Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week’s post on marketing automation and its discontents prompted several questions about whether the level of dissatisfaction is any higher with marketing automation than other systems. The first insights come from G2 Crowd , a research firm that ranks software based on user ratings and social data.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Lead Scoring 120

Sales Engine

MAY 17, 2016

Marketing automation and lead management systems have allowed for a near-scientific breakdown of the sales funnel. Technological tools allow marketers to score leads and move them through the buying journey with the help of nurturing content. The bar should be pretty high for a lead to transition from MQL to SAL.

Lead Ranking 136

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 136

ViewPoint

MAY 10, 2012

He is East Coast Bureau Chief for BtoB Magazine. He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Companies are hiring social media people through their existing marketing budgets or recruiting social mavens in-house.”

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Resource Management BtoB 120

ViewPoint

MAY 10, 2012

He is East Coast Bureau Chief for BtoB Magazine. He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Companies are hiring social media people through their existing marketing budgets or recruiting social mavens in-house.”

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Resource Management BtoB 120

markempa

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

Companies that adopt effective lead management processes generate more revenue from their lead generation investment and have overall higher close rates on marketing generated leads than those that do not. But I've encountered very few companies that really do lead management. What is lead management? If not, start now.

Lead Management 120

Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring 120

The Mx Group

MAY 18, 2018

CHICAGO (May 18, 2018) — The Mx Group is very proud to announce that it has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois for the fifth consecutive year. We’re really honored to be named one of the Best Places to Work for five years running,” says Kate Fishburne, director of organizational development. by B2BMarketing.net.

Demand Generation Agencies 48

Demand Generation Agencies Work Management Paid Search Agency BtoB 48

markempa

NOVEMBER 8, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Generation B2B Sales 120

markempa

JUNE 28, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Today, his article in BtoB Magazine gives a great summary of his presentation from the roadshow and is worth a read.

Online Lead Generation 120

Online Lead Generation Lead Generation Work Management Marketing Management 120

markempa

AUGUST 18, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

BtoB 120

BtoB Lead Generation B2B Sales Generation 120

markempa

OCTOBER 6, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. For many B2B marketing pros (especially those in technology), a time-tested tool is the white paper.

BtoB 120

BtoB Lead Generation Paper Generation 120

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.

Twitter 100

Twitter Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing 100

Biznology

JULY 19, 2018

The other day, I had the chance to meet with Rich Herbst, founder and managing partner of Ascend Marketing, which is based in Dallas and Austin. When I was working on my MBA years ago, I had in mind a career in strategic marketing, but with some sort of entrepreneurial slant. Very cool stuff.

Automation 144

Automation B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Cost per Acquisition 144

markempa

AUGUST 16, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 And Ive got a lot of great feedback and questions.

Webcast 120

Webcast Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Work Management 120

markempa

JUNE 14, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Richard Karpinski wrote the piece which, from what I can tell, is one the the first articles on WOM for B2B marketers.

Word of Mouth 120

Word of Mouth BtoB Buzz WOM 120

Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Last year I wrote about how some weeks are hard to top and how lucky I was to have launched my first book – Facebook Marketing for Dummies (Wiley) with my co-author Rich Krueger, and I was nominated for BtoB Marketing Magazine’s (a Crain’s publication) list of the Top 25 BtoB Marketers of the Year 2009.

BtoB 100

BtoB Work Management Advertising Agencies Social Media 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 24, 2009

Yesterday’s BtoB Leading Edge, Demand Generation in the Digital Age was a great way to make sure your organization’s demand generation programs are best-in-class.   With almost 5,000 registrants, it is clear that B2B marketers are concerned about getting the most out of their demand generation and lead management programs.

Demand Generation Agencies 48

Demand Generation Agencies BtoB Demand Generation Demand 48

Sales Engine

JUNE 20, 2017

MARKETING AUTOMATION AND LEAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS have allowed for a near-scientific breakdown of the sales funnel. Technological tools allow marketers to score leads and move them through the buying journey with the help of nurturing content. Sales reps are as important as ever—it’s just that their role has changed.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 120

markempa

AUGUST 10, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Do you sell services? Get this report focused exclusively on Business-to-Business Professional Services by RainToday.com.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Report 120

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management ROI 40

Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 21, 2011

The biggest question I get asked here on B2B Marketing Insider is about the challenges of sales and marketing alignment. Then I quickly moved into marketing to follow my frustrations. They identify marketing’s long-term view vs. sales’ short-term view as the main reason for this disconnect. Work together.

PR 100

PR Social Media Social Marketing Planning 100

markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Now look like heroes.

Marketing Budget 120

Marketing Budget Lead Generation Work Management Lead Management 120

markempa

APRIL 18, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Lead Generation Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation 120

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Guest post by Robert Murphy, Managing Partner at Movéo. In today’s world, technology and marketing conditions are dynamic, but clients still demand predictable results, minimized waste and accountability. The smartest marketers not only understand this approach, but are leading the charge to take it mainstream.

Effectiveness 100

Effectiveness Advertising Agencies BtoB Work Management 100

markempa

JANUARY 23, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. This podcast was conducted for the marketing alliance partners for Sage Software , makers of ACT!, Peachtree and SageCRM software.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Work Management B2B Marketing 120

markempa

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. When I see the challenge that marketers face when it comes to getting their budgets approved, I wonder why it has to be so hard?

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Marketing BtoB Lead Scoring 120

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Monday, January 10, 2011 Let the Good Times Roll?

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Spending 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. That’s simply not true.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Relevance Resources B2B Marketing 120

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Budget 40

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 25, 2011

political environment and B2B Marketing in 2011. So what is the state of union in B2B Marketing? Similarly, here is what I think are some of the biggest questions surrounding B2B Marketing: Is B2B Marketing dead? Why does B2B Marketing content stink? What are the greatest challenges in B2B Marketing?

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning B2B BtoB 100

markempa

JUNE 29, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Teleprospecting works. Sherpas findings contradict the "calling doesnt work" line weve heard for years. Very useful stuff.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Work Management Generation Telemarketing 120

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

ERDM

JULY 24, 2017

And, per Boff, “When we apply these technologies in our teams and facilities, our customers and markets can reach their potential.” Listening” has been the industry buzz word for years and is key to building relationships for both BtoB and BtoC businesses. Elizabeth Arden Goes Inside to Get Insights. Use Insights to Connect.

BtoB 40

BtoB Brand Identity Branding Focus Group 40

markempa

AUGUST 29, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. We were in a big meeting discussing some marketing initiative or other, a. Why or why not?

Social Networks 120

Social Networks Lead Generation Network Marketing B2B Marketing 120

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

Hinge Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2013

It’s been said that marketing is a balance of art and science. In today’s digital environment where buyers easily declare their own paths to research and engagement with prospective business partners, marketers are challenged to cultivate a meaningful role in the discovery process. By Amanda F. Batista, Guest Post.

Marketing Strategy 48

Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Eloqua Work Management 48