Though most B2B marketers are not revising their marketing budgets in response to concerns about the economy, others are making adjustments this year, according to a survey by BtoB magazine.

The online survey of 684 B2B marketers conducted during the last week of January and the first week of February found as follows:

• 58.3% of marketers have not revised their original 2008 marketing budgets in response to concerns about a possible recession in the US.
• 29.4% have revised their marketing budgets down due to recessionary concerns.
• 12.3% have revised their budgets up.

Among those who have revised their budgets down, the channels cited as likely to undergo declines:

• Print (cited by 45.3% of marketers)
• Events (17.3%)
• Broadcast (10.0%)
• Direct (8.7%)
• Online (6.0%)
• Outdoor (2.0%)
• Other (10.7%).

Among those who have revised their budgets up, the area likely to undergo the greatest increase:

• Online (48.5%)
• Direct (16.5%)
• Events (13.5%)
• Print (9.0%)
• Broadcast (3.0%)
• Outdoor (0.4%)
• Other (9.1%)