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3. Pardot: Salesforce for B2B Marketers
Follow up on the best leads faster
Give reps their own automated marketer
Engage Sales earlier into buying process
Integrate with Salesforce CRM data
6. Mediacurrent | Overall SMB Winner
● 53% increase in organic searching resulting in more
whitepaper and eBook downloads
● 40% increase in our regular e-mail subscribers
● 23% increase in leads assigned to the sales team
● 129% year-over-year growth in content conversions
● Closing on 55% of our viable leads
7. ● More work, less people
● More data, less gut feeling
● More leads, more pipeline
Agenda
9. Marketers are expected to do more.
B2B marketers use, on average, 13 different channels
every day to reach their audience, every day
….compared to the era of Don Draper that just had three
ways - TV, Radio, and Newspaper
Source: MediaBistro, CMO.com
10. Do you feel like this?
Lead Generator
Content Creator
Analyst
Cheerleader
Fake Smile
Demand Gen
Strategist
Social Media
Manager
18. Sam The Sales Guy
Pain point: Revenue
Key goal: Pipeline
Key terms: Prospect
Activities alerts, Speed-to-lead
Megan The Marketing Gal
Pain point: Credibility
Key goal: Alignment
Key terms: Nurturing,
ROI reporting
19. Conversion
Social
Email
SEO
Events
Web Visits
Pardot
profile
created
Nurture
Assign
to
Sales
Sales
Follow-up(
48
hours)
Nurture
list(-100)
Salesforce:
“working”
Sales
Process
Begins
100 points
Lead Management
20. After
Marketing Automation
● More time spent on
strategic direction
● Lead generating strategies
● Effective Sales Process
22. What story does these stat tell?
88% of B2B CMOs say their C-suite peers turn to them more often
for data and insight needed to strategize and plan
78% agreed that marketing’s influence on corporate strategy is
greater today than it was just two years ago
Source: Forrester Research
33. 5 rapid fire tips to drive leads and pipeline
● Grow Your Email Database
● Help Your Sales Team Sell Smarter
● Provide Relevant CTAs (not just any CTA)
● Share A “true” Customer Story
● Create 1:1 Journeys Based On Buyer Persona
34. Tip 1: Grow Your Email Database
On every
form
On Our Blog
40% increase in
email subscribers
35. Tip 2: Help Your Sales Team Sell Smarter
78% Avg. 87% Avg. Video Engagement OR and 39% Avg. CTR
36. Tip 3: Provide Relevant CTAs
CTA’s on all
blogs
150% growth in
content
conversions
● 1 gated content/month
● 2-3 blogs per week
● Use freelance writers
● Dynamic/Relevant
37. Tip 4: Share A “true” Customer Story
A deal closed in 30 days
39. So, what’s the good news for SMB?
The highest paying
marketing jobs are in B2B.
Souce: Glassdoor.com
40. So, what’s the good news for SMB?
The highest paying
marketing jobs are in B2B.
Souce: Glassdoor.com
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THE WORLD’S LEADING B2B MARKETING SOLUTION
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for your chance to win
a Precor Treadmill.
Wednesday, October 15
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Marriott Marquis
Yerba Buena Salon 9
42. Small & Medium Business Keynote:
Scale, Connect and Grow with Salesforce
Wednesday, October 15th @ 2:00 p.m.
Moscone West, 3rd Floor
Attend to win
1 of 5 GoPros
First 50 attendees
receive signed
“The Big
Picture”