The Point

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? Stop buying lists.

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Hubspot

MARCH 3, 2014

You don’t need statistics to prove the value of personalized messages, multi-channel marketing, and high quality content. That’s why marketing automation is such an important topic in 2014. That’s why marketing automation software is so important. But marketing automation has a bad rap.

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Tomorrow People

APRIL 25, 2012

To be truly effective, copywriting needs to be part of a well considered and carefully planned content and inbound marketing strategy , based on the specific demands and needs of your target audience. Create marketing personas. There’s something missing from copywriting as used by many businesses.

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Hubspot

JUNE 28, 2016

Even though inbound marketing has been a huge success within so many different industries, there are still some companies that are shackled with misconceptions about whether it will work for them. In fact, we have identified 23 myths about inbound marketing that some people may think are true. Time to bust these myths!

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

Contacts from companies that are qualified as leads but not yet passed to sales can end up landing in the target list for an email blast or an event invitation. Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away. So if you: a.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

From the amazing and inspiring keynotes given by Marissa Meyer and Sheryl Sandberg, to the hustle and bustle of the busy expo hall, it’s been a blast. This is tough because relevancy is often in the eye of the beholder, but behavioral tracking in marketing automation tools can help. You Need Technology That Scales.

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SmartBug Media

DECEMBER 18, 2018

To properly gauge engagement, you will need to ensure that your tracking mechanisms—whether Google Analytics, your marketing automation platform, or a third-party service—are in place and working properly. Why use outdated batch-and-blast tactics? You’re already putting together a solid, modern ABM campaign.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 19, 2011

You are a savvy inbound marketer. Inbound marketing initially emerged as a response to the negative impact that traditional outbound marketing methods, like advertising and direct mail, had been having on prospective customers. But there’s a whole other part of inbound marketing that often gets overlooked.

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Single Grain

JULY 28, 2020

But unless you want to manually send out individual emails to your hundreds, thousands or even millions of subscribers, you need to use an email marketing service. With so many popular email marketing tools vying for your business, it can be hard to choose one. 14 Ways to Kickstart Your Mobile Email Marketing Campaign.

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MLT Creative

AUGUST 1, 2011

But I read a book first: Inbound Marketing , by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah. It opened my eyes to how social media fits into the marketing mix. Social media for the purpose of marketing your business isn’t about frivolous chit-chat. Download advanced content from our B2B Marketing Idea Series:

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Lead Liaison

DECEMBER 5, 2017

If you’ve been in marketing for any amount of time, you know that Inbound Marketing is all the rage and visitor tracking is a must. When you use a visitor tracking platform like Lead Liaison’s ProspectVision™ , you’ll be surprised what you can learn about your prospects, your content, and your campaigns.

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Engagio

AUGUST 20, 2018

Companies have recognized that traditional inbound marketing programs (and even the marketing automation tools that support them) were designed primarily for a certain kind of deal – high velocity, short cycle, often lower value deals. For many organizations, this inbound strategy worked up to a point.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We have many good tools at our disposal right now we could be putting to use. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. Are you suggesting that any use of software or databases to help organize and scale your social outreach is invalid?

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SnapApp

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Three days at Eloqua Experience 2013 demonstrated the importance of asking questions, the need for content marketing, and Eloqua’s expanding app cloud. Eloqua Experience 2013 in San Fran was a blast! Here are our big takeaways from three amazing days there: Content Marketing Has Arrived. It's no longer open for debate.

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Hubspot

MARCH 15, 2016

As companies adopt inbound marketing as a way to generate more leads, the importance of having an effective lead nurturing strategy becomes very clear. In most cases only a relatively small percentage of your inbound leads will be ready to make an immediate purchase, leaving upwards of 90% of your inbound leads on the table.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 21, 2014

W hat exactly does demand generation mean, and how is it different from concepts like inbound marketing? Ultimately, demand generation captures the umbrella of marketing programs that get customers excited about your company’s product and services. What is inbound marketing''s role in demand generation?

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 4, 2012

In fact, email will continue to be an important part of the marketing mix. Marketing emails will become less “batch and blast” and instead more personalized, relevant, and targeted based on real-time data. And to do that, key performance indicators (KPIs) under the marketing department will change.

