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Why is Inside Sales So Scared of Lead Nurturing?

The Point

One of the reasons for this under-utilization, and the inability of some marketers to deploy, for example, automated lead nurturing at every stage of the selling process, is resistance from the sales organization, and in particular, Inside Sales. Once initiated, the steps are as follows: 1. Marketo sends first follow-up email.

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Getting the Most from Salesforce.com: A Conversation with David Taber

The Point

Salesforce.com is a dominant player in the CRM category and an integral part of many companies’ lead management, database marketing, and demand generation programs. Actually, it’s much easier for Marketing and lead cultivation people to get instant value out of Salesforce.com (SFDC) than it is for reps.

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Segmentation, Social Media Drive Lead Nurturing Success for iDirect

The Point

When marketers embark on a formal lead nurturing strategy, opportunities for process improvement can arise in unexpected ways. That was the experience for iDirect , a leading provider of satellite IP communications based in Herndon, Virginia. All this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management.

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Lead Nurturing, Lead Scoring and the World Cup

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

He went on to describe how their lead scoring and lead management processes have evolved since that initial campaign. Disclosure: Marketo is a Salesforce.com Partner and sponsor of Cloudforce London 2011. A lot has happened in a short time!

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The 14 Best Marketing Automation Tools

Webbiquity

Marketing automation software tools can be very helpful in making lead nurturing and sales acceleration efforts more effective—even if the category is badly misnamed. Recent research shows that 63% of B2B companies that are growing faster than their competitors use marketing automation. Marketing can’t be automated.)

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The Salesforce.com AppExchange – A Time Saving Resource for Marketers

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

I had accepted this as part of the job of being a marketer, until I started using the Salesforce.com AppExchange. The Salesforce.com AppExchange is a collection of cloud computing applications, all of which are pre-integrated with Salesforce.com. Easy to find the solution you need. Reviews by other marketers. Free test drives.

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Optimizing Trial Conversion Rates With Lead Nurturing

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

We are excited to have Jep Castelein of popular lead management and marketing automation blog, Lead Sloth , contribute a guest blog post. Read below to find out the best ways to optimize your conversion rates using lead nurturing: A lot of early adopters of Marketing Automation systems are in the technology industry.