Marketing Automation

To Expand Horizons, Set Boundaries

Happy new year! It’s that magical time when we review the recent past, set new goals, and plan ahead. But if you’re serious about goals, […]

Ask These Questions to Close 2025 and Open 2026

It’s November, and as the new year peeks its head out from behind the curtains we call, “the holiday season,” it’s time for reflection, time […]
Dreamforce 2025 The Future of Salesforce, AI, and Data

Dreamforce 2025: The Future of Salesforce, AI, and Data

Dreamforce 2025 made one thing clear: Salesforce is moving full speed toward an AI-driven, data-connected future. From smarter automation to a reimagined data layer, this […]
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Navigating the Shift from SEO to AEO: A Practical Guide for Modern Marketers

Let me take you back a few years. I was in a strategy meeting, and someone pulled up a dashboard showing our organic traffic climbing. […]
INBOUND 2025: A Glimpse at HubSpot’s Next Chapter

INBOUND 2025: A Glimpse at HubSpot’s Next Chapter

HubSpot made headlines this year by announcing 200+ product updates, but if you ask anyone who attended INBOUND 2025, the real story is how those […]

Marketing with Salesforce: Top Dreamforce 2024 Innovations

At Dreamforce 2024, Salesforce introduced a suite of powerful tools that are reshaping marketing, sales, and customer service. From Agentforce—an AI-driven agent designed to streamline […]
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Preparing for HubSpot’s New Pricing Model: What You Need to Know

Rolled out on March 5, 2024, HubSpot's new pricing model changes are making waves. As a HubSpot Diamond Partner, Measured Results Marketing is here to […]
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Is It Time to Toss or Fix Your Existing Tech Stack?

Recently, the Founder and CEO of MRM wrote a LinkedIn series on why and when an organization should tweak or ultimately toss their tech stack. […]

What Happened To My Marketing Campaign?

Avoid These Common B2B Missteps and Build Success In the fast-paced world of B2B marketing, it's easy to get caught up in the excitement of […]

Validating your email sending domains

As mentioned in a recent newsletter, Google has implemented far stricter SPAM filter guidelines for both personal as well as business users of their Gmail […]
Achieving Seamless Marketing and Sales Alignment: Five Key Strategies for Success

Achieving Seamless Marketing and Sales Alignment: Five Key Strategies for Success

In today's competitive business landscape, achieving seamless marketing and sales alignment is crucial for driving growth and maximizing revenue. By aligning these two critical functions, […]

Foster Marketing and Sales Collaboration through a strategic plan

As we wave goodbye to 2023 and make way for a new year, it's the perfect time to reflect on our accomplishments, set new goals, […]

Crafting Effective Demand Generation Strategies for Mid-Sized B2B Enterprises: Captivate, Engage, Preserve

In the dynamic B2B arena, mid-sized enterprises grapple with the task of captivating and preserving customers amid competition, all while operating with fewer resources than […]

7 Ways to Destroy Your CRM, Your Lead Development Program, or Both

Chances are, managing your CRM is only a part of your broad swath of responsibilities. Despite your expertise, sometimes you find yourself in a sticky […]

In case you missed it: Recap of CPQ 'Configure, Price, and Quote.. Oh My!' webinar

With the standard products and services from years ago, pricing was straightforward, and it was quick and easy to listen to a customer’s needs, determine […]

You keep seeing posts about Dreamforce, but didn’t go…

Salesforce’s Dreamforce 2023 event recently came to an end. It’s another great show, similar to HubSpot’s sold-out 2023 Inbound event that recently took place in […]
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Select a Tech Stack Audit Expert: Finding Your Perfect Match

Is there a word for not knowing everything about your marketing tech stack? Yes, it’s called ‘learning’. Have you been seeing gaps in your tech […]
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Seven Secrets to a Great Marketing Tech Stack Audit Process

Ever heard of a MTSAP? Of course not; that’s a terrible acronym. But the tech stack audit process could make all the difference in hitting […]
Marketing Tech Stack Audit

Six Snappy Steps to a Marketing Tech Stack Audit

Have you ever had so much cash in your wallet that you didn’t know what to do with it all? Yeah, us either - BUT, […]

So you didn't attend HubSpot's INBOUND 23 event...

