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Getting Started Guide for Marketing Automation

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With all the (deserved) hype surrounding marketing automation, is no wonder that many companies, startups especially, are adding the technology as a key component to their marketing activities. But let’s say you got approval and have purchased the marketing automation software of your dreams. Getting Started with Marketing Automation.

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Marketing Automation is More Than Technology

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A new research study by Sirius Decisions , “ Calculating the Return on Marketing Automation “, sponsored by Marketo talks about the different levels of companies implementing marketing automation platforms (or MAP, as they call it). Marketing Automation and wither no or weak processes.

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Marketing Automation Monday is Here!

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The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing Automation Monday is Here! What is the hand-off process with sales? Most companies start off with one track for their automation and nurturing programs and expand with time.

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Demand Generation and Lead Management Explained

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Last week Carlos Hidalgo , CEO of the Annuitas Group , shared on the Software Advice blog a nice video explaining two basic concepts that are often used interchangeably by vendors and even analysts in the Marketing Automation space but should in fact be treated as separate concepts: Demand Generation and Lead Management.

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When Inbound Marketing Goes Wrong

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The last part of the paper touts the benefits of marketing automation (expected, since Marketo is one of the players in this space) to help with your nurturing campaigns. Automates repetitive tasks. Enables A/B testing beyond landing pages. Creates new landing pages easily. Creates new landing pages easily. Shorten sales cycle.

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When Leads Go Cold

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The article doesn’t go into much detail about whether the leads being followed up had been nurtured by a Marketing Automation system, or even a break down of industries but it does point a good possible flaw in the sales process of most companies.

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What’s Wrong with Marketing Education?

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Not of basic marketing concepts like the 4 P’s , advertising , or branding but their utmost ignorance of modern marketing tactics and tools like webinars, marketing automation, and even CRM software. The video roundtable below from CRMSoftware.tv, What Colleges Should Be Teaching Marketing Majors , is worth watching and reflecting upon.

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