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34%

34% -- time to strategy execution reduction for organizations using outside marketing consultants (2023)

Name: Time To Strategy Execution Reduction Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-24

2023 · Gartner

Organizations that engage experienced outside marketing consultants reduce time-to-strategy-execution by an average of 34% compared to those building strategies entirely in-house.

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34%

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2023

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organizations using outside marketing consultants

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Gartner Primary Tier C

https://arshsingh.com/blog/how-much-do-marketing-consultants-charge/ ↗

Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2023 Channel: Common Crawl

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How Much Do Marketing Consultants Charge

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organizations using outside marketing consultants: 34% time to strategy execution reduction. Source: Gartner (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consulting-time-to-execution-reduction-2023

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