Zoominfo

OCTOBER 28, 2018

While demographic and firmographic data are essential to B2B sales, technographics complete the picture. Without them, you have very little insight into how a company operates, how they make their purchase decisions, and where they are lacking in the technology department. 5 Ways Technographics Improve Sales Prospecting.

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ClickZ

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This list is not inclusive of every enterprise-level provider, but is meant to present an overview of best-in-class tools that exist in the market today, including tangible examples of how organizations are using them to improve their marketing, sales, and customer experience initiatives. Industry case study.

Enterprise Management 133

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The Point

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The conclusion: most B2B companies were failing to follow even the most basic lead management best practices, even in areas that one would assume were a primary business case for purchasing marketing automation in the first place. Why Is #MarketingAutomation Maturity Still Woeful? Click To Tweet.

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PathFactory

MAY 2, 2022

Toronto, ON – May 2, 2022 – PathFactory announces its next-generation PathFactory for Revenue Enablement, further closing the gap between marketing and sales by empowering sellers to deliver bespoke buying experiences at scale, built from marketing-curated content.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 12, 2009

On Monday, Eloqua announced a new free deployment service for its clients. It follows last month’s free deployment offer from Eloqua reseller Pedowitz Group , which generated quite a bit of comment on this blog. Eloqua also has its professional services group and consulting partners to provide more hands-on assistance.

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Engagio

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When I first got started in software, it was at a company called e.piphany which specialized in what was then called Campaign Management. Campaign Management software automated the process of sending out campaigns — primarily direct mail at that time and then email.

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Valasys

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The digital market is one of the leading reasons for this revolution. From email marketing campaigns and lead nurturing to analytics and social media management, automation platforms offer excellent features – enabling marketers to streamline workflow, segment the audience, and drive engagement across multiple channels.

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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. It’s easier said than done which is why firms like mine exist, to implement proper lead generation tactics that build revenue. Books are listed by funnel category. Brian Carroll. Ardath Albee.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 28, 2018

While demographic and firmographic data are essential to B2B sales, technographics complete the picture. Without them, you have very little insight into how a company operates, how they make their purchase decisions, and where they are lacking in the technology department. Improve Close Rates More informed sales conversations.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

This started by providing visitor lists and real-time alerts to sales people who were interested in specific accounts. Some of this, such as DUNS Number, is purchased from external sources and requires extra payment. The most recent expansion went beyond a company’s own Web site to the much larger world of online advertising.

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Ledger Bennett

MARCH 25, 2020

At a basic level, it’s obvious that where a human touch can be replaced by a digital touchpoint, the process becomes more efficient, less prone to error, and ultimately far more cost effective. Enabling the digital sale is the project businesses can start working on right now. Other blogs that may interest you.

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Ledger Bennett

APRIL 1, 2020

At a basic level, it’s obvious that where a human touch can be replaced by a digital touchpoint, the process becomes more efficient, less prone to error, and ultimately far more cost effective. Enabling the digital sale is the project businesses can start working on right now. Other blogs that may interest you.

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2020

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Well, welcome, everyone, to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Although the improved UI is the big change, the new version also adds integration with SalesForce.com for AdWords campaigns and improved lead generation capabilities. It competes with vendors such as Marketo , Eloqua , Marketbright and Genoo. This has made the marketing funnel longer, and the actual sales process shorter.

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Tomorrow People

MARCH 13, 2018

The hard results of pull-through and lead generation. Not just two or three offers, but offers customized for an individual’s purchasing history. Because a joined-up brand, consistent across channels, gets greater share-of-mind in the market and leads to higher engagement. Channel management; paid, earned and owned media.

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KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

According to a study sponsored by Eloqua, the biggest challenge for B2B marketers is generating enough high quality leads. Converting leads into customers came in 2nd. Generating Enough High Quality B2B Leads. The phone calls were better leads. They were leads that were lower in the funnel.

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ClearVoice

APRIL 14, 2023

For example, they can help figure out how well content is: Generating leads Boosting website traffic Improving brand awareness Converting leads to paying customers Getting visitors to view, download, or share specific content Effective use of KPIs also provides a way to measure progress and communicate success to stakeholders.

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markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago.

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Vidyard

AUGUST 7, 2015

Are you scoring leads to make sure you’re flipping only the best over to the Sales team? Are you using video in your lead scoring model? 79% of B2B marketers have not established a lead scoring model If you don’t know where to start with lead scoring, you’re not alone.

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SendinBlue

AUGUST 24, 2020

The intuitive suite of capabilities creates an enjoyable customer experience, from lead qualification to nurturing and post-sale support. HubSpot’s marketing automation platform is geared towards helping you generate leads and convert more customers. Unlimited Marketing Automation with the Premium plan starts at $65 per month.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system.

