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title: The Real Reason Your Marketing Budget Gets Cut First
description: Marketing budgets often get cut because marketing frequently fails to clearly connect its efforts to revenue generation.
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# The Real Reason Your Marketing Budget Gets Cut First

You know what business leaders won't cut during lean times? The areas of the business that positively impact revenue, winning work, and keeping clients happy.

Seems obvious, right?

But marketing budgets are some of the first ones to get the axe during a lean season. Mainly because firm leaders don't see a direct correlation between marketing efforts and revenue being generated.

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