The Point

AUGUST 8, 2013

When a client says “We set up lead scoring but sales doesn’t pay any attention,” it’s a sure sign that something is amiss – and more likely the problem doesn’t rest with sales. Here’s Part 2 of our discussion of the most common B2B lead scoring mistakes. For Part 1 of this post, click here.).

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Marketo 100

The Point

JANUARY 21, 2020

A client asks: “Should we be hosting our campaign landing pages in Marketo? We’ve always hosted them on our main site and simply embedded Marketo forms. This question comes up all the time in client work, and not just with Marketo customers. Is there a big advantage to hosting them separately?”. Effectiveness. Design Capability.

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Landing Pages Industry CMS Marketing Automation Services Marketo 147

The Point

AUGUST 1, 2013

Lead scoring has quickly become an integral part of a demand generation marketer’s arsenal. A well-planned, well-designed, and optimized lead scoring schema can be a key contributor to sales productivity, sales engagement, and the rate at which inbound leads convert to Sales Qualified Leads, opportunities, and deals.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Leads 100

The Point

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

When sales teams need marketing to help them make their numbers, the natural response is to go fishing for hot leads. This requires a constant re-loading of the sales funnel with new, expensive leads. In contrast, for Marketo, the proportion of sales derived from slow leads is an astounding 50 percent.

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads 100

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JUNE 25, 2019

The reasons for this are varied, but many of them center on the quality of the underlying data, and the degree to which information about a particular lead, or opportunity, or closed deal is captured and tracked accurately. A good starting point is a mini data audit, focused on the following questions: * Are you capturing lead sources?

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Marketing Attribution Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 242

The Point

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Sirius Decisions wrote an insightful article last week about the acquisition by Marketo of Insightera (a Web personalization platform), and included was the following projection: “By 2015, we expect to see 71 percent of b-to-b organizations’ new inquiries coming via the corporate Web site.”. I doubt it. What do you think?

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies B2B Sales Sales Leads Microsite 100

The Point

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Do I need it in order to do lead nurturing?”. My answer: “It depends how you define “ lead nurturing ,” but technically: no, you don’t need marketing automation in order to nurture leads. It enables you to deploy lead nurturing programs that are more timely, relevant, and, ultimately, effective. Comments welcome.

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Lead Nurturing Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Automation Services Sales Qualified Leads 100

The Point

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Indeed, the days of marketing en masse to cold lists via marketing automation platforms (MAPs) like Marketo are behind us. Outbound marketing is an imperative if your audience doesn’t know your brand, or that your type of solution exists, or that they even have a problem worth solving in the first place.

Purchase 162

Purchase Paid Search Agency Paid Social Agency Outreach 162

The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

When marketers embark on a formal lead nurturing strategy, opportunities for process improvement can arise in unexpected ways. That was the experience for iDirect , a leading provider of satellite IP communications based in Herndon, Virginia. All this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 100

The Point

AUGUST 8, 2011

A recent industry study on Lead Management Optimization, conducted by CSO Insights and conducted in partnership with SMEI and Marketo , sheds insight on the relative budget marketing organizations are investing in areas such as lead nurturing, social media, and lead generation.

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Lead Generation Social Media Allocation Marketing Qualified Leads 100

The Point

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

If you use a marketing automation platform such as Marketo , that software will track anonymous visitors to your Website by capturing their IP address and other information by means of a browser cookie. Simply cloning your CASL program for EU leads and contacts will give you a great starting point for building out a GDPR program.

Privacy Policies 231

Privacy Policies Marketing Automation Services B2B Marketing Marketing Management 231

The Point

JULY 13, 2012

Which leads to another question: do certain types of campaigns even need an offer in the first place? Take lead nurturing : is it strictly essential that every lead nurturing touch include a specific, gated, call to action? I have my concerns, however, about extending it to lead nurturing and the email medium.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Campaigns 100

The Point

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

In a recent post , the folks over at Silicon Angle applied their usual insightful analysis to the results of an industry survey by marketing automation company Pardot , a survey that reports fully 42 percent of respondents (all B2B Marketers) have failed to generate any leads from their social media campaigns. Here they are, in a nutshell: 1.

