Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Marketing’s role in interacting with prospects has expanded and goes further into the buy cycle than before. Lead scoring, a key component of lead nurturing and management, is an effective tool for aligning sales and marketing. This has resulted in fewer direct interactions with sales reps from vendors.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Author: Rajiv Kapoor When I recently visited Marketo headquarters, my buddy asked me what I was working on, and I told him enterprise consulting in a strategic role (as opposed to more of an implementation role)—to which he responded, “so, what exactly are you doing?”. Marketing Automation Deployment Strategy.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Here’s the shocking reality of B2B lead generation – 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales opportunities. Source: Marketing Sherpa/ KnowledgeStorm). B2B marketing and lead generation experts point to a lack of lead nurturing as the primary cause of this poor performance.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2011

by Jason Miller Part two of the follow up from our Reaching the Social Customer webinar features our very own Jon Miller, VP of Marketing and co-founder of Marketo. Jon shares his thoughts on content marketing, lead nurturing, social media, and lead generation responding to your questions that were unanswered during the live webinar.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 22, 2013

By mapping out your assets alongside your customers’ buying cycle, you can use your content to pull prospects through the funnel, fostering an online community that will yield high-value leads. The timeline of track messaging depends on where your prospects are in the buying cycle.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 8, 2011

As with eggs, sometimes in order for leads to hatch into sales we have to turn up the heat a bit. Based on lead scoring or segmentation criteria, segment your list so you can communicate with those prospects later in the buying cycle. Find every way you can to personalize your lead nurturing touch points.

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Ambal's Amusings

MAY 27, 2010

An additional consideration is the different needs among members of the buying committee—influencers. One or two pieces of educational content will not likely maintain a prospect’s interest across a longer term buying cycle. Leading Lights: Marketing and PR Strategist David Meerman Scott – video interview.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

In fact, football teams are a lot like marketing automation teams – you need talented players, of course, but you also need dedicated roles, internal coordination, and sound strategy. Cloning programs and templates allows small teams to accomplish marketing automation on par with much larger companies. Marketing Automation'

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

In fact, football teams are a lot like marketing automation teams – you need talented players, of course, but you also need dedicated roles, internal coordination, and sound strategy. Cloning programs and templates allow small teams to accomplish marketing automation on par with much larger companies. Marketing Automation'

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 4, 2012

Because according to a new survey conducted by Marketo, RPM Leaders achieve 128% more revenue against their plans than average companies, and 178% more than the least mature companies. We define Revenue Performance Management as a strategy to optimize interactions with buyers across the revenue cycle to accelerate predictable revenue growth.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 10, 2011

Go though your lead management steps and determine where you are with you data, lead planning, metrics, etc. Figuring out (with sales) the definitions of each buying cycle. Figure out between marketing and sales definitions such as a marketing qualified lead. Doing some kind of lead nurturing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

by Katie Byrnes Marketo’s third installment of definitive guides is The Definitive Guide to Lead Scoring. Over the course of the next few weeks we will be doing a series of posts on lead scoring. Lead scoring is a shared sales and marketing methodology for ranking leads in order to determine their sales-readiness.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Prior to the Marketo user summit I had heard a few great examples of nurturing programs being created without a lot of content, but after I shared some of these stories at the event I was approached by many others with similar stories. Is Lead Nurturing Possible Without Lots of Content?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 7, 2011

In spite of this reality, a recent survey of more than 100 for-profit colleges found that the median phone response per school to respond to Internet leads came in at one hour, 36 minutes.”. In addition, automated marketing tracks online activity to measure buying interest and sales-readiness.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 9, 2012

You have to make sure that you are thinking proactively about producing content and creating email campaigns that can speak to your prospects at all stages of the buying cycle. Keep them coming back for more through your content machine, lead nurturing programs, and social media. Try to keep it fresh!

