the cmo survey highlights and insights august 2015
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Mission
- To collect and disseminate the opinions of top marketers in order to predict the future of markets, track
marketing excellence, and improve the value of marketing in firms and society.
- The survey is an objective source of information about marketing. It is a non-commercial service
dedicated to the field of marketing, not the sale of products and services.
Survey Operation
- Founded in August 2008, The CMO Survey is administered twice a year via an Internet survey. Many
questions repeat to observe trends over time.
- The August 2015 survey was the 14th administration of The CMO Survey.
Sponsoring Organizations
About The CMO Survey
2
Survey Sample
- 2885 top U.S. marketers at Fortune 1000, Forbes Top 200, and top marketers who are AMA Members
or Duke University Alumni and Friends
- 255 responded for a 8.8% response rate
Survey Administration
- Email contact with four follow-up reminders
- Survey in field from July 14, 2015- August 2, 2015
- 92% of respondents VP-level or above
Results Interpretation
- M = sample mean; SD = sample standard deviation
- B2B = Business-to-Business firms; B2C = Business-to-Consumer firms
Survey methodology
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Topic 1: Marketplace Dynamics……………………………………………………… 5-10
Topic 2: Firm Growth Strategies…………………………………………………….. 11-15
Topic 3: Marketing Spending………………………………………………………… 16-23
Topic 4: Financial and Marketing Performance……………………………………. 24-28
Topic 5: Marketing and Social Media ………………………………..…………….. 29-38
Topic 6: Marketing Jobs…………………………………………………………….... 39-41
Topic 7: Marketing Organization…………………………………………………….. 42-44
Topic 8: Marketing Leadership……………………………………………………..... 45-49
Topic 9: Marketing Analytics………………………………………………………..... 50-58
Survey topics
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Marketers maintain positive outlook for
U.S. economy
Figure 1.1. How optimistic are you about the overall U.S. economy on a 0-
100 scale with 0 being least optimistic and 100 most optimistic?
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B2B Product 70.2
B2B Services 68.6
B2C Product 72.8
B2C Services 68.4
47.7
56.5
57.8
55.6
63.3
52.2
63.4
58.4
62.7
65.7 66.1 66.4
69.9 69.7
40
50
60
70
80
Feb-09 Aug-09 Feb-10 Aug-10 Feb-11 Aug-11 Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Marketer Optimism About Overall Economy
Optimists dominate pessimists 4-to-1
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Figure 1.3. Are you more or less optimistic about the overall U.S. economy compared to last quarter?
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More Optimistic45.5%
Less Optimistic
12.9%
No Change41.6%
All customer forecasts soften
Figure 1.4. Forecasted customer outcomes in next 12 months (% of respondents)
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78%72%
66%
52% 51%
34%
74%69%
57%
47% 47%
32%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Increasedacquisition of
new customers
Increasedcustomer
purchase volume
Increased purchaseof related products
& services
Increasedcustomerretention
Increased entry ofnew customersinto the market
Increasedcustomer price
per unit
February 2015 August 2015
Figure 1.5. Customers’ top priority in next 12 months (% of respondents)
Superior product and service excellence
top forecasted customer priorities
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26%24%
18%17%
12%
3%0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
SuperiorProduct Quality
ExcellentService
TrustingRelationship
LowPrice
SuperiorInnovation
Brand
August 2015
Increased competition for customers,
price, and innovation expected
Figure 1.5. Increased competitor interactions in next 12 months (% of respondents)
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*Question format used for the first time August-2014.
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69%
59%56%
41%35%
23%
77%
66%63%
50%46%
29%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
More intenserivalry forcustomers
More competitorprice-cutting
More competitorinnovation
Emergence ofnew domesticcompetitors
Emergence ofnew globalcompetitors
More cooperationon non-price
strategies
August 2014 August 2015
*Question asked yearly in August.