HubSpot recently wrapped its 2023 INBOUND event. It’s a phenomenal experience where you’re immersed in everything to do with marketing automation and the HubSpot environment. […]

Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me? – BDR ROI Calculator

This is the ninth post in a series called “Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me?”, which shows how to audit and transform your […]
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Lifecycle Management Reporting – what’s in it for me?

This is the eighth post in a series called “Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me?”, which shows how to audit and transform your […]

Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me? – Renewal Stage

This is the seventh post in a series called “Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me?”, which shows how to audit and transform your […]
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Lifecycle Automation – what’s in it for me? – Closed-Lost Deals :(

This is the sixth post in a series called “Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me?”, which shows how to audit and transform your […]

Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me? – Closed-Won :)

This is the fifth post in a series called “Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me?” , which shows how to audit and transform […]

Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me? – Opportunity Stage

This is the fourth post in a series called “Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me?” , which shows how to audit and transform […]

Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me? – Lead Stage

This is the third post in a series called “Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me?” , which shows how to audit and transform […]

Lifecycle Automation – what’s in it for me? – Prospect or Suspect Stage

This is the second post in a series called “Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me?” , which shows how to audit and transform […]

Series Introduction: Lifecycle Automation – what’s in it for me?

One of the most frequent asks we get from prospects and customers is, “How do we identify and close gaps across our people, processes, systems, […]

Campaign Naming Conventions: The Importance of Organizing Your Marketing Efforts

Campaign naming conventions are a crucial aspect of any marketing strategy, yet they are often overlooked. Without a proper naming convention, it can be challenging […]

4 Marketing Campaign Ideas For When You’re Stuck

Coming up with marketing campaign ideas can be tough. You don’t want to keep on doing the same old, same old every time, because your […]
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Navigating your first month as a RevOps professional

Welcome to RevOps. You are about to learn a lot of highly useful skills such as aligning people, processes, and technology in an in-demand area […]

I am not a persona: the backlash against marketing automation

Have you noticed an increase in unsubscribe rates or emails left unopened (even with the recent Apple® changes)?  Persona-based nurture and drip programs we crafted […]

Measured Results Marketing and Ocean 5 Strategies Announce Partnership

The Measured Results and Ocean 5 partnership combines best-in-class solutions for marketing services, strategy, and CRM/marketing automation. Measured Result Marketing today announced a new partnership […]

Marketing Campaign Implementation: How to Herd Marketing Cats in 6 (not-so-easy) Steps

Regardless of the size of your organization, marketing campaign implementation takes planning, coordination, and collaboration. Here are five steps to making certain you’ve got your […]

Four Reasons You Need RevOps Now

RevOps (revenue operations) isn’t just a new buzzword. Although it borrows from existing marketing, sales, and service operations disciplines it focuses on the full client […]
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How do you select new technology?

Choices, choices, choices How you select new technology for your organization is getting ever more complex. Remember when the most complex marketing or sales technology […]

Resilience in 2022

  Lessons from the 2-year long pandemic Like many, MRM team members have considered setting New Year’s resolutions for diet, exercise, debt management, getting organized, […]
Operations: How to take the right risks to become a strategic partner

Bringing Operations to the Forefront

As a Revenue Operations professional, you likely know where the tech stack bodies are buried. Remember that software you had to integrate “right away” last […]
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7 Questions to Ask Before Buying New Marketing Tech

It’s that time of year again! Marketers are putting pen to paper, deciding how to meet aggressive goals next year. You’re likely considering whether adding […]

How to Prioritize What Online Events to Attend

I was originally really excited to be invited to all of these online events that we had not budgeted to attend in person. I looked […]

Adapting to Working Online

As someone who enjoys writing things down on paper, I’m struck by how much of my home and work life has become online more than […]

How to Tune Your Marketing Technology to Save Dollars

It's the start of the new year, and every company is doing cost-saving exercises. We recently posted a list of 20 questions you should ask […]