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SnapApp

APRIL 4, 2018

This is amplified in the B2B marketing arena where longer sales cycles and multiple touchpoints across a range of different channels make KPI selection and attribution much more complex. . This is evident by the number of B2B companies who are still unable to answer the most critical sales and marketing performance questions. . .

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Lead Ranking Paid Content Cost per Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 107

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 27, 2014

When it gets a new client, it loads that company’s own customer list and sales from its CRM system, finds those companies and individuals in the Fliptop database, enhances their records with Fliptop data, and uses the combined information to build a predictive model that identifies the likelihood of someone making a purchase.

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Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Automation Services Reachforce 120

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 30, 2006

Not to be obsessive or anything, but I do want to respond a bit more to the anonymous comment on last Thursday’s post, which said (the comment, that is) “Eloqua is definitely a marketing automation and campaign management tool. MRM is not something Eloqua does now, but I would expect them to in the future.”

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Content4Demand

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Oftentimes marketers and sales teams take bold lunges to attract customers, whether it be an email, an advertisement, or a cold call—and then we sit back, cross our fingers and hope that our messaging is timely and well-received. It’s a glimpse into the future of your audience’s sales cycle and enables earlier interactions with your audience.

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TrustRadius Marketing

JUNE 19, 2019

While building and managing campaigns through these (often complex) platforms can be difficult and time consuming, these tools are also the bedrock of most marketing campaign activity. Which vendors offer high quality pre-sale AND post-sale support? different sources of information during their software purchase process!).

Marketing Automation Services 40

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markempa

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Have you ever wondered about how you can leverage social selling for better lead generation and business development? I say I’m a sales professional trapped in a marketer’s body. The reason is, of the 13 years that I was in software sales, I sold into marketing for 10 of those years. Jill: Sure, Brian. Why is that?

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 19, 2009

Back in November I posted an article, Poker Equity and Marketing - Lead Equity. The topic got resurrected this week with the posting of my interview on the Funnelholic site, when a question from @chadhorenfeldt from Eloqua caused me to bring up Lead Equity. So how does this apply to lead gen/demand gen? Let me explain.

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Engagio

JULY 31, 2017

At this point, many of us in B2B space have realized that focusing on leads as individuals and qualifying them one-by-one to hand off to the sales team no longer works. The B2B lead handoff process is broken. This leads to trouble in predicting pipeline and lost revenue down the line. Relate to individual buyers.

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Ideally, your team would define this process once, perform maintenance checkups, track the provided analytics, and take action on those insights. Common automation themes include outbound and inbound lead generation, campaign management, workflows, email sequences, reporting, and analytics. Lead Management Features.

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Envy

JANUARY 28, 2018

Needless to say, the GDPR is also poised to make a big impact on B2B marketing and the way we manage customer data. With AI technologies driving better accuracy in sales intelligence, there will be an increase in personalized, data-driven marketing for both B2B and B2C. We expect this trend to continue. Marketing Automation.

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Valasys

JULY 1, 2021

According to research by Spotler, 64% of B2B e-commerce marketers accede that B2B marketing automation solutions contribute to more sales. One can choose many goals such as: Generating more leads by increasing traffic to the website. Learn More: AB Split Testing | Optimize Your Digital Marketing Funnel.

Enterprise Management 52

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 1, 2012

Problem is, sometimes the rush to get the software installed and running ends up trampling the creation of processes, content planning, and other key ingredients that are necessary for a successful marketing automation implementation. But let’s say you got approval and have purchased the marketing automation software of your dreams.

Marketing Automation Services 100

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 3, 2009

Back in November I posted an article, Poker Equity and Marketing - Lead Equity. The topic got resurrected this week with the posting of my interview on the Funnelholic site, when a question from @chadhorenfeldt from Eloqua caused me to bring up Lead Equity. So how does this apply to lead gen/demand gen? Let me explain.

Lead Scoring 100

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads Lead 100

Webbiquity

AUGUST 12, 2012

In the foreword to Revenue Engine: Why Revenue Performance Management is the Next Frontier of Competitive Advantage by Steve Woods and Alex Shootman, Eloqua CEO Joe Payne writes that “This is not a book about marketing. It’s not about sales. This is a book about the only thing that matters: revenue.”

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Eloqua 100

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. Email and e-newsletters use now equals tradeshows in popular use.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 18, 2007

The paper, from Manticore Technology , recommends five best practices for business marketing: (1) define a unified marketing and sales pipeline; (2) deploy an integrated marketing and sales platform; (3) measure pipeline activity; (4) automate lead nurturing; and (5) focus on the top of the funnel.

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