LeadSloth

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Monday and Tuesday I’m attending the Boston MarketingSherpa B2B Marketing Summit. In this post some thoughts about the program… First of all, the best thing about this event is that the speakers are marketing practitioners, not vendors. The Marketing Automation Vendors. Marketo (booth 6).

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 17, 2009

Unfortunately, not enough time… Last week I received a copy of Marketo’s Lead Nurturing workbook. that is one of the great suggestions in Marketo’s book). They explain that sales & marketing need to jointly create a definition of a qualified lead. Heck, why not nurture customers too? Read them both!

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LeadSloth

APRIL 29, 2009

In my previous post I listed the Top-10 Demand Generation blog by marketers and consultants. Most of these vendors blogs really get ‘online marketing’, so they talk about best practices rather then just touting their products, and they post regularly. In alphabetical order: ActiveConversion B2B Marketing Blog.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 4, 2009

At first I thought: “what’s new about that?&# , and Marketo wrote a post on an alternative way to create tracking links. There are two big limitations for using this in B2B marketing: You can only see conversions, not opportunities or revenue (because that information is in the CRM system). Let me know your suggestions.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 11, 2009

There are many ways to find these new leads: inbound marketing, search advertising, tradeshows, lead programs, etc. I have written a lot about Inbound Marketing ( social media and search engine optimization ): it’s free, but takes a fair amount of time to set up. You also need a steady stream of fresh leads coming in.

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LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. Several new vendors appeared on the market, many existing vendors experienced rapid growth, and Marketing Automation as a term gained popularity among B2B marketers. In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010.

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LeadSloth

JUNE 30, 2009

Should Marketing Automation systems add Inbound Marketing tools as standard features? What is Inbound Marketing? Dharmesh Shah of Hubspot defines inbound marketing to include search, social media and blogs. In short: any marketing activity that draws people to your website. What is Marketing Automation?

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