To understand the difference between marketing automation and sales automation, you first have to consider the differences between marketing communications and sales communications. Each has different methods, purposes, and disciplines, but they both work together to achieve one goal: get more business. Marketing Communications. The purpose of marketing communications generally is to target greater amounts of prospective or current customers…
The power of today’s email marketing is derived from the use of what some call drip marketing campaigns or email automation. You build your email marketing campaign one time, and then use it on an ongoing basis to reengage and nurture leads and customers. And because these emails are automatically triggered, they’re not resource intensive. With drip email campaigns you are in…
Have you heard of inbound marketing? By now you surely must have, and you probably have an idea of how it works. Maybe you’ve even decided to start implementing inbound marketing for your business. Even with an understanding of what inbound marketing is and how it works, it can be overwhelming to create and execute an inbound marketing strategy. This…
Webinars are a great way to engage your audience by fostering interaction, providing education and offering exclusive information and resources. Holding a webinar also opens the door for valuable feedback from your audience, which will help you better serve them in the future. One of the cheapest and easiest ways to conduct a webinar is through Google Hangouts, and we’re…
While channel partners (a partner company and/or value added reseller) do not necessarily create an automatic demand, using them to market your software product offers numerous benefits, including a powerful ability to drive growth, when done right. That’s why we’ve outlined a few key things to focus on in order to successfully use channel partners to market your software product. 1. Approach the…