LeadSloth

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Today I read a blog post about 7 trends that speed up the adoption of marketing automation. The Software is Great, But… Marketing Automation software is often positioned as the be-all and end-all. The result today: too many Marketing Automation users use their expensive system as an email marketing tool.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 10, 2010

Today Genius.com announced a free version of their Marketing Automation system. Only about a month ago, Loopfuse also started offering a free version of their Marketing Automation system. What does this mean for companies interested in adopting Marketing Automation? But the overall impact on the market will be limited.

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LeadSloth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If you look at Marketing Automation systems, the best supported CRM system is Salesforce.com. Should you look at Marketing Automation options first? Should you look at Marketing Automation options first? What if you prefer Microsoft CRM, but you also want to have a choice of Marketing Automation systems?

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LeadSloth

MARCH 8, 2010

I write about Marketing Automation, so why am I at a sales conference? I’m here because I believe Sales & Marketing should be on the same team. Marketing Automation can help both Marketing and Sales, but it requires intense collaboration: that’s what Sales 2.0 Chatter and Marketing Automation.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 26, 2010

There are certainly a lot of capabilities within marketing automation. Below are some of the best practices we have found within our customer base that helped drive success with marketing automation. For instance, is it about thought leadership or feature comparisons? Use Drip Marketing Based on Triggers.

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LeadSloth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Marketing Automation is on its way to the peak of the hype cycle. However, there are a couple of B2B Marketing experts who understand how to avoid inflated expectations. Together with Craig Rosenberg (aka The Funnelholic) of Tippit she presented a webinar called The 9 Metrics Every Marketer Must Track. investment-to-pipeline.

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LeadSloth

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

This is the first of three posts for the Silverpop B2B Marketing University , March 3rd in Washington DC. I will be speaking about Marketing Automation features, the marketing technology ecosystem, and the impact of Social Media. Sales & marketing alignment is finally getting the attention it deserves.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Even though some vendors have been around for almost 10 years, Marketing Automation is still relatively new. According to Forrester, only 2-5% of B2B firms have invested in full-featured Marketing Automation. Increasingly, B2B companies realize that Marketing Automation software requires skilled operators.

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LeadSloth

JUNE 7, 2010

This week there are a couple of interesting Lead Management events, so I thought I’d share them with you in a short blog post: Hubspot Show & Tell , new features including lead management, June 8th (tomorrow). It covers Demand Generation, Lead Management, Return on Investment and Inbound Marketing in a series of 35-minute webinars.

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LeadSloth

APRIL 15, 2009

However, in a previous post I wrote about a project in which I’m replacing a full-blown Marketing Automation system with tools that add on to Salesforce.com. I was impressed with FormAssembly: they have a cool-looking form builder that has lots of advanced features in a user-friendly package. Advanced Features.

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LeadSloth

MARCH 16, 2009

Therefore I initially called them a ‘niche vendor’ However, the product has evolved into a fairly complete marketing automation suite for SMB companies. Email marketing. Marketing & Web Analytics. The marketing reporting features allow you to monitor performance of various marketing activities.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 4, 2009

After that, Google Analytics provided similar tracking features by appending variables to the existing URL (see the Google URL Builder tool ). There are two big limitations for using this in B2B marketing: You can only see conversions, not opportunities or revenue (because that information is in the CRM system).

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LeadSloth

JULY 12, 2010

UPDATED REVIEW: My earlier review of HubSpot’s Inbound Marketing software was more than 1 year old and the software has evolved a lot: time for an update! Marketing departments at mid-size companies. Small businesses usually have no dedicated marketing resources, are less tech-savvy, and often don’t have a CRM system.

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LeadSloth

JULY 10, 2009

Earlier I published the Top 10 Demand Generation vendor blogs and the Top 10 Marketing Automation Blogs. B2B Marketing Zone. I’ve discovered several new and interesting blogs on the B2B Marketing Zone, so highly recommended. Rebekah Donaldson’s “Red on Marketing&#. Ken Molay, Webinar Blog.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 20, 2010

One of the time-saving features that is the type-ahead search: see the video tour of Eloqua 10 for details. In short, it is about understanding how marketing and sales drive revenue. It highlights the transition to a more metrics-driven way to optimize sales & marketing for revenue growth. That was very intuitive.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 15, 2010

At this week’s Marketo Summit , I realized we’re right in the middle of B2B Marketing Event Season. MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit was last week, Pardot’s user conference was 2 weeks ago, and the Eloqua Experience is coming up next week. Tags: lead management marketing automation. Summarizing.

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LeadSloth

MAY 25, 2010

Oracle has just acquired Market2Lead , one of the early Marketing Automation vendors. Market2Lead was one of the early Marketing Automation vendors. Actually in 2006, when I was a marketing manager at a software company in San Francisco, I selected Market2Lead as our Marketing Automation system.

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LeadSloth

JUNE 30, 2009

Should Marketing Automation systems add Inbound Marketing tools as standard features? What is Inbound Marketing? Dharmesh Shah of Hubspot defines inbound marketing to include search, social media and blogs. In short: any marketing activity that draws people to your website. What is Marketing Automation?

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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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LeadSloth

JULY 29, 2009

And as a marketing manager I did not have control over the product experience. It may not be as “real-life&# as working with the system yourself, but it still gives a good idea of the features of the product. Very frustrating. Developers or End-Users? The product I promoted was used by developers.

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