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B2B Marketing Analytics

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On Saturday I presented a session about B2B Marketing Analytics at AnalyticsCamp in Chapel Hill ( slides here ). My specialty is Marketing Automation, but Analytics and Reporting come up in pretty much any project I do. Why Analytics? I’d love to have Google Analytics for Marketing Analytics. Process Metrics.

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Why Are Marketing Automation Managers So Hard to Find?

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Note: if you’re looking for a Marketing Automation job, check out the positions below… Inspiration: Web Analytics 5 Years Ago. The situation with Marketing Automation reminds me most of Web Analytics. In the early days, Web Analytics was touted as the tool that has all the answers. Problem solved?

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Abandon Your Marketing Automation System!?

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The plan is to go back to using only Salesforce.com with some cheap add-on tools for email, form submission and data quality. This changed over time: now the focus has shifted to pro-active outreach to a handful of executives, instead of targeting thousands of software developers. Smart or foolish? Background. What is easy to replace?

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Marketing Automation Trends for 2010

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The need for new analytical skills. David Raab , Raab Associates & author, Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. The vast majority of leads generated on a website never have a meaningful conversation with a sales rep. Demand Generation? Creation of buyer-centric content. Renewed focus on data quality.

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Inbound Marketing Automation

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Should Marketing Automation systems add Inbound Marketing tools as standard features? Or is it better to keep those tools separate? I brought up this question in my previous blog post , and Maria Pergolino had some very good comments on which tools to use and how to integrate them for ROI reporting. Why Automate Marketing?