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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? You can use lead scoring or a phone call to see whether a lead matches your ideal lead profile.

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Measure Your ROI on Social Media Leads

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Lead Source Measurement Needs Improvement. After that, Google Analytics provided similar tracking features by appending variables to the existing URL (see the Google URL Builder tool ). So in my opinion this is a very interesting new tool that is makes it easier to track campaign ROI for Social Media and beyond.

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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.

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Hubspot Review

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Both groups will use HubSpot to generate more inbound leads, but they have vastly different requirements. But – just like any other SEO & Social Media tool – HubSpot will only deliver results if you put a fair amount of time into creating and promoting content: compelling content is what makes the HubSpot engine hum.

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SEO Optimization - 3 Steps to Success

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Inbound Marketing adds more leads to your database, and Marketing Automation manages those leads. You can find keyword search volume with the Google Keyword Tool. This tool also provides keyword suggestions. Then check your web analytics tool to see which keywords bring most traffic. How Search Engines Work.

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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. In the early days it was used to sift through hundreds of new B2B leads per day to identify the valuable leads. You can create reports and dashboards in Salesforce.com to provide analytics.

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Marketing Automation Trends for 2010

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The need for new analytical skills. The vast majority of leads generated on a website never have a meaningful conversation with a sales rep. If there is no mechanism to pass the lead back to the marketing team (in an automated or semi-automated fashion), the lead is gone forever. Creation of buyer-centric content.