LeadSloth

JUNE 23, 2009

The Marketing Automation industry is evolving continuously. Many digital marketers are using marketing automation tools to automate lead nurturing. But if you want to expand your business, you also need to continuously add new leads to your database. Inbound Marketing Automation. What Does it Do for You?

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LeadSloth

MARCH 8, 2010

I write about Marketing Automation, so why am I at a sales conference? Marketing Automation can help both Marketing and Sales, but it requires intense collaboration: that’s what Sales 2.0 Chatter and Marketing Automation. Lead Tracking and alerts are nothing new in Marketing Automation. is all about.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 10, 2010

Today Genius.com announced a free version of their Marketing Automation system. Only about a month ago, Loopfuse also started offering a free version of their Marketing Automation system. What does this mean for companies interested in adopting Marketing Automation? Tags: marketing automation genius.com loopfuse.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 30, 2009

As a response to my posts 7 Reasons Why Marketing Automation Projects Fail and Marketing Automation ROI , several people mentioned that the benefits of Marketing Automation are not just increased sales. Marketing Automation Increases Revenue. Marketing Automation & Efficiency. Investment-to-revenue.

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LeadSloth

JULY 8, 2009

Many posts on this blog are fairly in-depth, so it was fun to write an introduction to Marketing Automation on the Genius.com blog. For easy digestion, I split up the marketing automation process in four steps: Getting more visitors to your website. Lead nurturing and scoring. Get more visitors to register.

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LeadSloth

MAY 5, 2010

Today I’m a panelist at the Silverpop Client Summit and we’re talking about Social CRM, Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation, moderated by Adam Needles. For now I’ll focus on the “sales” part of CRM (Sales Force Automation). Social Marketing Automation. Social + CRM + Marketing Automation.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 24, 2009

Needless to say, Marketing Automation software is very popular today. It can be used for email campaigns, drip marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring, landing page management and for brewing coffee. And please share your Marketing Automation “horror&# scenarios in the comments below! Not Enough Leads.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 26, 2010

There are certainly a lot of capabilities within marketing automation. Below are some of the best practices we have found within our customer base that helped drive success with marketing automation. Improve Lead Interaction with Good Segmentation. Optimize Lead Nurturing Through Personalized and Relevant Communications.

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LeadSloth

MARCH 22, 2009

I’m working on an interesting project right now: moving away from a marketing automation system. The company in question has used a comprehensive marketing automation system for about 2 years. In the early days it was used to sift through hundreds of new B2B leads per day to identify the valuable leads. Smart or foolish?

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LeadSloth

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

In addition to Marketing Automation, there were two big topics: Social Media and CRM. If that’s true, why would you still need Marketing Automation? So let’s dig in and find how Marketing Automation and CRM are different. So let’s dig in and find how Marketing Automation and CRM are different.

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LeadSloth

JUNE 7, 2010

This week there are a couple of interesting Lead Management events, so I thought I’d share them with you in a short blog post: Hubspot Show & Tell , new features including lead management, June 8th (tomorrow). MarketingSherpa Lead Management webinar , June 10th (sponsored by Eloqua). MarketingSherpa Lead Management Webinar.

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LeadSloth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If you look at Marketing Automation systems, the best supported CRM system is Salesforce.com. Should you look at Marketing Automation options first? What if you prefer Microsoft CRM, but you also want to have a choice of Marketing Automation systems? Should you look at Marketing Automation options first?

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LeadSloth

APRIL 24, 2009

Please send me your favorite blogs, because there must be lots of great Marketing Automation blogs that I haven’t found yet! BTW 1: Some of these blogs are more about lead generation, demand generation or inbound marketing, so maybe the title of this blog post is not ideal. Like no other he understands B2B lead generation.

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LeadSloth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Marketing Automation is still very new for many companies, and it’s not immediately obvious how you can get started step-by-step. If you start doing marketing automation or lead nurturing, first focus on the most attractive subset of your prospects. Make Sure You Have Enough Leads. Describe Your Lead Flow.

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LeadSloth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The past two days I attended the Pardot User Conference , and also presented a session on Lead Nurturing. The sessions were about lead management, lead nurturing, content marketing, social media and Pardot product sessions. Marketing Automation User Conferences. And that’s impressive. Learnings From The Conference.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Even though some vendors have been around for almost 10 years, Marketing Automation is still relatively new. According to Forrester, only 2-5% of B2B firms have invested in full-featured Marketing Automation. Increasingly, B2B companies realize that Marketing Automation software requires skilled operators.

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LeadSloth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

LeadSloth Marketing Automation Blog – Survey Results. Marketing Automation Best Practices. Lead Nurturing / Drip campaigns. Talk about the best mix of lead gen approaches (also based on the economy). Explain how to make a business case for Marketing Automation. Marketing Automation Best Practices.

