand suffers“, I highlighted a number of criteria to think about as companies and marketers selection product placements or sponsorships. American Express …
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