The Point

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Almost 5 years ago, our agency conducted a survey to determine whether B2B companies were getting maximum value from their investment in marketing automation. You’d assume, therefore, that marketing automation maturity – the level of sophistication at which companies employ the technology – has improved.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation Automation 147

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

Demand Generation Report just published their 2018 Outlook Guide: The State of Marketing Automation. DGR) What were the biggest changes/challenges for B2B marketers in 2017? (HS) HS) One of the biggest challenges for B2B marketers right now is simply keeping pace with the changes in marketing technology.

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Marketing Report Marketing Automation Automation Demand Generation Agencies 176

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AUGUST 22, 2014

For those of us who work in and around the technology every day, it can seem like marketing automation is already pervasive. Analyst David Raab reports that for companies under $5 Million in revenue, marketing automation penetration is a miserly 5 percent. Which begs the question: is marketing automation right for every company?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

A prospective client asks: “We’re just getting our demand generation programs ramped up, and I’m not sure I’m ready for marketing automation. My answer: “It depends how you define “ lead nurturing ,” but technically: no, you don’t need marketing automation in order to nurture leads. Do I need it in order to do lead nurturing?”.

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Lead Nurturing Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Automation Services Sales Qualified Leads 100

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

As a company that rigorously tracks and measures the ROI from its various marketing efforts, Sungard AS knew that increasing the revenue contribution from demand generation meant either a) driving more leads into the top of the funnel, and/or b) increasing the rate at which those leads convert into sales. Spear is a Marketo agency partner.)

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APRIL 8, 2015

Spear Marketing Group has published an informative report detailing results of a survey designed to gauge the maturity of marketing automation deployments within the B2B community. In some notable areas, the average marketing automation user appears to be achieving real business value.

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APRIL 1, 2014

Recent studies tell us while the adoption of marketing automation technology continues to gain momentum, fewer than 20 percent of marketing executives say that they are fully integrating the technology into their current sales and marketing initiatives. Marketo sends first follow-up email. Wait 2 weeks. Wait 8 weeks.

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MARCH 18, 2014

Over at marketing automation firm Marketo , CEO Phil Fernandez just wrote a full-throated rant against the evils of unsolicited email and purchased email lists used indiscriminately: “How does anyone think that these are sensible emails to send to the CEO of a fast-growing public company? Those days are long gone.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Paul Albright boasts a 30-year track record of success in Silicon Valley, including executive roles at companies such as Marketo, SuccessFactors, NetApp, and Informatica. I sat down with Paul recently to talk about his new company and where Captora fits into the ever-expanding landscape of marketing technology.

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MARCH 18, 2011

Late last year at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco I was fortunate enough to chat with Maria Pergolino , Marketing Director at Marketo (and renowned all-around Content Marketing Queen.) whether marketing automation can be a fit for small companies. • You can view the entire interview below.

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The Point

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Sirius Decisions wrote an insightful article last week about the acquisition by Marketo of Insightera (a Web personalization platform), and included was the following projection: “By 2015, we expect to see 71 percent of b-to-b organizations’ new inquiries coming via the corporate Web site.”. Fair enough. Virtually none. I doubt it.

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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. B2B Marketing Creative E-mail email design email marketing lead generation Marketo b2b demand generation b2b lead generation email copywriting Marketo agency marketo agency partner Marketo partner'

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MAY 14, 2013

In follow-up to the recent 2013 Marketo Summit , the marketing team at ReachForce , a leading provider of B2B data services, sent a message to attendees (including this blogger) crowing about the success of their traffic builder campaign , an email that generated a 42.8% Marketo Summit – Free Beer, Gold for Everyone!”.

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The Point

AUGUST 8, 2013

B2B Marketing Campaign Measurement Demand Generation Lead Management Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation lead scoring lead scoring best practices lead scoring mistakes lead scoring schema lead scoring tips Marketo best practices marketo consultants Marketo lead scoring Marketo partner'

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Marketo 100

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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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 80

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. Within 6 hours, 1,000 people had registered and downloaded the guide. Think about it: that’s 1,000 sales leads (and make no mistake, that’s what they [.].

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SEM Content Marketing Marketing Automation Services Marketo 100

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AUGUST 1, 2013

In my experience, companies new to marketing automation often launch scoring schemas too quickly as part of an overall rush to value, and by the time the schema gets corrected, sales needs to be re-sold and re-trained on what they now regard as inaccurate and irrelevant data. No separate scores for behavioral and demographic values.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Leads 100

The Point

OCTOBER 30, 2013

If you utilize a marketing automation platform, the registration form on your landing page will be pre-populated with the prospect’s contact information, so conceivably all he/she has to do is click on the “submit” button. You’re not really asking for much. You’ll lose the opportunity to learn more about the prospect.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Landing Pages 100

The Point

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Recently I was asked to contribute some thoughts to Marketo’s new ebook, “ The Definitive Guide to Marketing Automation.” What are the most important things to look for in a marketing automation vendor? What do you think the future of marketing automation will look like in the next few years? Finance, ERP).

