Marketing Automation

Marketing Enablement? Buzz Words or Facing Reality In a Changing Marketing Environment?

Marketing Enablement appears to be a recent twist on sales enablement discussions. Sirius Decisions, Seismic Solutions and others have written about the subject and there is mounting evidence that marketing must first address its own issue of marketing enablement before offering solutions to sales enablement.  In our interview with week, Larry Caretsky, CEO of Commence Corporation offers his opinion on the state of Marketing Enablement. The host is Jim Obermayer.
Caretsky offered his Predictions for 2017 on the SLM Blog and was recently interviewed on CRM Radio Sales Enablement: Clearing up the confusion.  November 8, 2016.

How to use Marketing Automation to Follow a Longer B2B Sales Cycle

Long Sales Cycles are difficult enough for salespeople to keep top of mind, much less gearing up a marketing automation program to do it for you. Too many marketers are so short of content that the longer the sales cycle the more likely that the content and communications may be lacking in specificity for each prospects need.  During this live program, Fred Yee, CEO and founder of ActiveConversion discusses how to use the “smarts” in marketing automation to your advantage for long sales cycles. The host is Jim Obermayer.
 

What to Consider in Choosing a DAM system to Avoid Costly Mistakes

Whether it is your first venture into installing a digital asset management system (DAM) or you are into your second or third generation installation, there are specific things to look for to avoid costly mistakes. In this interview with North Plains executives Mohan Taylor and Mike Verrell, they discuss with host Jim Obermayer what to consider when installing a DAM System. 

How to Implement Sales Lead Automation

What is sales lead automation? Of course there is marketing automation and sales force automation, but sales lead automation? In this interview Gabe Buck, CEO and Founder of ClickPoint Software describes what sales lead automation is and what it can do to deliver more “A” quality leads. Mr. Buck will discuss approach that simultaneously delivers leads to field sales teams, call centers, franchisees, and lead buyers. He'll talk about how proper lead filtering can increase lead quality and delete up to 27% of the leads that are “bad.”
 

Why Only 13% of Marketing Automation Programs are Successful

It's one thing to buy a marketing automation tool and install it. Its quite another thing to use it every day to manage and nurture, your most precious asset: sales leads. And yet some would say that this leading edge technology could be aptly named bleeding edge because of the effort it extracts from the users to make it work. In the interview with Justin Gray, CEO of LeadMD we discuss how to avoid being part of the 87% of marketing automation users who fail. The host this week is Susan Finch

How Artificial Intelligence, Applied to Lead Management Finds Hot Leads

Can Artificial Intelligence Find your Next Customer?
If salespeople don’t pursue leads, and the run-of-the-mill marketing automation system is mediocre in pursuit (but better than reps) and the average CRM system tracks but doesn’t qualify, some people say the answer is applying artificial intelligence (AI) to the issue.  AI is said to be different from autoresponders in that the system interprets intention and sentiment, avoids lost leads, and helps to surface those that intend to buy.  In the interview Alex Terry, CEO of Conversica and Carl Landers, Senior VP and CMO at Conversica help clear away the mysteries of AI and its application to sales lead management qualification.  About time.

Can Marketing Automation Build Your Business?

Join us May 14 for this episode of SLMA Radio. Yep, we've heard all the promises of marketing automation: follow-up, nurturing, customizing response, qualifying leads, etc., etc., but the real question is, can it build your business? Can it increase revenue and is its contribution measurable? SLMA Radio host Jim Obermayer clears away the hype and discusses the bottom line potential with marketing automation pioneer Lars Helgeson, CEO of GreenRope.

Is Marketing Automation Inadvertently Becoming the New ERP?

