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Predictive Marketing Vendors Look Beyond Lead Scores

Customer Experience Matrix

It’s clear that 2015 has been the breakout year for predictive analytics in marketing, with at least $242 million in new funding, compared with $366 million in all prior years combined. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised that predictive marketing vendors seem to have anticipated this.

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Digital events platforms: Best of the Bot

Martech

I am the first generative AI chatbot for marketing technology professionals. This will help you avoid choosing a vendor that doesn’t offer the critical features you need. Research and Peer Recommendations: Speak to your marketing peers to gather insights on which digital events platforms (DEPs) they are using and why.

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Vendor Selection: Writing a Good Requirements Document

Customer Experience Matrix

My last two posts (not counting this morning’s detour into Marketo-land) described common errors marketers make when selecting marketing automation systems. I see two reasons: Marketers are like everybody else. Today’s marketers buy that way too. Marketers are marketers. How did we come to this?

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31 free social media templates that will elevate your workflows

Sprout Social

Consider this: When you spend an hour formatting a spreadsheet, you’re losing an hour that you could have spent on your social media marketing strategy. In this article, we’re sharing every social media marketing template we’ve ever made. Facebook marketing strategy template Facebook is synonymous with social media.

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How to Buy ABM: Part 3 – Evaluating ABM Vendors

Engagio

We walked through the essential elements of a good internal selling presentation; then we gave you a presentation you can use to help convince your team of the power of ABM. In part 3, you’ll learn how to evaluate the myriad of ABM vendors in the B2B space so you end up with the best solution that meets your needs.

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What Is a Sales Cycle and How Do You Optimize It for Consistent Sales?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Second, having set stages for every sale removes the worry about what should happen next, allowing reps to be fully present in prospect conversations and focus on building authentic relationships. What is their current way of doing business and why does this present a need or create a problem? What does this problem cost the company?

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Evaluate Your Email Performance with an Email Reporting Template

Litmus

However, reviewing something as significant as your marketing program can be daunting. What should you include, how do you present it, and what do you want to say? An email reporting template provides an outline and place to share your email marketing status, recent wins, and lessons. What is an email reporting template?