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Are You Too Hard to Reach?

No More Cold Calling

A prospect recently left a voicemail for me and stated his phone number so quickly that I had to listen to the message three times from two different phones. In this month’s guest post, Brian Hansford, director of client services for Heinz Marketing, explains why he won’t buy from vendors who make him look up their phone numbers: .

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Five Keys to Integrating Your Interactive Value Marketing Tools with Your Marketing Automation Platform

The ROI Guy

You’ve invested in interactive content and marketing tools for your website, helping prospects and customers assess their needs, size and price the right solution, and understand the business value and differentiating cost advantages of recommended solutions. You shouldn’t. Instead, the information can be passed into the tool on the “call”.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

Pointclear

Could the reasons why point to similar expense paths for the marketing automation vendors looking at going public? Significant market competition from established packaged and on-demand vendors. Target market challenges. Competitors may have greater name recognition, larger budgets and more offerings.

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Zoominfo Competitor – Lead411 vs. Zoominfo

Lead411

A majority of companies also purchase data from third-party vendors. Zoominfo provides intent through a white labeled third-party vendor called Bombora. They provide content intent, which is the process of identifying when a prospect reads an article or downloads some type of content based on keywords, topics or company names.

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Trick or Treat? Dreamforce Goodies for B2B Marketers

SBI

If you’re like most Marketers today, you’re seeking high performance results via tools that complement your primary Marketing Automation platform; such as Marketo, Pardot, Eloqua. If you are a database marketer like me, you are thrilled that the tool vendors are now embedding proven analytics. Predictive is Everywhere.

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CMOs: Wield Powers of Influence to Gain a Seat at the Executive Table

Pointclear

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. And for the specifics on how to go about it all, walk through this presentation by Eloqua on how to map content to the buyer’s journey.

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Are White Papers Dead?

The ROI Guy

23% during the middle Consideration phase, assessing the priority of the issue and creating a short list of vendors, helping answer “Why Now?” Across the buyer’s decision-making journey, white papers are leveraged: 35% during the early Discovery phase, for finding new ideas and potential solutions – helping answer “Why Change?”