The Point

JUNE 25, 2019

Yet, for all the interest, precious few B2B companies achieve the holy grail of knowing exactly how – and where – their marketing investment impacts revenue. A good starting point is a mini data audit, focused on the following questions: * Are you capturing lead sources? What do your leads and accounts look like? .

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 28, 2024

In the past, I’d assume the answer to that would always be limited to Marketo, Pardot, Hubspot or Eloqua. Not to date myself, but I’ve been using Marketo for close to 15 years. There are currently 392 solutions in the Marketing Automation & Campaign/Lead Management category alone! Maybe not so much anymore.

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The Point

AUGUST 22, 2014

Analyst David Raab reports that for companies under $5 Million in revenue, marketing automation penetration is a miserly 5 percent. Even at mid-size companies ($20 Million – $500 Million), the figure is only 10 percent. Which begs the question: is marketing automation right for every company?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 8, 2019

Qualified leads would ultimately receive more attention—the sales rep might play 18 holes with them to help close the deal. But with the way modern customers conduct online research prior to purchasing, the human interaction aspect of qualifying leads has all but disappeared. A solid definition of “lead”. What’s a lead?

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The Sales Lead Management Association has opened up voting for the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management. I'm on the list, so if I've earned your respect in the world of demand gen and lead generation, I'd love your vote. So choose wisely. Members of SLMA and non-members are allowed to vote.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

They no longer want to be treated just as “leads” in your system. This is where an advanced lead generation strategy comes in. In fact, today’s customer is usually 57 percent of the way through their decision-making process before they directly connect with a company for the first time. And they have options.

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LeanData

APRIL 11, 2017

April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — A survey of 527 B2B sales and marketing professionals found that a majority have serious reservations about the effectiveness of the lead routing process at their companies. Businesses invest heavily in lead generation and enrichment. Lead routing isn’t glamorous and is often ignored.

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LeanData

APRIL 11, 2017

April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — A survey of 527 B2B sales and marketing professionals found that a majority have serious reservations about the effectiveness of the lead routing process at their companies. Businesses invest heavily in lead generation and enrichment. Lead routing isn’t glamorous and is often ignored.

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LeanData

APRIL 11, 2017

April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — A survey of 527 B2B sales and marketing professionals found that a majority have serious reservations about the effectiveness of the lead routing process at their companies. Businesses invest heavily in lead generation and enrichment. Lead routing isn’t glamorous and is often ignored.

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LeanData

APRIL 11, 2017

April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — A survey of 527 B2B sales and marketing professionals found that a majority have serious reservations about the effectiveness of the lead routing process at their companies. Businesses invest heavily in lead generation and enrichment. Lead routing isn’t glamorous and is often ignored.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It’s important to follow through on leads. Upon receiving a new lead, it should be categorized, accessible, and tracked for the most relevant ongoing marketing campaigns. We know that lead management is defined as the process by which marketing acquires, evaluates, nurtures, and hands off leads to the sales team.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 2, 2018

Lead source is defined as the method by which a prospect found your product or service, and is an essential part of effective lead management. Lead source ensures that your leads remain measurable across the buyer’s journey. Categorize the Sources of Your Leads. Keep the Lead Source Constant.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 3, 2010

Summary: Marketo continues to follow its own path. Revenue Cycle Management blazes an important new trail for others to follow. I finally caught up with Marketo for a briefing on their Enterprise Edition (announced in March) and Revenue Cycle Analytics (announced in May). It seems that Marketo disagrees.

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Valasys

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Adobe will be acquiring privately-held cloud marketing software group Marketo from Vista Equity Partners for a whopping $4.75bn (£3.6bn)! The common and unwavering belief in the power of content and data to drive business results has brought these two magnets together according to Steve Lucas the CEO of Marketo.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Sungard AS runs a highly successful demand generation program, an integrated mix of both online and offline campaigns, to generate a consistent flow of leads to the company’s sales force. We were able to provide new ideas based on our pool of experience and what we knew was working for other companies in the tech space.”.

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The Point

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Earlier this week, Marketo , the marketing automation company, held its second ever user conference in San Francisco. For one, I can report that no companies are coming to our firm asking us to help them align sales and marketing. Including the recipient’s company name in subject lines increases response.

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The Point

APRIL 1, 2014

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. Marketo sends first follow-up email. Marketo sends second follow-up email.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I’m going to diverge just slightly from my current obsession with usability to talk about a conversation I had today with Marketo President and CEO Phil Fernandez, who previewed the 3.0 Although I actually think that quite a few demand generation vendors share the Marketo philosophy, it’s still helpful to hear the distinction made clearly.

