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 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...
We’ve all been there – introducing ‘ABM’ to an older school leadership team steeped in the lead mentality can prove itself to be extremely challenging. Boards and CROs are very rooted in their lead mentality. So how do you make the transition or switch to a...
9 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 non-Marketing execs and Board members make in marketing discussions (based on my last 4 years of 💯s of conversations): 1️⃣ Not having a clear understanding of marketing terminology, KPIs, metrics, and objectives 2️⃣ Viewing marketing solely as a cost...
“10 things I learned about CMO/Board relationships via Pavilion CMO Summit. Keywords: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭. 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲. 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. (This was 1 of 3 top presentations which I’ll summarize later on LinkedIn.) Kathleen Booth moderated an excellent...
