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Segmentation, Social Media Drive Lead Nurturing Success for iDirect

The Point

First, the company invested in Marketo , a leading marketing automation platform that integrated well with the company’s CRM system, Salesforce.com. To reduce overall email frequency, add structure to the ongoing nurturing program, and also drive greater interaction with the database, Spear designed a monthly customer e-newsletter.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

Companies bought into becoming more customer centric will naturally migrate to processes that nurture markets and target audiences vs the old one and done model - mostly because they have an org structure (and "right" marketing folks) focused on how best to find and penetrate their best target markets.