Firms to decrease market penetration and
emphasize riskier growth strategies next year
Types of growth strategies
Existing
Products/
Services
New
Products/
Services
Existing
Markets
Market Penetration
Strategy
Product/Service Development
Strategy
New Markets
Market Development
Strategy
DiversificationStrategy
* % of spending for each growth strategy
Growth
Strategy
Actual
Spending in
Past 12
Months
Expected
Spending in
Next 12
Months
Percent
Change
Expected
Market
Penetration
Strategy
56.8% 50.3% -11.4%
Market
Development
Strategy17.4% 18.1% +4.0%
Product/Service
Development
Strategy
17.9% 20.8% +16.2%
Diversification
Strategy7.8% 10.7% +37.2%
Table 2.1. Current and future growth spending*
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Percent of sales through Internet
flattens
Figure 2.2. Percent of company sales from internet
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Feb-15 Aug-15
B2B Product 10.2% 7.5%
B2B Services 10.8% 9.2%
B2C Product 13.2% 15.2%
B2C Services 21.7% 13.9%
9.2%
8.9%
9.9%
11.3%
12.4%
10.3%
0%
5%
10%
15%
Feb-12 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Percent of sales from domestic markets
declines
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Figure 2.3. Percent of company sales from domestic markets
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77.6%
79.4% 77.5% 79.4%
85.4%
81.0%
70%
75%
80%
85%
90%
Feb-12 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
B2B Product 71.2%
B2B Services 85.5%
B2C Product 78.7%
B2C Services 93.5%
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International markets: current sales
and future growth opportunities
Countries/
Regions (%)
Largest future
opportunity
China 19.3%
Western Europe 13.8%
South America, not Brazil 8.3%
Indonesia and SE Asia 7.3%
Brazil 5.5%
Canada 5.5%
Mexico 5.5%
Eastern Europe 4.6%
Central America 4.6%
Middle East 4.6%
India 4.6%
Countries/
Regions (%)
Largest current
(in terms of sales)
Western Europe 41.0%
Canada 15.2%
China 13.3%
Middle East 7.6%
Japan 3.8%
Indonesia and SE Asia 2.9%
India 2.9%
Mexico 1.9%
Korea 1.9%
Eastern Europe 1.9%
Northern Europe 1.9%
South America, not Brazil 1.9%
Table 2.2. Largest current market in sales Table 2.3. Largest future market opportunities
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Marketing budgets see-saw
Figure 3.1. Percent change in marketing budgets in next 12 months
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0.5%1.1%
5.9%
9.2%
6.7%
9.1%8.1%
6.4%6.1%
4.3%
6.7%
5.1%
8.7%
5.5%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
Feb-09 Aug-09 Feb-10 Aug-10 Feb-11 Aug-11 Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Change in Marketing Spending
B2B Product 3.1%
B2B Services 6.6%
B2C Product 5.7%
B2C Services 7.5%
Digital marketing spend up 12.2% in next year;
traditional advertising spend down 2.1%
*Refers to media advertising not using the Internet.
Figure 3.2. Percent change in traditional advertising* vs. digital marketing spend in next 12 months
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-0.8%-1.9%
-2.7% -2.1%
-0.1%
-3.6%
-1.1%-2.1%
12.8%11.5%
10.2% 10.1%
8.2%
10.8%
14.7%
12.2%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Traditional Advertising Spend Digital Marketing Spend
B2C services sector to double digital
investments in next year
Figure 3.3. Change in digital marketing spending in next 12 months by sector
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11% 11%12% 11%
9%
12%
8%
11%
14%
20%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Overall B2B Product B2B Services B2C Product B2C Services
August 2014 August 2015
Marketing spend on mobile expected to
160% in three years
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B2B
Product
B2B
Services
B2C
Product
B2C
Services
Marketing budget
spent on mobile
now
5.1% 5.0% 8.6% 7.3%
Marketing budget
spent on mobile in
next 3 years
14.4% 13.0% 19.8% 19.8%
Figure 3.4. Marketing budget spend on mobile
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6.0%
15.6%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
Current Levels In Next 3 Years
Changes in marketing spend in next
year
Figure 3.5. Percent change in marketing spending in next 12 months
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0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Customer Relationship Management
Brand Building
New Product Introductions
New Service Introductions
*Question asked in Feb-11 for the first time.
