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What’s the Impact of a Cookie-Less Future on MarTech Stacks?
3 in 4 Fortune 500 marketing leaders are introducing new use cases for AI.
What Do Marketers Think Is Most Important in Influencing Campaign Performance?
Data quality is a key component, but something that marketers are struggling with.
B2B Marketers Showing Some Concern Over Cookie-Less Solutions’ Impact on Data Onboarding
3 in 10 are using a digital data onboarding provider to support targeting using their first-party data.
B2B Marketing and Sales Leaders Focus on Pipeline Growth
One challenge: two-thirds admit that leads are assigned to the wrong owner either sometimes or more often.
Execs Recognize Importance of Digital CX but Struggle in Some Areas
Only 1 in 3 are very confident that they have a fully-detailed understanding and/or map of each customer’s digital journeys.
How Are Marketers Putting Intent Data to Use?
Only 1 in 4 have intent data implemented and integrated into their overall strategy.
What Kinds of Advanced Personalization Techniques Are Retailers Engaging In?
Half of larger US retailers report having adopted buyer journey-based personalization.
B2B Buyers Say Research & Data Are Key Factors in Content Shareability, Memorability
B2B buyers want short content that uses research and data to support claims.
8 in 10 Marketers Plan Changes to Their MarTech Stack This Year
Marketers plan to invest in customer data platforms and segmentation and targeting solutions.
Retailers Worry About Rising Customer Acquisition Costs as Paid Social KPIs Decline
About 3 in 4 retailers surveyed said that their KPIs in paid social have declined after the latest changes in iOS 14/15.
What’s Buzzy in the World of Market Research?
The insights community is still buzzing about storytelling and data visualization.

CMOs: Tenure Remains Low; Women Constitute Majority for the First Time
Some 51% of CMOs at 100 of the most-advertised US consumer brands last year were women.

Top Activity Online? Entertainment
People spend more time accessing Entertainment content online than any other category.

What Do Marketers Think Is Most Important in Influencing Campaign Performance?
Data quality is a key component, but something that marketers are struggling with.

B2B Marketers Point to Lead Quality Challenges, but Admit Need for More Quantity Too
3 in 4 say they need to generate more leads in the next year to meet their goals.

1 in 3 B2B Companies Are Using Manual Processes to Move Sales and Marketing Data Across Tools
Only about 4 in 10 B2B sales and marketing leaders rate sales and marketing alignment in their organizations as very good or excellent.

Here’s What B2B Marketers Want Out of Their Content Efforts
Creating brand awareness is the most cited purpose of content marketing.