The Point

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Sirius Decisions wrote an insightful article last week about the acquisition by Marketo of Insightera (a Web personalization platform), and included was the following projection: “By 2015, we expect to see 71 percent of b-to-b organizations’ new inquiries coming via the corporate Web site.”. I doubt it. What do you think?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

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. But in between, marketing needs to nurture and qualify leads by encouraging them to engage with content until they’re sales-ready.

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Only B2B

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of B2B marketing, where competition is relentless, and digital marketing strategies continuously shift, the importance of Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) stands out like a guiding light. Generating More Qualified Leads with MQLs: A Pathway to B2B Success What Is Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs)?

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I’m going to diverge just slightly from my current obsession with usability to talk about a conversation I had today with Marketo President and CEO Phil Fernandez, who previewed the 3.0 Major themes were greater access to detailed information, more precise targeting, and tighter integration with Salesforce.com.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

by Carol Fox As Dylan wrote, “The times, they are a-changing,&# and B2B sales cycles are no exception. But regardless of the factors at play, it stands to reason that learning more about what’s happening to sales cycles can help sales and marketing departments figure out how to shorten them.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 27, 2023

They provide tangible data points to inform decisions, shape future content, and justify marketing spend. Are they engaged, or are they bouncing off quicker than you can say “lead conversion”? Lead Generation Metrics : Here’s where the rubber meets the road. SEO Metrics : Keyword rankings and backlinks.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 24, 2011

We recently had the opportunity to connect with Jon Miller, Vice President of Marketing and Co-Founder of Marketo. Jon leads strategy and execution for all aspects of Marketo’s hyper-efficient demand center (powered by Marketo’s solution, of course). For example, how does your organization define a “lead”?

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Martech

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Documentation serves as the base work that anchors the architecture of what you’re building in Marketo (or any marketing automation or CRM platform for that matter), and it will also help your team improve efficiency. . A RACI chart stands for Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed. That’s where RACI charts come in.

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Engagio

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Unlike traditional marketing that relies on lead-based marketing automation and ad tech designed for B2C, B2B account-based marketing and selling drives efficiency with the accounts that matter, resulting in additional pipeline from targeted accounts, higher win rates from ABM accounts, and improved ROI over traditional marketing.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2022

It wasn’t long ago that sales as an industry was driven largely by volume — more leads meant more prospects, which sometimes translated into more revenue. Today, sales is driven by insights. Why Do You Need a Sales Engagement Platform? Why Do You Need a Sales Engagement Platform?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Author: David Svigel Buyer behavior has changed; contact with your prospects occurs later in the sales cycle, and your leads come armed with more information than ever before about your products and services. They’re potential sales leads, but may need a little nudge.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 8, 2019

In a way, sales reps are like nurses or doctors. Sales reps would get a good sense of how interested someone was in their company’s products or services by spending some time with them. Qualified leads would ultimately receive more attention—the sales rep might play 18 holes with them to help close the deal.

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Unbounce

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

And what about the leads that don’t convert? As data-driven marketers, we’re keenly aware that most visitors won’t ever convert to a lead or sale. Even SaaS companies and e-commerce retailers benefit from providing trackable phone numbers on their landing pages to engage prospective customers before a sale.

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Vidyard

MARCH 5, 2021

Video for Sales 1.3 Are you searching for a platform that allows your sales team to create personalized videos or network at virtual events ? Marketers can use interactive video elements (or CTAs) and video personalization to boost viewer engagement, accelerate the buyer journey, and convert viewers into the sales pipeline.

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SmarkLabs

JUNE 12, 2023

Here’s a list of 10 leading platforms to consider for your platform: HubSpot : This tool excels in lead generation and allows businesses to create and automate detailed, personalized workflows. Pardot : A Salesforce product, Pardot provides a B2B marketing automation tool excellent in lead management and ROI reporting.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This is a summary of our latest webinar “From the Experts: The Power of Social Engagement”, hosted with our good friend and partner, Jamie Lewis, Director of Business Development at Marketo Engage , an Adobe Company. Let’s take lead nurturing , for example. Where did my leads originate from?

