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CRM vs. Marketing Automation

Sharpspring

When considering CRM vs. marketing automation for your own business, the premise can seem the same. Still, if you have to choose, there are several things to consider regarding CRM vs. marketing automation. What Is Marketing Automation? How Can Marketing Automation Grow Your Business?

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Vendor Selection: Writing a Good Requirements Document

Customer Experience Matrix

My last two posts (not counting this morning’s detour into Marketo-land) described common errors marketers make when selecting marketing automation systems. I see two reasons: Marketers are like everybody else. But don’t think you’re writing the document for vendors. How did we come to this?

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MindMatrix Adds Sales Support to Marketing Automation

Customer Experience Matrix

One easily predictable trend in B2B marketing automation is that vendors will tailor their systems to specific industries. The reason may be that B2B marketing automation products have a narrower scope than B2C systems, meaning there’s less advantage in creating vertical editions. Integrations with ACT!

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10 Best Sales Tools to Boost Your B2B Sales

SalesIntel

Examples of popular sales tools include CRM software, marketing automation software, and sales forecasting tools. Using sales tools can help increase productivity and efficiency in the sales process by automating repetitive tasks, tracking and analyzing sales data, and providing actionable insights to inform better decision-making.

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Career Advice for a Young Marketer

The Point

A few weeks ago I gave an informational interview to a local university student looking for advice on the best way to jump start his marketing career. Here are my 5 tips for new college grads or any aspiring young marketer: 1. Think social media management, content management, marketing automation, reporting and analytics.

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MOPs professionals: Bringin order to chaos

Martech

Spend time with a group of marketing operations professionals and you quickly realize that they share a common mind-set. Whether it’s ensuring that each change or update to a tool or process is meticulously documented, or ensuring that the cash in their wallet is all in order and facing the right way (they can get a debate out of that).

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How to Close More Loans with Application Follow-Up Automation

SmartBug Media

Complex processes, manual data entry, document handoffs, and slow response times create friction for applicants and can lead them to look elsewhere for financing. Thankfully, there’s a lot you can do to improve the loan application process thanks to advanced marketing automation tools. LLC documents and operating agreement.