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  2 If the CEO isn’t the CMO, Then Who Is?
by Cheryl Gidley for ePrairie/Strategy.exe
 
If the CEO isn’t the CMO, then who is?

If the CEO doesn’t get it, what’s the probability that the CMO is going to get it done (and get it done in time)?

If marketing isn’t in the same meetings as the CEO, CFO, COO and CIO, the business doesn’t understand the important role that marketing has in achieving top-line and bottom-line numbers.

No CMO alive can responsibly deliver the best results with that handicap. . .

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