The Point

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Recently, Lauren Carlson of research site Software Advice wrote a very perceptive and timely piece entitled “ Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software ” about the broader market trends that, in her view, are driving the increased adoption of marketing automation technology. The Changing Role of Email.

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PureB2B

JUNE 13, 2017

Marketing has been around for a very long time. When we look at marketing technology, we can see that it’s enabled various channels such as print media, radio, and television for marketers to reach their audiences. Fast forward to now, these channels have become common contributors to many, many marketing strategies.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

On Focus.com , Craig Rosenberg asks: “What are the top benefits of adopting marketing automation?” My response: Based on our firm’s experience , the most common benefits of marketing automation are these: 1. Improved consistency of follow-up to all new leads independent of sales bandwidth.

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The Point

MAY 6, 2010

A couple of weeks ago our firm prepared a detailed ROI analysis for a client helping them substantiate to their management the investment in a marketing automation platform. For other companies, the decision of whether or not to take the plunge into marketing automation is less of a slam-dunk.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 22, 2010

Summary: consolidation isn't new among marketing software vendors. As I wrote in my June 30 post on consolidation among marketing automation vendors , I expect the number of competitors to shrink fairly quickly as new buyers concentrate their purchases among a handful of leading vendors.

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 20, 2008

One of the first people I told about the new Guide to Demand Generation Systems -- an experienced database marketing consultant, no less -- was receptive to the Guide but asked whether there was any real difference between "demand generation" and "marketing automation" in general.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

CRM platform implementations and migrations are not as hard as you may think. My fellow SmartBug® Jessica Vionas-Singer wrote an article on why CRM implementations fail , to provide you with a broader picture. Step Four: Set up marketing email settings and make sure you’re complying with CAN-SPAM. Account Setup.

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SmartBug Media

JANUARY 20, 2021

The scalability and simple, yet powerful, automation functions are a few of the (many) reasons companies choose HubSpot. HubSpot has five core products you could migrate your existing system into: CRM: The database of contacts you have, contact activity, and so forth. CRM: Ensure Clean Imports.

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Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

I’m currently drafting a paper on use of Customer Data Platforms by B2B SaaS marketers. That’s not surprising, since retailers have always been among the data-driven marketers. B2B marketers have definitely been slow to pick up on CDPs, which may seem surprising given their frenzied adoption of other martech.

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SalesIntel

APRIL 21, 2021

B2B marketers are prioritizing database maintenance and hygiene with each passing quarter. This is in line with an industry-wide move toward data-driven decision-making, which has led marketers and salespeople to look for scalable database management and growth methods. Keeping it Simple With SalesIntel.

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Martech

JUNE 15, 2023

.” So far, so familiar; similar announcements have been made at numerous marketing technology conferences this season. Pegasystems, as it was then known, added customer decisioning, CRM and CX capabilities in the 2010s. “Most marketing is remarkably unevolved,” he continued. What do they mean for marketers.

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Valasys

AUGUST 29, 2023

Introducing AI-based Account Segmentation in ABM Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is a strategic approach focusing on targeting specific high-value accounts with personalized marketing efforts. Accuracy: Analyzes large datasets with precision, leading to targeted segmentation.

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The Point

JULY 15, 2010

Salesforce.com is a dominant player in the CRM category and an integral part of many companies’ lead management, database marketing, and demand generation programs. DT: Well, the biggest misconception about Salesforce is that it’s something Sales reps like and Marketing folks don’t.

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The Point

MARCH 18, 2014

Over at marketing automation firm Marketo , CEO Phil Fernandez just wrote a full-throated rant against the evils of unsolicited email and purchased email lists used indiscriminately: “How does anyone think that these are sensible emails to send to the CEO of a fast-growing public company? Those days are long gone.

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SmartBug Media

JANUARY 20, 2021

The scalability and simple, yet powerful, automation functions are a few of the (many) reasons companies choose HubSpot. HubSpot has five core products you could migrate your existing system into: CRM: The database of contacts you have, contact activity, and so forth. CRM: Ensure Clean Imports.

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SalesIntel

JANUARY 24, 2022

CRM Software. CRM stands for “customer relationship management.” CRM software helps keep customer accounts organized so that your company never forgets or underserves a customer. Your CRM software is the framework for your sales team, but it does so much more than a spreadsheet could do. Marketing Automation And ABM.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

A client asks: “Now that we have our marketing automation system in place, is it really necessary to use registration forms in our lead nurturing (follow-up) campaigns? After all, we already know who these people are, correct? In addition: 1.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. Yesterday, Demandbase announced a new software suite to help marketers harvest passive traffic visiting Web sites. The technology appears useful at both ends of this spectrum.

