Jill Schmieg Jill Schmieg

The State of B2B Marketing from Salesforce.com

2016 State of Marketing Report published by Salesforce.com takes a unique approach to segmenting the survey respondents: High-Performers are described as those who were “extremely satisfied” with the current outcomes realized as a direct result of their company’s marketing investments. 

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Jill Schmieg Jill Schmieg

How B2B Marketing is fundamentally changing

Often faced with longer sales cycles and more complex buyer journeys, B2B marketers have a unique landscape to manage.  Marketo shares some straight-forward insights about what that landscape looks like today.  Read more:  http://blog.marketo.com/2016/04/the-evolution-of-the-b2b-marketer.html

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Jill Schmieg Jill Schmieg

Why truly embracing Customer Lifecyle is one of today’s modern CMO challenges

Sheryl Pattek, Executive Partner Serving CMO’s at Forrester, recently shared insights about the challenges CMO’s face when it comes to truly embracing Customer Lifecycle in their organizations.  I’ve known Sheryl for years, and there’s very few people more tapped into the dynamics of the modern day CMO than she is.  Read more at:  http://blogs.forrester.com/sheryl_pattek/15-07-29-adopt_the_customer_life_cycle_to_accelerate_your_journey_to_customer_obsession

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