Marketing Budget planning with your CFO

It’s budget season! I have been both a former high tech CMO for 10 years and my undergraduate was in Finance, a unique blend!  For that reason, I’ve always had a scientific mindset when it comes to managing Marketing. Argh – the dirty word budget.  Sometimes...

10 Reasons you aren’t getting ROI out of your ABM platform

“My CRO colleagues are saying 6sense and DemandBase may not be worth the money they’re spending.” (from a CMO prospect of ours). ⛳ When the golfer’s ball lands in the water, is it the clubs or the golfer? 🔟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐎𝐈 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟...

5 common missed revenue reasons related to Sales and Marketing

2024 has been a super challenging year for acquiring net new revenue. Consequently, many Sales and Marketing teams are experiencing exceptionally slow revenue growth 1H of year, and missed revenue numbers on revised quotas, Consequently, a number of Sales team members...