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Author: Steve Sloan With much discussion about mobile marketing and a raft of product announcements here at Marketo, I would like to provide a peek behind the curtain of our mobile journey and welcome our newest team members. When we started planning and prototyping our new mobile products, we met with a number of teams who had recently built their first generation mobile experiences in order to understand how their customers were engaging with their mobile apps and how they had approached the c
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Author: Ellen Gomes What’s in a name? Great question. Shakespeare’s Juliet contemplated this subject, trying to decide if Romeo’s surname really posed a problem when it came to love. Unfortunately, it did turn out to be a bit of an issue for the rest of the Montagues and Capulets. Why? Because there’s a lot to a name. Names are more than labels—they are identities.
Author: Katie Pope For those of you who are unaware, Marketo’s Revvie Awards recognize and celebrate customers and partners who are using the Marketo product to push the status quo and break away from the competition. At its annual Marketing Nation Summit event last month, Marketo announced a total of 16 award categories and sub-categories which recognized customers and partners who have succeeded with the product and taken their companies to the next level.
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