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Most B2B marketers say they plan to moderately increase their spend on marketing automation in 2025, according to recent research.
According to a survey from Drift, only 29% of marketers have high confidence in their ability to evaluate AI-powered marketing technology. 10% have very high confidence, 19% have high confidence, 39% have medium confidence, and 29% have low confidence.
45% of marketers say their understanding of AI marketing technology terminology is at a beginner level, 43% are at an intermediate level, and 12% are at an advanced level. 67% say they are at the stage of understanding AI-powered marketing technology, 36% are at the piloting stage, and 15% are at the scaling stage. Additionally, 65% of marketers say their firm offers no education/training on AI-powered marketing technology.
The survey was conducted with more than 600 marketers from B2B, B2C, and hybrid B2B-B2C firms.
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