The Point

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Most B2B companies will readily acknowledge how much the Web has transformed the way they market their product or service, most visibly in the form of vehicles like search, content marketing, social media, and lead management. Fewer companies, however, can claim to have adapted their sales process as readily.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management B2B 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

Which is more important: defining marketing process or implementing marketing automation? Chris Walso addressed this question perfectly by saying that automation before process does not work. How to implement lead generation programs on a small business budget? How to create valuable content on a small business budget?

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Biznology

JULY 26, 2016

A pioneer in online social networks and publishing, with a natural facility for anticipating the next big thing, Chris is an Internet analyst, web strategy consultant and adviser to the industries’ leading firms. He specializes in Web 2.0

PR 80

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Anything Goes Marketing

MAY 26, 2007

Email Newsletter 2.0 In the "new world" of web 2.0, In order to leave comments, you could add some additional lead qualification questions to the registration process. In addition, if your organization gets its share of leads, you can use newsletter comments to help in the lead qualification process.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

You need to have a process in place for your content optimization to evolve over time. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Even though more than half of the marketers saw their roles expanded well into the sales process, 58 percent of those surveyed met with sales just once a month or less and 8% or nearly 1 out of 10, admitted to never meeting with their sales counterparts.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

The Effective Marketer

MAY 3, 2011

Companies need to be able to track and measure customer interactions from a reliable source and that has driven a lot of the recent interest in Marketing Automation and Customer Intelligence technologies. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2011

If you have just started your 2011 campaigns after battling the budget process, I bet you can definitely see some relation to your own company. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. United States License. United States License. Blog at WordPress.com.

Planning 100

Planning Email Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 100

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2010

Re-casting How We Think About B2B Marketing Automation I was analyzing results from our recent B2B Marketing University series , which Silverpop launched this past Fall, and the data seem to point to an eye-popping, potential ‘banner year’ for marketing automation in 2010. Is their definition the same as mine?

Marketing Automation Services 40

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 17, 2010

This post is another installment of the “gallery” concept so that you have more designs to review and use in your own creative process. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

Besides the rise of social media as marketing channel, the emergence of marketing technology, more specifically Marketing Automation systems, in which you can configure the automated distribution of content to customers and prospects has been changing the way marketers see and create conent. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing Content That Sells When talking with lead nurturing and marketing automation vendors they all make it seem very easy. United States License. United States License. United States License.

Work Management 100

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The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

How can we improve this process? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 The answer may lie in a tool most people already have… MS PowerPoint!

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Effectiveness Marketing Budget Creation 100

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

Webinar Metrics 60

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 11, 2010

Titled “Managing the Vendor Selection Process”, it talked about my experience in selecting a new email marketing software for my company. The process we went through is not necessarily the best or the only way to do it, but it certainly helped put some metrics in place that we could use to evaluate each vendor. United States License.

Work Management 100

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Anything Goes Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Having the right content for automated lead nurturing programs can be the most difficult part of a lead nurturing campaign. For example, if you have a large marketing team, create processes so that you standardize your email and landing page templates. In this way, you can reuse your marketing materials as much as possible.

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Lead Ranking Top of Funnel RSS Lead Nurturing 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

Ultimately it comes down to determining where can we achieve the greatest return from people, process and marketing tools to meet customer needs. So any marketing process that impedes a rapid response should be scrutinized. Greater awareness. Less money. Less People. Fewer tools. So how do we get there?

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 100

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

In the video below, Holly explains their process. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 All I can say is WOW!

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be by Achinta Mitra on May 3, 2010 in Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog Remember the U.S. Both are free to download and will automate some of the SEO chores.

Business Blogging 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

They eat, breathe and sleep factor of safety or safety factor (used to provide a design margin over the theoretical design capacity to allow for uncertainty in the design process). Lesson #5: Path of least resistance Engineers are taught to find the path of least resistance.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

The problem becomes more acute for the industrial sector because the industrial buy cycle can be a long and complex process that often involves multiple decision makers. Without a clear understanding of the stages, it is difficult to align your marketing content with your customer’s decision-making process.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The good surveys, or should I say effective surveys, are the ones that get people to fill them out giving you enough insight into their market/purchasing process/buying habits/etc. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 that will positively affect your campaigns.

