For Marketing Leadership Professionals (Length: 13 pages)

December 12, 2007

B2B Marketers' 2008 Budget Trends

Traditional Tactics Top Current Spending As Budget Expectations Rise

This is the first document in the "B2B Marketing Spending, Tactics, and Organization" series.

by Laura Ramos

with Jaap Favier, Julie M. Katz, Kim Le Quoc, Evadne Cokeh

Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

The outlook for business-to-business (B2B) marketing budgets in 2008 is optimistic. Most marketers expect purse strings to loosen up. Although interactive tactics stand to gain the greatest share of this windfall, traditional media, led by tradeshows, PR, and direct mail, still command the lion's share of today's budget. To accelerate the digital transformation, B2B marketers must ensure that their search, Web site, and email marketing programs are unified and operating on all cylinders. This trio of tactics provides the foundation from which to experiment with emerging Web 2.0 tactics while keeping the sales pipeline full and critics of further marketing investment at bay.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemB2B Marketing Mix Still Favors Traditional Tactics

item2008 Spending Plans Give Online Tactics A Green Light

itemProfiting From Digital Marketing Requires Action, Not Just Intent

recommendations

itemComplete B2B Marketing's Interactive Renovation

itemSupplemental Material

As part of a joint study with MarketingProfs, Forrester surveyed 369 B2B marketing professionals in firms with annual revenues ranging from less than $20 million to more than $5 billion.

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Analyst: Laura Ramos
Technology: Customer Relationship Management, Marketing & Advertising, Marketing Planning, Packaged Applications
Industry: Business-To-Business eCommerce, eBusiness/eCommerce
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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