How much value is there in tracking anonymous visitors on your website?
The value is clear-cut. Potential buyers are researching your company and products on you site long before they fill in in a form on your site or identify themselves. While marketers want website...
View ArticleeTrigue becomes the first Marketing Automation company to receive EU-U.S....
eTrigue is the first marketing automation provider to receive the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Certification from the United States Department of Commerce. This is a voluntary certification program that...
View ArticleIgnorance Isn’t Bliss
Is Marketing a Bottleneck or Sales Enabler? Ignorance isn’t always bliss – especially when it comes to missed opportunities. Why miss out on sales opportunities because you don’t know something that...
View ArticleWhat is a Marketer?
(Notes as I complete my internship.) Coming into my internship with eTrigue, I figured I’d be sending out emails, managing social network accounts, and doing other slightly repetitive, mindless tasks....
View ArticleChanging With the Times
I’m about halfway through my second week at eTrigue. I’ve just gotten a basic grasp on marketing automation, drip and nurture campaigns, etc., and while this huge bombardment of information has been a...
View ArticlePut Yourself In Your Prospect’s Shoes
“Despite the rapid evolution of the Internet, web forms, with their limited and unilateral way of interaction, remain one of the core barriers between users and website owners. Any kind of obstacle or...
View ArticleGetting started with Marketing Automation
Marketers that are successful at implementing marketing automation typically use a characteristic set of functions when they first deploy. The most successful start by turning on capabilities that are...
View ArticleFourteen Lessons (Re) Learned in 2014
It’s a tradition at the end of the calendar year to take stock and assess the lessons learned in the last year – and look forward to improvement for the next. One constant is that everything old is new...
View ArticleUnderstand the Full Extent of Prospect Engagement
The goal of marketing is to develop brand relationships by enticing prospects into a communications cycle that is iterative and continuous. When prospects reach a level of knowledge and interest that...
View ArticleAre Bad Leads Bad? Or Just In A Different Time Dimension?
OK, so I just saw Interstellar, and I’m trying to figure out this whole space-time continuum thing. “When” is crucial to understanding the movie. And it’s crucial to understanding the quality of leads....
View ArticleRoland The Headless Thompson Gunner
It’s Halloween, so forgive me for bringing up the specter from that old Warren Zevon and David Lindell tune. Roland never stopped – despite Van Owen, despite the absence of his head. Your online...
View ArticleThis is Too Much Work For Me
As we’ve reported, Sirius Decisions determined organizations that follow strong lead nurturing practices sustained by marketing automation close over 4 times the number of deals of average firms. But...
View ArticleHow do I get started with marketing automation?
Every marketer knows that no matter how large their organization is, job number one is bringing in qualified leads. Marketing automation – coupled with a CRM system – is rapidly becoming the standard...
View ArticleNew Study: Sophisticated Campaigns Are On The Rise; Easy to Use Systems are a...
Marketers opened up about their demand generation toolkits in a new study that provided insights into marketing automation deployment obstacles, multi-step campaign types, campaign timing and prospect...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Significant Increase in B2B Demand Generation/CRM Systems
New research (download here) on demand generation adoption highlights the growing number of B2B companies that are now implementing marketing automation coupled with CRM system integration. The report...
View ArticleThe 2013 Lead Nurturing Best Practices Checklist
(Guest post by Ian Michiels, Principal and Managing Director of Gleanster) It’s easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees when embarking on lead nurturing initiatives. Research suggests that even...
View Article10 Steps for Adapting to the New B2B Buying Process
B2B buyers now have more control than ever. They can access a wealth of information online, so they no longer rely on salespeople to provide them with the information they need. In fact, research tells...
View ArticleHow to be an Awesome Marketer
Anyone who’s ever served in any marketing capacity is painfully aware of how marketing is perceived in many organizations across the country. The CFO might view “marketing budget” as a dark, bottomless...
View ArticleThe Traditional Sales Process is Dead; Long Live the Buyer-Lead Process
Think you’re the one qualifying your leads? Think again. As Scott Gillum recently observed, it is more likely that they are the ones qualifying you, as they browse through your website, compare your...
View ArticleNo More Stupid Questions! Or: The End of Web Form Abandonment
Web form abandonment is a big problem for B2B websites, which typically achieve a depressing 10% form completion rate. Since form completion rates are closely related to revenue growth, it’s important...
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