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Is Technology Making Marketing Agencies Obsolete?

The Point

Over at the IDC Technology Marketing Blog , analyst Sam Melnick posted an article recently with the intriguing title: “Are Ad Agencies Keeping Pace with the Marketing’s (sic) Massive Digital Uptake? Here’s where I think today’s B2B marketing agency can best compete: • Helping clients get the most out of marketing technology.

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Research Strongly Supports Shifting to a “Converged Growth,” B2B Go-to-Market Organizational Model, Led by a Chief Growth Officer

ANNUITAS

This new organizational model represents a complete rethink of traditional B2B sales, marketing and customer service roles, with blended teams, organized around stewardship of customer journey phases. Closing Gaps Between Sales, Marketing and Customer Service – Pre-Sale and Post-Sale. Thus, alignment is more critical than ever.

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Lead Enrichment: How to Streamline and Get the Most Out of Your Customer Data

DealSignal

Many B2B marketers face this problem – the launch of a new campaign is hindered by stale or even simply inaccurate leads. All this makes targeting a challenge – but lead enrichment is there to help you follow closely what’s going on with your pool of prospects. Table of Contents What is Lead Enrichment? Why Enrich Leads?

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Email 101: Tell Me Something I Don’t Already Know

The Point

To be information of value, that same content needs to be useful, and at a very fundamental level it needs to tell the reader something he or she doesn’t already know. No offer, no value proposition, no call to action, nothing that tells me what the writer wants me to do, and why, and how. Sounds obvious, right?

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First-Party Data Strategies for B2B Marketing in the Cookieless Age

Learn from the Pros

Streamlined Lead Scoring and Nurturing – More accurate and relevant first-party data collection leads to more effective lead scoring. Better lead scores allow you to prioritize and optimize nurturing efforts. Doing so can create a space that adds real value for your audience.

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

Marketing Insider Group

If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. So here are my 6 tips for creating content that drives the leads that sales wants… Define your audience on their terms not yours. Know how they rank.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. As part of a broader lead generation, on-demand platform, Demandbase offers a free, downloadable Web application built on Adobe AIR (one of 3 investors in an $8M round they also announced.)