ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

We are glad to have Steve Woods, CTO of Eloqua as a guest contributor to The Annuitas Group blog. Steve is a thought leader in the world of marketing automation and lead management and is also a prolific writer on topics related to demand generation and the current transitions within the marketing profession.

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Everything Technology Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Finally, the new 2013 B2B Lead Generation Report is available! Download it here: [link] ) The B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn conducted the 2013 lead generation survey to better understand how B2B marketers are adjusting to new challenges, and to identify new trends and best practices. The results are in.

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Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2016

Marketing automation software tools can be very helpful in making lead nurturing and sales acceleration efforts more effective—even if the category is badly misnamed. Marketing can’t be automated.) Here are 14 of the best marketing automation tools based on their popularity with reviewers. 1) Marketo.

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TrustRadius Marketing

JANUARY 8, 2020

Hubspot’s ‘human’ voice, vast collection of educational materials and networking events have solidified its place as the authority on inbound marketing — and also as one of the most popular marketing automation platforms in the field. . Hubspot: Getting to Know a Marketing Automation Favorite. Let’s jump in.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 28, 2015

There is still a great divide between sales and marketing. Despite the silos, some organizations are able to meet their sales and marketing goals. Misconceptions about tools like marketing automation (that is a marketing tool) just add fuel to the fire. Technology is a factor in the great divide. Will it be easy?

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

Who are the top B2B Marketing influencers on twitter? To answer this question, I looked at a variety of factors including twitter followers, profiles that included “B2B marketing,” the focus of their tweets including the hashtag # B2BMarketing , as well as a variety of social scoring tools using the keyword.

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Cintell

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

In a recent study we read, the role of marketing is changing to become the chief advocate for customers. In fact, the #1 priority of B2B marketers in 2016 will be “understanding buyers,” according to a recent survey from the IT Sales and Marketing Association. Erika Goldwater, VP of Marketing, ANNUITAS.

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LeadSloth

JUNE 23, 2009

The Marketing Automation industry is evolving continuously. Many digital marketers are using marketing automation tools to automate lead nurturing. But if you want to expand your business, you also need to continuously add new leads to your database. And that’s where Inbound Marketing comes in.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. Yesterday, Demandbase announced a new software suite to help marketers harvest passive traffic visiting Web sites. The technology appears useful at both ends of this spectrum. Among other stuff.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It’s no secret that I am a fervent evangelist for marketing automation, and at our agency we see the real-life benefits every day in the form of clients generating higher conversion rates, more qualified leads, and shorter sales cycles. HS) Where do you see as the greatest opportunity to improve marketing and sales processes?

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 28, 2012

In our last post , we introduced a list of 9 things marketers need from marketing automation vendors and consultants. Even though the information for the buyer is plentiful, we at The Annuitas Group are still constantly being asked to provide insight on what’s actually going on in the market. Hence, the list.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 28, 2012

In our last post , we introduced a list of 9 things marketers need from marketing automation vendors and consultants. Even though the information for the buyer is plentiful, we at The Annuitas Group are still constantly being asked to provide insight on what’s actually going on in the market. Hence, the list.

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ViewPoint

JULY 11, 2011

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Sales and marketing headcounts have increased to generate new customers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Lead scoring has become very important in today’s B2B marketing. Marketing’s role in interacting with prospects has expanded and goes further into the buy cycle than before. Lead scoring, a key component of lead nurturing and management, is an effective tool for aligning sales and marketing.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 10, 2011

Steve has nearly 20 years of experience in brand building, demand generation and corporate marketing. Steve has a proven track record in marketing communications development and execution. He has served as chief marketing executive at TOA Technologies and Eloqua, as well as at Nuance Communications.

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markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Tweet I can’t stress this enough: when it comes to marketing, if we’re not constantly learning, we’re going to find ourselves left behind faster than ever. Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This year’s B2B Lead Roundtable webinars are testament to that.

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markempa

MARCH 8, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 13, 2011

One of my favorite questions when I speak to marketers about social media, content marketing , demand generation or sales alignment is also one of the most frequently asked: I am a small business and cannot afford to pay tons of money to create content. Any advice for small business marketers? Trust me, I have been there.

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markempa

APRIL 18, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

B2B Marketing POSTs by Laura Ramos About the Author About this blog High tech marketers face incredible challenges building awareness, developing demand, enabling sales, and demonstrating marketings impact on the business in an increasingly digital world. This blog draws on the heritage of my Forrester research.

