The Point

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

A prospective client asks: “We’re just getting our demand generation programs ramped up, and I’m not sure I’m ready for marketing automation. My answer: “It depends how you define “ lead nurturing ,” but technically: no, you don’t need marketing automation in order to nurture leads. And therein lies the difference.

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DiscoverOrg

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Around ten years ago, it hit marketing and paved the way for thousands of new technologies to come to market. Many focused on marketing automation and email, others are more centered around content management. Sales has been a late adopter of this automation trend; however, that’s changing and fast.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 23, 2016

Several days ago, Mitch Joel, who is the President of Mirum, wrote a compelling piece on the misuse of marketing automation. He goes onto say, “I want all brands to use marketing automation. I believe it will lower the overall cost of marketing, and increase sales in an attributable manner.

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Martech Advisor

MARCH 5, 2020

“Marketing automation is defined as the process of using tools and technology to automate repetitive marketing tasks, track and measure campaign performance, improve productivity, and drive efficiency by minimizing manual actions.” What Is Marketing Automation? What Is Marketing Automation?

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Hinge Marketing

APRIL 17, 2019

In this article, I’ll present six marketing automation use-cases to help you as you consider your own martech stack. I’ll also address the top benefits of marketing automation. I’d like to start first, though, with a definition of professional services marketing automation (MA). Content marketing.

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markempa

JANUARY 23, 2018

Here’s an example from VentureBeat : A financial tech firm noticed that Eloqua marketing automation was a predictive signal for its top prospects. 63% of respondents are highly annoyed by the way brands to continue to rely on the old-fashioned strategy of blasting generic ad messages repeatedly ( source ).

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Litmus

MAY 16, 2022

Using content marketing automation for personalization shouldn’t be a challenge. By using existing technology, such as product feeds , marketers can easily achieve automated emails without having to do any heavy lifting (or hours of coding!). There are plenty of questions people have about automating content.

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

A lot of financial and investing firms dabble with marketing automation; however, few have built a full-scale program that they use across their entire customer journey. Firms are collecting vast amount of operational and marketing analytics data long before a prospect becomes a client. Smart automation is much more.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 28, 2012

In our last post , we introduced a list of 9 things marketers need from marketing automation vendors and consultants. Even though the information for the buyer is plentiful, we at The Annuitas Group are still constantly being asked to provide insight on what’s actually going on in the market. Honest sales pitches.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

No matter how many times we’re told email marketing is dead, the channel continues to be an effective way to generate revenue. In fact, studies show that email marketing has a 4400% return on investment ( source ). The days of batch and blast emails are long gone. Final Thoughts: Email Marketing List Segmentation.

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PureB2B

JUNE 13, 2017

This is great for marketers because online channels allow for better targeting, tracking, and analytics. It facilitates the increased adoption of various marketing automation software, allowing brands to grow more cost-effectively. Email marketing tools allow you to automate the messages you send to your contacts.

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Since the days of buying lists and blasting them sales messages are mostly gone, creating experience through content is becoming more necessary than ever before. So Before You Purchase Marketing Automation… Marketing automation systems have reached some maturity in the marketing landscape.

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eTrigue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

But email marketing alone has significant disadvantages. Despite the various upsides to email, it is really just a batch and blast tool. So while email marketing is powerful, it could use a boost of automation. So how will marketing automation benefit me? In the end, the gains are worth it.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 20, 2017

Author: Stefan Bhagwandin Marketing automation means a lot of things. Within this category, mobile marketing automation has emerged to cater specifically to app marketers. The best way to understand the value of mobile marketing automation is to break it up into actionable pieces.

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Sharpspring

JANUARY 30, 2020

When you’re running a small business, it can be hard to dedicate time to functions like setting brand strategy or implementing marketing automation tactics. But neglecting to take the time to effectively market your business can reduce your sales pipeline and make it difficult to acquire new business.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Fortunately, on the other hand, marketing automation tools enable you to craft behavior-based automated email sequences that almost make it seem as though you’re writing personalized messages (though they can’t help with the Corona on the beach). Why should you use email marketing software? Final thoughts.

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Martech

APRIL 8, 2024

Email has come a long way from its early days as a blunt instrument for blasting information to a wide audience. Instead of one-off blasts, email is a continuous thread that guides customers through their journey with your brand. Dig deeper: The email marketer’s guide to effective marketing automation 3.

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BenchmarkONE

JANUARY 22, 2020

Which is what makes marketing automation genuinely amazing. It makes our lives a whole lot easier by automating certain tasks so we can focus on our other important duties. While the reasons for needing a marketing automation software are somewhat endless, here are the more compelling things it helps you with: .

