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Data Wars: Unleashing the Force of Marketing Automation Analytics with Email Performance Reporting

Overview In today’s dynamic marketing landscape, where personalized engagement and timely interactions are paramount, harnessing the power of marketing automation has become an indispensable strategy. However, the true value of marketing automation lies not just in its execution, but in its data-driven insights. So let’s delve into the world of marketing automation analytics. Delving into…

I’ve Become an Accidental Marketo Admin. What Do I Do Now?

Overview In the marketing operations field, I’ve encountered many folks who have suddenly found themselves tasked with owning an inherited Marketo instance, often uncertain about the next steps to take. I, too, have been in this position, feeling equal parts lost and excited. It is probably obvious that it’s crucial to treat your new responsibilities…

Scaling your Martech Stack & Team from Startup to Enterprise

Overview Within this blog, we’ll discuss the challenges and strategies for growing your marketing technology (martech) capabilities and team as your organization evolves. Whether you’re a startup or an established business, the principles outlined below can help you navigate your martech journey effectively. Early Maturity: Building the Foundation In the early stages of a company’s…

Navigating Your Marketo Engage Implementation: Your Step by Step Guide

Overview So, you’ve taken the leap and decided to implement Marketo Engage – a powerful tool that can revolutionize your marketing efforts. A Marketo Engage Implementation may sound complicated at first, especially if you are new to the tool. But don’t worry, there are plenty of resources available to help you along the way. As…

ProTips for Your First 90 Days in a New Marketing Operations Role

Overview Starting a new role is exciting. We’re all ready to dive in and make the impact we promised in our interview process, but where should you get started? We asked our team and compiled these expert tips on what you should do and ask in your first 90 days in a new marketing operations…

How to Integrate Marketo with Salesforce

Overview Most businesses will operate out of a customer relationship management (CRM) platform such as Salesforce (SFDC, for salesforce.com) to manage interactions and understand their relationship with their prospects and customers. However, they may use a marketing automation platform (MAP) such as Adobe Marketo Engage to conduct lead intake, nurturing and automated processing. Taking advantage…

How to Take Advantage of reCAPTCHA in Marketo Engage

Overview Imagine this. You are a humble Marketo Engage admin, managing operations, keeping the trains running (so to speak), and ensuring everything coming out of your Marketo instance is in tip-top shape. Lead flow is dialed. You have a great relationship with your Salesforce admin. You have your dream job and life is sweet –…

Communicating the Value of Marketing Operations as a Strategic Business Function

Overview While the 4 Pillars of Marketing Operations help organizations structure and scale their MOPs teams into functional areas of expertise, how do we communicate the business value of all that we do? Let’s expand on that in a way that can be easily communicated to your internal and external stakeholders. What are Marketing Operations’…

Managing Marketing Ops Stakeholders

Marketing technology touches many different parts of a business so it’s understandable that a marketing operations manager has just as many different stakeholders, all with different ideas, personalities, and goals. Think demand generation teams, customer marketing team, sales teams, IT, the exec committee, external vendors, etc. So how do you wrangle all these folks and…

Using Prospect Grading & Scoring in Account Engagement to Maximize Conversion

Grading and Scoring in Account Engagement As a marketing operations professional one of the questions I often face is how I can make a process more efficient and effective. This often revolves around the lead handoff process between sales and marketing, a topic that will be debated until the end of time. Regardless of what…