Martech

JANUARY 25, 2022

Customer relationship management (CRM) is the technology brands use to nurture relationships with their customers. And because 91% of businesses with more than 11 employees use a CRM, marketers would be wise to learn about all they have to offer. We’ll cover: The benefits of CRM. Types of CRM systems available.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 28, 2024

By Lisa Heay , Director of Business Operations at Heinz Marketing What platforms come to mind when you think of marketing automation? And in my earlier consultant roles with Heinz Marketing, I was acquainted with the other major players like HubSpot, Pardot, and Eloqua through various projects and engagements.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

By Brenna Lofquist , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. In today’s digital technology landscape there are numerous platforms, tools and technologies at the disposal of every marketer—almost too many. Welcome to the seventh installment of The B2B Marketer’s Quick Start Guide. Marketo Engage.

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Martech

APRIL 14, 2023

As part of the MarTech Salary and Career Survey , we interviewed people about their experiences in marketing. Today we’re talking to Jennifer Luby , Salesforce marketing cloud architect at the global consulting company JourneyBlazers. And then somebody said, ‘Well, there’s this lead management thing called Salesforce.’

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LeadSquared

JULY 20, 2022

“In a short span of time, LeadSquared has helped us automate and transform our lead management process. The CRM has also played a critical role in our decision-making with its advanced reports and analytics.” . Venkat Teja Project Manager, Commitbiz. Book your 1-1 consultation today! 15 % Increase in Leads.

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Full Circle Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Full Circle Insights today announced the Report Extender for its Response Management application on Salesforce AppExchange. Built on the Salesforce Platform, Response Management from Full Circle Insights for Tracking Lead Lifecycles is currently available on AppExchange. SAN MATEO, Calif. , Feb.

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Martech

JULY 20, 2021

Because of the central role marketing plays in the success of any business through generating revenue and sales opportunities, there is a lot of pressure on the team to make the right hires. Marketing is a career that rewards creativity, even when technology is used to carry out precise targeted campaigns.

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The Marketing Blender

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The 11 undeniable benefits of marketing automation for B2B sales and marketing teams. How automation can transform your B2B marketing effectiveness and results. These days, when most consultants and gurus talk about technology transforming marketing, automation is what they’re referring to.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 21, 2015

My favorites are from John Ford movies, and I think each can be adapted to the circumstances sales and marketing people face each day. This is easily adapted to, "Well, there are some things a salesman just can''t run away from, and that''s sales lead follow-up." Sorry, the salespeople won’t use the CRM system and record results."

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Only B2B

MAY 19, 2022

Let’s take a closer look: Managers: Appointment setters should get sufficient training, as well as continual monitoring and mentorship from their management. Managers should be monitoring calls and completing quality assurance checks so that training opportunities may be identified. million results!

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ViewPoint

MAY 21, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. How can marketing communications managers know how much interest to generate if they don’t know their salespeople’s quotas? CRM is a part.

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the intricacies of Automated Lead Qualification, demystifying its key components, benefits, and challenges. By the end of this journey, you’ll have a profound understanding of how automation can supercharge your lead management strategy.

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ViewPoint

MAY 12, 2015

The sales manager, Bob, said to me in a gleeful voice, full of enthusiasm and hope: “We’re winning one out of every ten of our proposals, and we’re ecstatic.” This conversation took us down the road that explained average buying ratio of raw leads (45% were buyers), qualified leads (20-40% higher), and then proposals (30-59%).

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 21, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Of course what I am thinking about are the functions of sales and marketing. No business rule which mandates measuring the ROI for lead generation.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 21, 2014

I was sitting in a meeting of marketing and operations people when I worked at Inquiry Handling Services (long ago scooped up by Harte Hanks). Which brings me to the topic for this month’s article, which follows up on the December topic entitled: " Taking away a salesperson’s excuses ," in which I wrote about the lack of sales lead follow-up.

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 20, 2011

This year, we’re honored to have published posts from twenty-seven guest marketing and sales bloggers here on ViewPoint, and I wanted to say to all of you how much I appreciate your contributions. Database management. Lead generation. Marketing automation. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics.

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markempa

MARCH 11, 2013

Tweet According to MarketingSherpa’s just-released 2013 Analytics Benchmark Report , only 37% of respondents said they routinely used analytics for their marketing planning. It’s no wonder the highest priority for 66% is to do a better job of acting on data to improve marketing performance. Which ones were accepted by Sales.

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GreenRope

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

7 Ways to Leverage Marketing Automation Solutions for Business. Marketing automation has made it possible for businesses to automate many repetitive and menial tasks that would otherwise waste your team’s time and energy. Ways to Use Marketing Automation Tools for Your Business. CRM Automation. Lead Management.

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ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. “So, So, what do you want from Marketing?” How about the marketing department putting a little skin in the game to help us increase sales activity?

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ViewPoint

MARCH 26, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Those with the most marketing toys win.”. What this means is, those companies with the most marketing toys really do win!

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DealSignal

MARCH 11, 2019

A few years back, I attended a three-hour “vendor shoot out” between two CRM vendors hosted by an IT services firm. The consultants ran through a series of standard CRM processes including lead management, dashboards, record customization by the site admin, and Outlook integration. The math behind data decay.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

A prospective client asks: “We’re just getting our demand generation programs ramped up, and I’m not sure I’m ready for marketing automation. 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.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 19, 2011

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. I have chosen Marketing Automation for this month and next month I would like to undertake the same exercise for CRM.

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ViewPoint

JUNE 30, 2015

The status quo—that marketing management doesn’t understand the definition of a qualified lead—is nothing new. Salespeople consistently say that they do not get enough qualified leads. Qualified leads, according to sales, are based on criteria they understand but marketing is in the dark about. The result?

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markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

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! Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JUNE 7, 2022

The most obvious task to automate is always going to be data entry,” said Valerie Papa, a manager on the revenue operations team at Andela , a remote engineering services firm. “We By using lead and contact management tools like LeadIQ, we’re able to fill in more blanks for reps so they don’t have to go searching for things.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For this company ‘someplace else’ had been growth, but at low margins, with chaos in the sales ranks, and a poorly installed CRM system…all because of a marketing plan that wasn’t a plan. Shelly, the president, looked at me and said, “Yes we have a marketing plan, right Don? Hire a new sales manager. Try pay-for-click.

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ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Market share gains of the clients under their watch, check. Knowledge of marketing automation and CRM system solid. Direct check ?

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NuSpark Consulting

APRIL 26, 2012

Marketing and Sales alignment is essential to a well-oiled lead funnel. I understand the importance of a sound media, social media, conversion and content strategy that generates quality leads until they are sales-accepted. If you’re a marketing executive, call me, and I’ll bring Frank in. Why the alignment?

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 16, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. "So I asked the marketing manager. I wish that salespeople would use the CRM system instead of spreadsheets for a sales forecast.”.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

What is a lead? While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. Sales won’t spend the time it takes to cull through 100 so-called leads for 3 to 4 good ones. Which means those “leads” land in a black hole, and the money spent to generate them is wasted. Is this a person with authority to buy?

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Responding quickly to incoming leads can make or break a deal, particularly in highly competitive markets. Quickly growing businesses require more sophisticated automation to ensure operational efficiency, proper distribution of leads among their sales team, and to make sure no leads slip through cracks.

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 19, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. As we plan for the New Year, it’s time to stop following and start leading. Initiate a locked-down, rock-solid, no-exceptions lead follow-up policy.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Recently, we published The Ultimate List of Marketing Podcasts. Join host, Matt Heinz, president of Heinz Marketing on this fast-paced, power-packed program. Matt covers the entire pipeline – demand generation, lead management, sales effectiveness, technology and more – all focused on helping you find, manage and win more business.

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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. Yesterday’s post described one strategy to sell marketing automation to small businesses: provide a specific, turnkey service that requires virtually no skill or effort from the user.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

Who are the top B2B Marketing influencers on twitter? 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.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Last month we discussed Counterfactual Reflection (CR) as it pertains to marketing automation. ” What would be the state of sales and marketing?

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