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The Point

AUGUST 8, 2013

When a client says “We set up lead scoring but sales doesn’t pay any attention,” it’s a sure sign that something is amiss – and more likely the problem doesn’t rest with sales. Here’s Part 2 of our discussion of the most common B2B lead scoring mistakes. For Part 1 of this post, click here.).

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The Point

OCTOBER 30, 2013

A client asks: “I notice that you’re recommending we gate our offer content behind landing pages as part of the lead nurturing campaign. It’s why click-to-lead conversion rates are never 100%, no matter how good your landing page. Why is that necessary when we already know who these people are? Here’s why: 1. A click is not a response.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2021

Too often MAPs are associated with tactical email nurturing and simple lead qualification — tactical use cases that dominate immature platform deployments. Does it offer a solid integration with Salesforce (or other, leading CRM), including a view into the lead, contact, account and opportunity objects?

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 9, 2009

Summary: Marketo's new Sales Insight ranks prospects for sales people, based on recent Web and email activities. It lets Marketo sell seats to sales departments, which could be more lucrative than selling its core demand generation system. The moments are set up as real time triggers within Marketo.

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The Point

AUGUST 1, 2013

Lead scoring has quickly become an integral part of a demand generation marketer’s arsenal. A well-planned, well-designed, and optimized lead scoring schema can be a key contributor to sales productivity, sales engagement, and the rate at which inbound leads convert to Sales Qualified Leads, opportunities, and deals.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

And while it is important for the company as a whole to be unified, there is no more important task than sales and marketing alignment , particularly when it comes to nurturing leads and increasing conversions. Misalignment negatively impacts lead generation. Alignment results in lead return.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

We also know that, as marketers and salespeople, we need to understand where our prospects are in the sales process in order to utilize appropriate strategies, and lead scoring helps you make that a reality. What Is Lead Scoring? Lead Scoring Disclaimer. Lead scoring is not a process that can be done by marketing alone.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 24, 2011

We recently had the opportunity to connect with Jon Miller, Vice President of Marketing and Co-Founder of Marketo. Jon leads strategy and execution for all aspects of Marketo’s hyper-efficient demand center (powered by Marketo’s solution, of course). For example, how does your organization define a “lead”?

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Do I need it in order to do lead nurturing?”. My answer: “It depends how you define “ lead nurturing ,” but technically: no, you don’t need marketing automation in order to nurture leads. Can a regularly scheduled calendar of batch campaigns serve to maintain brand awareness and keep your company top of mind?

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Sales tools are software and technology solutions that help sales teams automate and streamline various tasks and processes, such as lead generation, customer relationship management, and sales forecasting. Difficulty prioritizing leads and managing a large volume of prospects and customers. What are Sales Tools?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

by Dayna Rothman Lead management is the ability to capture, respond, and manage incoming leads. When spending so much time and money on creating the perfect campaign, you want to make sure you have numerous best practices in place to manage your leads throughout the entire lifecycle. So how do you do it?

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The Mx Group

MAY 5, 2017

At the Marketo Marketing Nation Summit! The event was full of great insights, but as a marketing automation specialist, I was most interested in the keynote by Marketo CEO Steve Lucas. So make sure you know which leads are sales-ready by using lead scoring. Lead grading shows how closely leads match Sales’ ideal prospect.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

by Maria Pergolino Every game requires strategy…and managing leads is no different. It is not enough for a company to want to increase leads. In other words, businesses need a lead management strategy that kicks arse! At its most basic level, lead management is a game with winners and losers.

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Lead Liaison

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Check out the powerful new enhancements on Lead Liaison’s Sales & Marketing Lead Management platform. As always, please feel free to contact your Lead Liaison Representative with any questions about the enhancements below. Games have been updated to launch in optional “no lead capture” mode.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 10, 2011

They are thinking about how they can help their company grow. The three things Carlos Hidalgo recommends to someone getting started with lead management include: Conducting an audit. Go though your lead management steps and determine where you are with you data, lead planning, metrics, etc.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 29, 2011

by Carol Fox CSO Insights just released the results of its annual Lead Management Optimization (LMO) Study. The chart below shows how funds were allocated for 2011 among companies surveyed. And customer loyalty increased in priority this year – cited by 32% of companies as opposed to 2010′s 25%. .&#

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 19, 2018

When you’re first starting out and trying to scale your company, it’s hard to know for sure. It worked for a while, but after my company doubled in size and we had made deep investments in our marketing efforts, we realized we needed to revamp our sales process. First, we created a new lead qualification workflow.

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Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 18, 2018

She has worked with all the major marketing automation companies – Marketo, Eloqua, HubSpot, and ExactTarget. She has a proven track record in integrated marketing, especially with establishing digital presence through SEO optimization, lead generation process, and website optimization. No, leads are pushed down the funnel.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

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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