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Why Is Marketing Automation Maturity Still Woeful?

The Point

The conclusion: most B2B companies were failing to follow even the most basic lead management best practices, even in areas that one would assume were a primary business case for purchasing marketing automation in the first place. Reduced sales cycle? Lead to sale conversion rates? Pipeline acceleration?

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11 of the Best Marketing Automation Platforms

SendinBlue

Marketo is known as a lead management tool, but it covers pretty much every part of marketing. The features reflect this, with personalized messages that are automatically sent to each new lead and automated reminders, emails, and text messages. Pricing: there is a free plan for up to 250 contacts. Both include 500 contacts.

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5 leading providers of enterprise marketing automation solutions

ClickZ

It’s software that makes it easier to manage marketing-related tasks—launch campaigns, generate leads, keep track of ad creative, and monitor results (to name a few examples). Typical features include: Lead management tools to help identify prospects, capture leads, and track potential buyers. What is it?

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

ViewPoint

Telesales lead generation supports both field and inside sales. Continuing expansion of sales efforts means it will continue to be the largest cost. Sales and marketing headcounts have increased to generate new customers. The sales cycle may grow longer as larger companies are targeted.

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Take a Sales Guy to Lunch: Bridging the Sales & Marketing Divide

The Point

It’s no secret that I am a fervent evangelist for marketing automation, and at our agency we see the real-life benefits every day in the form of clients generating higher conversion rates, more qualified leads, and shorter sales cycles. HS) Where do you see as the greatest opportunity to improve marketing and sales processes?

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Webcast: 8 Critical Success Factors for B2B Lead Generation

markempa

FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! Im speaking on the "8 Critical Success Factors for B2B Lead Generation Success" along with Mark Organ, CEO of Eloqua.

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The B2B Lead Generation-Demand Generation Book “Hall of Fame”

NuSpark Consulting

B2B lead generation and lead management is a complicated process that can’t be detailed all in one book. Below are a variety of books that I consider the cream of the crop in b2b marketing and lead management. It’s probably the first book to marry content marketing with lead management strategy.