Marketing budgets represent 11% of
overall firm budgets
Figure 3.6. Marketing budget as a percent of firm budget*
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8.1%
10.0%10.4%
11.4%10.6%
9.4%
10.9% 10.9%
10.1%11.4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
Feb-11 Aug-11 Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
% Marketing Budget
B2B Product 10.1%
B2B Services 10.0%
B2C Product 17.5%
B2C Services 11.3%
Marketing spend as a percent of company
revenues continues downward trend
Figure 3.7. Marketing spending as a percentage of company revenues*
*Question asked in Feb-12 for the first time.
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8.5%
11.0%
7.9% 7.8%
9.3%8.3% 8.3%
6.6%
0%
3%
6%
9%
12%
15%
Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
% Marketing Spend
B2B Product 6.2%
B2B Services 5.9%
B2C Product 10.4%
B2C Services 5.3%
Firm performance metrics in last year
OverallB2B
Product
B2B
Services
B2C
Product
B2C
Services
Sales 3.8% 3.6% 3.9% 4.5% 3.6%
Profits 3.1% 2.5% 3.4% 3.4% 3.3%
Marketing ROI 2.8% 1.9% 3.7% 3.5% 1.8%
Customer acquisition 2.9% 2.4% 3.1% 3.4% 2.6%
Customer retention 1.7% 1.2% 2.5% 1.7% 1.0%
Brand value 2.8% 1.5% 4.0% 3.1% 2.0%
Table 4.1. Percent change in performance in prior 12 months
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Downward trend for performance of
customer and brand metrics
Figure 4.2. Percent change in performance on customer and brand metrics in prior 12 months
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0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Customer acquisition
Customer retention
Brand value
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Mobile marketing underperforms
Figure 4.3. Rate the performance of your company’s mobile marketing activities
(7-point scale where 1=poor, 7=excellent)
2.89
3.56
3.123.47
2.74 2.64
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Customeracquisition
Customerengagement
Customerretention
Delivering yourbrand message
Sales Profits
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Marketing excellence ratings show no
improvement
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Figure 4.4. How would you rate your company’s marketing excellence?* (7-point scale where 1=Very Weak and 7=Leader)
* Question asked in Aug-13 for the first time
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4.5 4.5
4.7
4.5
4.6
4.5
4
4.2
4.4
4.6
4.8
5
Aug-13 Feb-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Excellence rating
Social media spend continues to surge
Figure 5.1. Social media spending as a percent of marketing budgets
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10.7%
14.0%
23.8%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Current Levels Over Next 12 Months In Next 5 Years
% of Marketing Budget
Social media spend across sectors
OverallB2B
Product
B2B
Services
B2C
Product
B2C
Services
Current Social Media
Spending10.7% 8.3% 11.8% 13.7% 9.8%
Social Media Spending
in the next 12 months14.0% 10.4% 16.1% 17.6% 13.1%
Social Media Spending
in the next 5 years23.8% 18.4% 25.1% 30.1% 25.2%
Table 5.1. Changes in social media spending across sectors
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Integration of social media and
marketing strategy finally shows lift!
32
Figure 5.2. How effectively is social media linked to your firm’s marketing strategy?
(1=Not integrated, 7=Very integrated)
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3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.94.2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Feb-11 Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Mean Integration Level
Integration of customer information
across channels worsens
Figure 5.3. How effectively does your company integrate customer information across purchasing,
communication, and social media channels? (1=Not At All Effectively, 7=Very Effectively)
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*Question asked in Feb-11 for the first time.
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3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.7
3.6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Feb-11 Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Mean Integration Level
Social media activities increasingly
performed by outside agencies
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Figure 5.4. Percent of company’s social media activities performed by outside agencies
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17.4%
18.9%
21.7%
15%
17%
19%
21%
23%
25%
Feb-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Only 15% of firms able to prove the
impact of social media quantitatively
Figure 5.5.. Which best describes how you show the impact of social media on your business?
