LeadSloth

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Monday and Tuesday I’m attending the Boston MarketingSherpa B2B Marketing Summit. In this post some thoughts about the program… First of all, the best thing about this event is that the speakers are marketing practitioners, not vendors. The Marketing Automation Vendors. The Marketing Automation Vendors.

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LeadSloth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Marketing Automation is on its way to the peak of the hype cycle. However, there are a couple of B2B Marketing experts who understand how to avoid inflated expectations. Together with Craig Rosenberg (aka The Funnelholic) of Tippit she presented a webinar called The 9 Metrics Every Marketer Must Track. investment-to-pipeline.

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LeadSloth

JULY 8, 2009

Many posts on this blog are fairly in-depth, so it was fun to write an introduction to Marketing Automation on the Genius.com blog. For easy digestion, I split up the marketing automation process in four steps: Getting more visitors to your website. Marketing & Sales Collaboration. Get more visitors to register.

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LeadSloth

MARCH 6, 2010

Genius.com has launched the Marketing Automation Tweeter contest to identify the most popular Tweep who tweets about Marketing Automation. I thought it would be fun to try to find additional criteria for finding the top Marketing Automation Tweeters. “Marketing Automation&#. This is the list: Nominee. containing.

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LeadSloth

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

On Saturday I presented a session about B2B Marketing Analytics at AnalyticsCamp in Chapel Hill ( slides here ). My specialty is Marketing Automation, but Analytics and Reporting come up in pretty much any project I do. So it’s no wonder that marketers who believe in automation also want to see reports on marketing performance.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Would you like to meet up with fellow Marketing Automation professionals to exchange tips and best practices? Join us at Marketing Automation Monday for an informal panel discussion on using drip marketing to find more qualified leads and for networking with other like-minded marketers. Why Marketing Automation Monday?

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LeadSloth

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

This is the first of three posts for the Silverpop B2B Marketing University , March 3rd in Washington DC. I will be speaking about Marketing Automation features, the marketing technology ecosystem, and the impact of Social Media. Lead Generation. Where do your potential clients “hang out&# when they browse the web?

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LeadSloth

MAY 16, 2009

This week I’m finishing up my day job as Sr Marketing Manager at Backbase, and will be available full-time for Marketing Automation Consulting. If you have Marketing Automation challenges, I’d love to hear from you ( or toll-free 1-888-4A-SLOTH). June 8th I will officially start as a full-time consultant.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 23, 2010

Just like last year, I will be a blogging partner for MarketingSherpa's B2B Marketing Summit. Again, they have created a great program for B2B Marketers, covering both lead generation and lead nurturing strategies. What is nice about this summit is that most speakers are marketing practitioners, not vendors.

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LeadSloth

MARCH 8, 2010

I write about Marketing Automation, so why am I at a sales conference? I’m here because I believe Sales & Marketing should be on the same team. Marketing Automation can help both Marketing and Sales, but it requires intense collaboration: that’s what Sales 2.0 Chatter and Marketing Automation.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 24, 2009

Needless to say, Marketing Automation software is very popular today. It can be used for email campaigns, drip marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring, landing page management and for brewing coffee. It is often positioned as something that will solve all your marketing problems for a couple of thousand dollars per month.

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LeadSloth

MARCH 22, 2009

I’m working on an interesting project right now: moving away from a marketing automation system. The company in question has used a comprehensive marketing automation system for about 2 years. In addition to cost savings, the thinking is that a full-blown marketing automation system just makes less sense with the new strategy.

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LeadSloth

JULY 22, 2009

Great for them, but bad for customers: there’s always so much confusion about these new terms (earlier I wrote about the confusion around Demand Generation and Sales 2.0 ). The newest term on the block is “Inbound Marketing&#. Are You Old Enough for Inbound Marketing? Seasoned Marketers Know the Trends.

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LeadSloth

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Last week I presented a session at Silverpop’s B2B Marketing University in Atlanta. In addition to Marketing Automation, there were two big topics: Social Media and CRM. Many attendees were confused by CRM vendors claiming to offer full marketing functionality. Strong Features of Marketing Automation.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Even though some vendors have been around for almost 10 years, Marketing Automation is still relatively new. According to Forrester, only 2-5% of B2B firms have invested in full-featured Marketing Automation. Increasingly, B2B companies realize that Marketing Automation software requires skilled operators. Email Marketing.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 25, 2010

In Manticore’s Quintessential Marketing Automation GuideBook I’ve written a chapter on how to find untapped revenue in your marketing database. Craig Rosenberg : Process, People, and Content: The Keys to Success with Marketing Automation Technology. Andrew Gaffney: Focus on the Marketing Metrics That Matter.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 26, 2010

This week there was a discussion about Social Media and Marketing Automation in the LinkedIn Group of the Marketing Automation Association. I asked myself: Does Marketing Automation Get Social? How can Social Media be integrated with Marketing Automation? The most critical collaboration is between Marketing and Sales.

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LeadSloth

JUNE 11, 2009

We also discuss some trends in the Marketing Automation space. Tags: Demand Generation. Parker Trewin at Genius just posted an interview with me on the Genius blog. It gives some background on the name ‘LeadSloth’ and my plans for the future.