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Do I need it in order to do lead nurturing?”. My answer: “It depends how you define “ lead nurturing ,” but technically: no, you don’t need marketing automation in order to nurture leads. It enables you to deploy lead nurturing programs that are more timely, relevant, and, ultimately, effective.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Until now, however, the AdWords conversion tracking tools have only worked for basic online conversions, such as a lead submission (form fill-out) or e-commerce transaction. Marketo Integration. That’s why I am excited that Marketo is the first marketing automation vendor to announce integration with this new feature.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 7, 2017

So, how can you tap into different aspects of marketing automation to increase sales? Pass Over Sales-Ready Leads Using Lead Scoring. Tired of hearing sales complain about marketing’s unqualified leads? It can also shorten overall sales cycles. Check out these seven tips: 1.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Marketing automation is all about using software to automate activities which allows your teams more time to focus on strategy and the leads showing real promise. Marketo Engage. Everyone integrates with Marketo, so it really becomes the center hub of our martech, and maybe even sales tech, hubs. HubSpot Marketing Hub.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Many marketers understand the power of implementing automated drip campaigns to turn leads into customers by moving them through the sales cycle. Smart marketers know that it’s easier and more cost effective to sell to existing customers than it is to cultivate new leads. Don’t make your email about just another sale.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Use the following questions to help you decide: Explore marketing automation solutions from vendors like Marketo, HubSpot, Salesforce and more in the full MarTech Intelligence Report on marketing automation platforms. Do your sales reps need real-time access to marketing data? Is lead scoring a crucial part of your marketing process?

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Smarte

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If you are a B2B company and you were to focus on only one channel for your company’s lead generation, it has to be LinkedIn. It allows you to build relationships, establish thought leadership, gain insights, generate leads , improve branding, and build communities. What is LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms? Sounds good, right?

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Smarte

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If you are a B2B company and you were to focus on only one channel for your company’s lead generation, it has to be LinkedIn. It allows you to build relationships, establish thought leadership, gain insights, generate leads , improve branding, and build communities. What is LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms? Sounds good, right?

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

We also know that, as marketers and salespeople, we need to understand where our prospects are in the sales process in order to utilize appropriate strategies, and lead scoring helps you make that a reality. What Is Lead Scoring? Lead Scoring Disclaimer. Lead scoring is not a process that can be done by marketing alone.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 26, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. Staple Yourself to a Lead. This practice will return detailed insight into ways to improve the company''s processes and additionally help lessen the number of leads that could be dropped in the hand-off from marketing to sales.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In reviewing the latest research on account-based marketing (ABM) best practices, it struck me that they mirror what sales and marketing leaders have tried to follow for decades. They’re reaching out to target accounts early in the buying cycle before their competition grabs the advantage. They’re aligning sales and marketing.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Selling to Marketing: A Candid Interview with Jill Konrath and Heidi Bullock, CMO of Engagio Jill began this task by talking to Heidi Bullock , Chief Marketing Officer at Engagio, formerly GVP of Global Marketing for Marketo. Bullock is a “lead by example” CMO. CMOs share responsibility for sales revenue goals. “I

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Televerde

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Leading technology companies continue to choose Televerde because we are really good at what we do and our teams become true extensions of their companies. Executing an account-based selling (ABS) model to provide a consistent experience across the sales cycle. We don’t believe in vendor-client relationships.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 11, 2017

Here at Socedo , getting our leads to engage with our emails is an ongoing challenge. Since we adopted Marketo in 2015, we’ve been nurturing our leads with weekly emails that provide educational content. Today, many of your buyers do their own research long before they enter an active sales cycle.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 25, 2012

With our latest Facebook campaign, we are doing just that; tying leads generated by Facebook directly into our revenue pipeline via Marketo. We developed a custom Facebook application that generates a special offer and is powered by a Marketo form. From there the names are added directly into a lead nurture campaign.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 19, 2018

When we were still a small, scrappy team, we took a piecemeal approach to developing our sales process and didn’t involve anyone who actually worked exclusively in sales. The first thing we tackled was the initial messaging we sent out to leads when they converted on our homepage. What is this lead’s monthly revenue? (0–3

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Unsurprisingly, these efforts often lead to unexceptional results. It encompasses everything from new marketing processes and sales mentalities to unlocking potential for marketers and sales teams (whose jobs should be easier now that companies are capable of gaining so much more information about everyone they come in contact with).

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markempa

AUGUST 1, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. 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! « 9 1/2 Ways. « 9 1/2 Ways.

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The Point

OCTOBER 30, 2013

A client asks: “I notice that you’re recommending we gate our offer content behind landing pages as part of the lead nurturing campaign. It’s why click-to-lead conversion rates are never 100%, no matter how good your landing page. Why is that necessary when we already know who these people are? Here’s why: 1. A click is not a response.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 13, 2020

A VP Sales is a true sales leader who knows how to ignite a fire to invigorate sales managers to drive results. It’s no secret that VP Sales is responsible for: Leading their sales team to meet and exceed sales goals. Creating and executing sales strategies.

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Varicent

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

“Reach back out in six months” How many times do you or your sales reps get this sort of message while selling? That’s why we recommend closing the opportunity, marking the Contact as Nurture, and starting a new opportunity when they are ready to have another sales conversation. That means Sales isn’t talking to them.

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