Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% Statistics include: • 16.5% But lots of people do anyway.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Marketing Qualified Leads 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 30, 2010

Marketo now calls itself a “the revenue cycle management company”, giving equal public weight to lead management, sales insight and analytics. It will also be competing with Eloqua, Silverpop and, perhaps most dangerously, the Market2Lead technology recently purchased by Oracle.

Loopfuse 120

Loopfuse Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 25, 2008

When I was researching last week’s piece on Market2Lead , one of the points that vendor stressed was their ability to create a full-scale marketing database with information from external sources to analyze campaign results. In fact, LucidEra is releasing a new module for lead conversion analysis today to address this very need.

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management Demand Generation Marketing Automation Services 120

LeadSloth

AUGUST 10, 2010

Industry consolidation is starting (Market2lead acquired, LeadGenesys refocused). expensive sales teams). Loopfuse has published pricing for their paid products, and they have a low-overhead sales model. Please leave a comment with your prediction… Webinar: The Secret To Creating Lead Nurturing Content That Converts.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Loopfuse Marketing Automation LeadGenesys 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 6, 2010

When you think of lead nurturing platforms you typically think of firms like Eloqua, Marketo, Aprimo, LeadLife, Market2Lead, Silverpop, even Salesforce.com is getting into the lead nurturing space. Element #2 – Email – the most critical element of a lead nurturing platform is email. But Facebook? Tweet This!

Lead Nurturing 100

Lead Nurturing Facebook Market2Lead Leads 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 8, 2009

The only vendor with a really major drop in ranking was Lead Genesys , another long-time industry participant. Major advances are still needed in usability, particularly for complex marketing programs, and in coordination with sales systems. Tags: vendor rankings demand generation marketing automation lead management.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Vendors 120

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 3, 2010

Enterprise Edition supports these by adding user roles, “lead partitions” to control access to database segments and “workspaces” to make Marketo objects (contents, campaigns, lists, etc.) User roles (but not lead partitions or workspaces) are now available in Marketo’s Professional Edition as well. available to different user groups.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Marketo Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 9, 2009

I woke up this morning to these three tweets relating to @nivenor1 's recent market2lead blog post titled: The SCOTSMAN vs. BANT for Effective Lead Management. brianjcarroll : Read post by @nivenor1 : SCOTSMAN vs. BANT for Effective Lead Management asserts "BANT" isn't enough. is all about the Buy Cycle not the Sales Cycle. (I

Lead Scoring 100

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Market2Lead Leads 100

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 5, 2009

The main result of the conversations so far has been to clarify the items related to lead routing. Eloqua Manticore Technology Market2Lead Marketbright Marketo Neolane Silverpop Engage B2B complex 11 8.5 Tags: software usability measurement demand generation marketing automation lead management software selection. 9 Now what?

Lead Scoring 120

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Demand Generation Work Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Products including Silverpop Engage B2B (formerly Vtrenz), Market2Lead and Marketbright also let marketers set up small, sequential campaigns and embed them in selection framework. That last point morphed into a discussion of the increased integration between marketing and sales.

Marketo 120

Marketo Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vtrenz 120

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

This has more to do with the degree of personal selling (and after-sale service) than anything else. Similarly, functionality is generally comparable although they may be less sophisticated at some tasks such as dynamic content generation (automatically altering an email or Web page based on lead characteristics) and branching campaign flows.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

More important to people who need it, the company offers partner management and channel sales management products that integrate with its demand generation offering. Tags: demand generation software marketing automation lead management software selection vendor evaluation crm software. Pricing starts at $599 per month.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Cost Marketing Management Demand 120

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Not yet doing email nurturing of your leads? Lead nurturing allows you to develop a relationship with your leads in a timely and effective way, all with an email series you can set up once to run automatically! 9 Reasons to Use Lead Nurturing. Lead nurturing is an opportunity to show that you are an expert in your field.

Lead Nurturing 28

Lead Nurturing Market2Lead Sales Qualified Leads Leads 28

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

8 Tips for generating high quality leads that sales people love - B2B Lead Generation Blog , August 13, 2009. What IS and ISN’T Lead Nurturing - B2B Lead Generation Blog , August 26, 2009. The #1 Factor in Executing Effective Campaigns - Market2Lead , August 28, 2009. Lead Nurturing (42).

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Twitter B2B Marketing Market2Lead 40

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 18, 2008

Market2Lead offers the usual list of demand generation functions: outbound email, Web forms and landing pages, automated lead nurturing, integration with sales, and campaign return on investment analysis. This is not to say that Market2Lead is especially hard to use.

Market2Lead 120

Market2Lead Enterprise Management Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 5, 2009

Summary: Market2Lead's revised user interface has plenty of refined details. I saw a demonstration of Market2Lead ’s new user interface last December, and they released it in February. It’s a good thing that Market2Lead moved more quickly than I did, because the new interface is a huge improvement. Time flies.

Market2Lead 120

Market2Lead Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2009

Lessons on Using LinkedIn for Lead Generation - B2B Lead Generation Blog , July 29, 2009. Definitions for marketing leads for use in lead generation - Market2Lead , July 14, 2009. Social media’s impact on web forms and landing pages - B2B Lead Generation Blog , July 24, 2009. Sales (122).

Social Media 40

Social Media B2B Sales Twitter B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Lead Generation Check list – Part 3: Develop and intensify your Ideal Customer Profile - B2B Lead Generation Blog , September 14, 2009. Pull versus push for more effective lead nurturing campaigns - Market2Lead , September 29, 2009. Content Marketing for Product Customization - Marketing Interactions , September 27, 2009.