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B2B
Product
B2B
Services
B2C
Product
B2C
Services
We have proven
the impact
quantitatively6.3% 17.1% 30.0% 13.3%
We have a good
qualitative sense
of the impact, but
not a quantitative
impact
39.7% 50.0% 40.0% 40.0%
We haven't been
able to show the
impact yet
54.0% 32.9% 30.0% 46.7%
Haven't been able
to show the
impact yet
45%Have a good
qualitative sense
of the impact, but
not a quantitative
impact
40%
Have a good
qualitative sense of
the impact, but not a
quantitative impact
41.8%
Haven't been
able to show
the impact yet
45.0%
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Haven't been
able to show the impact yet
41.5%Have a good
qualitative sense of the impact, but
not a quantitative
impact
43.5%
Have proven
the impact quantitatively
15.0%
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Metrics % Using Metric
Hits/visits/page views 60.3%
Site traffic 51.4%
Clickthrough rates 47.9%
Number of friends, followers, and likes 47.1%
Conversion rates (from visitor to buyer) 28.8%
Search volume (number of people searching for your brand) 28.4%
Repeat visits 25.3%
Social influence of friends, followers, and likes 23.7%
Buzz indicators (web mentions) 21.4%
Virality (extent to which your content/links are shared) 19.1%
Brand sentiment ratings 16.7%
Share of voice (compares your company to competitors on mentions) 16.0%
Net promoter score 16.0%
Number of inbound links 15.6%
Revenue per customer 15.6%
App download 14.8%
Sales levels 14.0%
Customer acquisition costs 12.5%
Online product/service ratings 10.9%
Metrics using analysis of online text 9.7%
Profits per customer 6.6%
Customer retention costs 6.2%
Abandoned shopping carts 5.8%
Four metrics dominate how companies
show social media impact
Table 5.2.. Which metrics does your
company use to show the
impact of social media?
(check all that apply)
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The state of company social media
capabilities
Capability Overall B2B product B2B services B2C product B2C services
Developing social media strategies 4.1 3.6 4.4 4.4 4.0
Connecting marketing strategies
and social media strategies4.0 3.5 4.2 4.5 4.0
Executing social media strategies 4.0 3.5 4.3 4.4 3.8
Learning about what works and
doesn’t work for social media3.7 3.2 3.9 4.1 3.5
Hiring people to perform social
media activities3.5 3.0 3.8 3.9 3.6
Measuring the success of social
media strategies3.5 3.0 3.8 4.0 3.3
Training people to perform social
media activities3.4 2.9 3.7 3.8 3.3
Managing external social media
partners and agencies3.3 3.0 3.3 3.9 3.3
Table 5.3. How well has your company developed strong knowledge and skills in each social media area?
(1=not at all, 7=excellent)
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How companies learn to manage
customers in social/digital
Table 5.4. Check all of the approaches your company is using to learn about how to acquire,
engage, and retain customers online
Learning approachPercent of companies
using learning approach
Online customer surveys 40.1%
Online customer observations 25.7%
Informal online interactions with customers 24.5%
Offline informal interactions with customer 23.3%
Offline customer surveys 23.0%
Online customer experiments 19.1%
Offline customer observations 18.3%
My company is not using any digital tools for learning at this time 14.0%
Offline customer experiments 10.1%
Studying words or pictures used online by customers 6.2%
Page number that mirrors format of others before it
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Marketing hiring rebounds: B2B
companies to hire more marketers
Figure 6.1. Percentage change in marketing hires planned in next 12 months
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B2B Product 6.9%
B2B Services 7.8%
B2C Product 4.9%
B2C Services 5.2%
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5.2%
6.5%5.4% 5.5%
4.7%3.8% 3.5%
6.6%
0%
3%
6%
9%
12%
15%
Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Percentage Change in Marketing Hires in Next 12 Months
Marketers reflect 3.4 percent of
employees in companies
Employees Overall B2B Product B2B Services B2C Product B2C Services
Total employees in company 7410 10264 2900 8155 10403
Marketing employees in company 255 327 318 197 37
Percent of marketers in company 3.4% 3.2% 11.0% 2.4% 0.4%
Table 6.1. Marketing employees as a percent of total employees