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Management Automation 100

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Bonnie Crater is a five-time Vice President of Marketing, a former colleague of this blogger from our days at Oracle in the late 80s, and in 2000 was named one of the “Top 20 Female Executives in Silicon Valley” by San Jose Magazine. HS: How are you different from marketing automation vendors like Eloqua or Marketo at addressing this issue?

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The Point

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Social media may be a hot topic in B2B marketing circles, but most of that buzz focuses on the role of social media advertising. Are B2B marketers ignoring a huge opportunity? In addition, the platform integrates with leading marketing automation platforms, such as Eloqua, HubSpot, Marketo, and Pardot. Click To Tweet.

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Lead Scoring 203

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

When sales teams need marketing to help them make their numbers, the natural response is to go fishing for hot leads. Note: the source for this statistic wasn’t quoted, so if someone from Marketo reads this, feel free to provide any source reference in the comments.]. Why is Marketo’s percentage so much higher than the average?

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads 100

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AUGUST 8, 2011

A recent industry study on Lead Management Optimization, conducted by CSO Insights and conducted in partnership with SMEI and Marketo , sheds insight on the relative budget marketing organizations are investing in areas such as lead nurturing, social media, and lead generation. I have two major issues with the analysis: 1.

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Lead Generation Social Media Allocation Marketing Qualified Leads 100

The Point

JUNE 20, 2012

The growing adoption of marketing automation systems is empowering B2B marketers to develop, produce, and execute email campaigns more efficiently, and more effectively, than ever before. The success of an email campaign depends on a number of variables, chief amongst them the quality of your list and the attractiveness of the offer.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It’s no secret that I am a fervent evangelist for marketing automation, and at our agency we see the real-life benefits every day in the form of clients generating higher conversion rates, more qualified leads, and shorter sales cycles. HS) Where do you see as the greatest opportunity to improve marketing and sales processes?

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

When marketers embark on a formal lead nurturing strategy, opportunities for process improvement can arise in unexpected ways. First, the company invested in Marketo , a leading marketing automation platform that integrated well with the company’s CRM system, Salesforce.com.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 100

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

I may not be a market analyst, but from what I see working with our agency’s B2B clients , it seems to me that, in the language of technology adoption lifecycles, Account-Based Marketing (ABM) stands at that pivotal junction – what Geoffrey Moore calls the “chasm” – between early adopters and early majority.

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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. Make sure that you include a prominent (and functioning) “add to calendar” link or button on the thank you/confirmation page, confirmation email, and all reminder emails. Citrix, Webex.)

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APRIL 30, 2012

It prevents situations in which you may lose forever the ability to market to an individual because he/she happened to dislike one particular email. Subscription management turns the act of unsubscribing from a simple Yes/No question to one of: “Which types of communication would you like to receive from us?”

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Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Data Hygiene Ideal Customer Profiles 100

The Point

MAY 18, 2010

I was reminded today of just how successful the marketing automation vendors have been (to their credit, it must be said) in defining their solutions as the answer to today’s marketing problems. At our firm we use Marketo , which works extremely well for us. It won’t. (No No matter how good the software.).

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Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Lead Nurturing 100

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APRIL 8, 2010

Fast-forward to today’s highly mobile workforce, where people change jobs like the proverbial underwear, throw in a volatile economy, and more than one-third of the email addresses in your marketing database could change each and every year*. The result: more hard bounces and unsubscribes. Has anyone seen more recent statistics?

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketo Lead Nurturing 100

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JULY 13, 2012

As further context, the 4-1-1 Rule that Jon references is a principle intended for Twitter and credited to Tipping Point Labs and Joe Pulizzi of the Content Marketing Institute. Jon wrote the book on lead nurturing ( literally ) but, personally, I have concerns about extending Twitter rules into the realm of email marketing.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

The Thank You Page is the forgotten child of online marketing. Tags: B2B Marketing Demand Generation Landing Pages marketo online marketing thank you pages web design. But is that a missed opportunity? [.].

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Landing Pages Marketo Demand Generation Tagging 100

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JUNE 26, 2009

Tags: B2B Marketing Demand Generation Landing Pages Lead Management Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation direct marketing lead generation b2b demand generation demandbase marketo.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Amongst companies who adopt marketing automation technology, the problem of lead score inflation is a common one, mainly due to the rudimentary way in which most companies first decide to assign those scores. attends Webinar, VP-level title or above). assign negative scores for undesired behavior or demographics, or inactivity (e.g.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Leads 100

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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Social Media Demand Generation Agencies Media Leads 100

The Point

JUNE 29, 2015

Are most B2B companies getting maximum value from their investment in marketing automation? A recent industry survey by Spear Marketing Group suggests: no. Or are companies rushing to implement marketing automation without a full understanding or strategy for how to put that technology to best use?

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