Growth is a top imperative for marketers, according to the latest CMO biannual survey conducted by Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in collaboration with Deloitte LLP and the American Marketing Association. Nearly 40% of the 323 CMO respondents to the survey put growth as their number one imperative, and another 30% of respondents put it […]
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Companies spend 12% of their marketing budget on social media, which is three times more than in 2009. And this trend is only going to accelerate: marketing leaders expect that in the next five years, companies will increase social media’s slice of their marketing budgets to 20% — representing an increase of more than 70%. […]
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Internet-based sales have been growing steadily — companies report a 25% increase in the past year alone, according to a survey of 351 marketing executives. Not surprisingly, investment in digital marketing has also been increasing — companies expect to increase their spending on digital marketing by nearly 11% in the next year while, in contrast, […]
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