Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In order to convert leads into paying customers, you must have a comprehensive lead management process in place. But, the process of lead management is every bit as multilayered and complex as the modern buyer’s journey. What is lead management? Think of lead management like a house of cards.

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Valasys

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Introduction The importance of having an effective CRM system in today’s digital age cannot be overstated, as it can make all the difference in how you manage your sales leads and ultimately close deals. And let me tell you, the right CRM system can be a game-changer for your sales game. What is a CRM?

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Martech

JANUARY 25, 2022

Customer relationship management (CRM) is the technology brands use to nurture relationships with their customers. And because 91% of businesses with more than 11 employees use a CRM, marketers would be wise to learn about all they have to offer. We’ll cover: The benefits of CRM. Types of CRM systems available.

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Valasys

MAY 16, 2023

Introduction The importance of having an effective CRM system in today’s digital age cannot be overstated, as it can make all the difference in how you manage your sales leads and ultimately close deals. And let me tell you, the right CRM system can be a game-changer for your sales game. What is a CRM?

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Over the weekend I completed "Demand Generation vs. Customer Relationship Management", the third in my trio of papers explaining where demand generation systems fit into the larger world of customer management software. Like the other two, they are available at the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems Web site [link].

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Avitage

AUGUST 7, 2013

Too many companies struggle to realize their demand management improvement expectations from investments in marketing automation. Have we not learned from CRM and other technology categories that technology is […] The post 12 Demand Management Competencies for Success appeared first on Avitage.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 1, 2016

Demand generation leaders know it’s not true, though. So what is the key to better demand generation analytics? How can we better tie buying and content/channel interactions to opportunities and closed revenue in a closed-loop fashion — to fuel our demand process optimization ? Garbage in; garbage out. closed revenue).

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Avitage

AUGUST 7, 2013

Too many companies struggle to realize their demand management improvement expectations from investments in marketing automation. Have we not learned from CRM and other technology categories that technology is an enabler, not a producer of significant outcome improvements? Lead Management Strategy'

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Avitage

AUGUST 7, 2013

Too many companies struggle to realize their demand management improvement expectations from investments in marketing automation. Have we not learned from CRM and other technology categories that technology is an enabler, not a producer of significant outcome improvements? Click image for a larger view.)

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 26, 2011

Lead management continues to be a hot topic in the world of B2B marketing as we turn the corner and head into the second half of 2010. As a leader in lead management process development, our firm has seen a lot of confusion in the market about what constitutes lead management. So what are these myths?

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Many small businesses do their marketing through CRM, email, and search advertising. Users can enter notes, add tags, and record revenue on contact records, providing a very light CRM option, or they can manually export the contact list to an external CRM system. This is barely scratching the surface.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Efficient lead management: Leads are scored and segmented automatically, ensuring timely follow-ups and higher conversion rates. Integrate CRM and Marketing Automation Platforms Integrating Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and marketing automation platforms is a crucial strategy for maximizing efficiency in B2B marketing.

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Capstone Insights

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In my last post , I framed out the three main lead management approaches in B2B SaaS. and CRM your sales team has ( Salesforce , Dynamics , Oracle Sales Cloud , GoldMine , etc.). Data management. Marketing automation platforms also write back to the CRM when there are data changes (e.g. Interaction management.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 13, 2014

It is a no-brainer – as marketing automation and demand generation continue to mature, the need for well-rounded and experienced demand generation marketers also increases. Solid understanding and practical application of lead management principles. Otherwise it is not really demand generation, but email marketing.

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DealSignal

MARCH 8, 2021

CRM data quality is a critical variable in ensuring a strong ROI for your investment in a CRM system. Judging by this lack of out-of-the-box support, you would think that data is expected to be miraculously keyed into CRMs perfectly without the possibility of decay. Example of how CRM data quality decays over time.

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DealSignal

OCTOBER 4, 2021

These critical success factors—which I’ll be sharing in this blog—ensured success with every demand generation program I launched. What Is Demand Generation Marketing? A common misconception about B2B demand generation is that it’s the same as lead generation for a particular product or service. Let’s get started.

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DealSignal

OCTOBER 4, 2021

These critical success factors—which I’ll be sharing in this blog—ensured success with every demand generation program I launched. What Is Demand Generation Marketing? A common misconception about B2B demand generation is that it’s the same as lead generation for a particular product or service. Let’s get started.

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Anything Goes Marketing

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

In one of my meetings these past few weeks I was thinking of an analogy where I could break down the lead management process into much simpler terms so everyone could understand their roles - this is where football comes in. Think of the defense as anyone or anything that is hampering the lead management process.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2021

Marketing Automation Platforms (MAPs) are perhaps the most misunderstood component of the Demand Technology Stack. Too often MAPs are associated with tactical email nurturing and simple lead qualification — tactical use cases that dominate immature platform deployments. ADOPTING ENTERPRISE DEMAND PROCESS. billion in 2019.

