Elevate B2B Marketing News Weekly Roundup: B2B Becomes More Complex, LinkedIn Benefits From X Exodus, & New Google Ads Shifts

B2B Marketers Own the Customer Journey, Now What? [Survey]
90 percent of B2B marketers have said that their roles have become increasingly complex, while 62 percent of marketing leaders have indicated a change from sales-owned to marketing-owned customer relationships — two of numerous findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-published survey data. ANA

B2B Marketing Budget and Spend Trends for 2024 [Report]
48 percent of B2B marketers have said that they expect marketing budgets to increase during 2024, with the leading areas of marketing spending expected to be in-person events, direct marketing, and content marketing, while 25 percent noted being very optimistic when it comes to the outlook of AI in B2B marketing, according to recently-released report data. MarketingProfs

ABM Is Proving More Effective in Some Areas Than Others [Survey]
40 percent of B2B demand generation marketers have seen account based marketing (ABM) bring significant improvement to active account engagement, with 45 percent noting at least some improvement, while 30 percent said that they used three types of ABM at their organization, as some 25 percent noted using two types of ABM — several of many findings contained in newly-published ABM survey results. MarketingCharts

AI Action: Marketers Are Boosting Their Spend In 2024
45 percent of marketers have said that they saw lack of experience as the top challenge when it comes to AI implementation, followed by 34 percent who cited ethical and privacy issues, and 33 percent who pointed to budget constraints, according to recently-shared report data of interest to B2B marketers. MediaPost

2024 Influencer Trends You Should Care About [Ogilvy Report]
With the creator economy expected to hit $500 billion by 2027, the opportunity to use internal voices to make a powerful external impact will also grow, along with a rise in the power of social listening and the use of niche online communities, according to newly-published Ogilvy report data. Muse by Clio

“The future of influence is one where influencers are not just adjuncts to marketing campaigns, but an integral component of brand strategies.” — Chris Celletti @ChrisCelletti
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LinkedIn Ad Prices Surge As Brands Reallocate Spending From X
Microsoft’s LinkedIn has seen advertising revenue climb as an increasing number of brands have either lowered spending or ceased advertising altogether on X, formerly known as Twitter, propelling LinkedIn to account for some 1.5 percent of overall digital ad spending in the U.S., and MediaPost recently took a look at the gains LinkedIn has made on the top ad market shares of Meta and Google. MediaPost

Threads Moves to Next Stage of Testing for Its API
Meta’s Threads is working on an application programming interface (API) that will allow full-featured third-party publishing to the social platform, and is expected to eventually also adopt the ActivityPub API, as the platform seeks to expand its online presence in the wake of users …read more

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