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21 Tips & Other Impressions from the Marketo User Summit

The Point

Earlier this week, Marketo , the marketing automation company, held its second ever user conference in San Francisco. From Marketo’s perspective, I understand the need to frame marketing automation in ever more mission-critical terms. Systems like Marketo can be used to remind sales reps (via sales alerts) of untouched or stale leads.

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In Defense of Unsolicited Email

The Point

Over at marketing automation firm Marketo , CEO Phil Fernandez just wrote a full-throated rant against the evils of unsolicited email and purchased email lists used indiscriminately: “How does anyone think that these are sensible emails to send to the CEO of a fast-growing public company? Stop buying lists.

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

The Point

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. Without marketing automation, nurturing is relegated to only the most simple “batch & blast” campaigns – that is, one-time batch broadcasts to a fixed list. Comments welcome.

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The Secret to a Successful ABM Approach? A Visitor Identification Tool

SalesIntel

There is no more blasting a single message everywhere like they did in the 60s. Because of the massive amount of data marketers can now access, it’s possible to target specific accounts and personalize messaging for prospects. You need to analyze every possible source to find potential clients and target accounts.

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The Makings of an Award-Winning Video Marketing Tech Stack

Lattice

We had a blast sharing how the video marketing strategy we follow at Lattice, networking with other marketers, getting inspired by Col. We create a variety of videos from explainers to funny spoofs to case studies and more to support our awareness and demand generation goals. We believe that video helps bring our story to life.

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Three Things a Demand Strategy is NOT

ANNUITAS

Instead, they purchase some type of marketing technology, load up a list, blast a few emails and call it a strategy. So let’s be clear on what a Demand Strategy is not…. A Demand Strategy does not start with a marketing technology solution. Avoiding these tendencies is central to developing a true Demand Strategy.

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How To See Through Your Sea Of Data — And Find Your Ideal Customers

Leadspace

Advances in B2B martech such as Artificial Intelligence and predictive scoring have opened up a unique opportunity for marketers to finally harness their data to its full potential, and use it to identify, target and engage their audiences. Batch-and-blast marketing, if it ever worked, is a thing of the past. Single Source of Truth.