Social Media 40

Social Media B2B Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles Market2Lead 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Lead generation metrics should emphasize opportunities not just leads - B2B Lead Generation Blog , October 27, 2009. Podcast: Why sellers don’t have the right tools to help buyers buy - B2B Lead Generation Blog , October 15, 2009. The Return on YES in Lead Nurturing - Marketing Interactions , October 18, 2009.

Social Media 40

Social Media Demand Generation Agencies B2B Marketing Social Marketing 40

Hubspot

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Lead nurturing is a crucial part of any effective marketing strategy. Because if you’re not managing your leads properly, you're wasting your time, marketing resources, and money. Workflows take lead nurturing to the next level. Leads from companies with more than X employees. What Are Workflows, Exactly?

Marketing Automation Services 28

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Market2Lead 28

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 9, 2009

5 steps for using LinkedIn as lead generation tool - B2B Lead Generation Blog , April 21, 2009. 2009 Big List of B2B Marketing and Sales Blogs - Proteus B2B Marketing Blog , August 27, 2009. How to use social media for lead generation - B2B Lead Generation Blog , December 30, 2008. Need Content? Need Content?

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Management B2B 40

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Here's the list of the sources that represent the Top 40+ B2B Marketing blogs: B2B Sales and Marketing Wondering Out Loud Junta 42 FYIndOut Anything Goes Marketing Beyond B2B Web Strategy Content Marketing Today B2B Marketing Zone Posts Marketing-Gimbal B2B Marketing Savvy B2B Conversations Now WebMarketCentral B2B Lead Generation Blog Modern B2B Marketing (..)

B2B Marketing 20

B2B Marketing Market2Lead B2B Blogger 20

Hubspot

JANUARY 7, 2013

Is your sales team upset with your marketing team for sending them subpar leads? There’s no doubt about it, SEO is hugely important in attracting leads. Studies show that these types of bells and whistles distract consumers from your main offering and will lead visitors off your site. 2) Between You and Your Customer.

Top of Funnel 28

Top of Funnel Work Management Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Management 28

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 2, 2011

If I were more on the ball, I would have noticed that May 25 marked a full year since Oracle bought the intellectual property* of high-end B2B marketing automation vendor Market2Lead. This is largely because Marketing systems typically contain many more leads than Sales wants in CRM. I wonder if they had cake?

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Market2Lead 120

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

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.) Demand Stream™ includes a Web widget that shows sales and marketing the names of companies visiting the Web site in near real-time.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 4, 2009

Explicitly direct leads from one campaign to another. Users can directly send leads from one stage in a campaign to a different campaign. Marketo gets a half point because it can direct leads to lists, which in turn feed campaigns, but not to campaigns directly. Multiple scores per lead.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Manticore 120

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 2, 2009

In both cases, I see the basic flow as an outbound email, landing page, multi-step nurturing campaign, lead scoring, and transfer to a CRM system for sales followup. They relate primarily to creation of marketing assets such as emails and landing pages, and to execution of lead scoring. This saves effort and ensures consistency.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Market2Lead 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 3, 2008

Rather, it sells preconfigured applications that use the platform for specific purposes including sales pipeline analysis, order analysis, and (just released) sales lead analysis. The question here is whether most demand generation systems ( Eloqua , Vtrenz , Marketo , Market2Lead , Manticore , etc.)

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management Demand Market2Lead 120

SnapApp

JUNE 5, 2018

Increasing sales productivity is one of the most powerful growth levers for any company. A well-oiled inbound sales machine means reps spend less time working low quality leads, and more time closing sales. More leads in, more revenue out. But, for many B2B organizations the sales engine is not turning.

Lead Qualification 81

Lead Qualification Lead Ranking Sales Management Lead Scoring 81

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

A couple have noted that my questions only cover standard marketing automation functions (email, landing pages, nurture campaigns, lead scoring, CRM integration and reporting), while their products offer additional functions. sales automation, search engine marketing, outbound email).

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Small Business Marketing Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

Sales & marketing alignment. Kevin Joyce , CMO, Market2Lead. The vast majority of leads generated on a website never have a meaningful conversation with a sales rep. If there is no mechanism to pass the lead back to the marketing team (in an automated or semi-automated fashion), the lead is gone forever.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 100

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management 40

Hubspot

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Essentially these campaigns are a series of emails aimed at keeping you top of mind while building trust and moving your lead further along in the buyer's journey. Get the lead to contact you to inquire more about your services/product or make the purchase online. 2) Lead Nurturing Workflows. 3) Hot Leads Workflows.

Top of Funnel 28

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Companies Market2Lead 28

Hubspot

DECEMBER 18, 2012

As marketers, we know how important it is to have strong alignment with our sales teams. We talk a lot about closed-loop marketing -- being able to tie every single lead, customer, and dollar back to the initiative that created it. The key to maintaining a happy sales team is communication. Two-way communication, at that.

Top of Funnel 28

Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management Planning 28

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

MAY 3, 2010

HP, P&G) to the channel… The Difference Between B2B Leads and Personas - Marketing Interactions , April 17, 2010 B2B marketers have relied on lead definitions to define their marketing programs for years. I wrote an eight part series on building an effective lead generation program a while back. I like numbers.

Forecasting 40

Forecasting Social Media B2B Marketing Social Marketing 40