Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 31, 2013
'Author: Dayna Rothman What makes fantastic marketing? Emotional connection, relevancy, the “wow factor”. How do you take all of your marketing campaigns and make them pop? The greatest marketing campaigns are those that are memorable. They are the ones that resonate with your audience and really create an affinity between your customer, the messaging, and the product or service.
Marketing Insider Group
MAY 16, 2013
'In a recent conference, I was asked my opinion on what is the biggest opportunity in B2B Content Marketing? Without hesitation, I answered “ Slideshare.” With more than 50 Million visitors per month and more than 100 million pageviews, slideshare is one of the top websites in the world and should be a key focus of any B2B content marketing program.
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Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 28, 2013
'One of the greatest lead generation tactics around is the trusted referral. I mean, I know you know that, but what are you actually doing to take advantage of it? photo credit: Wicked LIttle Cake Company via photopin cc. What are you doing to make certain that every single day dozens of unpaid sales calls are being made on your behalf? Sound intriguing?
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 30, 2013
'Author: Jon Miller (@jonmiller) By now, many marketers are convinced of the value of lead nurturing – but they remain flummoxed by the task of creating content to fuel their programs. In this post, I’d like to propose that marketers can and should embrace content curation as an effective, easy way to nurture leads. The Content Challenge. Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with qualified prospects regardless of their timing to buy, with the goal of earning their business whe
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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 29, 2013
'Author: Jason Miller On June 5 Marketo kicks off Season 2 of the Marketing Happy Hour with Youtility Author Jay Baer. Jay will be discussing his new book ( available now for pre-order ), hot topics in the news, and there will even be a fun segment or two around marketing. Register for the Hangout here. Google is having one hell of a time proving the value of the “social layer” that ties all of Google’s platforms together, but those of us who have been listening are way ahead of the game.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 28, 2013
'Author: Robin Bordoli What can the creator of the first department store, an epic fantasy television series and a former hedge fund manager teach us about modern marketing ? Read on to find out. John Wanamaker, the father of modern advertising and the creator of the first department store in Philadelphia back in 1910, is famous for his well-known quote: “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” With the mainstream adoption of tr
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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 16, 2013
'Author: Julio Viskovich Real-time marketing is a process that enables marketers to capitalize on real-time events and deliver a relevant message to the right person at the right time. Ideas must be developed in minutes rather than days or weeks. And messaging centers around real-time feedback from customers or around current events that happen. The benefit of this type of marketing, is that you can capitalize on trending topics that your followers can relate to.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 14, 2013
'Author: Stephen Frapart Finals are over. Graduation is right around the corner. Families and friends celebrate your awesome achievements. Woot woot! Life is good! Then reality sets in. You’re a Journalism or English major. You need a job. A Mixed Job Market. Traditional broadcast and print journalism aren’t hiring with the same velocity as they once did.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 13, 2013
'Author: Jon Miller (@jonmiller) The Marketo Marketing Blog has long been one of Marketo’s most important and valuable marketing strategies. We started writing it in 2006 ( here’s the first post ) and have since published more than 950 articles. Our efforts have generated more than 27,000 inbound links plus 400,000 unique visitors and almost $2 million in directly attributed revenue each year (plus influence on much more).
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 8, 2013
'by Dayna Rothman Visual content is an important part of creating engagement across social channels. It stands out from all the text promotion companies typically do, helps tell a story, and gives event attendees all the information they need in a short amount of time. Visual content for events can be a valuable tactic before, during, and afterwards, becoming a cornerstone of your event marketing strategy.
Speaker: Aja Bradley Kemp, Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Conversate Collective
In a world where every brand is vying for attention, how do you make your events stand out? ✨ From creative swag strategies to immersive brand experiences, the key lies in fostering real connections that inspire action and leave a lasting impression. Whether you're planning a large-scale conference or an exclusive executive gathering, this session will explore how to elevate event engagement, strengthen brand perception, and maximize ROI.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 10, 2013
'Did you know that B2B buyers say that 70% of the content they read and study before making a purchase decision is actually found by – well, themselves? Just 15% (each) is collected from either the vendor’s marketing department or the sales contacts. In a Forrester report last year on content marketing being the new differentiation, I described the new interaction model of need-match-engage, where the buyers now initiate the interaction and spend a major part of their buyer journey doing their
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 2, 2013
'by Dayna Rothman Today we would like to welcome Pierce Ujjainwalla as today’s guest blogger. Pierce leads Demand Generation at 360pi and runs a blog called Epic Marketing Fails. Buyers have changed forever, and marketers need to adapt. Executives are demanding that marketers prove ROI from their investments. To reach and engage prospects and measure effectiveness, it’s critical that marketers leverage trends and new technology.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 1, 2013
'by Jason Miller Facebook Graph Search is being rolled out to the masses and it’s important to be aware of the searchable content you post. Public information will come up in search queries and may prove problematic if you have content on Facebook that you don’t want the world to see. Our previous post detailed what Graph Search is and what it means for your business.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 7, 2013
'by Dayna Rothman We are excited to announce Anne Shaneen as today’s guest blogger. Anne wrangles words as a marketing content specialist for MarketStar. She posts on their blog and regularly rants @annetown. I’m Anne, and I’m a marketingaholic. Room chants back: Hi Anne. Now that I got that confession out of the way, let’s admit it: Lead nurturing is not easy.
Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick
Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 23, 2013
'Author: Heidi Bullock As a marketer, you know the drill. Your VP of Marketing drops by your desk. There is a board meeting next week and she needs your spending forecast for next quarter. Ideally, the forecast will be detailed, based on actuals, and *best of all* really accurate. You say, “Sure! Got it”, but in your mind you see images of late nights, lots of coffee, and going through endless spreadsheets — assuming you can find the right version on your hard drive.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 22, 2013
'Author: Fergus Gloster I am often asked in one-on-one conversations and group discussions whether Marketers should concentrate their resources on a single unique strategy, or spread their effort across many campaigns. Apart from the obvious argument that the “CMO should not put all their eggs in one basket”, there are real benefits to exploiting all options when developing marketing plans to deliver the demand generation needs of the business.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 9, 2013
'by Dayna Rothman I’d like to welcome Jeff Ogden as today’s guest blogger. Jeff is President of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers. He’s also the Creator and Host of the syndicated TV on the Web show, Marketing Made Simple TV. Follow Jeff on Twitter at @fearlesscomp. Word of mouth is generally considered to be the most powerful form of marketing available.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 3, 2013
'We are excited to welcome Sam Richter as our guest blogger for today. Sam Richter is the founder of the Know More! business improvement program and author of the book “Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling”. For more information about Sam, his books/videos, and his presentations, please visit www.samrichter.com. If your company is like most, you’ve spent large amounts of time and money perfecting your message.
Speaker: Alexa Acosta, Director of Growth Marketing & B2B Marketing Leader
Marketing is evolving at breakneck speed—new tools, AI-driven automation, and changing buyer behaviors are rewriting the playbook. With so many trends competing for attention, how do you cut through the noise and focus on what truly moves the needle? In this webinar, industry expert Alexa Acosta will break down the most impactful marketing trends shaping the industry today and how to turn them into real, revenue-generating strategies.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 6, 2013
'by Rajiv Kapoor Here’s a problem almost every marketer has faced. Let’s say you take a look at your conversions for the quarter and the results are not good. Conversions to marketing qualified leads are 10% below where they were last quarter. How do you know what the issue is? One cause of the problem could be that you did not have enough marketing activities.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 15, 2013
'Author: Rajiv Kapoor Change of focus. Once clients of mine get their marketing automation platform in place their entire focus changes. Up to this point, their lives were dominated by focusing on what the new technology is and how can they get it up and running. Now, let’s say you are the client. You are capable (obviously) and have setup key processes including lifecycle, scoring, marketing activities, and analytics.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 24, 2013
'Author: Joe Sawyer In the world of marketing, healthcare has always been a bit like Luxembourg. Everyone knows that it exists and, occasionally, significant things take place there (a bank transaction, a diplomatic summit). But it’s far from a global power, never mind a hotbed of innovation. Why is marketing often somnolent in a giant industry that accounts for nearly 20% of our GDP?
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 17, 2013
'Author: Phil Fernandez Today Marketo began trading as a public company on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “MKTO”. You can read about it and see some pictures here. This milestone certainly marks an exciting moment in time for the company, but it also highlights exciting times for marketers everywhere. Large-scale trends, such as increasingly self-directed consumers and broad and instant availability of information online, are changing the role and responsibilities of the market
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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MAY 20, 2013
'Author: Dayna Rothman At Marketo, we’re all about the science of marketing. Everyone thinks of marketing automation as a new field. But few people know about our rich heritage as marketing automation pioneers – a story that stretches back to the experiments of Dr. Gustav Marketo. More than any single individual, Dr. Marketo advanced the science of marketing through the use of mechanical, electrical and galvanic technologies.
Marketing Insider Group
MAY 7, 2013
'Social selling is a hot buzzword being thrown around today. What is social selling and how do tomorrow’s top sales people use social selling to become top performers? Social selling is not just about starting the sales process with social tools like Linkedin, Facebook or Twitter. Social selling is about sales people building a strong personal brand.
Marketing Insider Group
MAY 14, 2013
'Looking into a heavy topic today: Big Data for Marketing. “Heavy” because it’s sorta philosophical. I think Big Data for Marketing is more about the questions than the answers. More about the insights than the technology. The opportunity lies in defining how Big Data can help you better reach your customers with your messages in a way that gets them to act.
Marketing Insider Group
MAY 2, 2013
'“Through the ages, technology and media…has dramatically influenced the way we communicate and tell stories.” This was one of the main points on “the art of storytelling” presented by Julie Roehm, Chief Storyteller at SAP at the Inbound Marketing Summit on April 3, 2013. Julie showed many visual and multimedia examples of how storytelling has been around for as long as humans have walked the earth.
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MAY 9, 2013
'In response to my post defining social selling , I realized that I needed to take a step back and define “What is a social business?”. There is a lot of talk about the social business and too often it involves a discussion of social tools and channels. In this article I’ll offer my own definition as well as plenty of links to other resources you can check out for more ideas on how to help your organization transform into a social business.
Marketing Insider Group
MAY 21, 2013
'Talk about Big Data! Did you know there are already almost twice as many “things” connected on the internet than people? And that number is projected to rise to 50 Billion connected devices by 2020. This phenomenon is called the “internet of things,” “Machine-to-Machine” or “ M2M ,” communications. And it describes the world we live in now where our devices are connected to our homes, our cars, the products we buy and the things we do.
Marketing Insider Group
MAY 29, 2013
'This week I am joining hundreds of B2B Marketing colleagues at the annual conference for the Business Marketing Association. Labeled “Blaze” this event is one of the largest global B2B Marketing event, bringing in more than 800 B2B Marketing professionals from 300+ companies and dozens of countries around the world. B2B marketing is changing at “blazing” speed due to the forces that shape our world today: the maturity of the digital landscape, social media connectivity, content mark
Marketing Insider Group
MAY 23, 2013
'What is the future of Marketing Innovation? I think we’ll see more customer-centric CMO s. We’ll see more human brands , interacting with their customers in a more personal. Businesses will utilize Big Data Marketing and the power of all the digital information to create more personalized customer experiences. Earlier this week I joined a group of super-smart and passionate folks on # ContentChat.
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