Gartner’s new CMO Spend Survey underlines the battle CMOs are engaged in as they ringfence paid media spend to maintain share of voice and find incremental growth amid weak economic macros, while shaving costs off every other thing they can. Amid warnings of incoming in-year budget cuts, there’s no room for marketing teams or agencies to produce non-productive work anymore – and rosters are being tightened. Chris Howatson calls it “becoming more efficient to grow”; other industry execs see some significant tactical and strategic shifts now at play.
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