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How Should I Market to Purchased Lists?

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Indeed, the days of marketing en masse to cold lists via marketing automation platforms (MAPs) like Marketo are behind us. Avoid product- or brand-centric emails that simply tout your product and will only ever appeal to a small subset of active buyers. However, outbound shouldn’t translate into “spray and pray.”

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21 Tips & Other Impressions from the Marketo User Summit

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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. Marketo has more than 300 content assets on offer on its Website.).

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Top 10 Marketing Automation Mistakes

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It’s well documented that, of the companies who invest in marketing automation, many fail to achieve maximum return from that investment, or even utilize marketing automation technology to its full capacity. In our agency’s work with marketing automation users , we’ve identified 10 of the most common mistakes to avoid: 1.

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Do You Need Marketing Automation to Do Lead Nurturing? Sort Of.

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A prospective client asks: “We’re just getting our demand generation programs ramped up, and I’m not sure I’m ready for marketing automation. My answer: “It depends how you define “ lead nurturing ,” but technically: no, you don’t need marketing automation in order to nurture leads. Do I need it in order to do lead nurturing?”.

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How to Sell Marketing Automation to Your CEO (& Other Burning Questions)

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Recently I was asked to contribute some thoughts to Marketo’s new ebook, “ The Definitive Guide to Marketing Automation.” What are the most important things to look for in a marketing automation vendor? How often do you release product enhancements? Below is my contribution (see Page 71.). Finance, ERP).

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The One Marketing Automation Guide You’ll Ever Need?

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Research company TrustRadius just published their new edition of the “Buyer’s Guide to Marketing Automation Software,” and it’s a doozy. At a whopping 107 pages, their new marketing automation guide provides what I think is one of the most useful and comprehensive reports to date on this fast-moving category.

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Why is Inside Sales So Scared of Lead Nurturing?

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Recent studies tell us while the adoption of marketing automation technology continues to gain momentum, fewer than 20 percent of marketing executives say that they are fully integrating the technology into their current sales and marketing initiatives. Marketo sends first follow-up email. Marketo sends second follow-up email.