Return on Investment Charts

Comms Pros Confront Changing Set of Challenges

Proving ROI has ceded the top spot among challenges.

3 in 4 B2B Marketers Are Planning Hybrid Events — Here Are Their Perceived Challenges

2020 saw B2B marketers increase their use of online events and webinars. But as face-to-face contact resumes, more are planning a blended approach. Three-quarters (74%) of those surveyed for The Future of Events Report [download page] by ON24, Market2Marketers and...

B2B Marketers Deal with Range of Measurement Challenges

Being able to prove marketing performance and impact is critical, yet only about 1 in 7 (15% of) B2B marketing executives rate their company’s current ability to do so as excellent. This is according to a report [download page] from Demand Gen Report, which found that...

Most Demand Gen Marketers Hit Their KPIs in 2020

Despite 2020 being a year of crisis, B2B Demand Gen marketers have shown exceptional results over the past year. Only 1 in 4 (26%) changed their levels of activity or KPIs in response to the pandemic — and of these, 86% met or exceeded their original or adjusted KPIs....

Retargeting Most Commonly Used in Social Media Strategies

Facebook and Instagram advertising play a key role in retargeting strategies for many marketers. This is per survey data [download page] from Ascend2 and SharpSpring Ads that found that for about three-quarters (77%) of B2B and B2C marketers, retargeting is a part of...

Vast Majority of Enterprises Using Influencers Have Shoppability Enabled for Campaigns

The use of influencers in marketing is widespread, with close to three-quarters of marketers saying they will dedicate a portion of their budget to influencer marketing this year. And, a large majority (86%) of enterprise marketers are taking influencer marketing a...

What Metrics Are Creative Teams Tracking?

Data drives many aspects of marketing, whether it's used to improve lead generation quality, to deliver better customer experience or to prove ROI on marketing efforts. Creative teams are not immune from the need to report on their operations, however, a report...

Marketers Still Struggling to Measure Content Performance

The outlook for content marketing is generally optimistic. And, although some industries find their content marketing efforts to be rather successful, recent research [download page] from Ascend2 finds that about 6 in 10 marketers are finding measuring content...

Almost 3 in 4 CMOs Say Marketing’s Importance Has Risen in the Past Year

Building brand value that connects with customers, and retaining current customers, have been marketing objectives for CMOs during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest report [pdf] from The CMO Survey. The study checks in with CMOs' priorities during the...

Presentation, Explainer Videos Remain Popular

Two-thirds (66.2%) of marketers think that video marketing is time-consuming, according to recent data provided by Biteable. The findings from a survey of close to 700 businesses outline how marketers feel about video marketing, their approaches to it and their idea...

B2B Marketers Keep the Focus on Revenue in 2021

About half (51%) of B2B marketers say that revenue/bookings is an extremely important way that marketing gets measured, according to a recent report [download page] from Fortella that takes a look at the importance of revenue-driven marketing. Among the more than 100...

Most B2B Exhibitors Will Continue Virtual Events Post-Pandemic

Some 4 in 10 B2B event organizers plan to hold a virtual event in 2021, according to a new report [download page] from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) on trends in the virtual event space. Based on a poll of more than 340 executives at organizations...