Customer Surveys 100

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The chart below shows the variety of content used at different stages of the industrial buy cycle (Source: Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process from GlobalSpec). This is where marketing automation software can be a big help. Not every action needs to be scored.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The “Mapping Marketing to the Transforming Buying Process,” report released by DemandGen Report revealed serious disconnects. It is not just a matter of measuring better ROI metrics or using the tools of marketing automation du jour. Unfortunately, the answer is a big NO. How about you, do you see the disconnect?

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer 60

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

In other companies lead nurture is a very formal and well-defined process. Marketing automation might be used to help setup triggers and automated touch points. Our marketing processes should support and even expect this natural shift by our sales colleagues. Bottom line is that marketing needs to be flexible.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 100

Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 13, 2011

“Until we can demonstrate that automation actually gives a reduced cost of customer acquisition,&# Ramos says, businesses may be reluctant to spend money on such services. 7) Web Site Design (56) Weblogs in Business (17) WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck requires Flash Player 9 or better. 6) ERP (17) Internet Cust.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 40

The Effective Marketer

APRIL 29, 2009

I believe in three simple rules for a successful webinar program: Understand and map your needs Choose the appropriate webinar platform Put in place a well documented webinar process 1. This way you make sure you control the sales process and don’t waste time with a tool that does not have a feature you consider critical.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Webinar Metrics Budget Programs Work Management 100

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Passive reading of your content will not move the prospect along in his/her decision making process. A content audit is a process of mapping out the content you already have and matching it to the content you will need as determined by your marketing goals and/or new site map. Read The Anatomy of a Great Web Persona by Brian Massey.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2009

University of Missouri Researchers Find Search Process Affects Cognition and Emotion. Marketing Automation gets Social – the first major announcement about social marketing automation. Marketing Automation gets Social – the first major announcement about social marketing automation. Twitter creates Twitter Lists.

Paid Content 48

Paid Content Online Marketing Paid Search Agency Web 2.0 48

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Your prospects are at different stages of their decision making process when they visit your site. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

Sales Cycle 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

These metrics are all linked to 10 stages in Sopheon’s sales process. This way the company can see exactly where the leads are coming from, how old they are, where they are in the process, which account executive is handling them and where leads typically fall out.

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

We can only provide prices after a formal RFQ process 5. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 We could have conflicts with our channel partners 4.

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Marketers need to create a process for content planning that helps them maximize the return from their investments in developing the content resources that fuel their online marketing programs. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful. See my post Rule of 5 for B2B content development.

Planning 60

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B 60

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

We need an always on demand strategy that utilizes an effective inbound marketing approach: optimized website, consistent paid search activity, drip nurture programs and marketing automation. The cost of going in and out of the marketplace with time-bound campaigns often cannot compare to an effective always on campaign.

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Plans Work Management Budget Programs 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 27, 2010

Integrating social media with traditional CRM has enabled organizations to: Focus more on conversations than strictly on automated processes. One very vital element of social CRM is social selling, which leverages Web 2.0 technologies to provide sophisticated sales insight.

CRM 48

CRM Marketing Management Jigsaw Web 2.0 48

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Select only those that will help you optimize your nurturing campaigns and accurately gauge where the prospect is in their decision making process. Not every action or behavior needs to be tracked and measured. Determine in advance who will be responsible for measuring and who will decide on what fine-tuning actions need to be taken.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 10, 2018

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: 5 Brands Share Their Content Marketing Process. Think of your buyer persona as a starting point and use marketing automation to continuously test and learn. In the HubSpot: Inbound Marketing and Web 2.0 Click To Tweet. Think of a stereotype as a step.

Buyer Personas 107

Buyer Personas Ideal Customer Profiles Work Management Marketing Management 107