Mid-funnel performance can triple as marketing tactics are automated, despite the fact less than 20 percent of marketers are using technology to do so, according to research from Demand Metric and GetResponse on Wednesday. The two firms held a live webinar to discus the results of the research, dubbed the 2019 Funnel Friction Benchmark Study, […]
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SparkPost Signals promises to help B2B marketers predict e-mail campaign performance
E-mail delivery and analytics service SparkPost on Tuesday launched SparkPost Signals, a predictive intelligence tool designed to help marketers better understand how their campaigns will perform. The San Francisco-based firm, whose B2B clients include Adobe, SAS and SiteCore, said SparkPost Signals will offer a “Health Score” their use of e-mail that scales from zero to 100 […]
Editor’s Note: Why the best collaboration tools keep us at a safe distance from each other
Long before she became my wife, I was sitting on a plane when I decided to make a grand gesture to a beautiful girl I barely knew. On the seatback in front of me was a device — I think it was called a SkyPhone — which I could use by swiping my credit card, […]
Ann Handley takes CMWorld 2018 on her journey from content ghost town to boom town
Even before she began her Content Marketing World keynote about an unexpected twist in her career, Ann Handley experienced another one. The chief content officer at Marketing Profs was still backstage at Cleveland’s Huntington Convention Center on Wednesday when she was announced as the first-ever recipient of a new ‘Hero Award’ given by the Content […]
Keeping good data out of bad hands in the age of GDPR
This is a joint byline written by Cliff Gibson, Director, DBR Data and Michael Hiskey, Head of Strategy, Semarchy. You have the right to remain silent. Everything you do with your data may be used against you. That will be the case starting 25 May, when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect. Although […]
Zoho plans mass-marketing campaign to promote its integrated suite to business professionals
Zoho is getting ready to release TV ads in the U.S. and Canada as part of a broader marketing effort to boost adoption of its Amazon Prime-style approach to licensing a variety of business applications. Besides the TV spots, Zoho has been holding a series of events for customers and prospects that tout the integrated […]
Slack’s VP of engineering breaks down the message he’s using to convert e-mail holdouts
It’s already one of most talked-about startups innovating in workplace productivity and collaboration, but Slack’s Michael Lopp is working hard to respond to enterprise decision-makers who say they just can’t let go of traditional e-mail. Though it is based in San Francisco, the firm’s vice-president of engineering has been making a series of in-person appearances […]
The uncommon sense sellers of all kinds should try to keep in mind
I opened my business in 2002—an idiotic time to do this. The dot-com bubble had burst and 9/11 had shaken the planet. The world was in turmoil. But I was on a mission. I had worked with, led, and mentored salespeople for over two decades. And I noticed talented sellers and business owners slam into […]
Sales development research: SDRs using 4.9 tools but struggle to reach enterprise buyers
Companies are spending nearly $4,000 on each of their sales development reps (SDRs) every year to give them CRM, social prospecting and other tools — even though they still spend nearly 40 per cent of their time working the phones, according to a study released Wednesday. The State Of Sales Development was launched in tandem […]
Memorize this Inbox Marketer formula for better e-mail performance dashboards
When he took the stage of Data Marketing 2017 this week in Toronto, Inbox Marketer exec Matt Anstett decided to do a little A/B testing — but it had nothing to do with e-mail. Instead, Inbox Marketer’s director of data and analytics showed several pairs of head shots and quizzed the audience on which they […]
CMO Council Exec Says Survey Shows ‘Arrogance’ of B2B Marketers Must End
More than half of consumers across the U.S., Europe and Canada say company websites and e-mail remain their go-to channels — a sign one CMO Council exec says the “arrogance” of B2B marketers must come to an end. In The Customer In Context: Understanding The Real Expectations of Today’s Connected Consumer, the CMO Council and SAP […]