The Night Before Marketo
T’was the night before Marketo, and I could sleep not. Not a creature was stirring, not even a bot. Please enjoy a fun, marketing operations twist on the holiday classic poem.
How 2020 Has Shaped the Need for Marketing Efficiency
What a difference a few months and a major world event make. We started 2020 with a talent gap transitioning to hiring freezes. We’ve morphed from an ever-increasing flow of campaign requests to campaign adjustments, accelerated timelines, and execution urgency. Strategic work has been sidelined as marketing operations struggles to keep pace with t...
Comparing Marketing Automation Platforms: Pardot vs. Marketo
A marketing automation platform is a big investment, not only in the software cost but the time and resources an organization will put into the implementation and ongoing maintenance, not to mention whether or not its performance will meet your expectations. Choosing wisely from the start can save you time, frustration, and a potential migration to...
8 Reasons Why Marketing Automation Platforms Can Fail Marketers
A desire to be more relevant— segmenting communications and delivering highly personalized customer experiences. A need to better utilize staff resources— gaining efficiencies by moving from manual processes to automated ones. These are all driving motivators for adopting a marketing automation platform (MAP), yet some marketers are highly successf...
How to Avoid Unexpected Costs with Your Marketing Automation Platform
The business case for marketing automation is compelling— save time, qualify leads, build sales pipeline, and transition away from manual processes to automated ones— all to help your organization grow and scale. But buyer beware...sometimes the costs presented during the sales courtship are a bit different once the honeymoon is over. How can you a...
Is Your Marketing Automation Platform Impeding Your Growth?
All organizations have the same desire: produce higher revenue and faster growth at a lower cost. Marketing automation helps achieve those objectives; however, many organizations struggle with effectively utilizing all the capabilities marketing automation platforms offer.