ViewPoint

APRIL 2, 2013

LinkedIn's network of groups is one of the best tools for business-to-business marketers looking to contribute to conversations related to their industry and establish themselves as thought leaders, according to WSJ’s Kate Mitchell. The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn. Marketing Automation Software That Delivers the Most Data Wins.

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Lead Liaison

OCTOBER 10, 2017

If you look at most major CRMs like Microsoft Dynamics or Salesforce.com , you’ll notice a few different objects: Leads, Contacts, and Accounts. But then look at marketing automation like Lead Liaison and you’ll see one object: Prospects. Leads are people that you think might be your entry point to an account. Not at all.

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LeadSloth

MARCH 22, 2009

The plan is to go back to using only Salesforce.com with some cheap add-on tools for email, form submission and data quality. In the early days it was used to sift through hundreds of new B2B leads per day to identify the valuable leads. The Salesforce.com database has some big issues (e.g. Smart or foolish?

Marketing Automation Services 100

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 30, 2009

Summary: Hubspot offers a bundle of Web traffic generation and lead management features in one low-cost package. The current version also hosts landing pages and Web sites, manages a lead database with profiles and Web activity history, generates lead scores, sends alerts to sales people, and synchronizes data with Salesforce.com.

Small Business Marketing 120

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 18, 2012

While the automation vendors do a great job of educating users on how to use the features of their solutions, there is a gaping hole that exists in users knowing the process, strategy or tactics the tool is actually automating. The best vendor event I ever attended was a Salesforce.com road show. They are leading buyers astray.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 18, 2012

While the automation vendors do a great job of educating users on how to use the features of their solutions, there is a gaping hole that exists in users knowing the process, strategy or tactics the tool is actually automating. The best vendor event I ever attended was a Salesforce.com road show. They are leading buyers astray.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. As part of a broader lead generation, on-demand platform, Demandbase offers a free, downloadable Web application built on Adobe AIR (one of 3 investors in an $8M round they also announced.) Among other stuff.

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The Mx Group

OCTOBER 18, 2017

From predictive tools to social listening, to intent monitoring, to marketing automation and more, ABM takes advantage of the latest B2B marketing strategies and technologies. That makes me wonder: Are CRM platforms, like the Salesforce.com, set up to handle ABM? They can be, but not “out of the box.”

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 1, 2016

Really we want to know the critical path of content offer and engagement channel dialogue that led to someone becoming a qualified lead, opportunity and/or closed revenue? Elasticity looks at the probability that interacting with a given content offer or engagement channel will lead to a given outcome (e.g., closed revenue).

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 21, 2009

The flash show when you enter the company’s Web site could easily be mistaken for a demand generation product – it lists campaign workflow, list segmentation, email templates, Salesforce.com integration and dynamic reporting. Automated synchronization is available for Salesforce.com using their standard APIs.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 17, 2009

This is a much narrower scope than conventional demand generation systems: no email blasts, no landing pages (although the system does generate online forms), no content management, no lead scoring, and limited CRM integration. Tags: demand generation marketing automation lead management cross-channel marketing.

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LeadSloth

APRIL 15, 2009

On this blog I primarily write about integrated Lead Management systems , rather than small tools. 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. Salesforce.com integration complexity.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

The product was soon extended to integrate with Salesforce.com and to let the proxy server add Genius-generated popups that display personalized messages or offer an online chat. Later, the company added MarketingGenius, which lets marketers send email on behalf of salespeople and can react to Salesforce.com workflow rules.

Enterprise Management 120

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NuSpark Consulting

APRIL 27, 2013

Lead Generation. . Keyword target examples: manage contacts, new CRM, Salesforce.com, lead management, sales tools, sales management. Generate leads from your unique landing page. . . Business: CRM.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 9, 2009

Marketo today officially launched “Sales Insight”, an application that makes prospect activity history directly available to sales people from within Salesforce.com. a “lead feed” feature that can send “interesting moment” alerts via RSS, SMS, email, iPhone and other mobile devices. There are some subtle differences.

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The Mx Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Demand Gen and Lead Management. Most CRMs and marketing automation tools are not created to present this view of activity across an account. Different ABM tools have different ways of calculating their version of an engagement score at the account level. Sales Empowerment. Bottom-line Results. Technology Expertise.

Account Based Marketing 95

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Mintigo’s conclusion across 186,500 B2B companies was that just three percent were using the most common marketing automation systems: Oracle Eloqua , Marketo, HubSpot, and Salesforce.com Pardot. Penetration reached eight percent among larger firms and varied substantially by industry. Features Don''t Drive Decisions.or

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yes, we have an Interactive Content Connector service that supports seamless integration with CRM and lead management / marketing automation solutions such as salesforce.com, Marketo, Eloqua, SilverPop and more. The integration can be used in multiple ways to help streamline user interaction, capture and enrich leads.

