Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 4, 2009

I just reviewed Marketo 's recently released Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing. Don't let the vendor logo fool you, this is a document that is a must read for all demand generation professionals. What I found most useful were the examples of calculating the ROI of Lead Nurturing. It's a must read.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 4, 2009

I just reviewed Marketo 's recently released Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing. Don't let the vendor logo fool you, this is a document that is a must read for all demand generation professionals. What I found most useful were the examples of calculating the ROI of Lead Nurturing. It's a must read.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

When it comes to winning new business, marketing and sales alignment might be the most amazing strategic alignment a company can embrace. Before joining Marketo as a sales development representative , I was working in the marketing department of a small FinTech start-up. dedicated to the exact needs of my lead.

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The Point

APRIL 1, 2014

Recent studies tell us while the adoption of marketing automation technology continues to gain momentum, fewer than 20 percent of marketing executives say that they are fully integrating the technology into their current sales and marketing initiatives. Once initiated, the steps are as follows: 1.

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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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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 22, 2018

According to recent Marketo research , as of four weeks before the deadline, only 28% of businesses considered themselves fully compliant, while a further 47% were confident that they’d be on track to be compliant by the deadline. This Accountability Principle, in my opinion, is the most challenging part of GDPR for marketing.

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ViewPoint

JUNE 7, 2016

Nurture leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales is the sixth of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Many sales reps lack insights on the best way to follow up on a lead.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2018

At the same time, stay patient, and foster connections with qualified leads. Yes, you want to make your numbers, but don’t fall into the trap of a forced sale that leads to short-term gain but long-term loss. Turn them into concrete goals by writing them in a document. Dress well, and stay busy. Treat Customers like Gold.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 10, 2017

If your goal is to add an extra source of revenue along with the full solution , then sales engagement and co-marketing programs will be critical. At Marketo, the LaunchPoint ecosystem was developed to provide a comprehensive solution for our customers and to be an additional lead generation source.

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Only B2B

MARCH 13, 2020

Not all leads are at the same stage. Some are just visiting (leads), some know their problems (MQLs) and some are considering your product or service as a solution to their problems (SQLs). Lead Nurturing. Marketing Qualified Leads are in their early phase of buyer journey. MQL vs SQL. Do they fit?

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 1, 2012

With all the (deserved) hype surrounding marketing automation, is no wonder that many companies, startups especially, are adding the technology as a key component to their marketing activities. But let’s say you got approval and have purchased the marketing automation software of your dreams. Step 3: Content Marketing Audit.

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2021

By Brenna Lofquist , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. In today’s digital technology landscape there are numerous platforms, tools and technologies at the disposal of every marketer—almost too many. Welcome to the eighth installment of The B2B Marketer’s Quick Start Guide. Without further ado….

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Televerde

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Partnership is structured around developing a pipeline of consistent and qualified sales opportunities. Phoenix-based Televerde is the first and only fully integrated sales and marketing technology organization with a proven execution model for generating demand and accelerating sales. The full study can be accessed here. About Xactly.

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6sense

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Latané immediately discussed the central theme for the conference — Welcome to the RevTech Revolution — and explained that revenue teams are finally recognizing that the old ways of marketing and selling simply don’t work anymore. Moments later, Rahul took the stage and highlighted how most Marketing Pipeline Management happens today.

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

70% of marketers say marketing automation software is critical to their success. Marketing automation occurs when marketers pass the burden of monotonous tasks to software logic to complete. What is marketing automation and why is it used? What are the most important marketing automation features?

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DiscoverOrg

MARCH 27, 2017

Account-Based Marketing. More specifically: Account-Based Everything (ABE) is a strategic go-to-market approach that orchestrates personalized marketing, sales, and success efforts to drive engagement and conversion at named accounts. While leads and opportunities are important to note, it’s not enough for ABE.

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Velocity Partners

JANUARY 28, 2019

This is another post in our Content Performance series, in which we look at what B2B businesses need to make their marketing more effective. Choosing the right marketing automation tool is like picking a needle in a needlestack. Document your business goals, challenges and expectations from upper management. Yeah, I know.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 2, 2015

Generate more leads. Allow me to clarify: Lifecycle is a process that enables leads to move through a joint sales and marketing process (sales and marketing, unite!) A lifecycle is an efficient way for sales and marketing to work together in order to better track leads and at a lower cost. Increase upsell.

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Everything Technology Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

One of my recent posts (“ The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011 ”) received a lot of great comments. The number one marketing trend for 2011, according to the 17,000 member B2B technology marketing group on LinkedIn, is the increasing integration of social media with traditional marketing tactics to drive qualified leads.

