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Best CRM for Marketing Automation: Salesforce.com, Microsoft or Oracle?

LeadSloth

Forrester recently released a vendor evaluation for midmarket CRM vendors. If you look at Marketing Automation systems, the best supported CRM system is Salesforce.com. However, Forrester states that Microsoft Dynamics CRM may actually be a better CRM product. That brings up a range of questions: What does CRM integration mean?

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What The Top 4% of Account-Based Marketers Have in Common

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I just received the latest issue of ABM in Action (October 2016), a monthly eMagazine dedicated to Account-Based Marketing from the publishers of Demand Gen Report, and I had to comment on the lead article. Specifically, “… ABM lacks specificity and is applied inconsistently to many different approaches.”.

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What The Top 4% of Account-Based Marketers Have in Common

ANNUITAS

I just received the latest issue of ABM in Action (October 2016), a monthly eMagazine dedicated to Account-Based Marketing from the publishers of Demand Gen Report, and I had to comment on the lead article. Specifically, “… ABM lacks specificity and is applied inconsistently to many different approaches.”.

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6 Key Ways Sales and Marketing Should Collaborate on Content

Brandpoint

Most customers prefer to check out your company’s digital content before taking steps to contact your sales department; Forrester points out that’s now common practice for 68% of B2B buyers. That collaboration is crucial because the content itself is so crucial. However, not all sales teams have full marketing departments to support them.

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10 Most Popular B2B Lead Blog Posts of 2016

markempa

I’ve compiled a list of the 10 most popular and shared posts on the B2B Lead Blog, chosen by marketers, just like you, to help you get ready to have a great 2017. For the majority of B2B companies with complex sales, marketing-generated leads rarely account for 50% of revenue and often it’s often much less. Just to name a few.

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B2B Marketing’s Measurement Problem

Digital B2B Marketing

It is called a complex sale for a reason, but B2B marketers keep trying to fit it into a simplistic measurement framework: where did we get that lead? In most B2B organizations, Salesforce.com or a similar solution is the system of record. Beyond cold, these leads may frozen solid. Sweeping up late stage contacts.

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Sales and Marketing: The technology behind CRM

markempa

The first technology that comes to mind is CRM software, such as Salesforce.com or Microsoft Dynamics. Now, according to Forrester analyst Lori Wizdo , two-thirds to 90% of the buying cycle is completed before a B2B buyer ever speaks with a sales rep. Defining CRM: Thoughts from three experts.