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20 questions to ask marketing automation vendors during a demo

Martech

Marketing automation platforms often play a central role in marketing technology stacks, especially given the importance of email as a marketing channel. To start, set up demos with your shortlist of vendors within a relatively short timeframe after receiving the RFP responses to help make relevant comparisons.

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24 questions to ask account-based marketing vendors during a demo

Martech

ABM enables marketers to focus their efforts on accounts with the greatest ROI potential through insightful and personalized marketing programs. But how do you make sure you are choosing the right platform for your organization? If you find that one vendor doesn’t offer this “must-have” capability, it’s obviously not a fit.

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Questions to ask about conversion optimization platforms

Martech

Of all of the different types of marketing software, conversion optimization platforms are perhaps the easiest to justify. Dig deeper: What is a conversion optimization platform? Once you’ve determined a COP makes sense for your business , spend time researching vendors and their capabilities by doing the following.

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24 questions to ask ABM vendors before signing the contract

Martech

Once you’ve gone through the checklist to determine if you need — and are ready for — an ABM solution, the next step is to identify and contact vendors. Your vendor shortlist. For example, if enriching your ICPs with deeper technographic data is important, be sure to ask about it during vendor interviews and demos.

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Cleaning up the confusion in marketing ops job postings

Martech

In some cases, a posting for a marketing operations position had the typical marketing automation callouts but also covered a whole host of other disciplines ranging from analytics to UI/UX design to technical strategy. Serve as a “ citizen developer ” by using integration as a service (IaaS) tools. Data Analyst.

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[Book Review] "The Right Way To Select Technology"

B2B Marketing Directions

So, the marketing technology landscape has grown by an astounding 6,521% since 2011. Because of the growing reliance on technology, marketing leaders are acquiring new technology tools on a fairly regular basis. It works exclusively with enterprise customers, and the firm emphasizes that its advice is vendor agnostic.

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30 questions to ask a digital events platform vendor

Martech

If you’ve decided a digital events platform makes sense for your business, spend time researching individual vendors and their capabilities by doing the following: Make a list of all the DEP capabilities you currently have, those that you would like to have and those that you can’t live without. This is an individual preference.