Trend Report

Bigger B2B Marketing Budgets Come With Great Expectations

Use The Forrester Marketing Flywheel To Assess Budget Allocation

Jeff Ernst
 and  two contributors
Mar 22, 2011

Summary

After several years of making cuts, B2B marketing leaders have larger budgets in 2011, but they come with a catch: more scrutiny and greater expectations for results. Budgeting is no longer an annual event; it is an ongoing opportunity for marketing leaders to shift investment to the highest-performing activities. Marketing leaders should look at their budget allocation as a flywheel that when properly balanced can energize and smooth the execution of the sales and product/service portfolio teams.

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