SmartBug Media

MARCH 12, 2020

If your organization uses Salesforce, chances are you’ve seen Salesforce Lightning. But changes under the hood meant plenty of work for administrators and partners like Marketo. Here’s a brief history of Marketo ’s compatibility with Salesforce Lightning. Marketo and Salesforce Lightning Timeline at a Glance.

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Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

But there are a lot of factors littering the path of lead conversion [time, sales, team, and more]. But generating qualified leads isn’t – because the number of qualified leads is the most immediate result of your effective B2B lead generation strategy or tactics.

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LeanData

JANUARY 20, 2021

Succeeding in a competitive marketplace requires the extraction of the full value of every lead, and as such, B2B go-to-market (GTM) functions need absolute best-in-class lead management strategies. . Poor lead management contributes to a 25 percent reduction in potential revenue (Gartner). Developing a Lead Management Strategy.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 13, 2020

If you’re familiar with Marketo’s program types , you know that engagement programs are great for drip nurture emails. You can use them for your welcome series, for mid-funnel emails that go out when a lead score increases—really anything that goes out on a set schedule. Move people based on their funnel stage. Vary the cadence.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Here’s what I see: Marketing is consistently exceeding their SMART goals; return on marketing efforts and progress towards key performance indicators (KPIs) are simple to track; and sales and marketing work side by side as a well-oiled machine. Lack of technology to align marketing and sales efforts. ABM Funnel Metrics that Matter.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2022

To ensure the quality of their data, some organizations hire data quality managers. Also called quality assurance or quality control managers, this person is responsible for coordinating activities to attain the organization’s standards of quality for their database. What is a Data Quality Manager?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 21, 2017

Many B2B organizations deal with a smaller lead pool and longer sales cycle, which means you’ve probably had to adjust your marketing campaigns accordingly. And, that’s where account-based marketing and sales come in. B2B sales requires a comprehensive, multi-channel approach to nurturing leads at different levels.

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Martech

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The updates that stand out most in Marketo’s September release are enhanced integrations with other platforms and applications. Dynamic Chat capabilities now facilitate engagement on multiple fronts and closer integration with Marketo Engage. Keep reading for the details.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Marketing automation platforms are often at the center of the marketing organization, but with capabilities that go beyond your average email platform often come steeper prices and a sharper learning curve. Do your sales reps need real-time access to marketing data? Is lead scoring a crucial part of your marketing process?

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KoMarketing Associates

JULY 2, 2019

This post will provide some strategic tactics marketers can use to better measure B2B advertising effectiveness, and provide a list of KPIs expert marketers are measuring to help them hit their ROAS goals. That lead to lots of top-of-funnel effort: views, impressions, clicks, etc. Track Every Dollar. So don’t stop at MQL.

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SmartBug Media

MARCH 13, 2020

By aligning both sales and marketing teams with the same goals and objectives, we see our tech stacks evolve for better execution. Marketo has account-based marketing functionality, giving marketers and sales teams alike the capability of running successful account-based marketing campaigns. Drive the Funnel with Engagement.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 17, 2020

For newbies, Marketo proves its value right off the bat as an excellent email automation tool. But its potential goes far beyond email and event management. Here are five popular Marketo add-ons for mid-sized businesses, along with a few considerations for each. Sales Insights. Sales Connect.

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Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

While marketing professionals understand marketing automation can streamline essential processes, many do not leverage these systems to their full advantage. Closing more sales. Ultimately, your marketing automation platform can guide leads through the marketing funnel, setting them up to eventually make a buying decision.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

In the year that I’ve been with Marketo, I’ve gained some interesting insights into enterprise organizations’ challenges around sales and marketing alignment. Before joining this team, I established and grew marketing divisions for two separate organizations. I get a lot of, “You’ll have to talk to our sales team , Alex.”

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Madison Logic

OCTOBER 20, 2021

“Working together, Marketo, Bizible, and Madison Logic can make the B2B Marketer the driving force for growth and change in the enterprise.” Kader, SVP Strategy and Alliances, Marketo. About Marketo Inc. Marketo, Inc., ” T.K.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

We are in Q4 and moving into 2021, so the stakes are high for sales; meaning it’s probably time to look for the next lever to optimize selling capabilities. COVID-19 has made it clear that sales strategies needed to evolve. However, many sales reps feel that expectations from leadership haven’t linked together with their new reality.

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SmartBug Media

JUNE 1, 2020

Marketo is a powerful tool that can automate marketing campaigns for every step in the customer journey. Marketo makes it easy to build, customize, and automate email newsletters at scale, even across multiple geographies or verticals. Here are seven steps for getting started with email newsletters in Marketo.

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Biznology

JULY 26, 2017

David identified four factors key to Enli’s ABM success: process, culture, attitude, and metrics. In terms of background, Enli is a Portland-based company with a population health management platform for health systems. In ABM, the lines between sales and marketing blur. Together, we merged the marketing and sales funnels.

