Digital B2B Marketing

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When Marketing Automation Is the Wrong Solution

Digital B2B Marketing

Marketing automation is quickly becoming like the self-driving car for B2B marketing. Led by Eloqua (now part of Oracle) and Marketo (with a very successful IPO last week), today marketing automation companies are collectively worth billions. When Marketing Automation Is Unnecessary.

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Marketing Automation’s Next Frontier: Madison Avenue

Digital B2B Marketing

Marketers have invested in marketing automation, content and, in many cases, creating complex business rules to determine what content and message to deliver when. The next evolution in marketing automation will be extending the application of these rules across the full spectrum of digital and addressable marketing channels.

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6 Cringeworthy Marketing Technology Failures

Digital B2B Marketing

Today’s marketing simply wouldn’t exist without marketing technology. From marketing automation to demand side platforms to content management systems, technology puts the right message in front of the right person at the right time. You no longer create your marketing communications.

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Are Machines the Future of Marketing?

Digital B2B Marketing

The idea that someday the CEO or Head of Sales will click a few buttons to set objectives, budget and timing and a machine will create and execute a marketing plan seems pretty far-fetched. When IBM’s Watson can tackle healthcare issues , marketing advice from machines doesn’t seem so unlikely anymore. Marketing Automation.