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Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Email campaigns are targeted at segments; Web visitors are classified into segments; behavior alerts are triggered by segments; lead scores are assigned to segments; leads are sent to the sales system based on segments; reports are run against segments. Each lead is assigned to the first "child" action whose entry conditions it meets.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 28, 2010

Changes include a drag-and-drop design tool (similar to Microsoft Powerpoint); integration of opportunities and custom objects from Salesforce.com; better reporting on Web site visitors; and, real time sales alerts on Web activity. Manticore Technology today released the latest version of its marketing automation system.

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 1, 2009

It can also import a client’s list of target accounts from Salesforce.com and issuing alerts when those companies visit. DemandBase said they hadn’t made a formal study of the quality of those leads, but felt confident they were more than worth the cost. But they don’t intend to become a lead management system.

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NuSpark Consulting

MAY 28, 2011

Your definitions of quality leads differed from ours. We weren’t on the same page when it came to target marketing and reaching your desired sales-ready leads. You guys spent too much time with those “tire-kicker” leads which wasted much of your team’s time. You guys only knew the basics of Salesforce.com.

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NuSpark Consulting

MAY 28, 2011

Your definitions of quality leads differed from ours. We weren’t on the same page when it came to target marketing and reaching your desired sales-ready leads. You guys spent too much time with those “tire-kicker” leads which wasted much of your team’s time. You guys only knew the basics of Salesforce.com.

Email Marketing 100

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LeanData

APRIL 8, 2015

experts in lead management solutions, announced that its customer base has increased to over 85 customers, a 400% increase compared to a year ago. Additionally, LeanData announced that the Spring Release of its Account-Based Lead Management Suite for B2B sales and marketing professionals is now available. “We

Account Based Marketing 56

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Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 24, 2009

Over Me SiriusDecisions , a leading source for business-to-business sales and marketing best-practice research and data, recently indicated that while the sales team may be suffering, best in class companies are repositioning their marketing strategies and tactics to help them out. Other tools can summarize web activity at a higher level.

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markempa

JULY 7, 2006

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!

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

The CSO Insights 2010 Lead Generation Optimization Study identifies some of the best practices that companies are focusing on to optimize their lead generation performance. And a key part of delivering sales and marketing ROI is the ability to track the dispositions of all sales leads via a CRM system. Measure Campaign ROI.

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LeadSloth

JULY 12, 2010

Both groups will use HubSpot to generate more inbound leads, but they have vastly different requirements. But – just like any other SEO & Social Media tool – HubSpot will only deliver results if you put a fair amount of time into creating and promoting content: compelling content is what makes the HubSpot engine hum.

Hubspot 100

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LeanData

APRIL 8, 2015

experts in lead management solutions, announced that its customer base has increased to over 85 customers, a 400% increase compared to a year ago. Additionally, LeanData announced that the Spring Release of its Account-Based Lead Management Suite for B2B sales and marketing professionals is now available. “We

Account Based Marketing 40

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LeanData

APRIL 8, 2015

experts in lead management solutions, announced that its customer base has increased to over 85 customers, a 400% increase compared to a year ago. Additionally, LeanData announced that the Spring Release of its Account-Based Lead Management Suite for B2B sales and marketing professionals is now available. “We

Account Based Marketing 40

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Paul Gillin

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The market is too fragmented and no vendor pulls together all the necessary features, which include platforms, monitoring tools, social analytics and CRM. Salesforce.com probably comes the closest, Neal argues, but even Salesforce doesn’t have all the pieces in place. Have a look at the grid and see what you think.

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markempa

MAY 22, 2017

Have you recently looked at your lead routing and assignment process? LeadData’s new report, The State of Lead Management , based on a survey of 527 B2B sellers and marketers found an average 25.5 % of marketing-generated leads get assigned to the wrong account owner. Case in point. Did you catch that? Not likely.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

To answer this question, I looked at a variety of factors including twitter followers, profiles that included “B2B marketing,” the focus of their tweets including the hashtag # B2BMarketing , as well as a variety of social scoring tools using the keyword. Earlier this month, I released the 20 B2B Marketing Blogs you need to read.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 31, 2011

One of Marketo’s most significant events to attend and sponsor is Dreamforce ; every year we make an effort to get the most from this critical industry-leading conference. Through its use, we are able to automate and simplify the event process, which drives higher attendance and ultimately converts more Dreamforce leads to actual sales.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2008

For example, Ken points out that both salesforce.com and Netsuite took over $100M in venture capital before going public. Manage your complexity. At Marketo, we use these tools to drive our own high-volume revenue cycle, so I know it works. The result of this infrastructure is a streamlined revenue cycle.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2020

For more nearly 40 years, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has beeb software-based and data-driven. By using data, tools, and research, we’re going to conduct a content marketing analysis of various business software segments. We started this series of content marketing analyses with Master Data Management.

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Lead Liaison

JULY 18, 2018

Learn how to make the most out of your next live event with proper event lead management. We’re talking about planning, lead capture, and post-event nurture. Chris Kipgen, Lead Liaison. So we’re gonna go into a little bit of Event Lead Management and why it matters right now. Transcription.

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