SmartBug Media

JANUARY 15, 2021

The marketing attribution process can be confusing, especially to those new to the inbound marketing process. Marketing attribution tracks the ways consumers interact with products or brands before making purchases, determining the specific touchpoints that moved them to the next steps in the purchasing process.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2022

It wasn’t long ago that sales as an industry was driven largely by volume — more leads meant more prospects, which sometimes translated into more revenue. This process was inefficient, time-intensive, and unpredictable. Today, sales is driven by insights. Why Do You Need a Sales Engagement Platform?

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The Lead Agency

JUNE 7, 2023

Lead nurturing is a powerful B2B marketing strategy for companies to create meaningful connections and drive engagement with customers and prospects at every stage of the sales funnel. Almost 80% of marketing leads don’t actually convert into sales. What is lead nurturing?

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Martech

APRIL 25, 2024

“It’s always use-case driven and we all need that reminder even if we know it,” said Milton Hwang , a strategic consultant and program leader for Kellogg’s Graduate School of Management. Your legal team should review existing contracts to see if it has any “in the case of being purchased” clauses. Look out for promises.

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Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

While marketing professionals understand marketing automation can streamline essential processes, many do not leverage these systems to their full advantage. Marketing automation is beneficial. What is Marketing Automation, And Why is it Important? How Does Marketing Automation Work? Closing more sales.

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Martech

JANUARY 25, 2022

Once your suspects have become prospects who’ve finally reached the scoring threshold, you toss the leads over the proverbial wall for sales to work. This is because sales prioritized their list over the leads you sent to them. It’s an illustration of the kind of scenario that can cause a deep divide between sales and marketing.

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

One of the key aspects of gaining an edge is the efficient management of leads. This is where Automated Lead Qualification steps in as a game-changer. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the intricacies of Automated Lead Qualification, demystifying its key components, benefits, and challenges. The result?

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The Point

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Almost 5 years ago, our agency conducted a survey to determine whether B2B companies were getting maximum value from their investment in marketing automation. You’d assume, therefore, that marketing automation maturity – the level of sophistication at which companies employ the technology – has improved.

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Martech

MAY 2, 2024

When companies need to make major purchases, they typically assemble an internal team — known as the buying group, buying committee or buying center — to evaluate options and make the decision. Roles come in many flavors, most commonly specifiers, influencers, users, decision-makers, gatekeepers and purchasing agents.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Marketing automation platforms are often at the center of the marketing organization, but with capabilities that go beyond your average email platform often come steeper prices and a sharper learning curve. Marketing automation is often a solution for companies that are growing rapidly and need to scale their efforts.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Marketing automation platforms often play a central role in marketing technology stacks, especially given the importance of email as a marketing channel. But since these systems often come with hefty price tags, it’s important to cover all of your bases when navigating the purchase or upgrade process.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 17, 2020

For newbies, Marketo proves its value right off the bat as an excellent email automation tool. But its potential goes far beyond email and event management. Here are five popular Marketo add-ons for mid-sized businesses, along with a few considerations for each. Sales Insights. Sales Connect.

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Engagio

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

They engage with companies on their own terms, conducting extensive research across various channels long before they want to engage with sales teams. In my experience, only 2% of the people who register for an event or download an ebook are ready at that moment to talk to a sales rep. So, which approach is more effective?

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Launch Marketing

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Before marketing automation, companies tracked data in various places. These posed nightmares including inaccurate data, conflicting information and slow processing times. One way to navigate these obstacles is by using marketing automation tools. What is marketing automation? What is marketing automation?

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Today’s post is about Marketing Automation. Marketing automation platforms are a foundational element of the martech stack. Marketing automation is all about using software to automate activities which allows your teams more time to focus on strategy and the leads showing real promise. Marketing Automation Platforms.

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Velocity Partners

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

You know, Marketo and Engagio founder and CMO at Demandbase (and, it just so happens, serial Velocity client). Non-marketers – salespeople, senior executives and CFOs – were thrilled a decade ago when marketing claimed to be fully accountable for the money they were spending as a result of the marketing automation and data revolution.

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Hubspot

MARCH 27, 2020

Having the best of both worlds is the feeling you have when your company's marketing automation software and CRM work in tandem. When the two software work together, your company will convert more MQLs to SQLs and make more sales. In fact, marketing automation software can increase sales productivity by 14.5%.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

Inherently tech-based, a plethora of marketing automation solutions has made ABM more measurable and affordable for businesses of all sizes. On the other hand, research from Marketo suggests that ABM delivers a better return on investment than various other strategies for an impressive 97% of marketers. Set Up Automation Workflows.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 14, 2021

This is true regarding learning Marketo as a beginner. Marketo is a marketing automation platform that provides “ end-to-end engagement for modern demand marketing.”. Marketo’s Own Resources. Marketo University. The university offers free training , an on-demand course catalog , and Marketo Certifications.

