Internet sales-driven companies have a much greater reliance on marketing, with 65% of the median company’s CAC budget devoted to marketing

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Overall, the median company devotes 30% of their CAC to marketing expenses, with the remainder allocated to sales. However, internet sales-driven companies have a much greater reliance on marketing, with 65% of the median company’s CAC budget devoted to marketing. Besides a slight shift towards greater marketing spend by field sales companies, the results are largely consistent with last year’s results.

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