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Getting Started Guide for Marketing Automation

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With all the (deserved) hype surrounding marketing automation, is no wonder that many companies, startups especially, are adding the technology as a key component to their marketing activities. But let’s say you got approval and have purchased the marketing automation software of your dreams. Getting Started with Marketing Automation.

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When Inbound Marketing Goes Wrong

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Marketo ‘s new whitepaper, “ Amplify Your Impact: How to Multiply the Effects of Your Inbound Marketing Program “, takes a different route from others out there. The reasons, according to Marketo, are many: Your aim is too wide. And, according to Marketo, outbound programs have their place in your marketing arsenal.

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How Everybody Wins with HubSpot's Funding « The Effective Marketer

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This means that is time to update my previous charts on marketing automation funding (see below) and the funding timeline, because HubSpot just surpassed Marketo as the highest funded marketing software vendor to date. Industry Impact Should established marketing automation players be worried about HubSpot’s sudden infusion of capital?

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

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If you are even remotely interested in marketing it is clear that the more the web has transformed the way we promote our products, the more firmly ‘content’ has planted itself as the center of our lives. The important thing is how consistent, or integrated your message and branding is across channels. United States License.

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Email Design Review Gallery « The Effective Marketer

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This is the first post of a series that will show you some marketing emails (webinar invitations, whitepaper downloads, product announcements, etc.) Side banner is a good way to try “sell&# additional product and increase registrations. Click on the images for larger version. The picture of the speaker gives it a personal feel.

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Marketing Automation Catching On Fire

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Some have even suggested that marketing automation market is floundering , but it is such a new market and offering that is innevitable to have doubts, especially with these many vendors in the space. You may spot some companies that were not considered to be “marketing automation&# players just a year or so ago.