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...

My takeway learning from CMO Conferences in 2024

10 top themes at Pavilion CMO Summit this week (too many for one post). 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬: Alignment, Revenue, AI, Buyers Committee expanding, Process Building on yesterday’s thread (in comments if you missed it), the second top 3 moment was the community as a...

How do I budget Marketing this year?

🎅 B2B Marketing budget season – a directional SaaS tip based on two questions: ❓ What marketing investment is needed to deliver $1 of ARR in a SaaS business? 💰 How do I, for example, plan to budget in increments of $100k to generate $7.5M in pipeline and $1.5M...