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Marketing Automation is More Than Technology

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A new research study by Sirius Decisions , “ Calculating the Return on Marketing Automation “, sponsored by Marketo talks about the different levels of companies implementing marketing automation platforms (or MAP, as they call it). Marketing Automation and wither no or weak processes.

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Deconstructing an Email Marketing Campaign

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Personalization (i.e. Don’t just restate the email text, add more compelling reasons for the person to proceed with what you want them to do (i.e. What happens after the person fills out your form? The image below shows the process flow with the Marketing Automation solution component. Day of week. HTML vs. Text.

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Aberdeen Shows How to Do Email Marketing Right

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The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Aberdeen Shows How to Do Email Marketing Right The new research report from Aberdeen Group “ Email Marketing: Customers Take it Personally ” has some very interesting insights. The lesson?

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When Leads Go Cold

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The amount of time it takes for a sales person to follow up with a lead can determine whether the deal is closed or not. What good is implementing a complex nurturing system if when the marketing qualified lead is sent to sales, the rep doesn’t follow up?

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

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Besides the rise of social media as marketing channel, the emergence of marketing technology, more specifically Marketing Automation systems, in which you can configure the automated distribution of content to customers and prospects has been changing the way marketers see and create conent.

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WordPress Plugins for Marketers

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To make it easier for everyone I’ve compiled the suggestions from the group into an easy-to-read list (sorted alphabetically). An Excel file is available at the end of the post with all this info. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. United States License.

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The Big Myth About Buyer’s Journey in the Digital Age

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The fact that buyers are doing research on their own doesn’t diminish the value of the sales rep, it actually makes the sales person way more important and doing an extremely difficult job. I sure am guilty of mysquoting it once or twice and I have recently heard a VP say it like it was the new gospel. “67%

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