Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

The middle of the demand generation funnel receives way less attention than it deserves. At the top of the funnel, marketing increases traffic and fills the database with new leads through paid ads, social media, search, referral programs, and a variety of other channels. Why focus on the middle of the funnel?

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Only B2B

DECEMBER 23, 2019

When marketers set out to create demand generation strategies, a broad perspective is required. This is because demand generation requires a certain degree of cooperation between the sales and marketing departments. Marketo has done it well -You are right. Content upgrades. A Case studies are winners too!

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Televerde

APRIL 11, 2023

Televerde’s team of demand generation marketers have experience with the latest demand gen trends. Key Takeaways: Outsourcing demand generation allows businesses to scale and access new talent. This was exactly where our client, Marketo, saw themselves. Image Source: Zippia 3.

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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.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We were doing it all back then, with very little playbook guidance: Lead magnets. Lead capture forms. Lead scoring. Lead ranking. Lead routing. Lead nurturing. MQLs (Marketing Qualified Leads). SQLs (Sales Qualified Leads). SALs (Sales Accepted Leads).

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Lead scoring is defined as a shared sales and marketing methodology for ranking leads in order to determine their sales-readiness. It should be a foundational element of your sales and marketing alignment strategy, but it’s often overlooked, or deemed too complex to implement for a lot of organizations.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

In our previous posts about demand generation , we explored some of the ways to drive an effective demand gen campaign. Pipeline value? If you don’t have a solid understanding of how your campaign leads to real business impact, you don’t have anything at all. And what’s at the heart of this evolution? ROI measures.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Sungard AS runs a highly successful demand generation program, an integrated mix of both online and offline campaigns, to generate a consistent flow of leads to the company’s sales force. Design, build and launch a “Welcome” email program designed to improve follow-up and response to new leads.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Author: Mary Kate Francis If you’re a B2B marketer, you’re probably familiar with demand generation in one way or another. Maybe you’ve been working in demand generation for several years or you collaborate with the team on cross-channels campaigns. Bottom-of-the-Funnel (BOFU).

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The Point

AUGUST 1, 2013

Lead scoring has quickly become an integral part of a demand generation marketer’s arsenal. A well-planned, well-designed, and optimized lead scoring schema can be a key contributor to sales productivity, sales engagement, and the rate at which inbound leads convert to Sales Qualified Leads, opportunities, and deals.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 8, 2017

In fact, our SMB marketing team at Marketo has seen great results with this account-centric strategy. According to data from the Marketo ABM Benchmark Survey, 33% of B2B SMBs are already conducting ABM. Drive attributed revenue: Strategic ABM allows you to deliver a set of coordinated activities across target accounts.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

A prospective client asks: “We’re just getting our demand generation programs ramped up, and I’m not sure I’m ready for marketing automation. Do I need it in order to do lead nurturing?”. It enables you to deploy lead nurturing programs that are more timely, relevant, and, ultimately, effective. Comments welcome.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 3, 2009

Build a campaign as a list of stages Eloqua Manticore Technology Market2Lead Marketbright Marketo Neolane Silverpop Engage B2B 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 Build linear campaigns outside of a larger campaign structure. The flow of leads among these independent campaigns may be managed either through explicit routing (i.e.,

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 15, 2014

Author: Raymond Coppinger Today, B2B marketers have many core objectives – brand building, customer communications, multi-channel coordination…the list goes on. But regardless of what else your marketing strategy needs to accomplish, demand generation (the process of generating promising buyers for the sales team) probably tops the list.

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Valasys

APRIL 2, 2019

A first-ever conversational capability for account-based experiences (ABX) has arrived. Adobe and Drift, the leading conversational marketing platform, announced on April 1 st 2019, the launch of Conversational ABM™ for Marketo Engage. The New Process.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

A Tableau Qualified Associate, he has built out extensive data and analytics environments for countless clients. She is very active in the demand technology community. Anna-Claire has six years of digital marketing experience with an emphasis on revenue-based demand generation. Certifications (and more!):

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ABM in Action

MAY 18, 2023

Are leads alive, are they dead or do they just need some life support? New research from ABM platform RollWorks is coming out swinging with an answer: 62% of sellers said leads will never become obsolete, while 56% of marketers don’t believe the MQL is dead.

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Inbox Insight

AUGUST 12, 2019

Lead generation is an essential element of demand generation but if you think the work stops there, here’s some bad news…. 79% of marketing leads don’t convert ( HubSpot). But before you hang up your coat, here’s a collection of lead nurturing best practices worth exploring. Reading time: 4 minutes.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 4, 2009

I just reviewed Marketo 's recently released Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing. Don't let the vendor logo fool you, this is a document that is a must read for all demand generation professionals. What I found most useful were the examples of calculating the ROI of Lead Nurturing. It's a must read.