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Perkuto

JUNE 4, 2019

Far from a flavor-of-the-month sales technique, account-based marketing (ABM) has proven to be a viable, valuable strategy for turning leads into buyers and maximizing your marketing and sales resources. When it comes to your marketing automation or CRM database, the name of the game is continual progress over perfection.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 4, 2013

Michael Loop is the co-founder of Datarati , Asia Pacific’s Fastest Growing Data Driven Marketing Automation Agency. Michael has successfully delivered over 200 marketing automation and CRM implementations across the globe. How much do we need to know about our CRM system to be good at this marketing automation stuff?”

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 27, 2011

by Maria Pergolino Remember the days when cold calling was one of the primary ways sales reps managed lead generation ? Marketing Qualifies, Sales Closes. With a new focus on sales and marketing alignment, companies are ensuring the two teams work together to focus on what they do best. Thanks to Sales 2.0 Need help?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 9, 2016

This also happens in the world of marketing. From a field marketing perspective, some of these terms can get you into trouble if you don’t know what they mean. I’ll define some of these important field marketing terms below–complete with insider tips and personal stories: Executing Your Field Event. AR: Attrition Rate.

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

It could supplement a traditional marketing automation system or perhaps replace one. When I reviewed Right On Interactive in a July 2009 post , the company was selling its 5Buckets marketing software as a multi-channel output generation tool that complemented conventional marketing automation systems.

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Engagio

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

This activity can’t be done in a Marketing silo. Marketing needs Sales, and Sales needs Marketing to accurately select target accounts. Your AE/SDR teams are in the weeds everyday qualifying prospects and closing deals. Guess what? It is not (and never will be) perfect. And don’t forget about your Customer Success team!

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Author: Stacey Thornberry Marketing has historically been seen as a cost center with marketers constantly working to prove ROI and fighting to be perceived as a profit generator. A marketing tactic that’s traditionally seen as one of the most pricy investments? How large is the database you’re marketing to?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 27, 2009

Note from Jon Miller: I'm pleased to welcome our newest contributor to the Modern B2B Marketing blog. I joined Marketo last month after spending more than a decade at large, well-run companies like Oracle, Siebel and Sun (now Big Oracle). Marketo is not your average startup. How marketing is measured. # Traditional.

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6sense

MAY 10, 2016

How is this relevant to B2B sales and marketing? The evolution of big data tools like Hadoop and Spark and the data science techniques to use them effectively have come to inform business outcomes, influence mobile and location-aware technology and have evolved 15 years of digital marketing techniques. Yep – they sold leads.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The ultimate objective of marketing is to increase revenue performance , and one key way to achieve this is to optimize the entire sales funnel. In his presentation, he covers a five-step process to optimize lead management, get marketing and sales alignment , and make the most of your entire sales funnel.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 1, 2012

Growth Fusion is a boutique integrated marketing agency with a strong focus on ROI-driven Customer Acquisition and Demand Generation. Rajesh is a Marketo expert and has hands-on experience defining projects and implementing them at both venture-backed start-ups and consulting firms. This trend is also true in the B2B market.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 18, 2012

But left untreated MOFU is a serious condition that is proven to make thousands of advanced marketers very sick. MOFU is the M iddle O f the FU nnel stage in a marketer’s lead funnel or revenue cycle. Far too often, a blockage develops in the MOFU stage where sales leads stagnate, wither, and die.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 20, 2009

The next interview in the B2B Marketing thought leader interview series is with John Watton, VP Marketing at ShipServ , the leading e-marketplace for maritime shipping (and also a Marketo customer). So now information is delivered through a mix of video, digital documents, podcasts, flash demos and eBooks.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

What types of metrics do B2B marketers need to measure a marketing campaign's success? We have invited B2B Experts to shed light on the following question: "In what ways have metrics evolved with the increase in digital B2B marketing? Recommended Resources from B2B Marketing Experts. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

This week I listened to Umberto Milletti and Phil Fernandez, CEOs from Insideview and Marketo, give presentations about their expectations of Marketing. Early in the presentation, Phil noted that 67% of CEOs give their marketing departments a grade of a “B” or “C”. Build alignment between marketing and sales.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

Author: Rajiv Kapoor This post below is a fictional account of a common situation experienced by many marketers when implementing marketing automation. This is written based off of what I have seen working as a senior consultant for Marketo. Lead lifecycle moves from “blah blah blah” to reality in 1 hour. First success!

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

by Jon Miller A common question I hear from marketers is “I already have a CRM system (e.g. salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM), so why do I need marketing automation ”? Many CRM systems have a module for marketing. Architecture of Marketing Automation versus CRM. Marketing Automation. Business Goal.

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Optinmonster

JANUARY 14, 2024

Do you want to find out the best digital marketing tools in 2024? Given the pace with which the online industry is booming, having the best marketing tools at your disposal is now more important than ever. So, let’s dive in and explore these tools that promise to revolutionize your digital marketing strategy in 2024.

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