Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 26, 2018

The other day I was talking to yet another marketing operations manager who has “a duplicate problem*” and “just needs a one-time dedupe job.” (“*Duplicates”—multiple records for the same person and/or company in CRM/Marketing Automation platforms.) Your sales team starts to worry. Inconsistent Communication.

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Modern B2B

JUNE 27, 2019

These days the traditional services offered by an agency aren’t enough. As clients build out their capability with internal agency functions, they’re looking to external partners that are more than just service providers. More and more, clients are bringing services in-house – certainly the bigger clients we deal with.

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Engagio

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

That’s why lead nurturing remains such a key element of a good B2B go-to-market. That said, a key question has come up in the last few years: who should nurture prospects, marketing or sales development representatives (SDRs)? Ultimately, as you’ll see, I think a hybrid approach works best. So, which approach is more effective?

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Martech

MAY 23, 2023

Marketing operations can be chaotic, and mastering leadership skills in such a dynamic environment can be an uphill battle. Become a strategist, not a firefighter Developing effective marketing leadership skills begins with learning to think and plan strategically. Simply communicating about the MQL to SQL process between teams.

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Rev

JULY 12, 2023

If so, this blog post will give you 6 tips to optimize your lead handoff process by getting your marketing and sales teams working together more efficiently. What is lead handoff between marketing and sales? Lead handoff is a particularly challenging process for sales and marketing teams to get right.

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Lake One

JULY 28, 2020

With marketing automation, you can serve the right content to the right person at the right time – at scale. You can also drive consistency and efficiency with internal processes. And not to mention, it just might be my favorite tool in our marketing tech stack. . What is B2B Marketing Automation?

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Schubert B2B

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s a great feeling when you first sign up for a marketing automation platform. Finally, you have access to the data you need to improve engagement and move the needle with your B2B digital marketing efforts. So, which marketing analytics should you pay attention to? Marketing qualified leads.

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Valasys

APRIL 19, 2023

I understand that generating high-quality SQLs is crucial to your job as a business owner or marketer. Still, with changing times and evolving market trends, knowing what sales-qualified leads tactics will work best can be challenging. Someone who visits your website and downloads a free trial of your software is a lead.

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Metadata

APRIL 25, 2023

We spared you the pitch slap in 6 Reasons You Shouldn’t Buy Metadata to help demand gen marketers learn why Metadata might not be the marketing OS for them. To help demand gen marketers feel more confident about buying Metadata before the DocuSign email comes through. The goal this time around?

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Schubert B2B

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s a great feeling when you first sign up for a marketing automation platform. Finally, you have access to the data you need to improve engagement and move the needle with your B2B digital marketing efforts. So, which marketing analytics should you pay attention to? Marketing qualified leads.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Over a long time, the sales and marketing operations in B2B organizations were thought to be discrete. At some point throughout the sales cycle, marketers must transfer over marketing qualified leads (MQLs) to sales teams as sales qualified leads (SQLs). Must Read: What Is MQL & SQL and How Do They Differ?

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Schubert B2B

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s a great feeling when you first sign up for a marketing automation platform. Finally, you have access to the data you need to improve engagement and move the needle with your B2B digital marketing efforts. So, which marketing analytics should you pay attention to? Marketing qualified leads.

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PureB2B

JULY 7, 2021

Marketing directors at an expanding company must work to scale their marketing efforts as much as their technology. Businesses must continually embrace new marketing platforms and client acquisition methods to grow. This includes developing scalable marketing strategies to target potential customers.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 24, 2020

“The times they are a-changin’ ” With more people working from home than ever before, in-person events replaced with digital experiences, budgets are being rescoped, and brands are focusing more on serving rather than selling. Marketo is a robust Marketing Automation Platform. You heard right!

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Upon receiving a new lead, it should be categorized, accessible, and tracked for the most relevant ongoing marketing campaigns. We know that lead management is defined as the process by which marketing acquires, evaluates, nurtures, and hands off leads to the sales team. 4) Promote Efficiency. Challenges Faced.

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Metadata

AUGUST 14, 2023

If I wrote a book about the life of a performance marketer, I’d call it, Metrics, Madness, & Mayhem. 101 tabs There are only 24 hours in a day Why am I working on the weekend? The pressure of performance marketing is VERY real, especially in a down economy. Performance marketers need help. Enter Metadata.

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Martech

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite criticisms that it’s inefficient and ineffective, lead generation remains an important marketing tactic in B2B and in some B2C sectors, including high-ticket items like auto and home sales. Some lead gen strategies are more effective than others, which is why marketing organizations continue to spend on the tactic.

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Varicent

JULY 2, 2020

6 Essential Salesforce Lead Status Options That Align Sales and Marketing What is a Salesforce lead status? A Salesforce lead status is a default field in Salesforce and one of the most important fields to have set up, working, and being used in a consistent way across your revenue organization.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 15, 2020

Marketing professionals wear many hats—that’s nothing new. We juggle lead generation, demand generation, CRM management, partnerships, teammate training, securing buy-in, and so much more. Many marketers are sitting on gold and not spending enough time digging. Develop an SLA to Streamline Lead Management.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 3, 2013

Rockefeller learned at an early age to work hard—but also work efficiently. Rockefeller were a marketer today, there is no doubt that he would be finding success using marketing automation for lead scoring, lead management, lead nurturing, and so much more. He hated waste. If a young John D.