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Mac McIntosh's Sales Lead Insights: A B2B marketing Blog. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing. Content Strategy: The Future of Marketing (via Joe Pulizzi with Christine Halvorson). Sales Lead Expert’s Learning Center. Tune and refine the buying process.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 6, 2011

As applications are updated, people move in and out of departments, and marketplaces and buying cycles change, it’s critical to ensure that the people using the above tools are well trained. This year, training has become more important than ever for the majority of digital marketing implementers.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Relevant content marketing: The right content is key to establishing trust in the minds of your B2B buyer but remember your nurturing still stills to be relevant. Taking time to map your content based on profile and stage in buying cycle is the first step to ensuring relevance.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 6, 2009

Only with this conversational view of lead nurturing will you reap the benefits. Done well, lead nurturing can lead to much more efficient and effective demand generation. Overall, that means we generate 50% more qualified sales leads each month at 33% lower cost per lead. Match your content to buying stages.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 12, 2010

Next Scott talked about Lead Nurturing. He said lead nurturing is rules based marketing that drives relevant messaging given a contact’s stage in the buying cycle. It’s like smart email marketing for B2B companies. . Goals of Lead Nurturing: Opens. At Marketo we call this a drip campaign.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Each time an assessment happens, the lead should be routed to the right person or system for follow-up. Develop (nurture): promote prospects through the buying cycle by providing the right communication and engagement at each step. Lead nurture campaigns using thought leadership content is a key element here.

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 4, 2009

Marketing automation provider Marketo has just published The Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing , a white paper that provides real value, covering the lead nurturing process from the basic how and why through ROI measurement. Tags: General Marketing.

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 24, 2023

By Lisa Heay , Director of Business Operations at Heinz Marketing Lead scoring is often made out to be a behemoth endeavor, but it really doesn’t have to be. If you’ve considered implementing a lead scoring process at your organization but you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by the project, keep reading.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Do you get a lot of leads that seem good but are not yet in an active buying cycles? How many more sales-ready leads could you create if you had the ability to develop relevant and personalized relationships with early-stage prospects before passing them to sales? Lead Follow-Up. What do you do with them today?

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Heinz Marketing

JUNE 26, 2019

By Lisa Heay , Marketing Planning Manager at Heinz Marketing. Lead scoring is often made out to be a behemoth endeavor, but it really doesn’t have to be. If you’ve considered implementing a lead scoring process at your organization but you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by the project, keep reading.

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Mac McIntosh's Sales Lead Insights: A B2B marketing Blog. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing. Content Strategy: The Future of Marketing (via Joe Pulizzi with Christine Halvorson). What if you don't know where prospects are in their buying cycles?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2012

No progression in buying cycle. By applying these negative scoring attributes in conjunction with other positive scoring methods when fine-tuning your lead scoring, you will see a more accurate qualification in your lead management process. Activities that deserve a negative score include: Email unsubscribe.

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Valasys

JULY 9, 2019

ABM is an all-encompassing marketing methodology which encourages intermingling & cross-functionality between different B2B departments – marketing & sales in particular. According to a study published by Marketo, 65% of the marketers acceded to the fact that ABM aids majorly in client acquisition.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

SEO and PPC can put your brand name and your content marketing in front of customers at every stage of the buying cycle. Digital Advertising is Faster to Market. Market conditions and trends change quickly, and that requires nimble marketing. Lead times for traditional advertising methods are so 1990s.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

SEO and PPC can put your brand name and your content marketing in front of customers at every stage of the buying cycle. Digital Advertising is Faster to Market. Market conditions and trends change quickly, and that requires nimble marketing. Lead times for traditional advertising methods are so 1990s.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 22, 2020

By Lisa Heay , Marketing Planning Manager at Heinz Marketing. Lead nurturing tends to be a misunderstood tactic. We often see companies whose nurture programs are filled with product and company-centric messaging, and the cadence may last 4 weeks, yet their average sales cycle is 9 months long.

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

23% Decrease in sales and marketing costs. Zoho CRM helps reps reach decision-makers who matter, shorten long enterprise buying cycles, and build strong customer relationships that withstand unexpected disruptions. Adobe Marketo Engage. 40% Decrease in the cost of customer service. ? LEARN MORE. LEARN MORE. LEARN MORE.

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

23% Decrease in sales and marketing costs. Zoho CRM helps reps reach decision-makers who matter, shorten long enterprise buying cycles, and build strong customer relationships that withstand unexpected disruptions. Adobe Marketo Engage. 40% Decrease in the cost of customer service. ? LEARN MORE. Core HR and Payroll.

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