by Brian Kardon | Tweet this I was with a group of CMOs last week, all of whom were knee-deep in developing their marketing budgets for 2012. But now I look forward to the marketing budget process. And I know precisely what my Marketing team has to do to hit those targets. To explain, I created a sample marketing budget below. MORE >>

Creating effective lead nurturing  programs is a significant challenge for many marketing organizations. At Manticore , we spend a great deal of time measuring and tuning our lead nurturing efforts to ensure that we are delivering the highest quality leads to our sales team. MORE >>

We don't typically promote ReachForce events here on The B2B Lead but this one is best practice/tip oriented so we thought you might be a little more accepting of our shameless promotion. ReachForce and partner Televerde present B2B Lead Scoring Best Practices that Drive Marketing Qualified Leads, a 30 minute must-attend MORE >>

by Elle Woulfe | Tweet this We all know that marketing automation is a powerful tool for generating, scoring and qualifying leads. But according to benchmark data of Eloqua customers, it can also mean more marketing jobs and higher productivity. The results? Like this chart? To sign up just click here. Share email. MORE >>

It’s the ultimate question in marketing: What effect did this campaign have on revenue? marketing campaign results in a website visit, a product is added to the visitor’s shopping basket, and the transaction is completed. Tying the buying event to that marketing campaign is both easy and sensible. MORE >>