The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Number of leads generated? Amount of sales or deals closed? Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? If you answered “it depends&# , then you’re thinking smart.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Take for instance the following: The average webcasts captures 441 registrants Attendee participation is usually 50-60% of registrations 15-30% of registrants are sales-qualified opportunities The numbers above should be enough for you to go back to your own metrics and see how you compare. United States License. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

Click to enlarge With the new round of financing, HubSpot now leads the pack in terms of VC funding and takes the total amount raised to date by key marketing players to over $220 million. (Note: yes, I wouldn’t necessarily say HubSpot is a ‘marketing automation’ vendor per se, but they are moving towards that end).

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Rise of the Content Marketer Content Needs a King I know I don’t have to argue the value of content to readers of this blog. What used to be clear roles (i.e. United States License. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 18, 2010

Telemarketers often regret the call because the passionate marketer keeps analyzing their sales pitch instead of buying something. Outside work they don’t want to check out a blogabout the newest lead nurturing technology, or fly out to attend a marketing conference. Job Marketers are, unfortunately, the majority out there.

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2010

According to their post: “Last week in San Francisco, 211 business-to-business marketers spent two days sharing insights, case studies and advice on social media marketing, lead generation, Sales and Marketing alignment, and other hot-button issues on the West Coast swing of MarketingSherpa’s seventh annual B2B Marketing Summit.&#

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 22, 2012

There are over 20 presentations available, ranging from Social CRM and Lead Generation, to Case Studies and Sales Enablement. SiriusDecisions says that to drive best-in-class performance, sales and marketing must align around five waterfall-based jobs: Seed (use of traditional and social media to set the stage for demand creation).

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The financial objectives are revenue, profits, return on assets (how much sales will the campaign generate? Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

Effective marketing is about generating sales. Sure, leads and nurturing and all of that are all good but the reality is that unless a sale is made, all that money was spent without any return. We send it along to the sales reps so tat they can chase these “leads&# like eagles diving for their prey.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Budget Programs Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Are the marketing campaigns you are planning or have planned going to directly influence sales? Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 2 days ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? Food for thought. United States License.

Work Management 100

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 10, 2010

Here are some highlights of the Aflac duck’s impact: First year after the duck’s introduction, sales were up by 29%. Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? United States License.

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JULY 29, 2009

Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 17, 2009

As the marketing plans are shared with the rest of the company, and details on why each campaign or activity is being carried out together with their expected impact on operations and sales, the reason for marketing and why we have this department should become clear. United States License. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 29, 2009

So here are a couple of important lessons we marketers can all learn from their mistakes: Kindle Lesson Number 1: Integrate Your Sales Channels For almost 10 years I’ve been a loyal Wall Street Journal subscriber. When planning your sales channels, the more integrated they are, the better your chances of acquiring and keeping customers.

Planning 100

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 23, 2009

Class: Inbound Lead Nurturing (CV201) Professor: Brian Carroll, MECLABS, InTouch The Lead Nurturing presentation followed the same format I had seen before from previous webinars presented by Brian Carroll, presenting the case for why would you want to “nurture” your leads. United States License.

Training 100

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 1, 2011

From the report, it seems the key critical element that is impacted the most by marketing technology when it comes to automating campaign response, nurturing, and scoring your leads is the increase in response rates. As you move from one stage to the next (inquiries, leads, qualified leads, etc.)

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Planning 100

The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Sales reps should look into this tool as a potential route for getting in direct contact with those hard-to-reach contacts, and also to expand their networks. A call to this friend could solve the mystery, though, and is better than no clue at all. If they priced it at $10 / month for instance it would be more attractive.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2009

You could have effective marketing campaigns that drive sales up 100% and win awards and accolades but still have an inneffective marketer at helm. Or, the team carrying out the campaign is good and has made sure that the campaign was corrected in time and launched successfully despite their manager’s inability to lead them.

Planning 100

Planning Effectiveness Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JULY 16, 2009

Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? How can a company’s history be used effectively? United States License. United States License.