Guest Dan Arra, VP of Sales & Service at Alto Cloud has a unique perspective in that he discusses with the host Jim Obermayer how marketing automation could be slipping into a rigid process that resembles an ERP solution, which is not necessarily good for the customer or the salesperson. He discusses how machine learning, when added to marketing automation can push personalized communications in real time to address a customer’s immediate interest. About Dan Arra, VP Sales & ServiceA Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Dan Arra has over twenty-five years of experience in the software industry holding various positions in sales, engineering, senior management, and product management. Most recently, Dan was the Managing Director of Macadamian, a software design and development studio with deep expertise in the telecommunications and enterprise networking industries.A founding/co-founding member of four successful technology companies, Dan played a key role assisting two companies going public on the NASDAQ. He co-founded SCS America, which became Brightstar Information Technology Group, and aggressively grew the company to over $30M in a short five-year period. While at BrightStar, Dan’s responsibilities included worldwide sales, consulting operations as well as taking the company public on the NASDAQ. BrightStar was an e-business professional services consultancy with annual revenues over $100M with 450 employees throughout locations in the US and Australia.An early investor and employee of Young Design Inc. (YDI), which went public on the NASDAQ, Dan was a leader in sales and business development. YDI subsequently acquired wireless networking and services companies including Terabeam, Proxim Wireless, Ricochet Networks, and others. Dan founded Gatespeed Broadband, a wireless Internet service provider and successfully sold the company and also co-founded Blackstone Solutions, a software and services company delivering program management software solutions to enterprise customers.Dan majored in Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California and has been an IEEE member since 1987. About AltocloudSmarter Interactions with your Online Customers and ProspectsAltocloud is a cloud platform that combines predictive analytics with voice, video, and chat interactions to identify the right website and mobile visitors and best moments for communications.  We help convert shoppers into buyers for eCommerce, connect web and mobile visitors with Inside Sales people in real-time, and streamline Customer Support experiences.  Altocloud helps businesses efficiently grow revenue, saving time and money while making customers happy.Altocloud is based in Silicon Valley and Galway Ireland and is led by CEO Barry O'Sullivan (Bio), formerly a senior executive at Cisco and Nortel where he led multi-billion dollar businesses, including Cisco'sVoIP, Collaboration, Contact Center and WebEx businesses.Altocloud was founded in 2013 by Dan Arra, Joe Smyth and Barry O'Sullivan and had its launch out of stealth mode in March 2014 at  Enterprise Connect, the leading enterprise communications industry event (see News).

Marketing Automation: Quick Wins in 30 Days

Marketing Automation has promise, no doubt about it, but how do you turn promise into measurable wins that can be shown to management and sales? In this week’s SLMA Radio program, Justin Gray, CEO of LeadMD gives us a roadmap to get quick wins in 30 days for new marketing automation installations. The host for this program is Jim Obermayer.
 

Justin Gray, CEO & Chief Marketing Evangelist
You might know Justin from the incredible amounts of quality best practices content LeadMD churns out on a monthly basis.  You might say he drank the content marketing Kool-aid.  You might also say he spiked it with Everclear and slept behind a Walgreens last night. Justin founded LeadMD with the vision of being a little different, the dream of igniting a fire around marketing, fueled by “doing”.  The result is a true Marketing-as-a-Service offering, which has become the benchmark of excellence and a Preferred Service Partner for both Marketo and Salesforce.com. Mr. Gray has emerged as a strong voice for demand generation, value-based marketing and conversational best practices. As a recognized speaker, Justin has been published over 250 times in industry publications. Meanwhile, his Blog, The Marketing Evangelist is one of the top marketing blogs in the marketing automation the space.
 
Company Twitter: @myleadmd
Personal Twitter: @jgraymatter
LinkedIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/leadmd
 
About LeadMD
LeadMD is a full-service marketing and sales consulting firm specializing in conversational marketing and revenue performance management. With deep expertise in Marketo, Salesforce.com and respective integration, LeadMD helps businesses make sense out of marketing automation and increase revenue by developing, streamlining, and maximizing any lead generation program. For more information, visit http://www.leadmd.com & http://navigate.leadmd.com

Rosen on Convergence Marketing and the Expectations of Generation Z

From the Sales 2.0 Conference, SLMA Radio host interviews Richard Rosen of Rosen Convergence (the branding/direct/digital agency).  Richard tells us his interpretation of Generation Z and their mantra of “I want to make a difference and I expect you to do the same.” About Richard G. Rosen CEORichard G. Rosen - Rosen Convergence MarketingRichard is the originator and chief architect of Convergence Marketing. As a world-renowned marketing consultant of Convergence, Richard fuses business school analytics with creative marketing and advertising to achieve unprecedented results.His book, Convergence Marketing: Combining Brand and Direct for Unprecedented Profits, (Wiley & Sons), is an entertaining “how to” tool for every professional in the business of marketing.As a passionate speaker, Richard presents keynotes and seminars at business and academic forums around the world. They include Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, the ERA European Conference, the International DMA Conference and more.Richard is an active member of the Clinton Global Initiative which creates and implements innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. He also holds an Executive Education Certificate in Strategic CSR from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business & Management taught by former Patagonia CEO, Michael Crooke, Ph.D.His awards include a Telly, the Caples Organization’s Emerson Award for exemplary service to the marketing community, and the first “B-to-B Marketer of the Year Award” by the International Direct Marketing Association. He’s earned 28 International Echo Awards, received recognition from experts at Harvard, UC Berkeley and DePaul University and has been featured in numerous publications. About Rosen Convergence  http://rosenconvergence.com/ROSEN’s approach to business is guided by our commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative, our status as a B Corporation and a Gold Sustainability at Work Certified Business issued by the City of Portland.  ROSEN is also a proud member of the following organizations: