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Key Findings from the 2021 ANNUITAS Enterprise Marketing Automation Platform Analysis

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Too often MAPs are associated with tactical email nurturing and simple lead qualificationtactical use cases that dominate immature platform deployments. Can it handle the processing demands of complex trigger actions and large numbers of data record updates – in real time?

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Sales and Marketing: The technology behind CRM

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Tweet Customer relationship management (CRM) is defined a number of different ways. With a complex sale, many personal touch points in customer relationship management are present – such as directly answering a question posted on social media or an online forum. Marketing, Sales (and IT) alignment.

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Buckle Up! Sales Reps Share Perceptions of Marketing-Generated Leads

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A new eBook reports on sales rep perceptions of marketing-generated leads, and the findings run from surprising to shocking to downright scary. The survey sample is nicely balanced with responding reps engaged in field sales, inside sales, and inbound and outbound lead generation and lead qualification.

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B2B Marketing Trends From Eloqua Experience 09 Via Twitter

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Earlier this month I left my newborn and poor wife at home for an unforgettable week at Eloqua Experience in San Francisco. While there were a few keynote speakers, the conference focused on having the Eloqua community share their experiences so we could all learn from each other. They are some of the best and brightest out there.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

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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. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force.

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Quality Matters – Analyzing the Effect of Quality on the Lead Handoff Process

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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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11 of the Best Marketing Automation Platforms

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The intuitive suite of capabilities creates an enjoyable customer experience, from lead qualification to nurturing and post-sale support. It provides tools for robust email marketing campaigns, automation features to put your strategy on autopilot, and a CRM system to help you manage and organize your contacts.