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Marketing and sales are equal partners
in most companies
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Figure 7.1. The marketing-sales relationship (% of respondents)
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70.3%
11.6% 11.0%6.5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Sales and marketingwork together
on an equal level
We don'thave a
sales function
Sales isin charge ofmarketing
Sales is withinthe marketing
function
Product/service structure dominates,
but customer groups hold ground
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Figure 7.2. Organizational structure in companies
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% customer
groups
B2B Product 27.1%
B2B Services 45.3%
B2C Product 18.5%
B2C Services 12.0%
26.5% 26.7%30.2% 29.4%
73.5% 73.3%69.8% 70.6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Feb-13 Feb-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Customer Groups Product/Service Groups
Marketing leadership gains and losses
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Table 8.1. Percentage of companies in which marketing leads activity
Weaker marketing leadership:
• Advertising
• Promotion
• Marketing research
• New products
• Innovation
• Customer service
Stronger marketing leadership:
• Social media
• Lead generation
• Market entry strategies
• Stock market performance
Maintaining marketing leadership:
• Positioning
• Brand
• Public relations
• Customer relationship management
• Targeting/Market selection
• Sales
• Pricing
Activity Feb-11 Aug-15
Advertising 85% 82.7%
Positioning 79% 80.1%
Promotion 81% 76.3%
Brand 81% 82.1%
Marketing analytics* - 75.0%
Marketing research 73% 70.5%
Social media 71% 79.5%
Competitive intelligence 58% 55.1%
Public relations 65% 64.1%
Lead generation 53% 55.8%
Market entry strategies 50% 55.8%
New products 44% 37.8%
CRM 38% 39.1%
Targeting/Market selection 31% 30.1%
Sales 32% 32.1%
Pricing 30% 30.8%
Innovation 33% 23.1%
Customer service 22% 19.9%
Stock market performance 0.4% 3.8%
*Marketing analytics added in Feb-13.
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Marketing leaders retained for an average
of 4.5 years
Figure 8.1. Marketing leader retention
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4.3 4.6 4.3
5.4
4.14.8
5.1
4.6
5.3 5.3
4.5
8.09.0 8.8
10.5
9.2
9.510.0
9.410.0
9.4
8.0
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Aug-09 Aug-10 Aug-11 Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Years top marketer in current rolein the firm
Years top marketer in any role inthe firm
Marketers continue to lose reports
Figure 8.2. Number of people reporting to top marketer
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6.0
8.6
5.66.9
5.5 5.1 5.0
25.4 24.6
17.516.1 16.3
10.9
6.0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Number of direct reports Number of indirect reports
Best practices from marketing leaders See full interviews at www.cmosurvey.org/cmo-insights/
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Beth Comstock discusses how GE approaches
marketing: “You have to create a platform that invites innovative ideas.” This platform involves four
capabilities that have produced an array of new products, services, customers, and business models.
Chief Marketing Officer Kim Feil discusses how she built a marketing function. From insights to
accountability, she describes the organization, processes, metrics, and talent management strategies
important to this effort.
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Geert van Kuyck shares ideas on building the
essential skill set for CMOs and the importance of defining the CMO’s mission. He discusses the use
of the Net Promoter Score and other metrics to evaluate business results at Philips, touching on
Philips’ engagement with LinkedIn and social media metrics.
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Stephen Quinn describes how Walmart rebuilt
its customer focus. Key steps involved harnessing internal support, generating market insight, using
customer-focused metrics, living the brand internally, and building marketing talent.
Global Marketing Officer Marc Pritchard shares views on how marketing contributes to P&G’s
performance. He talks about how P&G learns about customers and how it is relentless in its attention
to building loyal customers and strong brands in the store, on the web, and around the world.
