Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

While marketing professionals understand marketing automation can streamline essential processes, many do not leverage these systems to their full advantage. Marketing automation is beneficial. What is Marketing Automation, And Why is it Important? How Does Marketing Automation Work?

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Martech

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Marketing automation platforms are a critical part of the martech ecosystem for many businesses, offering many benefits by streamlining manual B2B marketing tasks, including lead management, email campaign development and landing page creation. What marketing automation capabilities are most critical to our business?

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 29, 2013

My discussion last week of Infer , Mintigo , and Lattice Engines raised the question of what other B2B data vendors might be considered Customer Data Platforms. But if you’re a marketer needing to identify and score B2B prospects, you’d still want to give them a look. since they’re clearly in a different business.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles 120

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. Have we outgrown our current marketing system? Do your sales reps need real-time access to marketing data?

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 22, 2013

I’ve nearly finished gathering information from vendors for my new study on Customer Data Platform systems and have started to look for patterns in the results. One thing that has become clear is that the CDP vendors fall into several groups of systems that are similar to each other but quite different from the rest.

Lead Ranking 120

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Microsoft today announced the acquisition of marketing management system vendor MarketingPilot , which will become part of its Dynamics CRM group. MarketingPilot is best described as integrated marketing management for mid-tier companies. Financial terms were not disclosed. I profiled them in a February 2011 post.)

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Martech

JULY 6, 2022

To be honest, many of us owe our careers and jobs to marketing technology and the results it drives for marketers. . We also owe a debt of gratitude to many martech vendors, who not only build the platforms on which we work, but who also produce a plethora of marketing education including classes, workshops, and certifications.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

Sales Management 177

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 4, 2020

A quick note on the ranking methodology: These 10 tools were searched across five popular software comparison sites: Capterra, G2Crowd, TrustRadius, SoftwareAdvice, and GetApp. They were then ranked on both the number of total reviews (popularity) and average user ratings (quality). Average user rating: 9.54 (out of 10). GoToWebinar.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

You’ve probably heard by now how intelligent lead routing — an automated system of processing leads — can help sales teams improve their speed to lead and ensure nothing falls through the cracks. That may look like actual sales numbers or a certain lead volume. This has immensely cut down our sales cycle time.”

Enterprise Management 130

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 25, 2016

Our tour of sub-functions from the Raab Guide to ABM Vendors has now reached Execution. Many can also push messages to other channels via marketing automation or CRM integration.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 27, 2014

The CDP industry has been moving along nicely without my attention: new CDPs keep emerging and the existing vendors are growing. This model can score new leads and classify existing opportunities in the sales pipeline. A typical scheme would create A, B, C, and D lead classes, where A leads are best.

Lead Ranking 120

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Martech

JANUARY 21, 2022

Account-based marketing is having its moment as B2B marketers are jumping on the idea of orchestrating outreach to their most valued accounts. ABM enables marketers to focus their efforts on accounts with the greatest ROI potential through insightful and personalized marketing programs.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 25, 2016

and we wrap up our review of sub-functions from the Raab Guide to ABM Vendors with a look at Result Analysis. Not surprisingly, most of vendors who do ABM Result Analysis also do some sort of Execution (12 out of 16, to be exact). Another two (Everstring and ZenIQ) didn't fall into the Execution group but came close.

Marketing Automation Services 120

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Martech

JANUARY 25, 2022

Customer relationship management (CRM) is the technology brands use to nurture relationships with their customers. And because 91% of businesses with more than 11 employees use a CRM, marketers would be wise to learn about all they have to offer. We’ll cover: The benefits of CRM. Types of CRM systems available.

Enterprise Management 94

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Launch Marketing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Much like spring cleaning your home, businesses should take time to make sure their CRM is updated and ready for all sales efforts, as well as confirm staff are properly using the analytics tools they have in place for informed reporting. Importance of CRM Maintenance. A properly implemented CRM solution can yield an ROI of $2.50

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B2B Sales CRM Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 118

Webbiquity

MARCH 30, 2021

In a recent survey , B2B marketers and sales leaders were asked to name their most important metric for business success. Unsurprisingly, the metric that clinched the first position was “quality of leads.” Personalization is for the lead generation and nurturing process. ” Image credit: Outfunnel.

Lead Generation 259

Lead Generation Marketing Automation Services Trends Marketing AI 259

Martech

JULY 29, 2022

Most B2B marketing organizations today practice some kind of account-based marketing (ABM) strategy. At its most basic, that means investing marketing and sales resources in guiding high value accounts through the journey to conversion. Your vendor shortlist. These are our suggestions: How easy is the tool to use?

Enterprise Management 97

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The importance of lead generation is ingrained in the mind of every modern marketer— the more high-quality leads you bring in, the better. But, as the buyer’s journey becomes increasingly multifaceted, it’s now clear that lead generation is just one piece of the marketing puzzle. What is lead management?

