The Point

MAY 13, 2009

This is becoming a common question, driven in part by the trend in B2B towards more proactive lead nurturing and the rapid adoption of marketing automation systems. Suddenly, companies have the tools at [.].

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Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation Services Database Marketing Newsletter 100

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. Including the recipient’s company name in subject lines increases response.

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Marketo Impressions Demand Generation Agencies Lead Nurturing 100

The Point

AUGUST 17, 2010

Here are 5 areas that make ideal candidates for including direct mail in the marketing mix: 1. Lead Nurturing. Direct mail is tangible, personal, and gives you a measure of creative license that’s increasingly difficult with email, where even minor graphics can be a sure-fire trigger for spam filters.

Marketing Mix 100

Marketing Mix Planning Lead Nurturing Demand Generation 100

The Point

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

A client asks: “Now that we have our marketing automation system in place, is it really necessary to use registration forms in our lead nurturing (follow-up) campaigns? After all, we already know who these people are, correct?

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Landing Pages Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Lead Nurturing 100

The Point

MAY 6, 2010

Or even if the processes with which those leads are shepherded along the sales cycle are woefully inadequate, a company may not generate the volume of inquiries necessary in order for marketing automation to make a difference. Inevitably, much of the business case for a marketing automation solution comes down to intangibles.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Management Automation 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. The most important principle in using marketing automation is to keep it logically separate from the CRM system, yet synchronized with it.

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Salesforce.com Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Work Management 100

The Point

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Email is now a means to a conversation, not merely a one-off broadcast, and marketing automation solutions enable sophisticated, automated, triggered, multi-step, “drip” marketing campaigns that respond to changing demographic and behavioral criteria.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget 100

markempa

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

A good database marketing strategy and solid CRM implementation is critical. How to Use Lead Scoring to Drive the Highest Return on Your Trade Show Investment. Lead Generation BANT lead generation Lead Management Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Sales and Marketing Alignment'

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Lead Gen Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 120

The Point

MARCH 27, 2013

A client writes: I attended a Webinar recently at which one of the speakers prescribed scheduling lead nurturing emails on different days of the week – for example: newsletters on Mondays, product announcements on Tuesdays, Webinar invitations on Wednesdays, etc. What do you think? Is this a good idea?

Webinar Metrics 100

Webinar Metrics Autoresponders Lead Nurturing Sales Qualified Leads 100

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

I worry that this tool only ends up helping sales pick out cold calls to make, and is not used by marketers enough to segment, collect, and improve their prospecting databases. The lead management automation market, about which I blogged previously , continues to attract new players at a rapid rate.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

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?

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Campaigns Peer-to-peer Lead Nurturing Paper 100

The Point

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Most salespeople are compensated on closed business, NOT on keeping leads warm. As a result, absent marketing automation and a well-designed lead management program, all but the hottest leads typically die a lonely death in the CRM database.

Marketing Automation 100

Marketing Automation Automation Bandwidth Cost per Lead 100

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management 40

The Point

APRIL 30, 2012

A further strategy for minimizing unsubscribes is to employ subscription management, a technique in which you, as the publisher, give the wannabe unsubscriber the option to choose which types of messages he/she wants to receive (or not receive, as the case may be.)

Marketing Management 100

Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Data Hygiene Ideal Customer Profiles 100

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « We’re renaming the blog | Main | New networks in the news » April 16, 2008 Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Recently I saw a preview of Eloqua’s spring release and it got me thinking about the role lead scoring plays in determining campaign effectiveness.

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Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Enterprise Management Work Management 40

The Point

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

What single hurdle keeps B2B marketers from achieving the best possible results from inbound marketing, social media, and lead nurturing? Without a consistent stream of compelling, original, relevant information to offer, landing pages fail to convert visitors to leads, blogs wither, and lead nurturing [.].

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Lead Nurturing Database Marketing Landing Pages Content 100

The Point

JANUARY 6, 2014

If you take a “one size fits all” approach to lead nurturing or email marketing, you’ll be forced to adopt a generic message that’s less impactful overall, and probably irrelevant to a large segment of your audience. Improve segmentation to increase relevancy and email performance.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Autoresponders 100

Lead Liaison

APRIL 15, 2016

Companies ready to scale up sales and marketing efforts can move from website visitor tracking to marketing automation by upgrading to Lead Liaison professional-grade marketing automation software suite, called Lead Management Automation (LMA)™. Karl Wierzbicki Director of Marketing – InFlight Corporation.

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Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 48