Lead Liaison

JUNE 14, 2023

17 Opportunity Costs of Not Having a Universal Lead Capture Strategy It’s easy to look at the price of something and consider it a “cost”. But, is it really an additional cost or should it be considered an investment? Is this a cost or an investment? What if the investment could do both? Should this be a deal killer?

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 2, 2012

In a young industry like B2B marketing automation, the primary focus is growth, and I published some figures on that yesterday (repeated below). Since we do have revenue figures for the top four vendors, we can also look at their revenue per employee. Whew, that’s a lot of numbers.

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Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 5, 2011

We released two more vendor selection workbooks last week, both sponsored by Eloqua and available for free on the RaabGuide Web site. One is about estimating the cost of a marketing automation system and the other is about evaluating vendor services. These are the other 75% of the typical marketing budget.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2022

An enterprise customer who needs to purchase a new piece of equipment or software, evaluating similar offerings, will (most often) go with the vendor who can prove they’re the best. What makes your product or service more valuable than your competitors? Build in time to test your product or service in real-world situations.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

So you've decided you're ready to take your marketing to the next level by investing in a marketing automation tool — congrats! But as you start your research, you soon discover there are 7,000+ marketing automation solutions available as of 2019. Why Use Marketing Automation for Ecommerce?

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DealSignal

MARCH 17, 2023

While ZoomInfo tops out at max 70% data accuracy, DealSignal offers fresher, more accurate, dynamic data at a market-leading 97% + thanks to our dynamic, multi-step verification process that uses AI and machine learning algorithms, robots, and human researchers to reverify your data just before it’s delivered to you.

Zoominfo 52

Zoominfo Comparison Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles 52

eTrigue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

What You Need to Know Email marketing is a familiar tool that’s easy-to-use, effective and provides a tremendous return-on-investment. But email marketing alone has significant disadvantages. Despite the various upsides to email, it is really just a batch and blast tool. So how will marketing automation benefit me?

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 6, 2013

One of the main reasons that marketing automation has not been adopted more quickly is that too few marketers know how to fully use it. Instead, RightWave offers what it calls “marketing automation as a service,” gives each client access to staff members who will set up and execute campaigns for them.

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Net-Results

JANUARY 6, 2020

Marketing automation implementation can be a tough nut to crack for a variety of reasons. (We We made a Marketing Automation Implementation Guide because we got so many questions about it!). But back to the question — which marketing automation companies offer the shortest implementation period?

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 24, 2018

You’ve invested in interactive content and marketing tools for your website, helping prospects and customers assess their needs, size and price the right solution, and understand the business value and differentiating cost advantages of recommended solutions. Instead, the information can be passed into the tool on the “call”.

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Net-Results

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Note, I took these from the Marketing Automation’s Buyer’s Guide I wrote a while back (still 100% relevant!). You’d be surprised how few marketers can answer this question on a demo. These are not good reasons to buy a $40k+ platform! Marketing automation has become a “table stakes” kind of purchase.

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Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I wrote last August that it’s still possible for new B2B marketing automation vendors to challenge the industry leaders. This was based on the observation that several of the smaller vendors have quickly reached the 1,000 client benchmark. That particular question came up repeatedly during Dreamforce last week.

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PureB2B

JUNE 13, 2017

The traditional channels of television, radio, and print media have seen a decline in usage as more users start looking at online platforms as their primary sources of media. This is great for marketers because online channels allow for better targeting, tracking, and analytics. Email Marketing Software.

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DealSignal

APRIL 10, 2024

The essence of B2B intent data is to proactively identify potential buyers searching online for similar products and services that your company is selling. Wouldn’t it be great to communicate directly with folks in the market, actively looking for solutions that your company offers? Comparing vendors on a third-party review website.

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Ideal Customer Profiles Intent Marketing Automation Services 52

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 13, 2023

This brings us to the increasingly critical importance of marketing automation to brick-and-mortar retailers’ success. This is the top trade marketing pain point identified by Brand Regulator, a trade marketing automation (TMA) software solution for brick-and-mortar brands.

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Work Management Marketing Management Automation Marketing Budget 149

Oktopost

APRIL 22, 2019

Especially, for B2B and Considered Purchase marketing. digital companies now have a veritable plethora of viable and effective marketing channels available for lead generation. These include social media, paid search, organic search, paid social, affiliates, email marketing, marketing automation, and many more.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 2, 2015

Back then, they positioned themselves as a “marketing operating system” that provided core functions but would ultimately let users connect with third party apps. The latest incarnation describes itself as “software for multi-channel marketing” but still provides core functions and connects with third party apps.

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

As I wrote yesterday, no one knows exactly what we’ll want from our marketing automation systems in the future. The first wave of marketing automation features for social media is now several years old. Many marketing automation vendors have added mobile interfaces for the marketers and salespeople who work with them.

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PureB2B

JUNE 13, 2017

The traditional channels of television, radio, and print media have seen a decline in usage as more users start looking at online platforms as their primary sources of media. This is great for marketers because online channels allow for better targeting, tracking, and analytics. Customer Relationship Management Software.