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DealSignal

APRIL 10, 2024

Comparing vendors on a third-party review website. This is something not typically provided by vendors—you would get this from your internal tech stack. This can be vendor comparison guides, case studies, and more. This could include your product vs. a competitor’s or even simply comparing two of your competitors.

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Ideal Customer Profiles Intent Marketing Automation Services 52

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 16, 2011

I’ve long believed that B2B marketing automation is just a passing phase: that, ultimately, B2B marketing automation systems will be absorbed into CRM systems instead of operating independently. At least two vendors have tried to hit it: Predictive Response and BizConnector , whose product is Lead Follow-Up.

Marketing Automation Services 120

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Martech

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The perspective has been this: “We have this marketing automation platform. We’re going to build a few automations and then go on to something really challenging.” Across the board, email is a lead-generation tool. When we focus on intent, we see email’s uses and value differently.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 19, 2015

The only real question about free, open source marketing automation from Mautic is what took so long. The core features of B2B marketing automation have been well understood for nearly ten years and prices have been dropping steadily for about the same time. So the opportunity seems obvious.

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LeadSquared

JULY 20, 2017

That is no wonder since the independent review platform consistently ranks high in Google searches for B2B, SaaS and financial solutions. It is a comprehensive directory of software, vendors and expert reviews. And mind you, in that CRM write-up we were in the company of some of the biggest names in the software industry.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation Lead Scoring 52

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

The Interwebs have delivered an unusually rich trove of data about the marketing automation industry in the past few weeks. Taken together, these provide a clearer picture than usual of the state of marketing automation. Here’s how I see things. They are vastly more likely than average to have a system in place.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Buyer intent comes down to understanding what makes an excellent lead for your business. With a holistic perception of buyer intent in your business, your marketing and sales teams can improve the lead-qualification process and enhance sales conversions. The Shift to Customer-Centric Marketing. your website, CRM).

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Now that I’m more or less finished launching the B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST) , I can start catching up on the other topics. ClickDimensions does pretty much the standard marketing automation activities: email, landing pages, Web visitor tracking, drip marketing campaigns, and lead scoring.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 17, 2015

You’ve vetted the vendors, selected your features, sized your database and scheduled your implementation; you are now ready to deploy your marketing automation platform, right? Without the correct staffing your marketing automation investment might as well be a car that sits in the garage, collecting dust.In

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve been gearing up for the next edition of our VEST report on B2B marketing automation systems, which involves catching up with established vendors and chasing down some new ones. nurture campaigns), and share leads with a CRM system like Salesforce.com. Leadsius launched its first paid version around July 2013.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Small Business Marketing Marketing Automation Automation 120

Valasys

JULY 1, 2021

The Ultimate Guide to the B2B Marketing Automation Solutions. Marketing automation solutions have become a must-have for modern B2B marketers particularly as the marketers are headed to explore new avenues alongside the dawn to the next normal. Learn More: Marketing Automation: A Good or A Bad Idea.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation 52

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

When I first wrote about ClickDimensions in a February, 2011 post , the concept was intriguing – a marketing automation add-on to Microsoft Dynamics CRM – but the product itself had been available for less than six months and claimed barely 50 clients. This is comparable to standard marketing automation products.

Marketing Automation Services 120

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 23, 2012

These companies have large marketing departments that may manage hundreds of campaigns for different products in different locations. Our scoring reflects their need for special features for automated content selection, project management, complex lead scores, and tight control over the rights granted to individual users.

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Enterprise Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 22, 2016

Last week’s posts introduced our new Raab Guide to ABM Vendors ( buy it here ) and introduced a framework four process ABM steps, six system functions, and six key sub-functions. But the sub-functions are still important for stack design and vendor selection. Let’s start with the first sub-function, External Data.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vendors 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

This particular thought emerged quite unexpectedly during a vendor briefing yesterday. But I also had in mind another system I had just seen, MDCDOT , which gives marketing automation functions to sales people. I don’t know what that means, either, but it sounds pretty deep, don’t you think?

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Marketing Automation 120

The Point

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For others, it might be a lack of marketing resources. Whatever the reason, unused funds are a lost opportunity for both the partner and the sponsoring vendor. What’s your unique selling proposition (USP) in the context of your partnership with this particular vendor? Define your message. Be realistic.

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Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies CMS Development Work Management 147

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 22, 2010

Summary: consolidation isn't new among marketing software vendors. As I wrote in my June 30 post on consolidation among marketing automation vendors , I expect the number of competitors to shrink fairly quickly as new buyers concentrate their purchases among a handful of leading vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 10, 2013

sales enablement: systems to share marketing information with sales ( Genius , SalesFusion , LeadFormix , RightOn Interactive , Optify) distributed marketing: systems shared between central marketing organizations and local branches, dealers, distributors, sales agents, etc. That''s theme number three.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

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