As a B2B marketer, you have a lot on your plate. If you’re thinking about launching a customer advocacy program, you’re probably wondering how you’ll add one more thing to your to-do list. (There’s only so many hours in a day.) No one relates to you more than Lea...
Marketers are busy people. That’s why the thought of managing another program or piece of technology every day sounds about as appealing as the next Justice League movie. You’ve got growth targets to hit, right? You don’t have time to delight your customers with...
There are only a few shows on TV that I watch and leave feeling seriously anxious about the world we live in. At night I don’t dream about a Game of Thrones dragon burning me to ash or The Mountain tearing me apart, but instead the frightening scenario of one day...
Hot under the collar about the overly automated last decade, common-law marketing personas Joe Buyer and Jane Consumer are getting hitched and seeking a legal name change. Meet The Advocates. Curbing the corporate-imagined script of the past several years, The...
An interesting debate has played out at two very different conferences this past month. At Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit, one of the biggest and best events for B2B marketers, there was huge emphasis put on the need for “customer lifecycle marketing.”...
In the 10 years since Marketo was founded, it has become a marketing automation leader. Today, there are at least 161 vendors in the marketing automation category, and while no marketer would say it’s “easy” to switch vendors, 38% of marketing automation users still...