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FunnelEnvy

APRIL 1, 2024

The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry is experiencing phenomenal growth as technological advancements are making cloud-based solutions more accessible, scalable, and secure than ever before. This shift towards on-demand software allows businesses of all sizes to access sophisticated tools.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

The first thing your marketing department needs is their own database of record, which needs to be synced with your CRM tool. Systems like Marketo have historically been about outbound marketing – marketing automation allows you to send emails, or integrate with direct mail. Forget batch and blast.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

The first thing your marketing department needs is their own database of record, which needs to be synced with your CRM tool. Systems like Marketo have historically been about outbound marketing – marketing automation allows you to send emails, or integrate with direct mail. Forget batch and blast.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

And that reality of the flooded inbox is very evident from steadily dropping response rates of only 1% to 3% range for traditional email marketing. The old email marketing strategy of batch and blast or spray and pray is no longer effective. However, there’s no denying the low cost of email marketing. per week in 2006.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 30, 2019

Many professionals use demand generation and inbound marketing interchangeably. Inbound Marketing vs. Demand Generation. What is the difference between inbound marketing and demand generation? Demand generation is the process of driving awareness and interest in a product or service.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Because, let’s face it: it doesn’t matter how many marketing dollars you spend, if your brand isn’t resonating with your audience, it’s money wasted. Actually engaging with your audience on social media must be a serious part of your customer service arsenal. Oh, the times we live in. They’re conversational. They’re inspirational.

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SmartBug Media

DECEMBER 19, 2018

At the heart of any inbound marketing strategy is the idea that marketing is most effective when you work to help prospects navigate their problem or solution, reduce friction throughout, and ultimately win the sale because you helped educate them. Multi-Channel Marketing. Website Optimization.

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Oktopost

JULY 29, 2021

Lead generation is one of the most significant challenges faced by B2B marketers – and 61% of marketers agree. Lead generation is the “foot-in-the-door” that launches any potential customer’s path towards purchasing a business’ product or service. How important is it? Source: [link].

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

In its 2012 Email Marketing Benchmark Report , MarketingSherpa surveyed 2,735 companies and asked them to rank the significance of 12 common email marketing challenges. The best inbound marketers like to amass valuable data across their different channels. For instance, you might see that your email blast got a 3.4%

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Lead Liaison

OCTOBER 19, 2017

What are the 5 ways marketing teams benefit from Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Marketing Automation integration? In this article we’ll discuss 5 ways marketing marketing teams benefit from integrating Microsoft Dynamics CRM with marketing automation. Better segmentation. Data is in sync.

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Hubspot

JULY 17, 2013

If you''re used to direct mail, I think you''ll find the easiest transition into more Millennial-friendly turf in email marketing. Email Blasts to Purchased Lists. The days of blasting emails to purchased lists -- or to your entire contact database for that matter -- are over. Shift your mindset dramatically.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Solution: Make more efficient use of tools like webinars and online meetings to bring together stakeholders who may be spread out all over the world. I service industrial companies, as you do. I suspect that as more understanding is gained of “how to&# use the tools the flood gates will open in the industrial sector.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 18, 2019

You can’t even say, “Email marketers don’t do that!” Unfortunately, there are enough marketers still relying on email blasts to these lists to give us respectable email marketers a bad rap. 4) When you first found out marketing automation was a thing.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

I’m not logging into my account every day and moving money around, but when I do log in, I can see the progress I’ve made toward my goals by setting my account to automate deductions. Marketing automation can play a significant role in the success of your inbound marketing strategy, but there is a right way and a wrong way to use it.

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Navigate the Channel

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Marketing Automation. The concept of automation was made for B2B marketing. The idea of being able to apply personalized concepts at scale gives business marketers the ability to nurture an entirely new level of leads and track those leads confidently down the sales funnel. Content Marketing.

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Lead Liaison

MARCH 7, 2018

How does marketing automation system fit into the overall ecosystem? 83% of people don’t have an experience with marketing automation. Right in the middle, you’ve got marketing automation. So marketing automation is used to reach out to your database and your audience.

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GreenRope

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

2016 Trend Alert: Marketing Automation. In the past few years, marketing automation has become a hot commodity in the business world with many professionals reporting exponential gains in leads and profits due to these technologies. WHAT IS MARKETING AUTOMATION? ADVANTAGES OF MARKETING AUTOMATION.

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GreenRope

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

2016 Trend Alert: Marketing Automation. In the past few years, marketing automation has become a hot commodity in the business world with many professionals reporting exponential gains in leads and profits due to these technologies. WHAT IS MARKETING AUTOMATION? ADVANTAGES OF MARKETING AUTOMATION.

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GreenRope

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

2016 Trend Alert: Marketing Automation. In the past few years, marketing automation has become a hot commodity in the business world with many professionals reporting exponential gains in leads and profits due to these technologies. WHAT IS MARKETING AUTOMATION? ADVANTAGES OF MARKETING AUTOMATION.

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GreenRope

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

2016 Trend Alert: Marketing Automation. In the past few years, marketing automation has become a hot commodity in the business world with many professionals reporting exponential gains in leads and profits due to these technologies. WHAT IS MARKETING AUTOMATION? ADVANTAGES OF MARKETING AUTOMATION.

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