Five former CMOs with lots of experience across a multitude of sectors and brands share their budgeting horror stories and the lessons they’ve learnt along the way.
For those facing tricky budget negotiations or trying to get innovation green-lit there’s no silver bullet to success, but there is plenty you can do to maximise the chance of sign-off.
Running the numbers through different scenarios enables you to identify the budget that’s needed to reach your targets and will make it more likely to be approved.
Budgeting and planning season may sometimes feel like fighting a losing battle for marketers, but it should be a moment to reflect and press forward, according to former marketing leaders.
Marketing budgeting is flawed. Marketers are more confused about budgeting than ever before. Here’s your complete three-step guide to fixing it.
Last year Mark Ritson put forward his triple-cooked chips method for budgeting, but Grace Kite reckons it’s worth dunking them one extra time to take into account the strength of demand in the economy, your target market and category.
Marketers always ask me for examples of my clients’ marketing plans. I can’t give you that, but I can tell you how to write a good one.
If the retailer doesn’t make £1.50 profit on each pound spent on marketing, it’s marketing budget will be reduced, said the business’s CEO.
The social platform’s global marketing lead emphasises the need for a balanced approach, particularly in times of economic uncertainty, and the importance of backing up success with evidence.
There is no silver bullet for businesses when it comes to how much they should be investing in marketing, but can sticking to an optimum ratio as a proportion of sales guide marketers to meet their goals?
Achieving big things on a small budget is possible. Here are four things to consider.
Marketing director Ross Farquhar detailed how Little Moons maintained spend in a challenging economic environment.
As inflation takes its toll, marketers should get the whole business involved in the conversation about how to be smarter with budgets, says Paws.com marketing boss Adam Lawrenson.
As part of a new mini-series looking at the different stages of planning, from strategy setting and targets to budget and ambition, our marketer on the inside shares how they are overcoming some of the common pitfalls.
In Marketing Week’s new subscriber-exclusive webinar series, three marketers discuss the importance of planning before budgeting, speaking the same language and using data and analytics to make your case.
How you spend the biggest part of your marketing budget depends on your brand and audience, but there are a few things all brands should pay attention to.
After identifying core segments and updating the positioning for most brands over the past few months, our secret marketer has now reached the end of strategy development. Next up: setting objectives.
As part of a new mini-series looking at the different stages of planning, from strategy setting and targets to budget and ambition, our marketer on the inside shares how they are overcoming some of the common pitfalls.
The second-half of the year will continue to see investment under scrutiny, with macro-economic circumstances continuing to put media budgets under pressure but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for optimism.
A troubled economy is making marketers more sales-focused at the expense of brand marketing, according to Marketing Week’s Language of Effectiveness Survey 2023.
Performance-focused metrics top list of what marketers believe senior stakeholders want to see, with nearly 50% believing the board is too focused on ROI.
Despite the challenging economic environment, a new report from Linkedin shows many B2B marketers are set for increased budgets, backed by finance peers who have greater faith in their ability to drive revenue.
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