Inbox Insight

MAY 9, 2024

Lead generation outsourcing is an effective and strategic approach for companies looking to entrust their lead generation activities to external professionals or agencies. Lead generation agencies have the flexibility and infrastructure to accommodate businesses of varying sizes and demands.

Lead Generation 52

Lead Generation Demand Generation Agencies Sales Qualified Leads Cost per Lead 52

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

I’ve just published the latest edition of our B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST), with updated entries on all your favorites and several new entries to boot. This is always a fun project because it gives me an overview of what all the vendors have been up to for the past six months. But that’s old news.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Management Top of Funnel 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 2, 2009

Summary: marketing vendors offer several types of social media applications. But none truly automates social media management, which is what's ultimately needed. Treehouse Interactive just introduced a “talk it up” feature that embeds “share this” buttons in Treehouse-generated Web pages and emails.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

One of the audience members at the B2B Marketing University in Boston asked about demand generation systems for small businesses, and how to distinguish among the vendors in general. My brief answer was that the biggest difference was less functionality than the target markets the different vendors pursue.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 13, 2013

As I noted in a post last year , there is a universe of specialized marketing automation systems for companies that sell through channel partners. Here are two more vendors with related offerings: NitroMojo focuses primarily on lead distribution and tracking. did they eventually buy?

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Advertising Agencies Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In this post, you’ll find out how B2B marketers are planning, executing and budgeting their marketing programs, so you can be sure your strategy falls in line with or zooms ahead of your competition in 2020. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. Partner with a Marketing Agency. Spend 10% of Revenue on Marketing.

Resource Management 356

Resource Management Demand Generation Agencies CMS Development Work Management 356

Biznology

AUGUST 8, 2019

Thanks to an introduction from the longtime agency pro and university instructor Freddy Rosales , I had the chance to meet Martin J. Ruth: How do B2B marketers in Argentina approach new customer prospecting these days? Second, inbound marketing, meaning content posted by sellers on LinkedIn and blogs. Frias , who filled me in.

Demand Generation Agencies 106

Demand Generation Agencies Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services B2B Marketing 106

Launch Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Previous Experience – Former experience and general knowledge of all facets of marketing is essential. One of Launch Marketing’s core service offerings is to serve as a Virtual VP of Marketing for organizations in a growth, transition or interim phase. It takes a village to market a product or service well.

Marketing AI 116

Marketing AI Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Work Management 116

Metadata

JANUARY 27, 2022

Hiring the right person to lead your demand generation effort is tough. Very few can back up their experiences with an in-depth understanding of successful, modern demand gen. My top interview questions for demand generation managers. After all, you’re looking for someone who can run the demand gen gamut.

Demand Generation Agencies 52

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Cost per Lead Work Management 52

Navigate the Channel

JANUARY 18, 2018

The new buzzword for improving interest in your products and services is demand generation , which is fast becoming a vital metric for many companies. Not only does good demand generation help the supply chain, it also leads to happier customers and more alignment between sales and marketing.

Demand Generation Agencies 62

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketing Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 62

ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2021

Marketing Automation Platforms (MAPs) are perhaps the most misunderstood component of the Demand Technology Stack. The goal was to evaluate the ‘enterprise suitability’ of these platforms – i.e., their ability to play the ‘keystone’ role we believe MAP should play in an enterprise Demand Process environment. Ease of use.

Enterprise Management 130

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Analysis Work Management 130

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

As you might imagine, I’ve been trying to decide how to expand the set of products covered in the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. My original plan had been to add several marketing automation vendors with significant presence in this market. Yet there are so many more vendors I could add.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vtrenz Demand Generation Agencies 120

ANNUITAS

JANUARY 8, 2015

Now that you’ve selected your marketing automation platform (MAP), it is time to implement. Marketing automation is not a one size fits all approach and each implementation must be done to align with the current business systems and processes currently in place. What is your Demand Generation Strategy?

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Resource Management Marketing Automation Work Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 7, 2010

Summary: the demand generation market will continue to grow in 2010, and it may attract some new, big competitors from outside the industry. But the real excitement will be features that expand the scope of demand generation products to support inbound marketing, better measurement, and more efficient content creation.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketing Automation Services Work Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

New-ish marketing automation vendor NurtureHQ showed me its product recently. Clean interface, easy to use, all the standard marketing automation features. Definitely take a look if you’re in that market for that sort of product. Other vendors have asked the same questions and reached the same conclusions.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

The Interwebs have delivered an unusually rich trove of data about the marketing automation industry in the past few weeks. Taken together, these provide a clearer picture than usual of the state of marketing automation. Here’s how I see things. They are vastly more likely than average to have a system in place.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

Capstone Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Marketing automation is a straightforward way to increase a company’s efficiency and effectiveness in demand generation. It also helps marketing become a more predictable and measurable revenue producing function. When using marketing automation at scale, several platform attributes become critical.

Marketing Automation Services 52

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Work Management 52

The Point

JULY 17, 2017

Demand Gen Report has published the results of this year’s “B2B Buyer’s Survey,” and the trends identified merit close attention for those marketers involved in B2B demand generation and content development. 72% of B2B Buyers quote timely response to inquiries as a key factor in vendor selection via @spearmktg.