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Valasys

APRIL 15, 2024

Enabled by social media, intactness with prospective clients and curation, improving sales is fundamental to business growth. Drip marketing campaigns, also known as automated email sequences, offer a systematic way to communicate with your audience.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

We are in Q4 and moving into 2021, so the stakes are high for sales; meaning it’s probably time to look for the next lever to optimize selling capabilities. COVID-19 has made it clear that sales strategies needed to evolve. However, many sales reps feel that expectations from leadership haven’t linked together with their new reality.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Intent is the lifeblood of sales. In the fiercely competitive B2B sales landscape, where businesses are vying to paint in lime green, standing out can be daunting. Learn how to leverage intent data for sales and craft the perfect sales strategy to increase your ROI and achieve sales targets.

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Engagio

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When I first got started in software, it was at a company called e.piphany which specialized in what was then called Campaign Management. Campaign Management software automated the process of sending out campaigns — primarily direct mail at that time and then email. But, we’ve started to notice some changes in the market.

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 10, 2014

Marketo wrapped up its three day Marketing Nation conference yesterday, having once more displayed its own marketing prowess by attracting national media attention (see here and here ) with an appearance by Hillary Clinton. This borders on integration of Web display with marketing automation, an extremely important trend.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Author: Anastasia Pavlova Whether you’re a small to medium-sized business or a larger enterprise organization, marketing automation is your company’s best bet for staying competitive in this digital age. 53% of the B2B organizations and 43% of B2C and combination B2B/B2C organizations have adopted marketing automation systems.–

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ViewPoint

MARCH 19, 2018

It’s no longer enough, she realized, to just take the CRM or marketing automation system stats and determine where to spend the company’s growing marketing budget in order to find qualified leads and buyers. You may also like: Salary: Digital Marketing Manager: Salary.com, PayScale and glassdoor. Does Marketing Own the Pipeline?

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 3, 2010

Summary: Marketo continues to follow its own path. Revenue Cycle Management blazes an important new trail for others to follow. I finally caught up with Marketo for a briefing on their Enterprise Edition (announced in March) and Revenue Cycle Analytics (announced in May). It seems that Marketo disagrees.

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Envy

MARCH 4, 2021

These B2B lead nurturing nuggets will help you tweak your funnel for better results. For all the leads that land at your door, few are ready to purchase immediately, and many will never convert at all. When you find them apply the same tactics and rules to similar contacts who've just entered your lead nurturing funnel.

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SmarkLabs

JUNE 12, 2023

In the fast-paced digital world, running a business without automation is like trying to paddle a boat against the current. Marketing tasks are increasingly complex, and the need for B2B marketing automation is more critical than ever. What is B2B Marketing Automation?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In fact, today’s customer is usually 57 percent of the way through their decision-making process before they directly connect with a company for the first time. They are providing thoughtful, relevant interactions that answer complex customer needs –– without the customer having to speak to a sales representative directly.

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SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 29, 2020

It may seem like just another marketing buzzword, but attribution is key for both marketers and sales leaders alike. According to Marketo , marketing attribution is the process of determining which interactions influence a customer to purchase from your brand. Attribution Reporting in Marketo.

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Only B2B

JUNE 19, 2023

In the current highly competitive business environment, generating high-quality leads and expediting the sales journey is of utmost importance. BANT qualification, a well-established approach in lead assessment, has revolutionized the game by offering a framework to evaluate prospects and identify sales-ready leads.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 18, 2020

A tool to manage and produce conferences, workshops, and other virtual events. Ideal for midsize organizations, Boomset manages event registration and hosting of virtual events with a few to a few thousand attendees. It also integrates with Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, Marketo, HubSpot, and other platforms.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 6, 2019

Amazon, which paved the way for one-on-one digital marketing, has recently reported that 35% of its sales come from product recommendations. So how can we effectively guide leads through the funnel and cater to their individual needs at each step of the buyer’s journey ? Another huge advantage of running pre-sales surveys?

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Lake One

APRIL 23, 2020

One tool manufacturing companies can have in their toolbox, is marketing automation. Marketing automation helps manufacturers simplify complex b2b processes while personalizing and scaling their digital marketing and sales efforts. Marketing Automation for Email Marketing. But First, Strategy. Not a strategy.

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Golden Spiral

APRIL 1, 2022

The tenure for a sales VP is much shorter, at around 19 months. Since the beginning of COVID, sales within tech companies has experienced massive attrition with an average tenure for all sales professionals at 21 months. Think Beyond the Funnel. Funnel imagery permeates marketing. The sales cycle has gotten longer.

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The Mx Group

MAY 5, 2017

At the Marketo Marketing Nation Summit! The event was full of great insights, but as a marketing automation specialist, I was most interested in the keynote by Marketo CEO Steve Lucas. He explained how marketers can use marketing automation to win in the engagement economy. Where was I, you ask? Yes, I really met Fabio.

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