There is a whole lot of marketing content out there – in all forms and sizes, across all kinds of channels, in different languages and formats, and targeting all kinds of audiences. With the genesis of the Internet and social media, every person has become a content producer – clicking on publish or share button [...]
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Joining the Cloud family to enable Sales effectiveness
Dear Readers, I write today’s post with a feeling of pride and excitement. I’m proud that LeadFormix is now part of CallidusCloud, the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing. I’m excited about LeadFormix’s prospects for the future, given the close synergies Callidus Software and LeadFormix share. CallidusCloud delivers a comprehensive SaaS suite designed to [...]
Don’t let your B2B Marketing lose steam this Holiday Season!
Dear Readers, Hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend, with family and friends. Thanksgiving marks the start of the holiday season; which is synonymous for quality family time and the time for unwinding and planning ahead for the New Year. For B2B businesses, it’s a mad dash towards meeting those yearly targets with sales guys [...]
When Should You Really Think About Marketing?
I am sure, all of you readers are familiar with what is marketing and what it does, but like most obvious and in the face things, marketing is known more for the showman ship activities it undertakes to create a buzz for its users. Many a times people forget to that the role marketing plays and its contribution in a company’s success story goes beyond the campaigns it creates.
In this post, I have tried to put down my understanding of what marketing really does and why it is such an integral part of not just your brand’s success story but your company’s successful history.
Drip By Drip Convert Your Leads!
The process of drip marketing itself might be very simple but it requires a well planned and panned out campaign strategy which details out everything from the content to be sent to different leads based on their buyer stage to the frequency of these emails/marketing communication.
From Action to Engagement: The Call2Action Button Comes of Age
Call to actions are an integral part of all websites, over the years these little buttons or tabs urging a website visitor to act on the website, disclosing their interest and intent have moved from a basic ‘click here for more info’ or ‘contact us’ to tabs that are designed to engage a visitor.
The most significant change has been the adaption of C2As across all types of marketing collateral, the C2A buttons today can be seen on emails, videos, online brochures etc.
Today C2As are not just tabs that ask a visitor to act, but are key to providing an insight into the frame of mind of a prospect on the site. If used appropriately, C2As can become the perfect lead generation tools that help in engaging and converting a visitor.
Stay Hungry; Stay Foolish To Engage Better With Your Website Visitor
This post is a tribute to one of the greatest visionaries of our times, a revolutionary who changed the way people experience technology today – Steve Jobs. Apart from some of his remarkable innovations, Steve Jobs left his followers and fellow businessmen another legacy, his inspirational outlook towards life and his business acumen, which were often reflected in some of his memorable quotes.
I would like to take some of Steve’s stimulating views and see how I can apply them to B2B Marketing.
In this post I have tried to put down 5 valuable website marketing lessons that we can learn from Steve Jobs’.
Marketing Operations, Accountability and Disposability
Is Marketing Operations a protector of individual marketers, helping them optimize and mobilize their talents toward achieving enterprise strategic objectives? Or is it a sinister means to shift responsibility from the system to individuals, making them even more vulnerable and disposable in the name of efficiency and profitability?
It all depends, really, on an organization’s fundamental view of its people. Are your people truly valued or easily replaceable?
A Marketing Operations mindset, and related aspirations such as a culture of measurement and accountability, can be used for good or evil. They can empower marketers or enslave them.