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Spending on marketing analytics expected
to increase 66% in three years
Figure 9.1. Percent of marketing budget spent on marketing analytics
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6.7%
11.1%
0%
3%
6%
9%
12%
15%
Current Levels In Next 3 Years
Spending on marketing analytics by
firm and industry characteristics
CurrentIn Next
3 years
<$25M 5.2% 10.0%
$26-99M 4.9% 8.5%
$100-499M 4.1% 8.4%
$500-999M 5.7% 9.1%
$1-9.9B 10.0% 14.7%
$10+B 11.7% 15.9%
Table 9.1c. Firm size differences
Table 9.1b. Firm Internet sales differences
CurrentIn Next
3 years
0% 6.0% 9.0%
1-10% 6.9% 12.9%
>10% 8.1% 12.8%
Table 9.1a. Firm sector differences
CurrentIn Next
3 years
B2B Product 6.1% 11.0%
B2B Services 7.8% 12.0%
B2C Product 7.0% 10.7%
B2C Services 5.1% 9.5%
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Only 31% of projects use available or
request marketing analytics
Figure 9.2. Percentage of projects using available or requested
marketing analytics*
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B2B Product 22.8%
B2B Services 29.6%
B2C Product 45.6%
B2C Services 34.5%
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37.0%35.0%
30.4%29.0%
32.5% 32.3%
29.0%31.0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Feb-12 Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Percentage using marketing analytics
Contribution of marketing analytics
remains low
Figure 9.3. To what degree does the use of marketing analytics contribute to your company's
performance? 1 = Not at all and 7 = Very highly
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3.93.7
3.53.7 3.7
3.2
3.7
2
3
4
5
6
Aug-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Feb-14 Aug-14 Feb-15 Aug-15
Mean Contribution Level
Marketing analytics contributions by
sector and firm differences
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(1=Not At All, 7=Very Highly)
Table 9.2a. Industry sector differences
Sector Mean (SD)
Banking/Finance/Insurance 3.5 (2.0)
Communications/Media 3.6 (2.3)
Consumer Packaged Goods 4.3 (1.5)
Energy 3.1 (1.9)
Healthcare/Pharma. 4.0 (1.8)
Manufacturing 2.5 (1.7)
Mining/Construction 3.3 (2.1)
Retail/Wholesale 3.9 (2.1)
Service/Consulting 3.5 (1.9)
Tech Software Biotech 3.8 (1.5)
Transportation 3.4 (2.3)
Sector Mean (SD)
B2B Product 3.0 (1.7)
B2B Services 3.9 (2.0)
B2C Product 4.7 (1.3)
B2C Services 3.9 (1.9)
Table 9.2b. Economic sector differences
Table 9.2c. Firm Internet sales differences
Firm sales Mean (SD)
0% of sales 3.4 (1.9)
1-10% of sales 3.7 (1.6)
>10% of sales 4.6 (1.8)
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Companies lack quantitative metrics to
demonstrate marketing spending impact
Figure 9.4. Metrics for demonstrating impact of marketing spending on business
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36%
46%
18%
29%
48%
23%
0%
20%
40%
60%
Proved the impactquantitatively
Good qualitative senseof the impact, not quantitative
Haven't been able toshow the impact yet
Short-Term Impact Long-Term Impact
How companies use marketing analytics
to drive decision making is changing
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Table 9.5. Percentage of companies using marketing analytics
Greater use of marketing analytics:
• Customer acquisition
• Customer retention
• Social media
• Product line/assortment
optimization
• Branding
• Promotion strategy
• Marketing mix
• Multichannel marketing
Weaker use of marketing analytics:
• Pricing strategy
Activity Aug-13 Aug-15
Customer acquisition 31.7% 36.6%
Customer retention 27.6% 30.7%
Social media 21.0% 30.7%
Segmentation* 29.2%
Product or service strategy** 18.8% 20.2%
Branding 22.0% 26.5%
Pricing strategy 23.7% 21.8%
New product or service development* 20.2%
Promotion strategy 23.7% 29.2%
Marketing mix 21.7% 31.5%
Multichannel marketing 13.4% 16.3%
*Question was asked for the first time in August 2015
**This question was changed from “product line/assortment optimization” to “product or service strategy” in August 2015
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