thePoint

MARCH 16, 2021

It is the martech pothole (“martech” being the common term used in the industry for marketing & sales enablement technology solutions). Currently, there are over 8,000 martech solutions available (see Figure 1). Unnecessary costs that steal money from your marketing budget. That may be an email service (e.g.,

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Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Social media is arguably overhyped as a marketing trend: it gets well under 10% of marketing budgets (different surveys have figures from 3% to 8%) and results are questionable (it was rated the least effective content marketing tactic in a recent MarketingProfs study ). Results are summarized in the table below.

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SalesIntel

AUGUST 21, 2023

So as B2B industries become more competitive, we need to find more effective ways to market our products and services. That’s where personalization for B2B marketing campaigns comes in handy. Research indicates that 97% of marketers see better results when they implement personalization in their marketing efforts.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 22, 2018

By now, marketing automation is nothing short of mainstream in the digital are we find ourselves in, but we may only be at the beginning of the revolution. According to Grand View Research , the marketing automation industry could be valued at $7.63 billion(!) Time Savings. More Effective Spend.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

It aids content marketers in discovering keywords, planning blog post topics, optimizing and personalizing content, implementing automation, testing landing pages, scheduling social shares, and reviewing analytics. AI has become an indispensable tool for data-driven marketers because we have more data than we know what to do with.

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Circle Studio

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Over the last decade, marketing has become increasingly dependent on technology—requiring new skills and processes and creating new challenges. As A/E/C marketers look to empower their efforts with technology solutions, the challenge of keeping up with all the available tools—and deciding which ones to use—can be overwhelming.

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Litmus

OCTOBER 1, 2018

ESPs are the technological foundation of the email industry—and the biggest line item in email marketing budgets. White and Community & Product Evangelist Jason Rodriguez share findings from our first-ever State of Email Service Providers report , along with insights from other research we’ve done.

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KoMarketing Associates

JUNE 2, 2016

A few weeks ago, we covered the “ 2016 State of B2B Digital Marketing ” report from Ascend2 and Marketo. Even though the most significant barrier to B2B digital marketing success relates to inadequate marketing budget, 84 percent of B2B marketers still believe their strategies are successful.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 22, 2021

Sometimes not investing in the right tools can cost you a lot more in the end. The same is true in marketing. If you manage a marketing budget, you know how much money goes into two critical areas: paid media and marketing technology. LinkedIn Ads have proven to be a powerful tool for B2B marketers.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 7, 2019

Automation is making waves in the business world as more and more companies are moving towards digital transformation. Companies are allocating large sums of their marketing budgets for technology investments that promise to make their teams more productive and the business more profitable.

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ClickZ

AUGUST 20, 2019

Meeting automation platform SummitSync has announced a partnership with Conversica, a leading developer of conversational AI assistants for businesses. We asked the question, how can you use software to drive more of offline relationships?” We found that there was often a disconnect between sales and marketing teams.

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Envy

JANUARY 28, 2018

For B2B marketers this meant utilizing a host of affordable and easy-to-use advanced data analytics tools. These stimulated the use of rich and extensive datasets for marketing decision making and catalyzed data-driven approaches in marketing. Marketing Automation. Influencer marketing.

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Meerkat Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

How to Get Started with Data-Driven Marketing To get started with data-driven marketing, you need to have a solid data strategy in place. This includes identifying the data that is important to the organization, setting up the necessary tracking and analytics tools, and regularly reviewing and analyzing your data.

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SalesIntel

JUNE 5, 2024

Luckily, lead management software is here to streamline your lead tracking and turn lookers into loyal customers. We’ve curated a list of the hottest lead management software solutions on the market. These platforms offer the features you need to capture, nurture, and convert leads. Can they use it easily?

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Golden Spiral

APRIL 1, 2022

Consulting giant McKinsey pointed towards this change as early as 2007: “…marketers must work more intensively than they have in the past with colleagues in other functions to develop, deliver, and communicate value propositions to consumers who want independent advice and frequently aren’t willing to pay for higher-touch sales and service.”.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As we look ahead, the future of marketing is shaping up to be an exhilarating swell, filled with evolving challenges and opportunities. Keen to see how your marketing playbook compares with the industry’s best? Or maybe you’re itching to find out the latest strategies keeping top marketers on their toes?

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

This means that is time to update my previous charts on marketing automation funding (see below) and the funding timeline, because HubSpot just surpassed Marketo as the highest funded marketing software vendor to date. Everyone Wins But it also means something else.

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ViewPoint

MAY 10, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Christopher notes the importance of the maturing of social media marketing in the last year by saying, “It’s no longer a hobby. Companies are hiring social media people through their existing marketing budgets or recruiting social mavens in-house.” What can I do?