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LeadSloth

JUNE 17, 2010

This Tuesday (June 22nd) I’m presenting a webinar on the 7 steps to finding untapped revenue in your marketing database. Attend this webinar to learn how to generate additional revenue from your existing leads. Tags: Webinars lead management b2b marketing b2b marketing university lead nurturing.

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LeadSloth

APRIL 15, 2010

If you market in multiple languages, make sure your emails and marketing materials are also available in the local language. In B2B marketing, campaigns often run 3-12 months. Tags: Demand Generation Email Marketing marketing automation data quality drip campaign lead nurturing. Drip vs. Dynamic Campaigns.

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LeadSloth

OCTOBER 26, 2010

There are certainly a lot of capabilities within marketing automation. Below are some of the best practices we have found within our customer base that helped drive success with marketing automation. Use Drip Marketing Based on Triggers. Tags: marketing automation. Cramer, President & Co-Founder, LeadLife Solutions.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 27, 2009

There has been quite a bit of change in B2B marketing over the past couple of years. Prospects now have instant access to much more information, so marketing’s involvement reaches much further down the sales cycle: they need to nurture prospects with relevant content until they are sales-ready. Enter Silverpop.

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LeadSloth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

is the question I get asked most by attendees of the MarketingSherpa B2B Marketing Summit in San Francisco. Marketing Automation is still very new for many companies, and it’s not immediately obvious how you can get started step-by-step. For example, focus on a particular product or market segment with a high value.

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LeadSloth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

LeadSloth Marketing Automation Blog – Survey Results. Marketing Automation Best Practices. And the last topic “Social Media” confirmed my gut feeling that Social Media is hotter than Inbound Marketing and Search Marketing (which were hardly mentioned by the respondents). Content Marketing (the latest trend).

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LeadSloth

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Almost 30 people showed up for the first two Marketing Automation Monday meetups in San Francisco and Palo Alto. An email marketing vendor found out that people searching for "newsletters" are less sophisticated than those who search for "email software" That's useful info to fine-tune your nurturing programs.

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LeadSloth

JUNE 7, 2010

Hubspot is best known for their Inbound Marketing evangelism and a software product that helps small to medium-size companies generate leads through search engine optimization and social media. They are taking some steps towards lead management, and will be showing their email marketing and lead nurturing capabilities in this webinar.

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LeadSloth

MARCH 16, 2009

From Web Analytics to Demand Generation. Therefore I initially called them a ‘niche vendor’ However, the product has evolved into a fairly complete marketing automation suite for SMB companies. ActiveConversion generates HTML code for you, so you can include it in a page on your own website. Email marketing.

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LeadSloth

MARCH 15, 2009

It is focused on advanced email strategies, which is an important part of the demand generation process. Nevertheless, there are lots of interesting advanced email topics that are just as relevant for B2B demand generation specialists. Leveraging user-generated content. Mobile email marketing. Email Analytics.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 17, 2009

They explain that sales & marketing need to jointly create a definition of a qualified lead. I’ve just published a introductory post on Marketing Automation ROI on the MarketingGenius blog. Their best practices are useful for any demand generation practitioner, and are not tied to one particular marketing automation system.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 2, 2010

It presents a 7-step process to generate revenue from existing leads, who were previously assumed “lost&#. Tags: marketing automation. This Wednesday I’m presenting a webinar called “Search and Rescue&# for your lead database , hosted by Loopfuse. Part of this process is assessing the value of your existing leads.

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LeadSloth

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Most readers of this blog will know that I’m passionate about Marketing Automation and Lead Management. As a consultant, I really enjoy helping organizations optimize their Marketing Automation efforts using the latest techniques and best practices. Overall, my goal is to help grow the marketing automation market as a whole.

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LeadSloth

JULY 12, 2010

UPDATED REVIEW: My earlier review of HubSpot’s Inbound Marketing software was more than 1 year old and the software has evolved a lot: time for an update! Marketing departments at mid-size companies. Both groups will use HubSpot to generate more inbound leads, but they have vastly different requirements. Small Businesses.

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LeadSloth

APRIL 15, 2009

However, in a previous post I wrote about a project in which I’m replacing a full-blown Marketing Automation system with tools that add on to Salesforce.com. link] However, it does not automatically recognize repeat visitors, like most marketing automation systems. Submission of the Form. Salesforce.com integration complexity.

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LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. Several new vendors appeared on the market, many existing vendors experienced rapid growth, and Marketing Automation as a term gained popularity among B2B marketers. In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010.

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LeadSloth

JULY 14, 2009

Side note: I mainly write about Marketing Automation, but I’ve come to believe that Inbound Marketing (which includes SEO) should go hand-in-hand with Marketing Automation. Inbound Marketing adds more leads to your database, and Marketing Automation manages those leads. How Search Engines Work. 3) Get links.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 11, 2009

To generate demand for your products, it’s not enough to nurture the existing leads in your database. There are many ways to find these new leads: inbound marketing, search advertising, tradeshows, lead programs, etc. Do your clients use Salesforce for Google AdWords, Marketing Automation systems or other tools?

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LeadSloth

MARCH 24, 2010

GUEST POST: this is a guest post by Saad Hameed ( @KaizenSaad ), an experienced marketing operations manager and founder of the Marketing Automation Association LinkedIn Group. The CEO/CFO of your organization may be asking you to measure Marketing Campaign ROI to determine marketing’s contribution to revenue.

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