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5 Ways to Use Social Media in Marketing Automation

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Marketing is starting to see sales as a customer who demands high-quality leads. Customer Support. Often, Customer Support is in a separate department, and it’s seen as a cost center. Many of today’s customers interact with Social Media. Lead Intelligence. Conclusion.

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7 Reasons Why Marketing Automation Projects Fail

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In complex B2B sales situations you cannot rely on product-centric communications, nor on discounts (&# this week 10% off!&# ). An exception is when you have a lot of customers, and want to use the Marketing Automation system to cross-sell and up-sell. Selling Simple Products. No Interesting Content. Lack of Expertise.

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Guest Post: Best Practices in Marketing Automation

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Below are some of the best practices we have found within our customer base that helped drive success with marketing automation. Segment your database by demographics, such as: industry, job titles, or product/service interest shown. Improve Lead Interaction with Good Segmentation.

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Free Trials Aren’t What They Used to Be

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In the article Howard Sewell says that free trials “eliminate a huge subset of potential customers at the outset—people who (…) simply don’t want to expend the time or hassle downloading, installing and evaluating the actual product.&# And as a marketing manager I did not have control over the product experience.

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Marketing Automation Trends for 2010

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Scott Mersy , VP Marketing and Products, Genius.com. Jeff Ogden , Director of Marketing, Aplicor & President, Find New Customers. Methods to the madness: Everybody has methodologies, Sales has SPIN, Customer Centric, etc. Carlos Hidalgo , President, Annuitas Group. Kevin Joyce , CMO, Market2Lead. Maria Pergolino , Sr.