Marketers spent 29 percent of their budgets (not including media spend or agency fees) on martech last year, while allocating 24 percent of their resources to paying staff. In 2017, the percentages stood at 22 and 27 percent, respectively.
‘No surprise’
The main beneficiaries of this spending were digital analytics, content management and email marketing tools, making martech what Gartner called the “single largest area of investment when it comes to marketing resources and programs.” The top three marketing capabilities cited in the survey were marketing/customer analytics, marketing technology acquisition and use, and customer experience.
“Marketing leads are focused on building their analytics and martech capabilities because they’re the muscle groups that need the most development,” HubSpot VP and MarTech Conference program chair Scott Brinker posted about the report. But, he added, the whole purpose of this development is to move toward the objectives of customer acquisition and retention.
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Barry Levine covers marketing technology for Third Door Media. Previously, he covered this space as a Senior Writer for VentureBeat, and he has written about these and other tech subjects for such publications as CMSWire and NewsFactor. He founded and led the web site/unit at PBS station Thirteen/WNET; worked as an online Senior Producer/writer for Viacom; created a successful interactive game, PLAY IT BY EAR: The First CD Game; founded and led an independent film showcase, CENTER SCREEN, based at Harvard and M.I.T.; and served over five years as a consultant to the M.I.T. Media Lab. You can find him at LinkedIn, and on Twitter at xBarryLevine.
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