Social Media 100

Social Media Demand Generation Agencies Media Leads 100

The Point

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

In the early stages of a recent client engagement, it became apparent that the schema already in place to determine and assign lead scores was, well: broken. The basic lead scoring recipe is typically a variation on the following: * assign positive scores for desired behavior or demographics (e.g. download trial version).

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Leads 100

The Point

MAY 18, 2010

That conclusion was prompted by this question, posed on Focus : “We want to start doing more lead nurturing with our leads, and really aren’t quite sure how to go about it. Do you use a specific software for lead nurturing? At our firm we use Marketo , which works extremely well for us. It won’t. (No

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Lead Nurturing 100

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JUNE 26, 2009

Tags: B2B Marketing Demand Generation Landing Pages Lead Management Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation direct marketing lead generation b2b demand generation demandbase marketo.

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DemandBase Landing Pages Leads Lead 100

The Point

AUGUST 4, 2009

Do a quick Web search on “lead nurturing” these days, and you’ll find plenty of high-level, strategic content on the “whys” – how nurturing can improve demand generation ROI, increase conversion rates, accelerate sales cycles, recycle long-discarded prospects, etc.

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Lead Nurturing Leads Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 100

The Point

JANUARY 21, 2014

The number of leads was so impressive it gained the attention of Executive Staff. Both click-through and response rate increased by 25 percent, even though the previous campaign had been one of our top performers. Thanks again for your advice!”. The revised email can be seen in the second thumbnail to the right.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies Campaigns Marketo 100

The Point

MARCH 18, 2014

Over at marketing automation firm Marketo , CEO Phil Fernandez just wrote a full-throated rant against the evils of unsolicited email and purchased email lists used indiscriminately: “How does anyone think that these are sensible emails to send to the CEO of a fast-growing public company? And that’s all how it should be.

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Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies Marketo Demand Generation 100

The Point

AUGUST 22, 2014

That might suggest that the adoption rate for marketing automation is lagging, but revenues for the leading companies are climbing at a torrid 50-60 percent per year. Even at mid-size companies ($20 Million – $500 Million), the figure is only 10 percent. Even then, however, the vast majority of B2B marketers have yet to take the plunge.

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Marketing Automation Services Paid Search Agency Marketing Automation Advertising Agencies 100

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

The guide features insights, projections, and opinions on current challenges, opportunities, and trends from 19 B2B marketing experts and practitioners, including leading executives from Marketo, Oracle, SiriusDecisions, and Forrester Research.

Marketing Report 176

Marketing Report Marketing Automation Automation Demand Generation Agencies 176

The Point

DECEMBER 6, 2010

21 Tips & Other Impressions from the Marketo User Summit. Blog Makeover Nets Sales Leads for Software Company. In fact, I’ve written much more in the last 12 months about social media and lead nurturing, yet many of those posts didn’t make the cut. Eloqua’s “Juan Eloqua” Campaign: Email Creative at Its Best.

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Lead Gen Webinar Metrics Salesforce.com Eloqua 100

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. They deployed the software very rapidly using only out-of-the-box templates, lead scoring, and overall structure.

Marketing Automation Services 147

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation Automation 147

The Point

MAY 14, 2013

In follow-up to the recent 2013 Marketo Summit , the marketing team at ReachForce , a leading provider of B2B data services, sent a message to attendees (including this blogger) crowing about the success of their traffic builder campaign , an email that generated a 42.8% Marketo Summit – Free Beer, Gold for Everyone!”.

