ANNUITAS

JANUARY 7, 2016

I recently had the pleasure of re-certifying as a Marketo Certified Expert for the third consecutive year. I spent long hours engaged in online courses and reading any and every article, eBook, or white paper that detailed how to be the best-of-the-best. Happily ever after, right? A good cultural fit is important when hiring.

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The Point

JANUARY 21, 2014

I would a) break it up into 2 paragraphs at minimum, and 2) tie the copy back to the offer in action-oriented terms, as in: “In a new white paper from Forrester, learn how …”. Think about 2-3 bullets in the form of key selling points, preceded by “Download this compelling white paper today, and you’ll discover:” or words to that effect.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 16, 2016

I recently had the pleasure of re-certifying as a Marketo Certified Expert for the third consecutive year. I spent long hours engaged in online courses and reading any and every article, eBook, or white paper that detailed how to be the best-of-the-best. Happily ever after, right? A good cultural fit is important when hiring.

Ad Building 100

Ad Building Trade Show Marketing Automation Services Marketo 100

The Point

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The subject of hot vs. cold leads was a prime topic at a Marketo roadshow event I attended earlier this month, when Paul Albright , the company’s Chief Revenue Officer, gave a compelling presentation on marketing metrics and some of the factors behind his company’s rapid success. Why is Marketo’s percentage so much higher than the average?

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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. Think about it: that’s 1,000 sales leads (and make no mistake, that’s what they [.].

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

So let’s be clear on what a Demand Strategy is not…. A Demand Strategy does not start with a marketing technology solution. You cannot purchase Marketo or Pardot or any of the other multitude of solutions available and expect to suddenly see a tremendous increase in the volume or quality of leads.

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The Point

OCTOBER 30, 2013

If you send the prospect directly to the content (say, a white paper) upon him or her clicking in the email, how confident can you be that the individual is expressing an active interest in your topic? Here’s why: 1. A click is not a response. People click on a whim, out of idle curiosity, even by accident.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 4, 2015

One new set of insights published by DemandGen Report and Marketo is the 2015 Demand Gen Report Benchmark Study. Overall, more than one third (38%) of B2B marketers expect their demand generation budgets to grow by 20% or more in 2015. Being Top-Heavy. Top-of-the-funnel heavy, that is. You’re right.

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 15, 2010

I spent most of the past week in San Francisco at overlapping conferences for the Direct Marketing Association and Marketo. My Marketo presentation was based on the marketing measurement white paper I recently wrote for them, which argues that measurement should be based on tracking buyers through stages in the purchase process.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Marketing automation provider Marketo has just published The Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing , a white paper that provides real value, covering the lead nurturing process from the basic how and why through ROI measurement. Seed this on Newsvine. Add this to Mister Wong. Share this on FriendFeed.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 17, 2009

Unfortunately, not enough time… Last week I received a copy of Marketo’s Lead Nurturing workbook. that is one of the great suggestions in Marketo’s book). Marketo has published separate Lead Scoring Guide with similar suggestions. Both papers also look at the buyer roles (e.g. Read them both!

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PathFactory

JUNE 29, 2020

How to make it happen in PathFactory + Marketo. For me, the biggest advantage PathFactory provides is the ability to identify how long someone has spent on content and then action that data in marketing automation – in our case, Marketo. For example, person A read parts 1 and 2, they would get added to lists “01.

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Leadspace

MAY 3, 2017

We gained an insight into some of those pearls of wisdom at Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit earlier this week. Senior marketing thought-leaders from our partners at Marketo, Microsoft and Facebook, joined us for a thought-provoking panel, chaired by Leadspace CEO Doug Bewsher, on how to run killer advertising and demand gen campaigns.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. But they’re just that: tools. The book is a bit repetitive in places, but it’s repetition with a purpose; this is important stuff!

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Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

If anyone else cares to expand on this list, even better. This paper contains step-by-step instructions for building a business case and even a link to a slide deck you can use as a template. Eloqua “ The Business Case for Integrated Demand Generation ” offers data from Forrester, CSO Insights and several Eloqua clients.

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B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 27, 2017

SiriusDecisions calls the new version the Demand Unit Waterfall , and it's depicted in the following diagram: Source: SiriusDecisions The first version of the Demand Waterfall was introduced in 2006, and over the past decade, thousands of B2B companies have used the waterfall model to track and manage their demand generation efforts.

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The Point

MAY 11, 2015

However, I’m also concerned that, as marketers, in our haste to throw off our reputation as a bunch of do-nothing artists, we run the risk of relinquishing a creative legacy that still has an important role to play, in demand generation , and in marketing as a whole. Sure, data rules the roost.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

offering a white paper or promoting a Webinar) and the larger process of managing the flow of treatments. I’d already noticed that the simplicity-focused vendors ( Marketo , Infusionsoft , OfficeAutoPilot and, as of yesterday, Genius.com ) build their campaigns as a list of steps with no branching flows.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 6, 2017

This year, one at the very top of my list is to more actively consume industry news and trends and apply them to my own marketing. At Marketo, we finished the year by running a social countdown, called #marketocountdown , that highlighted some of the top influencers to follow so you can stay up to date on trends, tips, and best practices.

