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What Makes a Good Marketing Platform? Rules for Platformality

Customer Experience Matrix

Lots of vendors have now taken to describing their systems as platforms – Oracle , Salesforce , IBM , Adobe , Marketo , HubSpot , InfusionSoft and even CallidusCloud. Some sort of self-generating wiki might work. Here are my thoughts on this, folks. Some of the systems that call themselves platforms place severe limits in those areas.

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Knowledge is Power: 5 Ways to Build Sales and Marketing Superheroes

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

For example, some of the tools we use include: Internal wiki for company information. Marketo Sales Insight for lead information and sales and marketing alignment. For example, training on how to use your sales intelligence tool (here, we use Marketo Sales Insight). Jive Software for collaboration.

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Forget ‘The Bachelorette’: IT + Marketing is the New Romance

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Let me give some examples from my own experience: Common scenario 1 : I need to access our wiki, intranet, Box, or some other internal site for critical document, and would happily give IT my lunch and all the money in my wallet to get in. Otherwise, marketers only approached IT when the situation was dire. What have you observed?

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150+ Questions for Your Marketing Automation RFP

Customer Experience Matrix

Those of you familiar with the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems know it already contains very detailed information on major vendors ( Aprimo , Eloqua , Genius.com , Manticore Technology , Marketbright , Marketo , Neolane and Silverpop ). If this really takes off, perhaps the list can be maintained in a communal form such as a Wiki.

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The CIO and Social Media: Embracing Change

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Here at Marketo, we have incorporated social media into our day-to-day practices and are using it as a critical channel for multiple functions within our business. Do not make personal attacks or speak negatively about Marketo employees, customers, prospects, etc. Social as a Thoughtful Business Channel. Do not lie. Social Media'

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4 Ways Demand Generation Marketing Is Like Football

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Back to our quarterback, our VP of Marketing, Shannon uses a combination of tools, such as Marketo and Bizible , to track the various “plays” needed to get a prospect over the line. I’ll give you a quick example. We can’t rush it or skip some steps. We must learn which plays are the most important and impactful.

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Let’s Get Social! 5 Ways to Build Your Employee Social Media Culture

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Promote leading by example and have them active Twitter accounts and make sure they are contributing to your company blog on a regular basis. At Marketo, we have created a Social Media Policy document that outlines what social networks to participate in, how often, and what the ground rules are. Let’s Get Social!