Paid Search Agency 241

Paid Search Agency Demand Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 241

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 25, 2009

Summary: Consumer-oriented marketing automation systems have been slower to adopt the Software-as-a-Service model than business marketing (demand generation) systems. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is now the standard model for business-to-business marketing automation (a.k.a.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 8, 2009

I had an interesting email conversation last month with a Raab Guide buyer about the nuances of company-level data management in demand generation systems. He started from the perfectly reasonable premise that the demand generation system should give an overview of activity for all leads associated with a given company.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Work Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Summary: Net-Results is simpler to use than comparable demand generation systems because it applies the same features to many tasks. When Net-Results ’ showed me their marketing automation system, the demonstration ended so quickly that I wondered what was missing.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Small Business Marketing Marketing Automation Services 120

LeadSloth

JUNE 23, 2009

The Marketing Automation industry is evolving continuously. Many digital marketers are using marketing automation tools to automate lead nurturing. Both activities have traditionally either been done manually in-house, or outsourced to an agency. Inbound Marketing is more than just SEO.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Inbound Marketing Marketing Automation Work Management 100

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. Inbound Marketing. Marketing Campaigns. What is a Lead?

Sales Management 240

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 240

Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2016

Marketing automation software tools can be very helpful in making lead nurturing and sales acceleration efforts more effective—even if the category is badly misnamed. Marketing can’t be automated.) Here are 14 of the best marketing automation tools based on their popularity with reviewers. 1) Marketo.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Marketing Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The world clearly has more B2B marketing automation vendors than it needs – my master list of demand generation products includes two dozen. By contrast, mid-tier consumer marketers often have a hard time finding good options. Many marketing service providers manage Alterian systems for their clients.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Resource Management Marketing Management 120

Valasys

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Engagio has grabbed the number one position among the top 20 Account-Based Marketing vendors deduced from 1,500 manager surveys, analyst opinions & vendor evaluations. In a press release by Research In Action GmbH, Engagio ranked first on the matrix & outlasted the other Top 19 global vendors.

Enterprise Management 51

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Account Based Marketing 51

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 23, 2014

I have personally run pay-per-click (PPC) programs for the companies I have worked for, and I have worked with agencies that specialize in PPC claiming to have proven track records in B2B. It’s OK if your PPC agency is freaking out because they are not able to show you high click-through and a low volume of impressions.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency PPC Marketing Automation Services 100

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 21, 2009

Summary: Aprimo Marketing Studio includes traffic generation features missing from nearly all existing marketing automation products. This broader scope should become standard as marketers try to truly integrate their programs. The demand generation vendors have been much more dynamic.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Digital Asset Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 120

Martech

MAY 2, 2024

Gatekeepers Protect the executive from vendor-side salespeople. What’s on the minds of business buyers, by role Traditionally, marketers have relied on job titles as a clue to the identity of a possible member. But who knows if the person in that job is involved in buying your particular product or service?

Ideal Customer Profiles 122

Ideal Customer Profiles Buy Marketing Automation Services Work Management 122

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 18, 2009

Since that’s critical to many demand generation users, I didn’t want to give a false impression by leaving it out. It’s actually quite a long story, dating back to the company’s initial sales automation system in 1997, followed by its MarketingView demand generation product in 1999. So now the story can be told.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Enterprise Management 120

The Point

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Recently I was asked to contribute some thoughts to Marketo’s new ebook, “ The Definitive Guide to Marketing Automation.” What are the most important things to look for in a marketing automation vendor? What do you think the future of marketing automation will look like in the next few years?

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Management Automation 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 10, 2012

I’ve revised my big list of demand generation vendors to reflect this. But the lowest price for Genoo with CRM integration is $599 per month, and I consider CRM integration a required feature in a B2B marketing automation product. The system itself has also grown although the general approach remains consistent.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The gist of the argument is that traditional direct marketing agencies, marketing automation software vendors and marketing services providers have mostly remained focused on outbound campaigns. Related factoids include: - 61% of marketers do not integrate Web analytics with other customer data. -

Database Marketing 120

Database Marketing Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Paid Content 120

The Point

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

[HS] Why do you think that so much attention and technology and investment been focused on the mid-funnel vs. the challenge of generating more and better leads in the first place? [PA] PA] If you think about how marketing has evolved, you need to get your back-office systems sorted out before you attack the top of funnel opportunity.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Demand Generation Agencies Cost per Lead Lead Scoring 100

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 8, 2011

So marketing automation vendors are understandably eager to support it in their systems. I recently took a quick tour of vendor sites to see what social features they’re offering. I need to stress that I’ve only credited vendors for features they list on their site. Results are summarized in the table below.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Social Media 120

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 16, 2011

I’ve long believed that B2B marketing automation is just a passing phase: that, ultimately, B2B marketing automation systems will be absorbed into CRM systems instead of operating independently. But there are also a few vendors who have bet in favor of merged systems, so it wouldn’t be fair to ignore their view entirely.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation 120

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2020

We have come a long way from the “one-size-fits-all” and “spray-and-pray” marketing tactics of the past. Modern marketing demands that we thoroughly understand our audience and use targeting and segmentation for optimal demand generation. The concept of one-to-one or one-to-few marketing is hardly new.

Account Based Marketing 322

Account Based Marketing ABM Work Management Marketing Management 322