Martech

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Good morning, Marketers, and do you have metrics for engagement? An intriguing insight from Colby Cavanaugh at Integrate : B2B marketing teams are told they need to engage with accounts (and individuals at those accounts) and support them through a buying process which, essentially, the buyers are now dictating. What we’re reading.

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SnapApp

MAY 4, 2017

Year after year, spring typically is a heavy event season in marketing land. You might remember it as the week that both Marketo and Oracle/Eloqua hosted their massive marketing conferences, one in San Francisco and one in Las Vegas. . One week, over 10,000 marketers all in one place (well ok, two places actually). .

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It goes beyond traditional lead generation methods, capturing online behavior signals that reveal a company’s buying intent. Intent data can reveal who’s still actively researching solutions like yours, allowing you to focus your efforts on high-potential leads. Wondering why people buy? Unsure where to start?

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The Mx Group

MAY 5, 2017

I spent last week connecting with marketing leaders, learning the latest tips and tricks, and posing for a pic with Fabio. At the Marketo Marketing Nation Summit! The event was full of great insights, but as a marketing automation specialist, I was most interested in the keynote by Marketo CEO Steve Lucas.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Most companies in the technology sector evolve in a very competitive environment, and leads generated by Marketing represent more than 50% of the opportunities signed by sales representatives. In these conditions, implementing a marketing automation platform is a no brainer. . How often do you publish new content ?

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NuSpark Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2018

While the marketing gurus tell you content is a must-have gizmo in the B2B marketer’s tool belt, sometimes the return on investment (ROI) feels a little squishy. To avoid the squishiness — the feeling that your money and effort is going to waste — you need to set up your content marketing program on a firm foundation.

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The Point

JANUARY 21, 2014

I received an email recently from Kevin Payne, Senior Director of Field Marketing at customer service software provider [24]7. I would a) break it up into 2 paragraphs at minimum, and 2) tie the copy back to the offer in action-oriented terms, as in: “In a new white paper from Forrester, learn how …”.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Author: Sanjay Dholakia Regardless of your company size or your role, as marketers, each of us wrestles with how to best set up our marketing organizations, and how we fit into the bigger picture. That is why Marketo has teamed up with Harvard Business Review Analytic Services to try and figure out this multi-headed monster.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

They no longer want to be treated just as “leads” in your system. This is where an advanced lead generation strategy comes in. At the same time, the goal of lead generation has evolved to meet these changing customer habits. Now, lead generation is less about finding new customers than about making sure new customers find you.

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Full Circle Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Account Based Marketing, commonly referred to as ABM, has taken the B2B marketing world by storm. According to HubSpot , 70% of marketers reported using ABM last year, which is a 15% increase from the prior year. According to a survey conducted by ITSMA , 87% of marketers say that ABM efforts outperform other marketing efforts.

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PathFactory

JUNE 29, 2020

When everyone is bidding for the same ad space and fishing for opens in the same inboxes, getting the most marketing bang for your buck can be tricky. To achieve this, I want to introduce you to a tactic that will garner more repeat engagement from the leads you’ve generated from any channel. It’s crunch time, folks.

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Walker Sands

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

At Walker Sands, we’re proud of our ability to create B2B websites and digital marketing programs that drive real business results. These angles guided the development of content and creative deliverables that resonated with the brand’s audiences, including industry-specific guides, white papers, live webinars and more.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 4, 2022

As marketers, our job is to help our sales teams find high-quality leads. You may use outbound marketing to try and catch your audience’s attention, or you might use inbound marketing to attract leads to your website. These leads are perfect for your sales team because they’re already hot!

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Envy

MARCH 4, 2021

B2B lead nurturing is crucial for driving conversions and revenue scientifically and removing "gut instinct" from the equation. These B2B lead nurturing nuggets will help you tweak your funnel for better results. 74% of companies say converting leads is their TOP PRIORITY. B2B lead nurturing isn't a "nice to have" anymore.

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Content marketing gurus all seem to be talking about the need to create experiences for marketing to engage with buyers, but what does that mean to the average B2B company? So Before You Purchase Marketing Automation… Marketing automation systems have reached some maturity in the marketing landscape.

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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 [.].

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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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Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 21, 2010

One of the goals of marketing is to generate leads. What is the next logical step once you have managed to get high quality leads? Yes, getting those leads into the sale pipeline. How do marketers overcome this roadblock? Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421. Salespeople need leads—right now.

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The Point

OCTOBER 30, 2013

A client asks: “I notice that you’re recommending we gate our offer content behind landing pages as part of the lead nurturing campaign. If you send the prospect directly to the content (say, a white paper) upon him or her clicking in the email, how confident can you be that the individual is expressing an active interest in your topic?