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SendX

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Campaign Monitor With a focus on design, Campaign Monitor is an Email Marketing tool which enables users to create good looking, engaging and responsive email. It combines that with a set of marketing automation tools to serve their customers at a greater level. You plan to use advanced marketing automation tools.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Combining message personalization with targeted content saves buyers time and helps marketers cut through the clutter. Personalization at scale is still challenging, but evolving marketing automation tools are making it (somewhat) easier.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 9, 2018

That way, you can spend more time on the marketing activities that truly matter. Marketing Automation and Marketing Productivity. This first section looks at marketing automation and its impact on marketing productivity. Marketing automation drives a 14.5% Let’s get into it!

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Marketing Automation is a way that automates your marketing for you, it is designed to help you to prioritize and execute your marketing tasks in a more streamlined and efficient way. Email marketing automation allows you to send out emails to your subscribers based on a pre-defined trigger or event.

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BenchmarkONE

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Together, these technologies are increasingly being applied to the burgeoning discipline of sales and marketing automation. If you’re a marketer, you’ll probably be aware that there are a number of powerful tools and platforms offering marketing automation solutions. Not Properly Integrating Your Data Resources.

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Since the days of buying lists and blasting them sales messages are mostly gone, creating experience through content is becoming more necessary than ever before. So Before You Purchase Marketing Automation… Marketing automation systems have reached some maturity in the marketing landscape.

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markempa

MARCH 10, 2014

Byron explained how his organization transformed from batch and blast email sends to persona-driven campaigns. In today’s B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post, I want share the three simple steps for building customer personas Byron shared in his presentation to aid your targeted email marketing efforts. Every solution starts somewhere.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Here are five vanity metrics your marketing team needs to be wary of. . The proliferation of marketing automation tools has given rise to the importance of measuring email clicks and opens. Start this process by reading: Is Your Martech Stack Orchestrating Engagement, Or Just Blasting Outbound Emails? Clicks and Opens.

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Martech

MAY 1, 2024

The company implemented Conversica conversational AI tools integrated with Iron Mountain’s marketing automation platform (MAP), Oracle Eloqua. We use the application in early stage conversations or initial engagement with an active visitor to the website,” John Hansen, senior director, field marketing at Iron Mountain, told MarTech.

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Act-On

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Though many people have now grown up with SMS technology at their fingertips, it is only recently evolving as a key part of marketing and communication strategies for both B2B and B2C businesses. Personalization Used in connection with CRM and marketing automation, your text messages can make a big impact with personalization.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 6, 2017

As such, outbound has been replaced by email marketing and marketing automation programs that SPAM CANNON emails to the masses such as the following (I received this one yesterday): I run business development for XYZ, Inc. - There is no strategy in their market approach. I get at least one like this every day.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 21, 2012

I just got done reading a Net-Results blog post that quoted John Common , CEO of Intelligent Demand who stated the following about marketing automation: “It is a disruptive technology in that it forces a company to think differently about its most important process: revenue creation. This is a good thing!

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Referral Rock

DECEMBER 5, 2019

It’s no wonder why many businesses struggle with picking marketing automation tools. Many businesses are compelled by the idea of automating their marketing. Yet they become overwhelmed with the amount of marketing automation tools available. How exactly can that tie in with automation software ?

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Martech

APRIL 29, 2024

Digital marketers are facing an increasingly regulated environment when it comes to reaching the right customer at the right time. A recent study by marketing automation company Marigold and digital marketing consultancy Econsultancy took a closer look at how consumers feel about marketers’ messages and tactics.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2017

By adding modern email marketing strategies to existing lead nurturing efforts, you can deliver relevant content and personalized communications directly to leads on a channel they monitor actively. Target Using an Account-Based Marketing Approach. Email blasts are dead.

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Marketing Craftmanship

MARCH 12, 2020

Many marketing professionals argue that marketing automation technologies enable them to drive engagement by monitoring how specific individuals within their target audiences react to their content. Marketers also use push content to communicate directly with large groups of individuals. Trade Your Shotgun For A Rifle.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Instead, they purchase some type of marketing technology, load up a list, blast a few emails and call it a strategy. A Demand Strategy does not start with a marketing technology solution. I once heard someone say that if you have chaos, the only thing technology will do is automate the chaos. This couldn’t be more true.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 10, 2023

Thus, our ‘random acts’ of marketing, sales and customer success are clear when you see the gaps and lack of end-to-end utilization of key platforms. A great example is marketing automation, which is perhaps the most misunderstood system in our GTM Technology Stack. not fully integrated and orchestrated.

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BenchmarkONE

MARCH 9, 2021

Have you ever wondered how some brands manage to accomplish so much when it comes to their sales and marketing strategies? Sales and marketing automation tools are like having a personal assistant handle the tasks related to growing and sustaining your business. The Benefits of Marketing Automation.

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