Considering more than 60,000 companies have deployed CRM solutions, yet less than 4,000 are using marketing automation tools (7%), the marketing automation market size is poised for growth. Venture capitalists realize this opportunity as they’ve invested over $396 million in marketing automation vendors since 1998. Although marketing automation is ripe for growth, two factors impede […]
In our post last week we talked about why people unsubscribe from emails. Essentially, unsubscribes can be boiled down to three factors. Abusing the recipients information, sending emails too frequently and sending content that’s not relevant or interesting. Fortunately, there’s a solution to mitigate email unsubscribe problems. Solving Email Unsubscribe Issues There are two solutions […]
A recent report from MarketingSherpa shed some light on why people unsubscribe from emails. In this article we’ll discuss the top three reasons and incorporate personal experiences as examples. In a follow up article we’ll suggest a solution to eliminate these problems. Top 3 Reasons Why People Unsubscribe First, 53% of respondents unsubscribed from emails […]
Are you considering a free marketing automation system to power your sales and marketing efforts? In this article we’ll present ideas for consideration to help you make an educated decision. Background on Free Marketing Automation Free marketing automation systems were created as a way to “shake up” the industry. Some analysts and commentators have speculated […]
A while back we encountered a prospect interested in Lead Liaison’s revenue generation software. They told us they send about 10,000 emails per month and they were always buying “purchased lists” (list for sale from list brokers) – it sounded like one of their core strategies. We thought this was a great opportunity to blog […]
Demonstrations often times go off on tangents causing an evaluator to lose track of what matters. We’ve all sat through those demos that go round and round and occasionally go off topic. Regardless of which way a demonstration goes, it’s important to stay focused on the critical areas. Here’s a checklist for you to follow […]
As part of any social media strategy it’s important to identify which social media outlets to target. We recently ran a study of the top social media sites in the world and we thought we’d share them with you. Rankings are based off of Alexa ratings. We’ve highlighted our top social media sites that every […]
Successful lead nurturing programs have good planning, proper process and great content. Unfortunately, many companies never get to the “great content” step in lieu of perceived difficulty in creating lead nurturing material. We thought we would share a sample lead nurturing email and highlight unique points about the email that are generally applicable to all […]
We recently had a meeting with one of our prospects who told us they do no outbound marketing (or “push marketing”) and focus solely on inbound marketing. At first, they said they didn’t need Lead Liaison because they don’t do outbound marketing. They couldn’t be more wrong. Coincidentally, if you’re only doing inbound marketing you […]
Inbound marketing is growing in popularity due to low cost of implementation and efficiency, especially relative to outbound marketing. In this article we’ll compare inbound marketing vs outbound marketing, discuss which is more effective and identify a handful of resources for your follow up. What is inbound marketing? Inbound marketing focuses on getting found whereas […]