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The Point

MARCH 25, 2016

Marketo, Pardot) with your Webinar platform (e.g. Use SEM to generate incremental leads outside of your target list. Use LinkedIn Sponsored Updates and LinkedIn Text Ads to target specific demographics in advance of the Webinar. Take full advantage of marketing automation. Citrix, Webex.)

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The Point

JANUARY 13, 2015

As a B2B agency , our firm creates and executes dozens of email campaigns every month, and that experience tells me that a large percentage of B2B marketers, even at companies that otherwise do a very sophisticated job at demand generation , fail to measure or compare email campaign performance using any metrics other than opens and clicks.

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Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Blog Modern B2B Marketing Twitter Marketo InboundMarketer. Maria Pergolino is Director of Marketing at Marketo , leading their efforts in adoption of social media channels for brand awareness and demand generation. Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing.

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Ambal's Amusings

JULY 22, 2010

With this plan in hand, no matter where you plan to use your messaging, you can be sure that your story is consistent—adding credibility to your brand—across blogs, tradeshows, webinars, white papers, your website and other distribution points. Blog Modern B2B Marketing Twitter Marketo InboundMarketer. Maria Pergolino.

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The Point

JUNE 20, 2012

lead nurturing) or when you want to segment emails by product line or target audience. Include a placeholder for an offer image – a simple cover image for downloadable content like white papers, a screen shot for videos or demos or free trials, or a speaker photo for online events. Use sidebars.

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Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Sewell is president of Spear Marketing Group , a full-service agency with offices in Silicon Valley and Seattle that specializes in demand generation, lead management, and ROI-based marketing. How to Choose Your Carrot: Effective Lead Generation Offers for High-Technology Marketers (White Paper). Howard Sewell's Tip.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 1, 2016

You used to write 2,000-word papers in college. I’ve spent the last three years working in demand generation with one major goal in mind: crack the code on writing the perfect subject line. Just when you thought you wrote something brilliant, you find that your open rates are less than impressive. Share them below!

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Walker Sands

JULY 16, 2019

According to TOPO’s 2019 Account-Based Benchmark report , one in five accounts targeted through ABM created a new sales opportunity, far surpassing success rates for traditional mass marketing and funnel-based approaches. Define your voice – ABM lets you target specific customers with content that speaks directly to them.

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Vidyard

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

And to understand how companies can make the most of their content, we sat down with Chris Vandermarel, Demand Generation Manager at Toronto-based LookBookHQ. By coincidence I ran into an account executive at LookbookHQ who I went to school with at an airport. Let’s dig in!

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Ambal's Amusings

MAY 27, 2010

You add in some of your company’s expertise taking a position on the stance of the expert and turn the transcription into a white paper. Feature the white paper on your website and as an email offer. Blog Modern B2B Marketing Twitter Marketo InboundMarketer. Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

by Maria Pergolino Demand Generation Managers are responsible for finding and executing the program mix that is going to drive revenue for their organization. Super star demand gen managers know how to create the proper mix of demand by each line of business to ensure happy sales teams.

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Leadspace

JUNE 1, 2017

This article was originally published on the Marketo Blog. AI applications exist as a part of products as well; for example, Facebook’s ability to recognize the faces of your friends from their pictures is powered by AI technology, as are Amazon.com’s exceptionally effective targeted ads. And it won’t let you hear colors.

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Leadspace

OCTOBER 16, 2017

This article was originally posted on the Marketo Blog , and is republished here with permission. Take Artificial Intelligence (AI)—a hugely powerful technology that’s revolutionizing everything from healthcare to demand generation; from advertising to gaming; from Siri to Tesla, and so much more. Hear me out.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 21, 2017

If you haven’t heard “above the fold” in the past, it refers to everything you see on the newspaper page before the paper folds. While this is not an exhaustive list of conversion strategies, these basics can significantly impact your results. Keep all the important stuff above the fold. Please share them here!

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The Point

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The blog generated more than 500 leads in its first 9 months alone, and this from a target audience (billing managers at small- to mid-sized medical practices) that can hardly be described as the Facebook crowd. Navicure uses Marketo and Salesforce.com to track marketing ROI.). Calls to action need to appear in content.

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NuSpark Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2018

. Demand generation is the process marketers employ to make clients want to buy their product or service. This differs from lead generation, which is intended to make people want information about your offering. Demand Generation Tactics and Techniques. A quality website is vital for generating demand.

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The Point

JULY 13, 2012

Is lead nurturing always about generating measurable response, increasing lead scores, progressive profiling, and moving leads to sales? Or can it also be about establishing trust, thought leadership, and affinity with the target prospect? Or can you get away with a link to content, perhaps content that’s not even your own?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 2, 2013

by Dayna Rothman Relevance is the key to creating content for demand generation that impacts lead generation , lead nurturing and lead scoring. Relevance does not only mean writing a paper that is only useful to someone who wants to buy your product or service. 29% prefer content targeted to their geography.

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