CMO Strategy Archives - Chief Marketer

Boathouse CEO Survey: CMO Financial Acumen Improving, But Only 51% Involved in Shaping Growth Strategy

Key insights from Boathouse’s Annual CEO Study on Marketing and the CMO, which surveyed 150 CEOs to assess their perceptions of CMO performance and marketing departments within their organizations.

Data & Analytics

Creating a ‘CMO Command Center’ to Navigate a Year of Flux

The CMO Council’s inaugural Marketing Vitality Index has amassed a data lake’s worth of statistics and insights from myriad sources to help marketers navigate through what promises to be a year of flux.

Conversations

Pete & Gerry’s CMO on Courting Families, Discerning Shoppers and Consumer Education

We spoke with Pete & Gerry’s CMO about the company’s marketing strategy, recent campaigns, creative, category challenges and more.

CES 2025

6 CMOs Dish on AI, Content Creation and Brand Building at CES

At C Space at CES, six brand-side CMOs shared insights on AI, content creation, brand building and more during the first official day of the show.

Brands on Fire

Most-Read Brands on Fire Profiles of 2024

To mark the end of 2024 and celebrate its successes, we’ve compiled the most-read Brands on Fire profiles of the year. Enjoy these deep dives into marketing strategy, solutions to industry challenges and standout campaigns from Stanley, GoGo Squeez, Meta, Citi and ~Pourri.

Marketers on Fire

Most-Read Marketers on Fire Profiles of 2024

To mark the end of 2024 and celebrate its successes, we’ve compiled the most-read Marketers on Fire profiles of the year. Enjoy these deep dives into marketing strategy, solutions to industry challenges and standout campaigns from Morgan Stanley, ADT, Denon, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Hinge.

Branding/Marketing

Marketing Has a Marketing Problem—and It’s Hurting Long-term Business Health

Marketers’ deep understanding of customers and what motivates their behaviors allows them to “see around corners” on behalf of an organization and position their business more competitively. But too often they are turned to as storytellers rather than drivers of corporate strategy and revenue. That needs to change, writes our columnists.