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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

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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.

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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. These firms are also much more likely to be “best in class,” and most see sales pipeline opportunities increase by 10-15%. 1) Marketo. 6) InTouch.

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Lead Nurturing, Lead Scoring and the World Cup

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Disclosure: Marketo is a Salesforce.com Partner and sponsor of Cloudforce London 2011. Lead Nurturing, Lead Scoring and the World Cup was posted at Modern B2B Marketing - Marketo Best Practices Blog. | [link].

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Dreamforce 2009: Engaging Effectively with Social Networks using Salesforce.com

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

At this Dreamforce 2009 session led by Fernando Obregon Almazan, salesforce.com; Lorena Vales, salesforce.com; and Jonathan Hersh, salesforce.com, marketers learned about how and why companies should participate in social networking to generate brand awareness and create a viral effect when clients or prospects recommend their products.

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A Marketing Automation Evangelist and Change Management

ANNUITAS

Today we launched our latest eBook, Change Management – Staying Relevant, Predictive and Sane in the Changing Landscape of Demand Generation , a joint venture by Mathew Sweezey , author and Marketing Automation Evangelist for Salesforce.com and Carlos Hidalgo , CEO and Principal, ANNUITAS. What is your strategic focus?