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Demand Generation Agencies Reachforce Advertising Agencies Marketo 100

The Point

APRIL 8, 2015

More than two-thirds (68%) employ both behavioral and demographic lead scoring ( tweet this ). • 40% employ no type of immediate autoresponder (follow-up email) to new leads ( tweet this ). 85% of those surveyed said they currently segment email campaigns based on persona ( tweet this ). •

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation 100

The Point

MARCH 18, 2011

Late last year at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco I was fortunate enough to chat with Maria Pergolino , Marketing Director at Marketo (and renowned all-around Content Marketing Queen.) In an engaging 15-minute discussion, we touched upon topics including: • striking the balance between demand generation and lead nurturing. •

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Lead Nurturing Conversion Marketo Demand Generation 100

The Point

OCTOBER 31, 2012

If you’ve ever wondered how to turn a boring corporate blog into a vibrant, engaging lead generation machine, here’s your opportunity. Access my free Slidecast on “ Getting Leads (and More!) In just 18 minutes, you’ll learn: • How to leverage your blog for lead nurturing and customer marketing …. •

Lead Scoring 100

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads Lead 100

The Point

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In the giddy, early days when solutions like Marketo first arrived on the scene, the reigning view was that the technology was all a company needed to solve their lead management and email marketing woes. Not only is ABM success not measured by clicks, conversions, and leads, but the KPIs may vary according to campaign stage.

Account Based Marketing 157

Account Based Marketing ABM Ideal Customer Profiles Enterprise Management 157

The Point

AUGUST 10, 2009

When marketing automation vendor Marketo released their “Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing” last week (see earlier post) they knew pretty quickly they had a hit on their hands. Think about it: that’s 1,000 sales leads (and make no mistake, that’s what they [.].

SEM 100

SEM Content Marketing Marketing Automation Services Marketo 100

The Point

MARCH 25, 2016

Marketo, Pardot) with your Webinar platform (e.g. Doing so not only eliminates tiresome manual transfer of registration data, but also gives you greater flexibility in the design and branding of campaign assets like registration pages, leading to increased conversion rates and more registrations. Citrix, Webex.)

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Webinar Metrics SEM Marketo Marketing Automation Services 100

The Point

JUNE 20, 2012

lead nurturing) or when you want to segment emails by product line or target audience. Marketo users : Download a free set of professionally-designed email and landing page templates, along with complete instructions for how to download into Marketo, now available on the Spear Website. Use sidebars.

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Template Tips Landing Pages Marketo 100

The Point

APRIL 30, 2012

Because the page is hosted in Marketo , a leading marketing automation platform, the person’s email address, first name, last name, title, and country are all pre-populated, making it easy for the individual to update or correct outdated profile information.

Marketing Management 100

Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Data Hygiene Ideal Customer Profiles 100

The Point

APRIL 8, 2010

Because we host our page on Marketo , the old information is pre-populated automatically for anyone who has previously opened one of our emails. When a subscriber clicks on our “update profile&# link , he/she gets taken to a simple landing page (at right) where it’s a quick and easy task to update the relevant data.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketo Lead Nurturing 100

The Point

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Increase the rate and volume of qualified leads passed to field sales. Increase the number of pipeline opportunities by more effectively marketing to existing leads. Disclaimer: Spear Marketing Group is an Preferred Services Partner of Marketo. Increase the efficiency and bandwidth of inside sales without adding headcount. .

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Management Automation 100

The Point

JULY 21, 2016

Launching lead scoring too soon. Lead scoring is a core marketing automation functionality, and a key driver for one of the primary benefits of the technology, namely sales productivity. A well-planned, well-designed lead scoring schema ensures that sales reps are spending time with the leads that most merit the investment.

Marketing Automation Services 80

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 80

The Point

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

For Sales Operations, we deliver a comprehensive lead lifecycle system facilitating sales follow-up on responses across both the Lead and Contact Database. HS: How are you different from marketing automation vendors like Eloqua or Marketo at addressing this issue?

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Salesforce.com Campaigns Budget Programs 100

The Point

JANUARY 13, 2015

Improving email campaign measurement won’t generate more leads or better leads, in and of itself, but it will help accomplish both those goals by providing the data necessary to identify what’s truly working. Leads/Response Rate. Leads are at least a measure of genuine interest. However, not all leads are created equal.

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Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads ROI Sales Qualified Leads 100