Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore what B2B marketing personalization entails, the undeniable benefits it offers, and a step-by-step guide on how to integrate personalization seamlessly into your strategy. Better Lead Nurturing: Personalized content can guide leads through the sales funnel more effectively.

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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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The Point

JUNE 29, 2009

Here’s an interesting post by Mike Damphousse of Green Leads that I found through Funnelholic (thanks Craig) on how lead nurturing impacts the effectiveness of calling campaigns designed to secure qualified sales appointments.

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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

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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The Point

MAY 13, 2009

This is becoming a common question, driven in part by the trend in B2B towards more proactive lead nurturing and the rapid adoption of marketing automation systems. Suddenly, companies have the tools at [.].

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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? And that’s all how it should be.

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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?

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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 27, 2013

A client writes: I attended a Webinar recently at which one of the speakers prescribed scheduling lead nurturing emails on different days of the week – for example: newsletters on Mondays, product announcements on Tuesdays, Webinar invitations on Wednesdays, etc. Is this a good idea? ”

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Whether you are just getting started with HubSpot (as your first CRM platform), or you’re migrating from your current marketing automation platform into HubSpot, there are four defined phases that will help you run a smooth setup. How are salespeople determining the priority of leads? Hubs Setup: Marketing, Sales, and Service.

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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. 4) Lead scoring — in a prior post , I make the case for quantitative scoring.

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The Point

APRIL 30, 2012

Because the page is hosted in Marketo , a leading marketing automation platform, the person’s email address, first name, last name, title, and country are all pre-populated, making it easy for the individual to update or correct outdated profile information.

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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. These days, very few salespeople can do without a CRM to track every phone call, email, or chat between the business and a promising lead as it moves through the funnel.

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Lead Liaison

APRIL 15, 2016

Integration Creates Opportunities for Mid-Sized Companies to Leverage Video Marketing with Visitor Tracking and Marketing Automation Software for More Sales Intelligence and Higher Website Conversion Rates. When using Lead Liaison’s Wistia Connector with ProspectVision™, companies can take visitor tracking to a whole new level.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

What single hurdle keeps B2B marketers from achieving the best possible results from inbound marketing, social media, and lead nurturing? Without a consistent stream of compelling, original, relevant information to offer, landing pages fail to convert visitors to leads, blogs wither, and lead nurturing [.].

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The Point

JANUARY 6, 2014

Measuring opens and clicks may tell you something about email performance, but it says nothing about the impact that email campaign had on qualified leads, or opportunities, or revenue. Even a modest lift in conversion rates (click to lead) can decrease cost per lead dramatically.

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Content Standard

JANUARY 9, 2015

You’ve invested a lot of time and money into your marketing automation platform (MAP). But do you know how to get the most out of your MAP to generate more leads and use content to make them more sales-ready? Lead Nurturing with Emails. Your B2B tech content should look a lot different from your CPG content.

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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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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « We’re renaming the blog | Main | New networks in the news » April 16, 2008 Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Recently I saw a preview of Eloqua’s spring release and it got me thinking about the role lead scoring plays in determining campaign effectiveness.

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 13, 2011

Garbage In Garbage Out: Why Focus Is Critical In Marketing Campaigns 2000+ Virtual Iron Customers Are Waiting For Help. Right from lead data capturing, lead nurturing to lead qualification , technology has been evolving to help automate the demand generation process and help marketing and inside sales work smarter.

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