Oh, you poor email marketers.
A new study by Skynova shows that 54% of marketing departments feel they are valued by superiors, second only to human resources, at 58%.
But the reality is that marketing ranks sixth in how management views departments, with a score of 2.09 (out of a …
This is the type of research that is good for gaining media exposure for the sponsor but which has little or no value or credibility for a variety of reasons.
The sample size was 1010 and this was split eight ways to get the deparmental ratings. With that in mind---even if the sample was representative of each function---which is another question---- most of the findings might be considered a tie or not all that different. I agree with Ron that this is pretty soft research.
Are you giving it a rating of 4 Ronald?