Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The connection is that these both support my feeling that many members of the old-line database marketing community have failed to adapt to the new world of digital marketing. Both Unica and Alterian have been exceptionally forward-thinking among marketing automation vendors in preparing for this transition.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Summary: Database marketing and digital marketing are more different than it seems. It’s self-evident that digital marketing (mostly on the Internet, but also mobile, in-game, and eventually interactive TV) is a major change from both traditional mass media and more recent database marketing (mail, email, telemarketing, CRM).

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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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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management Marketing Management 62

Directive Agency

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

As marketers, there are a million and two initiatives we run at once, and it can get difficult to keep track of what is working and what the data is telling us. Enter database marketing. What is Database Marketing? Internal Databases vs. External Databases. Then you’re done!

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Database Marketing PPC Work Management Marketing Management 45

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.

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The Point

MAY 6, 2010

A couple of weeks ago our firm prepared a detailed ROI analysis for a client helping them substantiate to their management the investment in a marketing automation platform. For other companies, the decision of whether or not to take the plunge into marketing automation is less of a slam-dunk.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Management Automation 100

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 14, 2016

market only since March 2016, although many U.S. marketers will recall its previous incarnation as SmartFocus.* The company offers what it calls an omnichannel marketing platform that builds a unified customer database, manages marketing campaigns, and generates personalized Web and email messages.

Marketing Management 120

Marketing Management Bundling Marketing Automation Services Personalization 120

Modern B2B

MAY 22, 2023

With most B2B sales, when the deal is done and the contract is signed, marketers typically shift their attention to generating new leads, leaving the latest win to be looked after by the onboarding team or an account manager. For SaaS software it’s different. This builds trust which is a fundamental component of loyalty.

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B2B Marketing Marketing Management B2B Marketing Automation Services 97

The Point

MARCH 18, 2014

Over at marketing automation firm Marketo , CEO Phil Fernandez just wrote a full-throated rant against the evils of unsolicited email and purchased email lists used indiscriminately: “How does anyone think that these are sensible emails to send to the CEO of a fast-growing public company? In fact, I’d recommend it.

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Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies Marketo Demand Generation 100

Valasys

AUGUST 29, 2023

By processing historical customer data, intent signals, and other relevant information, AI can automatically categorize and prioritize accounts based on their potential for conversion and revenue generation. This involves gathering data from various sources, such as CRM systems, marketing automation platforms, and external databases.

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Marketing AI Account Based Marketing Segmentation ABM 52

Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore what B2B marketing personalization entails, the undeniable benefits it offers, and a step-by-step guide on how to integrate personalization seamlessly into your strategy. Automation enables you to send the right message at the right time based on lead behavior.

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B2B Marketing Personalization Top of Funnel B2B 62

The Point

JUNE 11, 2010

Recently invested in marketing automation software? Great lead nurturing starts with more than just software. Inside, you’ll discover the secrets to success and core lead management principles that can increase response rates, convert more leads to opportunities, and accelerate the ROI from marketing automation software.

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Lead Nurturing Paper Marketing Automation Services Tips 100

The Point

JULY 15, 2010

Salesforce.com is a dominant player in the CRM category and an integral part of many companies’ lead management, database marketing, and demand generation programs. HS: I must hear at least one person a week say “I need to clean up our Salesforce database.” Is that a reflection on the software, or on how people use it?

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Salesforce.com Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Work Management 100

GreenRope

JULY 27, 2020

Five Reasons Digital Marketers Love Automation. In recent years, marketing automation has become very popular among businesses of all sizes. Digital marketers love it because it makes their life easier. Marketing automation has revolutionized the way businesses are able to connect with leads and clients.

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Automation Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 52

SmartBug Media

JANUARY 20, 2021

For all growing companies and those who want to expand their reach, there will be a time they outgrow their existing software and systems. The scalability and simple, yet powerful, automation functions are a few of the (many) reasons companies choose HubSpot. Marketing Hub: Marketing emails, landing pages , and so forth.

Hubspot 101

Hubspot Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 101

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 31, 2010

Placing them all in the same product adds cost and complexity, which are not a software developer’s friends. Rather, it has conceded the lower tiers of business marketing to simpler systems and aimed Marketing Studio at marketers who need greater sophistication and will accept higher cost and complexity to get it.

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Work Management Marketing Management Resource Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The accompanying article suggested the online marketers don’t give personalization a high priority, which supports the theme of my last few posts. The article referred to a survey of online marketers sponsored by Web analytics vendor Coremetrics. database) marketers and Web (i.e., It's the best I could do.

Online Marketing 120

Online Marketing Customer Surveys Advertising Channels Lead Scoring 120

The Point

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Earlier this week, Marketo , the marketing automation company, held its second ever user conference in San Francisco. Based on first-hand impressions, however, it’s not how the vast majority of clients are employing (or even thinking of) marketing automation. It’s all heady stuff.

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Marketo Impressions Demand Generation Agencies Lead Nurturing 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 28, 2009

Summary: Entiera is a sophisticated consumer marketing automation system, offered as a service and at a lower price than conventional competitors. Entiera Insight is a marketing automation system primarily for companies that sell to consumers. This is unusual among consumer marketing automation vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 120

SmartBug Media

JANUARY 20, 2021

For all growing companies and those who want to expand their reach, there will be a time they outgrow their existing software and systems. The scalability and simple, yet powerful, automation functions are a few of the (many) reasons companies choose HubSpot. Marketing Hub: Marketing emails, landing pages , and so forth.

