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How CMOs Can Get CFOs on Their Side

Harvard Business Review

Marketing is in the midst of an ROI revolution. This lack of an analytical approach has traditionally formed a barrier between marketing and finance. CFOs don’t look just at the ROI of the creative process; they want to know the money is being spent wisely. The opportunity is enormous. And let’s hope it generates demand.’”

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How One CMO Revamped Her Role

Harvard Business Review

The firm had outdated segmentation frameworks and loyalty programs, weak customer contact management, and suboptimized client identity management, so she championed and launched a customer relationship management initiative to revamp them. She also began paying more attention to projects that would drive future growth.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

They also outperform their peers across the entire customer lifecycle, are nine times more likely to enjoy superior customer loyalty, and a remarkable 23 times more likely to outperform less analytical peers on new-customer acquisition. CMOs need to show the ROI of every pound spent on marketing and how it delivers against the bottom line.”.

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Case Study: Should a Hotelier Invest in a New Kind of Online Travel Agency?

Harvard Business Review

” “I have Carly running the ROI — both short-term and long-term,” he said, referring to Carly Janssen, his finance director, “but I have to say that I find it intriguing. . “But is HotelShield really the answer to all our problems? Are you willing to bet 8 million euros on it?”