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Today’s community contributor is Zee Gimon , Digital Operations Manager at HUSPI Software Development. Check out the detailed reviews she’s written on TrustRadius about tools with which she has worked throughout her career. Therefore, in this article, I’ll focus on the marketing and sales goals you can achieve with each one of them. .

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Outbound Engine

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Fortunately, the right email marketing software can put email marketing within reach for any business owner, no matter their level of expertise. Email marketing software can be broken into two main categories: DIY (do-it-yourself) and DIFY (do-it-for-you). DIY Email Software. What’s right for my business?

Enterprise Management 53

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Biznology

OCTOBER 27, 2017

A technique unavailable to consumer marketers, this one’s extremely valuable for B2B. And its cost is going down, as more marketing automation systems bake the functionality into their systems. I still run across B2B marketers who are handing inquiries off to their sales counterparts without effective qualification.

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Net-Results

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

I’m the founder & CEO of Net-Results, a marketing automation startup that regularly goes head-to-head with Marketo. I speak regularly with multi-year Marketo users considering whether they should switch to another platform. The post What are Marketo user’s biggest complaints about the tool?

Marketo 52

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Sharpspring

JUNE 1, 2020

Marketing automation is a highly effective way to give your audiences the personal, consistent communication they crave. However, if you aren’t tracking your efforts, you might not be making the most effective use of your marketing automation budget. So, how to measure marketing automation success?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. If your company isn’t harnessing the potential of content marketing , then you could be losing valuable opportunities to attract, interest, and convert buyers. Buying decisions include a more diverse group.

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 29, 2015

When I first described Customer Data Platforms two and half years ago, all the vendors offered an application such as predictive analytics or campaign management in addition to the "pure" CDP function of building the customer database. Running 100 MB per month costs $100 and running 1 GB per month costs $1,000.

Work Management 120

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 12, 2010

But I think its strategy of offering an intermediate product between email marketing and full marketing automation may actually be more useful in attracting new customers. But conventional marketing automation systems automatically track their own emails, landing pages and Web forms, also without touching the corporate Web site.

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Sharpspring

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The internet is the number-one tool people use to shop. They use it to figure out what kinds of products/services they need to solve their problems, compare different options, and finally make a purchase. A great place to start brainstorming blog article topics is a tool called AnswerthePublic. BoFu: Bottom of the Funnel.

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Only B2B

APRIL 24, 2024

Among marketers, few topics spark as much debate as the comparison between demand generation and inbound marketing. Demand generation includes strategic efforts focused on building market awareness, igniting interest, and driving demand for your products or services. But what truly sets them apart?

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ClearVoice

JUNE 11, 2020

Your task: Entice the world to use your new client’s services. You work in marketing, so the copy can’t sound like a salesman’s well-rehearsed elevator pitch filled with specs and benefits. “With services, you’re selling an experience.” When do writers write about services?

Work Management 82

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel 82

DealSignal

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Ultimate Checklist: Questions to Ask B2B Data Vendors What types of intent data are there? The essence of B2B intent data is to proactively identify potential buyers searching online for similar products and services that your company is selling. The Ultimate Checklist: Questions to Ask B2B Data Vendors. GET THE CHECKLIST.

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DealSignal

JANUARY 28, 2024

In a Nutshell Selecting the right sales intelligence tool is more than just a choice—it’s a strategic decision that impacts your business’s bottom line. This article offers an in-depth comparison between two significant players in the field DealSignal and SalesIntel , and proves why DealSignal is the best SalesIntel alternative.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Best Practices Lead Ranking 52

KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

LinkedIn Director of Marketing Solutions, Prue Cox, explained, “when we think about simple things like marketing automation platforms, and where AI is playing into it, B2C was definitely more ahead.”. B2B marketers have even more to be proud of when you consider how complex their jobs are compared to B2C marketers.

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DealSignal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a Nutshell When it comes to picking the right B2B data platform for handling business data, it’s a tough call. We’re going to dive into the important stuff – like how good their data is, what they cover, how they work with other software, how they handle customer support, play by the rules, and what they charge.

Zoominfo 52

Zoominfo Enterprise Management Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services 52

Digilant

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

If you’re a mid-sized brand that wants to expand your digital advertising playbook but you know you don’t have the internal resources to fully support these investments, keep reading to learn about four digital marketing agency services that you are better off outsourcing. . Email Marketing & Marketing Automation.

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Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Paid Content Paid Social Agency 52

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 11, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Choosing an Email Marketing Software Who’s the best email marketing company/software? Excel Template for vendor comparison: you can download and use my template as a starting point.

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Optinmonster

AUGUST 13, 2021

ActiveCampaign is one of the most popular platforms for email marketers and websites. That said, there’s plenty of competition on the market where you may find better deals and more value for your money. ActiveCampaign is a reliable email marketing tool that prides itself as the #1 automation platform for eCommerce.

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