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The Point

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Earlier this week, Marketo , the marketing automation company, held its second ever user conference in San Francisco. Based on first-hand impressions, however, it’s not how the vast majority of clients are employing (or even thinking of) marketing automation. I’m just not sure the rest of us are quite there yet.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Most of the work in any marketing analytics project is integrating data from multiple systems. It also uses matches created elsewhere such as lead IDs used to synchronize CRM and marketing automation data or cookie IDs imported from Google Analytics. The matching happens at both the contact and account level.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

When marketers embark on a formal lead nurturing strategy, opportunities for process improvement can arise in unexpected ways. That was the experience for iDirect , a leading provider of satellite IP communications based in Herndon, Virginia. All this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management.

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Oktopost

JULY 20, 2023

The introduction of CRM happened way back in the 1980s, when databases were just starting to make the rounds in the corporate world. In some ways, it was clear where it was all headed; in others, the marketing and sales execs of the 80s couldn’t have dreamed of the level of insight and details we could extract from a CRM in 2023.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The debate on Social CRM (sCRM) could easily become a distraction. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence.

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 1, 2016

Looking back just a few years, I am amazed by how much the marketing landscape has change. Unfortunately, the rapid evolution of marketing has not made things any easier. In fact, marketing continues to increase in both complexity and pace. Marketing technologies. A degree in marketing is no longer enough.

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The Point

APRIL 30, 2012

It prevents situations in which you may lose forever the ability to market to an individual because he/she happened to dislike one particular email. Subscription management turns the act of unsubscribing from a simple Yes/No question to one of: “Which types of communication would you like to receive from us?”

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The Point

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Even while fewer than 30 percent of contacts on average actually change companies (your numbers may be higher depending on the industries you serve, or even target geographies), one thing is certain: the data you have in your CRM database on an individual customer or prospect is likely to be outdated after a mere 12 months.

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Data is essential for sales and marketing tasks. Sales and marketing success is heavily reliant on data and its quality. With so many B2B data suppliers on the market, getting B2B data is no longer a challenge; however, obtaining high-quality data is. Lead routing and scoring have been improved.

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Smarte

MAY 24, 2023

A top sales database provider can provide businesses with comprehensive and reliable data that can help them identify potential customers, reach out to new markets, and grow their business. They must have a vast database of companies and contacts, covering various industries and geographic locations.

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Which B2B lead generation strategies really work ? Without leads, B2B marketers don’t have prospects. However, with the right leads, everything else falls into place. Below, we’ve compiled a near-comprehensive guide to all things B2B lead generation. The Challenges of Generating B2B Leads.

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Data is essential for sales and marketing tasks. Sales and marketing success is heavily reliant on data and its quality. With so many B2B data suppliers on the market, getting B2B data is no longer a challenge; however, obtaining high-quality data is. Lead routing and scoring have been improved.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

If you''ve been following inbound marketing for a while, you''ve probably heard of the term ''smart content'' before. What is smart content and how will it impact your marketing? What is smart content and how will it impact your marketing? Marketing has started to follow a similar trend. 1) The Marketing Database.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 28, 2009

Summary: Entiera is a sophisticated consumer marketing automation system, offered as a service and at a lower price than conventional competitors. Entiera Insight is a marketing automation system primarily for companies that sell to consumers. This is unusual among consumer marketing automation vendors.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 12, 2021

Year after year, marketing professionals are asked to do more with less. Generate more leads (or sales) and increase brand awareness, without spending more (or at best, not much more) money. And by extension, which marketing channels make that happen and which don’t. The Market. How far do you go into that?

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ViewPoint

JUNE 15, 2018

Increase the top line while reducing expense—it’s what every CEO wants—and what their sales and marketing leaders are looking for as well. Many execs are realizing that meeting this goal involves increasing investment in sales and marketing with a renewed focus on gaining market share instead of just stabilizing it.

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DiscoverOrg

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

As a result, I’ve spent most of the last year thinking about how to accomplish that (and do it well), how to keep those reps fed with leads, how to keep them motivated, and how to optimize their process and results. Safety with Tools: Phone, Email, CRM, Data. In the last year, DiscoverOrg scaled our SDR team from 5 reps to over 20.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

MarketingPilot started as an operations management tool for mid-size direct marketers, with features for project management, list and media buying, source code tracking, expense capture, and vendor management. But it doesn’t really matter, because MarketingPilot is now positioned as an integrated marketing management product.

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