The Point

OCTOBER 14, 2010

As a Marketo agency partner, I attended along with colleagues from Spear Marketing Group to greet clients, talk shop, and hear how other companies – including Marketo themselves – are putting technology to use in the service of improved lead management. Think you have enough content?

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Marketo Impressions Demand Generation Agencies Lead Nurturing 100

The Point

JUNE 27, 2012

For today’s B2B marketer, content is the fuel that feeds the demand generation engine. But when lead generation, lead nurturing , customer marketing and social media programs all require a constant feeding of new, compelling content, what do you do when the pace of new programs outstrips your ability to generate that content?

Campaigns 100

Campaigns Peer-to-peer Lead Nurturing Paper 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 31, 2010

This starts with the core functions of any business marketing system: outbound and multi-step email campaigns, landing pages, Web behavior tracking , lead scoring, Salesforce.com integration, reporting and content management. System scope also extends to inbound marketing. This reduces the amount of user training.

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Work Management Marketing Management Resource Management 120

The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

All this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management. The company must direct end user inquiries promptly and efficiently to the sales channel, while responding to prospective partners and end users with a message tailored to iDirect’s specific experience in that company’s market.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 100

The Point

JULY 13, 2012

In my last post , I talked about creative campaign ideas for when you have no content to offer. Which leads to another question: do certain types of campaigns even need an offer in the first place? Take lead nurturing : is it strictly essential that every lead nurturing touch include a specific, gated, call to action?

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Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Campaigns 100

PureB2B

AUGUST 3, 2016

Sure, there’s software that can pull content off the internet for you. Which means that you’re likely to end up with sub-par or duplicate content which can come off as spammy. However, as the term evolved into what we now refer to as a “blog,” its purpose and content have changed right along with its name. Worst case scenario?

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Lead Generation Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 48