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New Report Confirms Immaturity of Most Marketing Automation Deployments

The Point

A new report from Forrester Consulting, commissioned by marketing automation provider Silverpop , offers little in the way of groundbreaking insights, but does provide plenty of data confirming what most already know: that many companies are failing to realize the true potential from their investments in marketing automation.

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Intelligent, AI-Driven Content and Automation is the Future of B2B Digital Marketing

PathFactory

Intelligent, AI-driven content and automation is the future of B2B digital marketing. Traditional ‘batch and blast’ or manually curated content can’t meet the needs of increasingly dynamic and complex omni-channel customer journeys. What does this mean? Never has there been a better time to demonstrate the value of marketing.

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B2B Marketing & Sales Insights from Lori Wizdo of Forrester Research

ViewPoint

I had the great the opportunity to interview Lori Wizdo , B2B marketing analyst at Forrester Research. Forrester does a great deal of buyer journey research on sources of influence in a lot of other dimensions: First, buyers do like to talk to vendors early in the process. But, like any average, it’s wrong. I’ll do more with that.”

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6 Email marketing templates that drive results

Sprout Social

But there’s still an issue—marketers need a more efficient way to manage their email blasts. Email blast templates are suitable for several scenarios. What should be in an email blast template? 6 sample email blast templates (and why they worked). The best email blasts have three things in common: Relevance.

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Listen to Your Customers! Mobile Is Not a Medium for Blast Marketing

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Aden Forrest Marketers can no longer afford to ignore the power of mobile marketing. That’s why it’s important to consider mobile as part of an integrated nurturing program, where content is carefully managed and delivered through automation software that ensures a highly tuned message is delivered based on insights and behavior.

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Content-Driven Conversations: The Future of B2B Engagement

Marketing Interactions

Given that Forrester finds that 62% of buyers say they can develop selection criteria or finalize a vendor list based solely on digital content, marketers must use technology to effectively grow engagement with buyers. Use Marketing Automation to Increase “Turns”. And automation is the key to content programs that can scale.

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How important is contextual content in the B2B sales process?

Sales Engine

By blasting an entire email list with an offer, we’re interrupting someone with untimely messages. In B2B, it’s essential to have a marketing automation system that is fully integrated with a CRM to track digital behavior and create contextual lead intelligence on your prospects. Are they leaning in or are they turning away?

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