The Point

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Sungard AS runs a highly successful demand generation program, an integrated mix of both online and offline campaigns, to generate a consistent flow of leads to the company’s sales force. Design, build and launch a nurture campaign targeted to “Mid Stage” leads. Spear is a Marketo agency partner.) “A

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Paul Albright boasts a 30-year track record of success in Silicon Valley, including executive roles at companies such as Marketo, SuccessFactors, NetApp, and Informatica. I sat down with Paul recently to talk about his new company and where Captora fits into the ever-expanding landscape of marketing technology.

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The Point

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I may not be a market analyst, but from what I see working with our agency’s B2B clients , it seems to me that, in the language of technology adoption lifecycles, Account-Based Marketing (ABM) stands at that pivotal junction – what Geoffrey Moore calls the “chasm” – between early adopters and early majority.

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The Point

AUGUST 1, 2013

Lead scoring has quickly become an integral part of a demand generation marketer’s arsenal. In our firm’s work with marketing automation clients , lead scoring optimization is a critical part of ensuring that companies reap the greatest benefit from the investment in marketing technology.

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The Point

MARCH 18, 2011

Late last year at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco I was fortunate enough to chat with Maria Pergolino , Marketing Director at Marketo (and renowned all-around Content Marketing Queen.) ideas for weaving social media into lead generation and lead nurturing programs. You can view the entire interview below.

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The Point

OCTOBER 30, 2013

If you utilize a marketing automation platform, the registration form on your landing page will be pre-populated with the prospect’s contact information, so conceivably all he/she has to do is click on the “submit” button. You’re not really asking for much. You’ll lose the opportunity to learn more about the prospect.

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The Point

AUGUST 8, 2013

B2B Marketing Campaign Measurement Demand Generation Lead Management Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation lead scoring lead scoring best practices lead scoring mistakes lead scoring schema lead scoring tips Marketo best practices marketo consultants Marketo lead scoring Marketo partner'

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The Point

AUGUST 10, 2009

When marketing automation vendor Marketo released their “Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing” last week (see earlier post) they knew pretty quickly they had a hit on their hands. Within 6 hours, 1,000 people had registered and downloaded the guide.

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JUNE 26, 2009

Tags: B2B Marketing Demand Generation Landing Pages Lead Management Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation direct marketing lead generation b2b demand generation demandbase marketo.

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The Point

APRIL 8, 2010

Fast-forward to today’s highly mobile workforce, where people change jobs like the proverbial underwear, throw in a volatile economy, and more than one-third of the email addresses in your marketing database could change each and every year*. The result: more hard bounces and unsubscribes. Has anyone seen more recent statistics?

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

When sales teams need marketing to help them make their numbers, the natural response is to go fishing for hot leads. Note: the source for this statistic wasn’t quoted, so if someone from Marketo reads this, feel free to provide any source reference in the comments.]. Why is Marketo’s percentage so much higher than the average?

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

When marketers embark on a formal lead nurturing strategy, opportunities for process improvement can arise in unexpected ways. All this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management. That was the experience for iDirect , a leading provider of satellite IP communications based in Herndon, Virginia.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Bonnie Crater is a five-time Vice President of Marketing, a former colleague of this blogger from our days at Oracle in the late 80s, and in 2000 was named one of the “Top 20 Female Executives in Silicon Valley” by San Jose Magazine. HS: How are you different from marketing automation vendors like Eloqua or Marketo at addressing this issue?

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The Point

AUGUST 4, 2009

Do a quick Web search on “lead nurturing” these days, and you’ll find plenty of high-level, strategic content on the “whys” – how nurturing can improve demand generation ROI, increase conversion rates, accelerate sales cycles, recycle long-discarded prospects, etc.

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The Point

JANUARY 13, 2015

No matter what your marketing resolutions this year – more content, better creative, etc. – Since email continues to be a dominant channel for most B2B marketers, let me suggest that a good candidate for #1 on your “to do” list for 2015 is to improve the way you measure email campaigns. SQLs/Cost Per SQL.

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The Point

MARCH 25, 2016

Take full advantage of marketing automation. Integrate your marketing automation system (e.g. Marketo, Pardot) with your Webinar platform (e.g. Use SEM to generate incremental leads outside of your target list. Citrix, Webex.)

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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. Subscription management turns the act of unsubscribing from a simple Yes/No question to one of: “Which types of communication would you like to receive from us?”

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The Point

JUNE 20, 2012

The success of an email campaign depends on a number of variables, chief amongst them the quality of your list and the attractiveness of the offer. The growing adoption of marketing automation systems is empowering B2B marketers to develop, produce, and execute email campaigns more efficiently, and more effectively, than ever before.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

In a recent post , the folks over at Silicon Angle applied their usual insightful analysis to the results of an industry survey by marketing automation company Pardot , a survey that reports fully 42 percent of respondents (all B2B Marketers) have failed to generate any leads from their social media campaigns.

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The Point

JULY 13, 2012

As further context, the 4-1-1 Rule that Jon references is a principle intended for Twitter and credited to Tipping Point Labs and Joe Pulizzi of the Content Marketing Institute. Jon wrote the book on lead nurturing ( literally ) but, personally, I have concerns about extending Twitter rules into the realm of email marketing.

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APRIL 16, 2014

TrustRadius , an online community designed to help business software users make better product selection, implementation, and usage decisions, just released their first-ever “ Buyer’s Guide to Marketing Automation Software.”. The guide also includes insights from leading marketing automation practitioners.

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The Point

JANUARY 6, 2014

It’s a new year, so what better time to get your demand generation strategy “in shape” for improved performance? If you don’t have that capability in place, look at marketing automation platforms like Marketo or reporting solutions like Full Circle CRM that can give you the data you’re looking for.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Last week I attended (and was a presenter at) the Seattle edition of Marketo’s 2012 Social Marketing Rockstar Tour , a roving conference/seminar series being held this summer in cities nationwide. Marketo bills the event as an opportunity to hear, learn, and share advice on B2B social media marketing strategy. Surprising?

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The Point

MAY 30, 2012

If end users want your product, but their IT department makes the purchase decision, can you leverage that demand to drive IT sales leads? That was the question contemplated by the marketing team at MobileIron , a leading provider of mobile device management technology. Here’s how the campaign worked: 1.

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