Marketing leadership must be rooted in the wider business strategy while providing an aspirational, forward-looking perspective. To bring all the elements of an innovative marketing strategy together, successful CMOs address both cultural and operational perspectives within the marketing organization.
Marketing success depends on generating new customers and anticipating, understanding and fulfilling their needs. Achieving this requires skills that encompass marketing strategy, thought leadership, customer experience and business innovation. As well as the ability to execute on on marketing strategies in an effective and efficient way.
Gartner research provides guidance on the most important strategic topics to achieve marketing success.
Most executives surveyed view strategic planning as a waste of time. Strategic plans don’t measure up or deliver forecast benefits. Gartner provides you with insights shared by functional leaders as well as lessons learned and best-practice advice to build a successful strategic plan for marketing.
Your marketing strategy must prioritize help. Gartner experts explore how B2B and B2C marketing leaders can drive commercial outcomes by helping customers.
The Gartner annual CMO Spend Survey is a strategic marketing bellwether that taps into the budget and spending commitments of CMOs in North America and the U.K. The CMO Spend Survey uncovers capabilities, channels and metrics that are essential to marketing success.
Our experts, backed by unbiased data, will support you in protecting your investment and developing a marketing strategy that will drive growth and innovation.
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