Paid Search Agency 100

Paid Search Agency Companies Marketing Budget Creation Work Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 6, 2009

There’s a whole discussion around marketing ROI that we should have at a later date, I think most of you are already developing plans with specific goals in mind be it lead generation, web traffic, referrals, and even sales. link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention?

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Budget Creation Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

APRIL 29, 2009

For example, typical uses of webinar software often fall into one or more of these categories: Online sales demos and presentations : a sales rep shares a PowerPoint presentation and his desktop screen while walking through a product demonstration. Why not kill three birds with one stone? United States License.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Webinar Metrics Budget Programs Work Management 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 21, 2012

If the myriad of webinar platforms out there with new entrants every year is not an indication that webinars are hot marketing tactic, then take a look at the following chart from MarketingSherpa : Webinars, together with virtual events were ranked top three marketing tactics to have their budgets increased in 2011. What: Customer training.

Webinar Metrics 100

Webinar Metrics Planning Trade Show Cross-Selling 100

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 7, 2009

I was prepared for a sales pitch but Albert delivered one of the best presentations of the day while at the same time informing us of all the great tools available for Marketers from Google. link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? United States License. United States License.

Conference 100

Conference Social Media Work Management Marketing Budget 100

The Effective Marketer

JULY 30, 2012

Marketing Automation : the typical step-up from email marketing, marketing automation software (such as Marketo , Eloqua , Act-On , Pardot , and others ) allows you to automate the sending of your emails and, more importantly, of nurturing your leads.

Education 100

Education Marketing Automation Services Work Management Planning 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2009

Make sure to add this person as part of your plan and also to allocate the appropriate time it will take for this person to review and approve – or not – the deliverable) The names of people who will have to be informed by the decision (after you create a new piece of marketing collateral do you announce it to the sales team?

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Budget Creation Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 5, 2009

So although that new website project was high on your list, maybe rethinking packaging or focusing on sales collateral is what should be done. Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 2 days ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail?

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Effectiveness 100

The Effective Marketer

JULY 12, 2009

Did we generate quality leads? Saying “we didn’t reach our sales goals” is OK, but after the initial shock, people will wonder exactly what happened. The story your slides are telling and your charts are emphasizing should lead to a certain climax that will ask for action or actions to be taken. Did we generate quality leads?

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

We’re told that if you have a good plan , if you follow a proven framework for rolling out your social media activities and integrate them with your sales efforts , then the ROI will be clear . That is, if you can translate all those additional site visits, downloads, and re-tweets into sales. Otherwise it’s just buzz.

Social Media 100

Social Media Planning Work Management Social Marketing 100

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 15, 2009

Which tasks should I be working on that will lead me to accomplish my goals? Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? Obvious, but not necessarily easy. United States License.

Product 100

Product Effectiveness Marketing Automation Services Work Management 100

The Effective Marketer

APRIL 3, 2012

On-Hold Messages: Ditch the on-hold music and the typical sales pitch for something your customers, prospects, and partners will actually enjoy listening to. Post-Sales or Post-Support Surveys : When you send customers surveys about their sales or support experience with your company, make sure you reward their feedback accordingly.

Planning 100

Planning Advertising Channels Paid Search Agency Content Marketing 100

The Effective Marketer

APRIL 10, 2012

There are landing pages, thank you pages, linking all to a CRM system and ensuring you are capturing leads and nurturing them. It doesn’t need to be an “offer” like in sales promotion, it could simply be a piece of content that you download or watch online. And how about scoring? The Landing Page. Offer / Content.

Email Marketing 100

Email Marketing Campaigns Marketing Automation Services Landing Pages 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

With time, a shake out is likely (in fact, the recent acquisition of Unica and Aprimo may point to consolidation ) and the evolution of solutions will ensure marketing automation has a place in most marketing organizations, much like CRM is now standard for sales departments. One data point concerns me. This overstates market penetration. ?

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation 100