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7. AGENDA
Five Categories of Marketing Technology
Key Factor for Your Marketing Plan’s Success
Turning Data into Actionable Insights
Importance of Integration
8. WHAT IS MARKETING TECHNOLOGY?
Marketing Technology is the set of tools and
platforms that marketing and sales organizations
need to effectively accomplish their goals.
9. DID YOU KNOW?
There Are Currently 1,876 Marketing
Technology Vendors
Source: 2015 edition of Brinker’s “Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic”
By 2017, a CMO Will Spend More on
Technology Than a CTO
Source: “The Rise of the Chief Marketing Technologist,” Harvard Business Review
11. WHERE DO I START?
An open marketing ecosystem:
When adopting marketing
automation, choose a platform
that plays well with others.
12. KEY FACTOR FOR SUCCESS
Marketing Automation is the cornerstone of a
modern B2B strategy. As interactions with buyers
become more complex – across both multiple
messages and multiple channels – this is the
technology that allows marketers to streamline and
simplify the process of managing relationships.
-Andrew Gaffney, Publisher, Demand Gen Report
13. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Most buyers don’t contact a sales rep until they are
more than 60% of the way to making a decision
Conversely, only 20% of leads are sales ready when
an organization receives them
14. Marketing Automation Capabilities
Email Email Marketing
Form Form Management
Usergroup Marketing
Database
Desktop Online Behavior
Calendar Campaign
Management
Calculator Lead Scoring
15. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK
1. Have you outgrown your existing email marketing solution?
2. Is your sales process complex and lengthy?
3. Do your buyers require nurturing?
4. Does your marketing team make data-driven decisions?
5. Have you considered processes that support marketing automation?
16. TIPS FOR DATA-DRIVEN MARKETING
Build a clean, robust and reliable contact base
Take the data burden off buyers
Extend your data strategy
across marketing and sales
17. BUILDING THE RIGHT PROCESSES
Sales Marketing Coordination
• Establish common definition of a lead
• Agree upon timeline for moving leads into the sales pipeline
Content Marketing
• Plan editorial workflows
• Create consistent content
18. TURNING INFORMATION INTO INSIGHTS
Why do you need analytics and reporting tools?
• Filling in the Gaps
• Data Visualization
• Big Data
19. THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATION
Fully automated marketing technology stacks are
incredibly powerful because they can provide a
“single view of the truth” that combines multiple
insights and multiple points of view.
20. TIPS FOR SUCCESS
• Find the right tool – not the most complex or popular
• Choose an option that preserves flexibility
• Ensure your data is clean before you put it to work
• Think clearly about your reporting needs
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