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Engagio

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The rise of Account Based Marketing has sparked a great debate: should we do ABM or demand generation? If you’ve been really successful with demand generation, how can you start to incorporate ABM into your mix without just creating a hot mess which we don’t want. However, this debate misses the point.

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Martech

MAY 2, 2024

Accounts, especially at larger companies, may have a number of different buying teams looking at different buying opportunities. Traditionally, salespeople had to rely on networking and intelligence gathering to painstakingly identify the members of a target account’s buying group.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 4, 2009

I just reviewed Marketo 's recently released Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing. Don't let the vendor logo fool you, this is a document that is a must read for all demand generation professionals. What I found most useful were the examples of calculating the ROI of Lead Nurturing. It's a must read.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

A vertical approach can be very effective when marketing to target accounts as well, helping you and your organization deliver a more personalized experience. At Marketo, we have team members who are dedicated to verticals of interest. Call scripts: General guidance on what to say when cold calling prospects.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 27, 2009

You may ask, why should anyone care what I have to say about demand generation? Well, at Marketo , we’ve built a world-class demand generation machine that has helped us in just 10 months to sign up over 130 customers in more than eight countries, including companies such as Thomson Reuters, Reed Business, and CollabNet.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

When sales teams need marketing to help them make their numbers, the natural response is to go fishing for hot leads. This requires a constant re-loading of the sales funnel with new, expensive leads. In contrast, for Marketo, the proportion of sales derived from slow leads is an astounding 50 percent.

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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. Validate Your Assumptions With Sales Team Input D. Continuously Update Your Ideal Customer Profile Develop a Target Account List A. Identify High-Value Prospects B.

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The Point

AUGUST 8, 2013

When a client says “We set up lead scoring but sales doesn’t pay any attention,” it’s a sure sign that something is amiss – and more likely the problem doesn’t rest with sales. Here’s Part 2 of our discussion of the most common B2B lead scoring mistakes.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 9, 2017

But for many marketers, webinars are a one-trick pony: running the webinar program , getting the leads, following up on questions, and then you’re done. You can even ask for the same lead information: name, email, job title, and anything else. Segmenting and Nurturing Leads. Not exactly. Pressed Play. 25% Viewed. 50% Viewed.

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The Point

DECEMBER 11, 2018

How can ABM best coexist with a more traditional funnel-based demand generation model? In the giddy, early days when solutions like Marketo first arrived on the scene, the reigning view was that the technology was all a company needed to solve their lead management and email marketing woes. Attempting ABM on the cheap.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 30, 2014

A recent study by Ascend2 shows that 25% of respondents state that their cost per lead (CPL) is increasing. For years marketers have been keen to show cost per lead (or in the words of Jon Miller from Marketo – investment per lead) as a metric that has meaning. 14%) to get a lead that could drive a deal of $125,000.

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Unbound B2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Quick Summary: Account-based marketing is a strategic sales and marketing technique that engages and converts highly-targeted audiences. ABM is all about focusing your marketing efforts on high-value accounts that have the maximum potential of converting into sales.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 27, 2014

Author: Maggie Jones What happens when a rock star marketer, an excitable mascot, and Marketo employees with phenomenal dance moves get together? Lead generation, of course! In today’s complex, multi-channel world, how do you fill your database with qualified leads? Been searching high, been searching low.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Indeed, the days of marketing en masse to cold lists via marketing automation platforms (MAPs) like Marketo are behind us. More times than not, however, the best approach is a segmented strategy that combines targeted sales outreach complemented by marketing support. How Should I Market to Purchased Lists?

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Huptech Web

JULY 28, 2023

Welcome to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) world in Lead Generation, where innovative technology comes into contact with marketing intelligence. In this blog, you will learn how AI-powered tools and strategies may boost lead nurturing, improve conversion rates, and maximize customer engagement. AI Empowers Lead Generation.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 26, 2019

The success of your marketing campaign no longer depends on the number of leads you generate. That’s why forward-thinking marketers are prioritizing account-based marketing —determining together with sales which accounts to target, why they should be targeted, and when they should be targeted.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

When marketers embark on a formal lead nurturing strategy, opportunities for process improvement can arise in unexpected ways. That was the experience for iDirect , a leading provider of satellite IP communications based in Herndon, Virginia. All this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management.

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Biznology

JULY 26, 2017

David Rowe , SVP marketing and business development at Enli Health Intelligence , spoke at the BrandHIT marketing conference in Las Vegas last month, and candidly shared some of his firm’s experiences in migrating from traditional B2B demand generation to an ABM strategy. Together, we merged the marketing and sales funnels.

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