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NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2012

B2B lead generation and lead management is a complicated process that can’t be detailed all in one book. Below are a variety of books that I consider the cream of the crop in b2b marketing and lead management. General B2B Marketing & Lead Generation. Content Marketing.

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thePoint

MAY 25, 2018

With your inventory scores in hand (see Pre-requisite Work), we are ready to locate those gaps in knowledge, skills, or time and start considering what will be a priority in either hiring (as budget allows) or outsourcing in order to accomplish your now-progressing marketing mission. High-Level Marketing Tasks. Pre-requisite Work.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The reasons I believe lie in two critical areas: 1) setting proper expectations, and 2) prompt and effective lead follow up. To the first issue: expectations, it’s important to recognize that content syndication leads are not like most sales leads. Bookmark the permalink.

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Lead Liaison

DECEMBER 31, 2018

They have rapidly become the global leader in event lead management. The company, known worldwide for their marketing and sales automation solutions , has been hyper-focused on supporting live marketing events over the last year. They started by answering the need for a better, more efficient way to capture leads.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « We’re renaming the blog | Main | New networks in the news » April 16, 2008 Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Recently I saw a preview of Eloqua’s spring release and it got me thinking about the role lead scoring plays in determining campaign effectiveness.

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TrustRadius Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Email is a vital force in your marketing strategy, but not your only line of communication with customers. . As your social media, SMS messages, and chat boxes become more prominent in your marketing strategy, you need the right tools to handle all the available communication channels. . Email Marketing Software.

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Televerde

MARCH 3, 2020

As experts in all things sales and marketing, our clients look to us for guidance. Stumped by a sales or marketing situation? Dear Televerde, I’m a marketer for a manufacturing company, and I’m feeling a little behind-the-times. Manufacturing Marketer at B2B firm, Omaha, NE. Track the ROI of your marketing efforts.

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Televerde

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Marketers who follow state-of-the-art business practices—aka “modern marketers”—are more successful than those who don’t keep up with current trends. According to a Forrester survey of marketing decision makers in the U.S. ♦ 55% of modern marketers say they’ve increased sales by upgrading their business practices.

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LeanData

MARCH 30, 2022

An effective Information Technology (IT) strategy is critical for any business attempting to scale and grow its revenue. Leading this charge is the revenue tech stack that empowers revenue teams to deliver results by eliminating the manual, time-consuming and error-prone processes from their go-to-market (GTM) motions.

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LeanData

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The evolution of Account-Based Marketing has gone something like this over the last couple of years: Interesting idea. That steady progression is why you likely know that ABM brings together sales and marketing efforts to focus on high-value target accounts with the greatest chance of becoming closed deals. Red-hot trend.

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Lead Liaison

MARCH 1, 2019

The show reinforced the fact that we have an industry-leading solution with distinct competitive advantages that people are craving,” says Jen Worsham, Director of Marketing at Lead Liaison. Lead Liaison plans to attend several other shows in 2019. About Lead Liaison . ™ features, click here.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 20, 2009

The more sophisticated vendors will of course continue to add features, but it’s not clear that most marketers will be interested in the additional capabilities or be able to handle the added complexity. Well, I wouldn’t ask the question if I weren’t leading up to something. It’s simply one of those ideas whose time has come.

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LeanData

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The evolution of Account-Based Marketing has gone something like this over the last couple of years: Interesting idea. That steady progression is why you likely know that ABM brings together sales and marketing efforts to focus on high-value target accounts with the greatest chance of becoming closed deals. Red-hot trend.

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LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. Several new vendors appeared on the market, many existing vendors experienced rapid growth, and Marketing Automation as a term gained popularity among B2B marketers. In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010.

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LeanData

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The evolution of Account-Based Marketing has gone something like this over the last couple of years: Interesting idea. That steady progression is why you likely know that ABM brings together sales and marketing efforts to focus on high-value target accounts with the greatest chance of becoming closed deals. Red-hot trend.

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LeanData

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The evolution of Account-Based Marketing has gone something like this over the last couple of years: Interesting idea. That steady progression is why you likely know that ABM brings together sales and marketing efforts to focus on high-value target accounts with the greatest chance of becoming closed deals. Red-hot trend.

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