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Recently I was interviewed by Jon Miller, Vice President Marketing at Marketo, about the trends, challenges, and potential benefits that are driving so many companies to look at marketing automation and lead management solutions. The resulting 12-minute podcast is available via Marketo’s podcast library or you can access it directly… Read More
I had occasion recently to answer two questions relating to lead follow-up, discussions that readers of this blog might find of interest: First, a prospective client wanted to convince his management that there was a business case to be made for installing a process by which sales leads would reach… Read More
Back in January, Sridhar Ramanathan of the Pacifica Group wrote an interesting post about the pros and cons of using podcasts for B2B marketing. His conclusion: that podcasts shouldn’t take precedence over demand gen priorities such as SEM, but are nonetheless “… a very low cost way for you to… Read More
Recently, I was interviewed by Andrew Gaffney, Editor & Publisher of Demand Gen Report, for an upcoming article on the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of marketing automation solutions. With Andrew’s permission, his questions (and my answers) are reproduced below. AG: Do you think marketing execs are aware of the… Read More
Two licensing models are taking the software industry by storm at present: one is Open Source, the other is SaaS (Software As A Service). From a marketing perspective, both share similar challenges, the most prominent of which is converting users of free software to paying customers. Many commercial open source… Read More
Competition in the content syndication marketplace is becoming so fierce that, as a demand generation vehicle, white paper syndication is in danger of becoming a commodity, a program that advertisers evaluate on price alone. If I can buy a lead from this vendor for $40, the argument goes, why would… Read More
Interesting article (and not just because this writer is quoted heavily) in this month’s issue of the Demand Gen Report newsletter on the challenge of measuring ROI from integrated campaigns. Integrated, multi-channel campaigns are here to stay. Even something as simple as a content syndication program can involve a significant… Read More