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2015 Marketing Trends & Opinions Survey Results
1. 2015 Marketing Trends & Opinions
Survey
Summary Overview
January 2015
Heinz Marketing, Inc.
acceleration@heinzmarketing.com
www.heinzmarketing.com
(877) 291-0006
2. Survey Profile
• 258 responses collected in Q4 of 2014
• 59% Director or above; 90% B2B; 100%
marketing professionals
• 66% with over 100 employees
• Over 50% with marketing budgets in excess of
$100k
• Over 18% with marketing budgets greater than
$1M per year
4. Lead quality & proving ROI top the list of
marketing priorities
ROI and use of data for better segmentation and targeting
higher priority at companies with 100+ employees
5. Lead quality & content marketing received
the most #1 votes
6. Number of leads generated most frequent
marketing metric, but what about cost?
7. What are 30% of companies doing with
no qualified lead definition??
9. 60% at least satisfied with marketing
automation, 11% not satisfied or
disappointed
If you use marketing automation software, what is your overall satisfaction level with
your platform including ease of use, return on investment, and value to your
business?
10. Use of spreadsheets for reporting –
Marketing Automation users
65% of non
MA users
report using
spreadsheets
12. About Heinz Marketing
Focused on sales acceleration
•Pipeline orientation
•New customers + lifetime value
•Strategic and tactical
•Direct and channel
•Focused on measurable outcomes, scalable
programs
13. Areas of Focus
• Demand generation strategy & systems
• Lead & pipeline management
• Sales & marketing alignment
• Content strategy
• Inside sales effectiveness & output
• Customer & community engagement
• Marketing technology stack strategy
Heinz Marketing, Inc.
acceleration@heinzmarketing.com
www.heinzmarketing.com
(877) 291-0006
Editor's Notes
Companies over 100 employees rated ROI and use of data for better segmentation higher
Please rank the following by priority order to your marketing efforts:
Improve the quality of leads generated
Prove the financial outcome/ROI of marketing activities
Expand activities to include more content-based and inbound marketing
Improve use of data for better segmentation and targeting of prospects and customers
Increase focus on enabling the sales team Improve on-line conversion rates
Increase utilization of marketing automation system
We’ve gotten really good at targeting based on title + role but are still failing at understand need and buyer journey
Vs. 65% Yes, 34% No for those not using MA
What are these people doing that their current MA systems can’t provide them?