The State of Marketing Budgets 2021

Insights From Gartner’s Annual CMO Spend Survey

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Marketing budgets are falling to their lowest levels in recent history.

CMOs and Marketing Leaders must reprioritize channels, programs and resources to remain competitive and efficient.

Use The State of Marketing Budgets 2021 and get actionable insights into top challenges facing CMOs, marketing budget optimization, CMO strategies and trends and predictions to lead you confidently into the future.

This guide, based on the findings of Gartner’s Annual CMO Spend Survey 2021, will outline:

How CMOs are prioritizing their marketing budgets in 2021
Which industries are seeing the biggest changes to their marketing budgets
How the acceleration of digital marketing is playing a role in overall CMO marketing budget
The balance of in-house and external agency resources

About The State of Marketing Budgets 2021

The State of Marketing Budgets 2021: Insights from Gartner’s Annual CMO Spend Survey fuels CMOs and Marketing leaders with top-line marketing budget, marketing strategy and CMO investment trends to watch for. Despite an optimistic outlook from marketer’s in 2020, marketing budgets as a percentage of company revenue fell from 11% to 6.4%. This is the lowest proportion allocated to marketing in the history of Gartner CMO Spend Survey.