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Capstone Insights

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In my last post , I framed out the three main lead management approaches in B2B SaaS. and CRM your sales team has (Salesforce, Dynamics, Oracle Sales Cloud, GoldMine, etc.). As such, when two or more leads or contacts are pulled back from the CRM for the same person (think same email address) they are merged.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

For those of you with Marketo in your Demand Process technology stacks, your next question is probably what does this mean for me ? And what does this mean for our ANNUITAS Perpetual Demand Generation ® (PDG) investments? As ANNUITAS clients, you all already have tightly integrated CRM + MAP + CMS … the way it SHOULD be.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 8, 2009

I had an interesting email conversation last month with a Raab Guide buyer about the nuances of company-level data management in demand generation systems. He started from the perfectly reasonable premise that the demand generation system should give an overview of activity for all leads associated with a given company.

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Lead Liaison

JUNE 21, 2023

Waiting for lead data, whether just a few days or longer, also creates delays in the vital follow up process, and usually results in a spreadsheet that has to be painstakingly culled, edited, and curated before it can be imported (manually) into your CRM or Marketing Automation platform.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 28, 2008

Now that I have that long post about analytical databases out of the way, I can get back to thinking about demand generation systems. Score and distribute leads: assess leads and distribute them to sales when appropriate. Key functions including lead scoring, surveys, data enhancement, lead assignment, and CRM integration.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 25, 2009

The immediate implication of this is that marketing and sales must work together to ensure that every lead is treated appropriately in both marketing and sales systems. Today, this is accomplished by synchronizing data between demand generation and sales automation systems. But that is inherently complex.

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Capstone Insights

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In my last post , I framed out the three main lead management approaches in B2B SaaS. and CRM your sales team has (Salesforce, Dynamics, Oracle Sales Cloud, GoldMine, etc.). As such, when two or more leads or contacts are pulled back from the CRM for the same person (think same email address) they are merged.

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Martech

JANUARY 9, 2023

However, many platforms offer an evolving range of email marketing features, including advanced lead management, ABM tools and predictive analytics. Virtually every marketing automation solution comes with tools for email campaign development and execution (including landing pages), as well as lead capture, scoring and nurturing.

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sagefrog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In recent years, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software has undergone a profound transformation, largely owing to the integration and advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Traditional CRM systems are no longer sufficient to handle the demands of modern businesses.

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 20, 2008

One of the first people I told about the new Guide to Demand Generation Systems -- an experienced database marketing consultant, no less -- was receptive to the Guide but asked whether there was any real difference between "demand generation" and "marketing automation" in general. which was looking pretty threadbare at just two pieces.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

But even including that, the first year cost for most of these will be less.) : Manticore Technology : a full-featured demand generation product. See my 2007 blog entry for some information or buy the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems for a detailed review. Just kidding.or Pricing starts at $599 per month. Maybe next week. [I

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 25, 2008

But I recently spoke with on-demand business intelligence vendor LucidEra , who also said they had found that demand generation systems could not integrate such information. They even cited one demand generation vendor that had turned to them for help. (In

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Capstone Insights

MARCH 20, 2018

You’ve read the post on the benefits of taking a contacts only approach to CRM , the one on challenges you’ll need to work through if you don’t use leads , and my last post on mechanizing a contacts-only CRM strategy. Don’t do this in a vacuum; lead management goes beyond just one department.

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 5, 2009

Demand generation systems are in that second stage. CEO and co-founder Brian Giese had extensive experience in business sales and marketing and with existing demand generation systems when he began developing True Influence two years ago. These are not yet standard features on most demand generation products.

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Full Circle Insights

JANUARY 16, 2024

The best way for your marketing department to provide this kind of data to the CEO is to track marketing campaigns in your company’s CRM system, such as Salesforce. So, which CRM marketing insights does your CEO want to see? This marketing insight can also help CEOs identify and clear up bottlenecks in the lead management process.

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Capstone Insights

MARCH 20, 2018

You’ve read the post on the benefits of taking a contacts only approach to CRM , the one on challenges you’ll need to work through if you don’t use leads , and my last post on mechanizing a contacts-only CRM strategy. Assess what needs to change in order to only use contacts in your CRM.

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Lake One

JULY 18, 2023

HubSpot recognizes these unique demands of the manufacturing sector and offers a comprehensive suite of tools and features tailored specifically to address the industry’s needs. Introducing HubSpot for Manufacturing HubSpot is a leading platform that integrates marketing, sales, and customer service functions into one unified system.

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Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 3, 2008

My little tour of demand generation vendors landed at Pardot just before Thanksgiving. As you’ll recall from my post on Web activity statistics , Pardot is one of the higher-ranked vendors not already in the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. This pricing is low even among SMB demand generation systems.

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