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Hubspot Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 59

The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

To reach end users, the company relies primarily on a network of channel partners, including satellite operators, telecom companies, and internet service providers. All this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management. All-hands discovery session yields important insights, priorities.

Lead Nurturing 100

Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 100

The Point

APRIL 30, 2012

It prevents situations in which you may lose forever the ability to market to an individual because he/she happened to dislike one particular email. And it does so under the cloak of customer service, i.e. giving the subscriber the opportunity to choose the type of email communication most relevant to his/her interests.

Marketing Management 100

Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Data Hygiene Ideal Customer Profiles 100

PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Which B2B lead generation strategies really work ? Which tools can you implement to start growing your firm’s contact list—and winning those new accounts—today? Without leads, B2B marketers don’t have prospects. Below, we’ve compiled a near-comprehensive guide to all things B2B lead generation. Assessing the market need.

Work Management 62

Work Management Lead Generation Paid Content Sales Qualified Leads 62

The Point

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Relevancy is one of the key factors in generating a consistent response from your lead nurturing emails: the more relevant your message to the reader’s job function, industry, interests, and stage in the selling cycle, the more likely he/she will be to respond. Take advantage of it. To download your free copy, click here.

Lead Nurturing 100

Lead Nurturing Segmentation Sales Qualified Leads Campaigns 100

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We have many good tools at our disposal right now we could be putting to use. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. Are you suggesting that any use of software or databases to help organize and scale your social outreach is invalid?

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Social Media Work Management Marketing Management Media 122

Conversica

JULY 31, 2020

For Marketing, this required a rapid reaction to shift to digital-first mentality, remix and re-plan their tactics and campaigns. Yet this alone is not sufficient in generating the quality of leads that Sales expects. Then what about the leads that score too low, do we continue to leave them in the database?

Marketing AI 52

Marketing AI Planning Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 52

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 18, 2015

It’s nearly two years since I introduced the concept of a Customer Data Platform , defined as a marketer-controlled system that builds a multi-source customer database and exposes it to external execution systems. Vendor Categories So far so good, but it’s really just theory. But things aren’t quite so simple.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Attribution Lead Ranking 120

Hubspot

JULY 10, 2015

Digital magazine subscriber data is usually housed with multiple outside vendors. Email newsletter lists are often in an outside email service provider. Event attendees are likely on a spreadsheet in the marketing department. And, any lists generated by editorial might be on word documents on the editor’s computer.

ROI 28

ROI Marketing Automation Services Funnel Advertising Digital Marketing Funnels 28

Lead Liaison

APRIL 15, 2016

Integration Creates Opportunities for Mid-Sized Companies to Leverage Video Marketing with Visitor Tracking and Marketing Automation Software for More Sales Intelligence and Higher Website Conversion Rates. Wista works with ProspectVision™. About Wistia. About Lead Liaison.

Marketing Automation Services 48

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 48

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

However, many tech buyers visit vendor Web sites many times to learn about and compare products, yet few register or leave evidence of their activity. B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. Among other stuff.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Webbiquity

JANUARY 12, 2021

Year after year, marketing professionals are asked to do more with less. Generate more leads (or sales) and increase brand awareness, without spending more (or at best, not much more) money. Most analytics tools are limited in their ability to answer this. This episode is sponsored by virtual event platform Shindig.

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Allocation Marketing Budget Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution 232

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

To fully understand smart content and why it''s growing as a marketing term, it helps to step back and take a look at a larger shift happening across many of the popular products and services we use today. Marketing has started to follow a similar trend. 1) The Marketing Database. 3) An Integrated Platform.

Work Management 28

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Content 28

Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This week’s show is called “ He Predicted Marketing Automation and ABM. If this is a marketing exercise, you’re neutering its impact from the beginning. If this is a marketing exercise, you’re neutering its impact from the beginning. What’s Next?! I ask Jon how do we get beyond ABM? Matt: He did.

Account Based Marketing 97

Account Based Marketing DemandBase Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel 97

The Point

JULY 13, 2012

I’m not sure I’d have much patience for a company, regardless of any interest I might have expressed in their product or service, that wanted to share links to educational and entertainment-type content with me via email, particularly if those links arrived with any frequency. Occasionally? More than once every couple of weeks? Not so much.”.

Lead Nurturing 100

Lead Nurturing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Campaigns 100

Smarte

MAY 24, 2023

A top sales database provider can provide businesses with comprehensive and reliable data that can help them identify potential customers, reach out to new markets, and grow their business. They must have a vast database of companies and contacts, covering various industries and geographic locations.

Zoominfo 52

Zoominfo Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation Marketing Management 52

The Point

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

On Focus.com , Holly asks: “Does marketing automation work if I only have a cold list of records? Case in point – we’re currently developing an integrated demand generation campaign for a client targeting a select group of contacts at key accounts. How effective would using this cold list be?&#. and so on. . *

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Microsite 100

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Summary: Conversen makes it easy to generate dynamic messages across multiple channels. It's more a supplement than a replacement for conventional campaign management but should save a lot of work for marketers and their agencies. So where’s the catch? Conversen is organized primarily around campaigns.

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Multi-Channel Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Channels Marketing Automation Services 120