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Leadspace

MAY 3, 2017

It’s incredible to think, but many of the most successful B2B marketers out there got to where they are today by following a few simple, yet powerful pieces of advice. We gained an insight into some of those pearls of wisdom at Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit earlier this week.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 4, 2015

So many great research reports coming out of last year that provide us with a chance to reflect on our B2B marketing strategies and compare it to our peers. One new set of insights published by DemandGen Report and Marketo is the 2015 Demand Gen Report Benchmark Study. But with greater budgets come greater responsibilities. (I

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For marketers—especially those in B2B and/or who have a long sales cycle— campaign attribution is critical to understanding which channels are winners and which are dead weight. There are few reliable authorities on the subject because Salesforce keeps its software vanilla and its customers are using so many marketing automation platforms.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 25, 2013

Lead generation is at the top of almost every B2B marketer’s responsibility list. Generate more leads, generate better leads, and improve the rate to which lead opportunities turn into closed wins for the sales teams. Marketo is considered a leader in the lead management / marketing automation industry.

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Content marketing gurus all seem to be talking about the need to create experiences for marketing to engage with buyers, but what does that mean to the average B2B company? So Before You Purchase Marketing Automation… Marketing automation systems have reached some maturity in the marketing landscape.

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Acquisitions Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Automation Services 120

ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Instead, they purchase some type of marketing technology, load up a list, blast a few emails and call it a strategy. A Demand Strategy does not start with a marketing technology solution. So if you’re making an investment in marketing automation, be sure you take the time to build a strategy with a clearly-defined process first.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

We also know that, as marketers and salespeople, we need to understand where our prospects are in the sales process in order to utilize appropriate strategies, and lead scoring helps you make that a reality. What Is Lead Scoring? Lead Scoring Disclaimer. Lead scoring is not a process that can be done by marketing alone.

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NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 23, 2017

Facebook’s foray into Lead Ads has been around for 18 months now, but new developments occur frequently. Now, companies using the platform’s lead ads option can create promos that automatically populate their contact forms with users’ Facebook profile information. Using Lead Ads for B2B Lead Generation.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Many marketers understand the power of implementing automated drip campaigns to turn leads into customers by moving them through the sales cycle. Truly successful marketers know the best bang for your marketing buck comes from using drip campaigns to nurture existing customers. How much easier and more effective?

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Conversica

JUNE 22, 2022

How does the rest of your organization view the Marketing department? Shifting perspectives from the former to the latter could improve the relevance of your Marketing team and improve outcomes for the Sales team. Marketing as a Cost Center. Many organizations now regard Marketing as a revenue driver in itself.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 30, 2017

I recently had the pleasure of attending one of the biggest marketing conferences of the year— Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit. The “Engagement Economy” represents a clear shift in the way marketers communicate with customers. that have been created by your marketing team and are lead generating.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

For marketers, AI enables scalable growth, drives revenue, and personalizes customer experiences. Savvy marketers are discovering that AI is an exceptionally powerful strategy. Let’s look at five ways AI can help marketing and sales continue to tear down silos. Agree on Qualified Leads and Accounts from the Beginning.

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The Point

MARCH 25, 2016

Take full advantage of marketing automation. Integrate your marketing automation system (e.g. Marketo, Pardot) with your Webinar platform (e.g. Use SEM to generate incremental leads outside of your target list. Consider a 4-week paid search (SEM) campaign leading up to the date of the Webinar. Citrix, Webex.)

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Everything Technology Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

One of my recent posts (“ The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011 ”) received a lot of great comments. The number one marketing trend for 2011, according to the 17,000 member B2B technology marketing group on LinkedIn, is the increasing integration of social media with traditional marketing tactics to drive qualified leads.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Marketing automation provider Marketo has just published The Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing , a white paper that provides real value, covering the lead nurturing process from the basic how and why through ROI measurement. The guide itself is well-researched, clearly written and highly practical.

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The Point

JULY 21, 2016

It’s well documented that, of the companies who invest in marketing automation, many fail to achieve maximum return from that investment, or even utilize marketing automation technology to its full capacity. In our agency’s work with marketing automation users , we’ve identified 10 of the most common mistakes to avoid: 1.

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Vidyard

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Fortunately, you can use videos to solicit more information from potential customers when they are most engaged because videos make for great lead generation tools once they’re optimized. Asking viewers to enter their email address before gaining access to a video allows you to create a new lead as soon as a prospect expresses interest.

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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.

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