Your Grandma versus Twitter. Marketing automation versus Customer Lifecycle Marketing. There is a gap in understanding with your grandmother and social media, and I believe the same exists in the world of marketing technology. I have found that most people that I speak with are unsure of the differences (if they can identify any) between […]
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If you do a Google search for “lead management software,” chances are you’ll find results with ties to marketing automation. It’s no secret many growing organizations move to a marketing automation platform due to the overwhelming volume of inquiries, or leads, they receive on a daily basis. However, can marketing automation do more than manage leads […]
Magic Johnson. Babe Ruth. Serena Williams. Tiger Woods. Peyton Manning. Kobe Bryant. Walter Payton. Lisa Leslie. LeBron James. (Insert all-time great athlete here). What do these people have in common? If I were a betting man, I would say that they all share one commonality: that they have never uttered the phrase, “That’s good enough.” […]
It’s that time again! Your last campaign just wrapped up, and now you’re mapping out your next marketing campaign. Ask any marketer — they’ll agree that there’s nothing better than starting out with a clean slate. But despite working on an entirely new initiative, past campaigns shouldn’t ever be forgotten. Sure, if you’re just starting […]
Thinking back to when my career in marketing first started, I recall a conversation with my Dad that was a bit unnerving at the time. I had always thought of myself as a creative writer and outgoing strategist, so imagine my surprise when he told me I would need to use math in a marketing […]
Every marketing cloud and marketing automation vendor out there is touting the importance of sales and marketing alignment… but what does that even mean? I’ve worked in marketing departments for the majority of my career and we always operated separately from the sales team. Of course, we were responsive to the sales team’s needs but, […]
Over the past few weeks it has been very windy here in Indianapolis. By very windy I mean that I went to my sister’s collegiate track meet, where I witnessed two officials get taken off of their feet and a high jump mat move 50 yards in a tumbling somersault of padded mesh death before […]
It has been well documented that one of the most dangerous phrases in business is, “Well, we have always done it that way.” Recently tennis superstar Maria Sharapova learned this lesson the hard way during a routine drug test. Sharapova tested positive for the drug Meldonium that she had been taking for 10 years, but […]
We can all learn a thing or two from sliced bread. The common household food is well-known as the highest standard that all other products are compared to. In fact, who hasn’t heard the phrase, “the best thing since sliced bread?” This is why it’s so surprising that a product with its own phrase didn’t catch on […]
Years ago I ventured to the closest IKEA® to Indianapolis, just outside of Cincinnati, and purchased loads of new furniture for our family room, basement, and office. From console tables to bookshelves and even hiding spaces for Avengers, Transformers, and Batman, I thought I had all my bases covered. “Finally, everything will have its own […]