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ViewPoint

MAY 10, 2012

Click to start video at this point —Chris notes the importance of the maturing of social media marketing in the last year by saying, “It’s no longer a hobby. Companies are hiring social media people through their existing marketing budgets or recruiting social mavens in-house.” What can I do?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Author: Vyoma Kapur So you’ve been tasked with running an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy that will target bigger deals that potentially close at a faster rate. You have thousands of accounts on your ABM list, selected by sales, marketing, or in tandem…but you’re a team of one. Sound familiar?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 10, 2015

Author: Jignesh Shah What’s the most precious and scarce commodity for a marketer? As former CMO of a software company, I discovered it was customer engagement. Like all marketers today, my team and I had many channels and tactics we could use to reach customers. Enter, Marketing Automation.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Tech companies have always created platforms with a certain degree of naivete about the possibility that user data could be exposed or exploited. As a marketer, it’s important to understand privacy as it is part of the customer experience. As a marketer, it’s important to understand privacy as it is part of the customer experience.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 22, 2021

Sometimes not investing in the right tools can cost you a lot more in the end. The same is true in marketing. If you manage a marketing budget, you know how much money goes into two critical areas: paid media and marketing technology. LinkedIn Ads have proven to be a powerful tool for B2B marketers.

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chiefmartech

JANUARY 2, 2020

To kick off 2020, I’m excited to share one of the first entries into The Stackies 2020: Marketing Stack Awards from Nexthink , an enterprise platform that help IT departments deliver great digital employee experiences. Related tools are clustered together by color. Salesforce 1, Marketo 2)?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

by Jon Miller A common question I hear from marketers is “I already have a CRM system (e.g. salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM), so why do I need marketing automation ”? Many CRM systems have a module for marketing. Architecture of Marketing Automation versus CRM. Marketing Automation.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 17, 2014

Author: Amy Guarino As the VP of Business Development at Marketo, I frequently hear from agencies whose clients are considering marketing automation. Often, their client is already running email campaigns to communicate with prospects, and they want to know: “Why should I start using marketing automation now ?”.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 2, 2015

Author: Matt Zilli Being based in Silicon Valley, I often see budget-strapped startups desperately looking for a way to ramp up their digital marketing efforts before they bring their products to market. I encourage startups to invest in marketing automation before they get big. Here are a few reasons why: 1.

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Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Do you want to learn what it takes to succeed with content marketing, with a drill down into the latest approaches, tools and services that make measurement, content creation, curation, publication and distribution more effective. Are you ready for the 2nd Annual Content Marketing Retreat in 2012 ?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 19, 2018

The sales team spent so much time on intro calls, we couldn’t move our best leads down the pipeline once we discovered who they were. To correct our course, we designed a step-by-step plan to rebuild our lead generation strategy. What is this lead’s marketing budget? (0–4 What We Did. 0­–3 points). 0–3 points).

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 14, 2011

However, to stand out and catch the eye of executives, marketing must rely on a forecast that uses analytical rigor and a deep understanding of how prospects move through the revenue cycle. When trying to understand what features are required for optimal marketing forecasting , consider the following: Ease of Use and Robustness.

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DealSignal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Read on to learn everything you need to know about creating powerful sales and marketing alignment. What Is Sales and Marketing Alignment? Before we dive into sales and marketing alignment best practices, let’s start with what it is. Traditionally, sales and marketing teams have worked independently in their own silos.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

by Dayna Rothman You have decided to purchase marketing automation software and now you need to present your business case to internal stakeholders. If you need help, take a look at our brand new Sample Marketing Automation Internal Selling Template for some guidance.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

This is why when a marketer brings back a list of leads, they only pick out a few to follow up with. They use their skills to tell them which are his (her) best bets and then starts working them until they purchase. . So how do marketers find the right leads? There are lots of free tools and guides to help with this.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2013

The Solution. At Marketo, we talk about a “360 degree view” to more effectively leverage our customer success teams, which lets us drill down into specific aspects of each customer’s use. Also look at call history within your CRM tool. Lifecycle Marketing' Let’s talk, for example, about product usage.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 22, 2014

And as we explore in our new ebook, Deliver More Purchase-Ready Consumers with Marketing Automation , more opportunities to communicate = more opportunities to convince your potential customers to buy. Here are 4 ways to use a longer buying cycle to your marketing advantage: 1) Score Your Buyers. 2) Dynamically Deliver Content.

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LeanData

JULY 13, 2020

Marketing budgets vary by company, but any marketer will tell you, no matter how much is allocated, it is never enough! Marketers are often tasked to do more with less, wear several hats, work with limited resources, generate pipeline, and demonstrate that the marketing team’s efforts had an influence on revenue.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

I think many of us are like Billy Beane with our b2b marketing budgets. We have smaller marketing budgets and staffs as compared with our competitors—so how can we have a bigger impact? With a good marketing automation platform, we can start looking at our programs the same way Billy looked at his players.

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