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 20, 2015

I challenged marketing and sales leadership involved in 2016 planning to pause and consider conducting the assessment before making any decisions for next year. Pipeline management: What process do we have in place to ensure every lead is touched and routed to the next stage of the journey? Step 1 – Revenue Influencer Feedback.

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SnapApp

AUGUST 17, 2017

Maybe you’ve heard the term ‘maturity assessment’ floating around in the sales and marketing departments.but you’re not quite sure what exactly it is. . For the business, it’s a discovery tool that helps better qualify leads based on responses within the assessment – to see if they’re “ready.”. . Credit Management Assessment.

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Martech Advisor

MARCH 5, 2020

“Marketing automation is defined as the process of using tools and technology to automate repetitive marketing tasks, track and measure campaign performance, improve productivity, and drive efficiency by minimizing manual actions.” What Is Marketing Automation? Let’s dive in!

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Televerde

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Every conversation should start with the customer in mind, especially conversations about sales and marketing. Here’s what you should do: Start by determining your ideal customer profile (ICP), which is a description of the company that’s a perfect fit for your solution. Why is a crystal clear ICP so important? Evaluation.

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Ledger Bennett

MAY 29, 2018

As digital campaigns mature and evolve, new opportunities arise to improve both efficiency and returns. So at a very top level, we have two audience strategies; Remarketing to unknowns via media campaigns, increasing efficiency of media. How are we managing the contacts that have already converted to a known state?

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Single Grain

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

61% of marketers consider generating more traffic and new leads to be their biggest challenge. So what’s a marketer or sales rep to do? Use lead generation software — that’s what! In this article, you’ll find our curated list of the 10 best lead generation software to help you grow your business.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Author: Tanya Chu What do the marketing leads look like? On the marketing operations team, we get asked these questions often by the demand generation and sales teams. Marketing operations is responsible for this on both a tactical and strategic level, and we need input and feedback from demand generation and sales.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 15, 2015

In the movie, two dimwits named Wayne and Garth work on a beer bottle assembly line before quitting to attend an Alice Cooper concert. Assembly lines provide great insights : Management can easily measure production levels to gain intelligence on what to build in the future. Align Sales and Marketing.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 7, 2023

Building a technology stack to support your account-based marketing (ABM) strategy is no easy feat. Regardless of your approach, it’s important to invest in ABM technology solutions that support these three areas: Account planning Company and contact data Intent and visitor intelligence Account planning How many accounts are enough?

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Only B2B

MAY 29, 2024

This is where the finger-pointing starts between the marketing and sales teams, creating enormous pressure and frustration. So, what’s the solution? B2B lead scoring allows sales and marketing team to segment leads based on buying intent and their interaction history. Yes, it’s lead scoring. What is B2B Lead Scoring?

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Terminus

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As a product creator and innovator, I wanted to plant my flag in the next wave of leading B2B MarTech solutions and create something special with Terminus. That brief history of my MarTech journey still lives on LinkedIn , but in essence, I declared that I wanted to make things easier for marketers. .

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DemandBase

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

With ABM (Account-Based Marketing) increasingly becoming a must-have in every B2B Marketer’s toolkit, the number of ABM-focused sessions continues to grow at Dreamforce. ABM, marketing automation and CRM are the core pillars of an effective B2B marketing plan. Measure Marketing ROI: Best Practices from the Experts.

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Madison Logic

APRIL 25, 2024

Marketing and sales teams can default into thinking once the deal is signed, the hard work is done. Farris’ Marketing Metrics , are 3-10 times more likely to close than new customers. At that point, when it becomes a marketing qualified lead (MQL), responsibility for the relationship shifts to sales (usually) for all eternity.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2023

From increasing competition to unpredictable markets, revenue operations leaders face new hurdles seemingly every day. Those rapidly evolving challenges are only exacerbated by a long-standing problem among sales and marketing teams: misalignment. Limited automation means many RevOps tasks are still done manually.

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A Better Jones

JUNE 28, 2019

Technology is revolutionizing industries of every field, and digital marketing is no different. If you’re a startup, this means choosing the right marketing automation tool to help scale your business beyond the size of your team. Just like your other, good ol’ CRM tools, Drip helps you create event-triggered messages.

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MKT1

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I can nearly guarantee your early or growth-stage B2B startup doesn’t have the right marketing analytics in place to determine what’s actually working across go-to-market. Both scenarios result in not having the right marketing data to operate efficiently.

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Single Grain

APRIL 1, 2020

And when your lead-generation efficiency slows down, your sales take a hit. Email marketing. If you can master these three sources while simultaneously uncovering a powerful sales and marketing alignment and nurturing your leads, in due time you can turn things around. Social media. Get A Free Consultation.

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