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LeadSloth

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I will be speaking about Marketing Automation features, the marketing technology ecosystem, and the impact of Social Media. Let’s look at the 5 Ways in which Social Media is changing Lead Management and Marketing Automation. Lead Generation. Lead Nurturing. Lead Intelligence.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 2, 2010

This Wednesday I’m presenting a webinar called “Search and Rescue&# for your lead database , hosted by Loopfuse. It presents a 7-step process to generate revenue from existing leads, who were previously assumed “lost&#. Part of this process is assessing the value of your existing leads.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 17, 2009

Earlier this year I downloaded Silverpop’s lead management workbook , and I planned to write about it. Unfortunately, not enough time… Last week I received a copy of Marketo’s Lead Nurturing workbook. Both books show how you can increase sales by nurturing all leads, from inquiry to opportunity. Lead Scoring.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 24, 2010

On Thursday I’m presenting a webinar with Treehouse Interactive , called “Lead Nurturing 101″ One of the registrants sent me the following question: How much of this webinar will be about content, i.e. exactly what to say in each subsequent email in a series designed to move someone from prospect stage to buying stage?

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 4, 2009

Lead Source Measurement Needs Improvement. Marketing Automation to Measure End-to-End ROI. It ties into existing identified visitor tracking functionality (so clicks on GURLs and the entire web session are added to the lead record as metadata). How would you use this lead source tracking tool?

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LeadSloth

MARCH 16, 2009

Therefore I initially called them a ‘niche vendor’ However, the product has evolved into a fairly complete marketing automation suite for SMB companies. Lead Scoring. Lead scoring configuration. It can also integrate with Salesforce Web-to-Lead forms. Anonymous Visitor Identification. Form builder.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 25, 2010

Lead Nurturing takes a lot of effort, but it’ll pay itself back ten times over. With a solid nurturing strategy you’ll find new sales opportunities from leads who you thought were not interested. But how do you create a solid lead nurturing plan? Jonathan Block : A Roadmap to Marketing Automation Success.

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LeadSloth

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Most readers of this blog will know that I’m passionate about Marketing Automation and Lead Management. As a consultant, I really enjoy helping organizations optimize their Marketing Automation efforts using the latest techniques and best practices. However, I found that being an independent consultant has its challenges.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Having seen many of the presentations in San Francisco, I found it useful to classify them in three main categories: Lead Generation. Lead Management. The first is obviously focused on getting more leads into your database, while the second topic focuses on nurturing those leads. The Marketing Automation Vendors.

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LeadSloth

JULY 12, 2010

Both groups will use HubSpot to generate more inbound leads, but they have vastly different requirements. With the improved Lead Manager, you could even use HubSpot as your CRM system. Combined with a CMS and a Marketing Automation system it is a complete online marketing suite. Marketing departments at mid-size companies.

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LeadSloth

JULY 23, 2010

This will dramatically increase the effectiveness of your lead nurturing campaigns. Tags: lead management marketing automation. Segmentation of your database and development of personas allow you to develop the right messages, content and offers. Register Here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/173608818.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 16, 2010

Great lead nurturing content starts with great email copy. link this all to your marketing automation processes. . - link this all to your marketing automation processes. Tags: content marketing marketing automation video Webinars whiteboard. So I’ve created 5 questions to ask yourself when writing email copy.

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LeadSloth

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

What are the key events to attend when you’d like to learn more about B2B Marketing, Marketing Automation, Lead Management? I’ve started with a much longer list, but decided to focus on those events where Marketing Automation vendors exhibit, and where the speakers cover lead management and marketing automation.

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LeadSloth

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

My specialty is Marketing Automation, but Analytics and Reporting come up in pretty much any project I do. Even though I almost flunked my Statistics class in college, there’s no denying that Marketing Automation and Marketing Analytics are two sides of the same coin. If yes, you have a qualified lead. Why Analytics?

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LeadSloth

JULY 10, 2009

Earlier I published the Top 10 Demand Generation vendor blogs and the Top 10 Marketing Automation Blogs. This is an leading online magazine for Marketing Automaton, which features vendor information, news articles a job board and more. Demand generation is not complete without covering Webinars, one of the key lead generation programs.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 15, 2010

I attended the advanced track, and it was a nice combination of detailed feature descriptions and lead management best practices. They covered the main parts of the Marketo application: Lead Database, Design Studio, Marketing Activities and Analytics. Forrester Lead Management Overview. Global Marketo Roll-Out.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 11, 2009

To generate demand for your products, it’s not enough to nurture the existing leads in your database. You also need a steady stream of fresh leads coming in. There are many ways to find these new leads: inbound marketing, search advertising, tradeshows, lead programs, etc.

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LeadSloth

APRIL 15, 2009

On this blog I primarily write about integrated Lead Management systems , rather than small tools. However, in a previous post I wrote about a project in which I’m replacing a full-blown Marketing Automation system with tools that add on to Salesforce.com. Also, you can pre-fill form fields by putting parameters in the form URL (e.g.

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LeadSloth

APRIL 29, 2009

Market2Lead Marketing Automation and Lead Management blog. He writes in-depth posts on Marketing Automation best practices. Pardot’s corporate blog has practical tips for email marketing, landing pages, search engine optimization and marketing automation. Reachforce: The B2B Lead. Marketbright blog.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 20, 2010

In Monday’s blog post I emphasized that process and best practices are they key to unlocking the full potential of Marketing Automation. The courses will focus both on functional topics such as multi-channel campaigns or lead scoring, as well as more strategic Revenue Lifecycle courses.

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