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Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Getting an ABM platform is the best way to ensure ABM is successful and sustainable, but if doing so isn’t in option, managing these tools in an intentional, coordinated way is the next best thing. Some popular CRMs are Salesforce, HubSpot Sales Hub, ActiveCampaign, Zoho, Pipedrive, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, and more.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

As marketers, we know the challenge of ensuring sales reps follow and use best practices processes, sales playbooks , and marketing content we painstakingly created. That’s where a sales engagement solution comes in. That’s where a sales engagement solution comes in. Map Your Sales Journey and Touchpoints.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2021

Too often MAPs are associated with tactical email nurturing and simple lead qualification — tactical use cases that dominate immature platform deployments. Can it handle the processing demands of complex trigger actions and large numbers of data record updates – in real time? ADOPTING ENTERPRISE DEMAND PROCESS.

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Oktopost

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Well, in many ways, Marketo and HubSpot are not unlike Sparta and Athens. To make it easier for you to guess, let’s take a look at both platforms and try to determine: HubSpot vs. Marketo: which is the marketing automation platform to rule them all? Marketo: which is the marketing automation platform to rule them all?

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Martech

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Marketo’s Dynamic Chat updates were aimed at improving user experience — from minor updates like automating meeting links within calendar invites to more major updates like allowing new data types to use more fields. Why it helps: An organization may use the Boolean logic to ask questions that more accurately route customer calls.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 25, 2018

Imagine a world where sales and marketing can actually work together and, in fact, help one another instead of stepping on each others’ toes. A world where roles are clearly defined and prospects enjoy a smooth traversal through the funnel. How many times have you heard sales reps complain about a lack of quality leads?

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SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 29, 2020

It may seem like just another marketing buzzword, but attribution is key for both marketers and sales leaders alike. Creating an impressive marketing attribution report is critical to understanding which campaigns are producing the highest ROI for your organization. Attribution Reporting in Marketo. Attribution Model Choices.

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Oktopost

APRIL 14, 2021

Why should organizations and marketers care about collaboration? By focusing on teamwork rather than working on random, tactical tasks, marketers can zoom-in on building the big inspirations that drive success. Episode Summary. Collaboration is one of those “marketing buzzwords” that gets thrown around a lot. Like What You Heard?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While doing so, they forget to do the hard work of creating a robust process for recruiting and engaging attendees and following up on leads afterward. In this blog, I’ll give you 13 marketing tactics to boost your event ROI before, during, and after your events. Plot Your Follow-Up Tactics. Here’s how to ensure they do.

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SalesIntel

MAY 4, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving business landscape, sales enablement tools have become essential for companies looking to stay ahead of the competition. With technology advancements happening at an unprecedented pace, the sales enablement tools landscape has also undergone a significant transformation in recent years.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Intent is the lifeblood of sales. In the fiercely competitive B2B sales landscape, where businesses are vying to paint in lime green, standing out can be daunting. Learn how to leverage intent data for sales and craft the perfect sales strategy to increase your ROI and achieve sales targets.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 13, 2020

A VP Sales is a true sales leader who knows how to ignite a fire to invigorate sales managers to drive results. It’s no secret that VP Sales is responsible for: Leading their sales team to meet and exceed sales goals. Creating and executing sales strategies.

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lead scoring, a critical component of any successful sales and marketing strategy, can be the bridge that guides your leads towards conversion. It’s a systematic approach that quantifies the quality of leads , allowing sales and marketing teams to prioritize their efforts. This is where lead scoring enters the picture.

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FunnelEnvy

MARCH 4, 2020

For many organizations, Marketo serves as the real-time customer database for marketing. While CDPs are becoming more popular in organizations of late, more often than not the latest and greatest profile and segmentation data still lives in marketo. 3 Ways to Use Marketo to Drive Site Personalization.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2018

It’s that time of year when sales, marketing, and business pundits share predictions for what’s to come in 2019. This leaves sales leaders scratching their heads trying to figure out where the opportunities are for their organization and what they need to prepare for going forward. The Sales Stats You Need to Know.

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Seismic

MARCH 16, 2022

If you’re reading this, it’s safe to assume that your sales reps aren’t as productive as you’d like them to be. You’re not alone: sales productivity is a challenge in every organization. In fact, sales productivity is a top business challenge for 65% of B2B organizations. What is sales productivity?

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

But without the backend infrastructure to organize customer information, the result can be a disjointed, frustrating experience (regardless of how many tools or agents they employ). We heard many of our customers’ challenges around integrating with social media management tools and took notes. Lead management & CRM.

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Vidyard

MARCH 5, 2021

Chances are your organization is creating and sharing more video content than ever before. With that growth comes the need to organize, track, and measure your video investments’ effectiveness, which means the time has come to evaluate an online video platform built for business. Video for Sales 1.3 Video for Sales.

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Biznology

JANUARY 19, 2018

Have a look at her case for how to manage PR in the “age of the Kardashians.” So that sales people can operate in an environment where prospects say, “Oh yes, I’ve heard of you.” It’s the post-sale experience where success lies.”. Hats off: Marketo is well-established there now. Quotable quote: “Process is everything.”

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