SmarkLabs

JUNE 12, 2023

Marketing tasks are increasingly complex, and the need for B2B marketing automation is more critical than ever. Let’s break down what B2B marketing automation is, why it’s crucial, and how it can transform your business operations. What is B2B Marketing Automation?

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LeadSloth

APRIL 29, 2009

In my previous post I listed the Top-10 Demand Generation blog by marketers and consultants. Today I’ve put together a list of vendor blogs. In alphabetical order: ActiveConversion B2B Marketing Blog. It is about Internet marketing: very interesting posts about SEO, PPC and Social Media.

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Engagio

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Now more than ever, getting hyper-targeted using ABM / ABX as your go-to-market (GTM) approach is critical. Lastly, when marketing and sales teams are focused together on the best-fit accounts, they create tighter internal alignment around targeted accounts and customers.

Account Based Marketing 71

Account Based Marketing Budget Programs ABM Marketing Analytics Tools 71

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

About 15 years ago, marketing automation technology came on the scene, designed to help marketers more effectively and efficiently market across channels. It has grown in popularity, and according to SiriusDecisions , 40% of organizations will own automation by next year. So without further ado: Eloqua.

Marketing Automation Services 101

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 101

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 5, 2009

I spent a good part of yesterday talking with demand generation vendors about the usability scores I've been publishing all week. Eloqua Manticore Technology Market2Lead Marketbright Marketo Neolane Silverpop Engage B2B complex 11 8.5 Usability requirements are roughly similar for all marketers. 9 Now what? 0 0 0 0 0.5

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Demand Generation Work Management 120

The Point

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Recently I was asked to contribute some thoughts to Marketo’s new ebook, “ The Definitive Guide to Marketing Automation.” What are the most important things to look for in a marketing automation vendor? What do you think the future of marketing automation will look like in the next few years?

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Management Automation 100

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 2, 2012

In a young industry like B2B marketing automation, the primary focus is growth, and I published some figures on that yesterday (repeated below). The standout performer in all these tables is Marketo, but bear in mind that they’ve also taken much more investment than any of the others ($107.5 What about profitability?

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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. It’s also a time saver for Marketo admins and sales reps. Previous chatbot enhancements are here.

Lead Ranking 121

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketo Paid Search Agency 121

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Summary: Public data gives some insights into Marketo's financial history and prospects. Here’s a bit more on this week's $25 million investment in Marketo : a piece in VentureWire quotes revenue for Markteo as $4.5 But Marketo itself says the reported figures are indeed active clients and I've no basis to doubt them.

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Marketo Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 120

Televerde

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

So, you’ve decided to take part in the renaissance and implement marketing automation technology into your organization. As I’m sure you’ve heard, organizations all over the world are finding massive success automating and streamlining their marketing tasks and workflows. Have a clear marketing strategy.

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

Next, you’ll learn how to develop a target account list that aligns with your objectives. Continuously Update Your Ideal Customer Profile Develop a Target Account List A. Prioritize Accounts Based on Fit & Engagement Level C. Segment Your Target Account List D.

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 52

Launch Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Alert Logic was in fast growth mode and wanted to implement marketing automation to support the scaling of their business. They wanted a partner to lead the strategy and implementation of an Enterprise-class marketing automation solution, and with that in mind engaged Launch Marketing to lead the effort.

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Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

About 15 years ago, marketing automation technology came on the scene, designed to help marketers more effectively and efficiently market across channels. It has grown in popularity, and according to SiriusDecisions , 40% of organizations will own automation by next year. Read the post.) Read the post.)

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Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 65

Leadspace

JUNE 9, 2016

It’s been a few weeks since the announcement of the Marketo acquisition by Vista Equity Partners. Customers, investors and members of the marketing automation ecosystem are waiting to see what happens next and, inevitably, speculating on what this means for the B2B marketing world. Shareholders will get $35.25

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The Point

DECEMBER 11, 2018

How can ABM best coexist with a more traditional funnel-based demand generation model? There was a time, not so long ago, when Marketing Automation went through a similar transition. Like Marketing Automation before it, ABM is no exception. Just as you can nurture leads without marketing automation.)

Account Based Marketing 157

Account Based Marketing ABM Ideal Customer Profiles Enterprise Management 157

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 13, 2017

While our demand generation team celebrated this victory, we knew that with a lead database swelling to 70,000 entries and counting, we needed to embrace a more sophisticated, enterprise-grade marketing automation platform. Markets are exploding, so why go one-to-one when you can go one-to-many?

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Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Need-to-Have Tools (and their Channels): CRM and Marketing Automation. Traditionally, [ABM] was used by large enterprises where the size of the deal justified the amount of energy focused on marketing to only one business or account. Phew… that’s quite the list! It’s a B2B account-based marketer’s dream!

Account Based Marketing 117

Account Based Marketing ABM Sales Management Budget Programs 117

Leadspace

MARCH 22, 2023

As marketers, we aim to confidently and repeatedly deliver effective campaigns to the best opportunities within our target market – at the lowest possible cost. Applies scoring that indicates a company and/or person’s likelihood to be a good target buyer. and the higher the score the more engaged the buyer.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Eloqua 62

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 22, 2018

By now, marketing automation is nothing short of mainstream in the digital are we find ourselves in, but we may only be at the beginning of the revolution. According to Grand View Research , the marketing automation industry could be valued at $7.63 Few have benefitted more than today’s marketer. billion(!)

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2012

by Jon Miller Marketing automation is a technology that streamlines and automates marketing tasks so companies can increase operational efficiency and grow revenue faster. In other words, companies don’t buy marketing automation to automate their marketing. Consider just a few studies.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation ROI Automation 48

Content Standard

OCTOBER 7, 2015

When I started as a Demand Generation Specialist at Skyword four months ago, I knew I had a lot to learn. My first, major task: Learn Marketo. I’m not going to lie: Learning how to use Marketo is overwhelming. On the Marketo homepage, there is the Community tab where users can interact with each other.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Marketo 40

Martech

JULY 14, 2022

This trend shows that buyers are determined to do their due diligence before making purchase decisions, raising the importance of the personalized, targeted experiences enabled by ABM technologies. Consolidation of ABM and demand gen. Another notable development among ABM vendors is the move to consolidate ABM with demand generation.

Account Based Marketing 124

Account Based Marketing Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 124

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Account-based marketing is used by most B2B companies, and it’s easy to see why: it promises to bring marketing and sales closer together, target accounts as one revenue team, and drive bottom-line results. Poor data quality leads to targeting the wrong accounts at the wrong times and in the wrong way.

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Leads Zoominfo Marketing Management 100

Engagio

JANUARY 4, 2017

For as long as I’ve been a Marketer, Marketing Automation has been my trusty sidekick. Now, Account-based Marketing (ABM) is the new kid on the block and everyone in the neighborhood is taking notice. I’ll never forget talking to the top Sales guy at a software company where I was leading demand generation.

Account Based Marketing 88

Account Based Marketing Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 88

Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Before you get started with Lead Scoring, you do need to have a few things in place first to set you off on the right foot: You need to have a defined target market, ideal customer profile, and target personas. Your demo request form may generate high quality leads, but your content syndication platform may not.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Qualified Leads 109

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 13, 2012

by Fergus Gloster Marketing automation solutions bring significant benefits in terms of demand generation to a wide range of companies. It’s very clear that marketers can now generate, score and nurture leads to a level that was not possible just a few years ago.

Lead Ranking 48

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Cycle Sales Qualified Leads 48

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

by Dayna Rothman You have decided to purchase marketing automation software and now you need to present your business case to internal stakeholders. If you need help, take a look at our brand new Sample Marketing Automation Internal Selling Template for some guidance. – David Raab , Principal at Raab Associates.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Take Artificial Intelligence (AI) —a hugely powerful technology that’s revolutionizing everything from healthcare to demand generation; from advertising to gaming; from Siri to Tesla, and so much more. If you’re a marketer, you probably don’t have to imagine at all. Automation is the Future.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

All this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management. The company must direct end user inquiries promptly and efficiently to the sales channel, while responding to prospective partners and end users with a message tailored to iDirect’s specific experience in that company’s market.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 3, 2013

Rockefeller learned at an early age to work hard—but also work efficiently. Rockefeller were a marketer today, there is no doubt that he would be finding success using marketing automation for lead scoring, lead management, lead nurturing, and so much more. With marketing automation you can follow John D.

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DealSignal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In fact, according to the Data & Marketing Association , email marketing B2B lead generation has an average ROI of $42 for every $1 spent. 10 Email Marketing B2B Lead Generation Strategies In this blog post, we will share 10 strategies to help you use email marketing to generate high-quality B2B leads.

Lead Generation 98

Lead Generation Email Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 98

thePoint

MARCH 16, 2021

MailChimp, iContact, Constant Contact), or marketing automation solution (e.g., Hubspot, Marketo, Eloqua), content development suite (e.g., Possible reduction of actual demand generation budget to cover those costs. Investing in (licensing, purchasing) martech solutions is certainly something you will do.

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Paid Search Agency 52

Ledger Bennett

MAY 24, 2018

If you haven’t implemented LinkedIn’s Lead Generation Forms into your demand generation strategy, then it’s safe to say you’re missing out! Both campaigns were targeting the same ABM audience and promoted the downloadable content with the same copy and creatives. But the best solution? Other blogs that may interest you.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

How do you know if your demand generation is good enough or when it's time to take your lead management processes to the next level? Here are 14 important questions that indicate whether or not you can benefit for more sophisticated marketing automation. Lead Generation. Marketing Efficiency.

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Demand Generation Demand Budget Programs Generation 48

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 14, 2014

Author: Courtney McAra When I first came to Marketo, I was SHOCKED by the size of our marketing operations team. In my previous role, I’d handled marketing operations and demand generation. They improve, optimize, and make processes efficient. I was sure they didn’t need so many people for operations alone.

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Multi-Touch Attribution Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Lead Ranking 48

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 8, 2015

Author: Will Oliver Any marketer you talk to will tell you they contribute to their team’s demand generation efforts in some way or another. And of course, every role on a successful marketing team is in some way geared toward demand generation, with the ultimate goal of producing sales-ready customers.

De-duplication 48

De-duplication Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Automation Services Leads 48

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Here’s a recap of some of the most talked about topics and key takeaways: Marketing Automation—It’s the Heart of the Technology Ecosystem. Marketing automation will enable marketers to extend beyond classic demand models—applying it for ABM, channel marketing, and more.

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Account Based Marketing Lead Ranking Marketo Thought Leadership 48