Preparing for the Switch to Salesforce Lightning Experience

With every new year comes a change in organization and change in technology. Most companies like to avoid it until they are forced to change […]

Salesforce Lightning Experience: Changes Coming in October 2019

As we prepare for the Salesforce Lightning Experience coming in October 2019, it’s time to start giving thought to preparing for change. Here the MRM Yetis weigh in on what you need to know about.
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3 B2B Lead Nurturing Strategies To Jumpstart Your Business

Jumpstart your business by incorporating these 3 lead nurturing strategies that span across the entire sales funnel, into your plan: Prospect interest based nurture...

Outbound Calling Campaign Considerations

Despite the rise of inbound marketing strategies, outbound calling campaigns are still very popular for the simple reason: they work!

5 Things To Expect From A Marketing Operations Professional

Marketing Operations is an evolving role in the marketing world.  Typically, you'll find that responsibilities and job descriptions for this position vary across the board.

7 Questions To Ask A Marketing Consultant Before Hiring Them

Understanding the consultant’s area of expertise is important. Having a deep understanding of specific industries can be extremely valuable.
Hiring a Marketing Consultant?

Hiring a Marketing Technology Consultant? Make Sure Your Business Can Answer These Questions First!

You’ve made the business decision to start looking for a marketing technology consultant to help you...
Marketing Consultants

Marketing Consultants – What do they even do, anyway?

This is the first of 3 part blog series to help answer the question: Marketing Consultants – What do they even do, anyway?!

12 Top Marketing Campaign Effectiveness Metrics

Marketing campaign effectiveness metrics are the backbone of any successful campaign. The idea is simple: good data drives good decisions. Data that informs, provides program […]
B2B Marketing Strategy

3 Tips To Create An Effective B2B Marketing Strategy

Want to create a B2B marketing strategy that attracts quality leads? Of course you do, it’s what we are all after - hot leads that […]
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The Ins & Outs of Marketing Content Creation and Management

You don’t need to be overwhelmed by your organization’s marketing content creation process. We’ve broken it down into 5 easy to digest sections. Let’s take […]

Defining Marketing Campaign Goals

Defining marketing campaign goals can be slightly overwhelming when you are first sitting down to start the planning process. But, it doesn’t have to be. […]

10 Reasons to Integrate Lead Nurturing & Marketing Automation

Lead nurturing and marketing automation go hand in hand. Deliver the information your prospects and customers want, when they want it, will increase the likelihood […]

6 Key Components To A Successful B2B Marketing Plan

A solid and well thought out B2B marketing plan is a comprehensive roadmap that will guide you on your journey toward meeting your goals. Goal […]
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The Top 5 Marketing Campaign Elements

Here are the top five marketing campaign elements you need when planning and implementing your marketing campaigns. Marketing Campaign Goals Setting SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, […]

What’s the First Stage of B2B Buying Process?

It’s a trick question in a way, as the Buyer’s Journey begins even before the first stage of the B2B buying process. It begins with […]

Problems to Expect as CMO

The great thing about my Fuji road bike is that it is waaaaay easier when it comes to hills than my old hybrid. If only […]

4 Tips for Super-Smart Marketers

The great thing about being a marketing leader is that you’re at the center of everything in the company. Although, sometimes that center is actually […]
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The 6 Stages of the B2B Buying Process

There are 6 stages in the B2B buying process. Every business's buying process is slightly different, with some stages being faster than others. Depending on […]

How to Manage Your Organization’s Data Quality Workflow

Managing your organization’s data quality workflow is the best way to nurture leads through the buying process. By effectively setting up and monitoring your marketing […]

The 6 Most Important Components of a Successful Marketing Campaign

Strategically setting up and implementing all of your marketing campaign components will result in generating leads and increasing sales. So how do you get there? […]

Preparing to Effectively Migrate Marketing Automation Tools

Once you’ve evaluated your existing Marketing Automation tool and determined that it does not meet your needs, it’s time to take the plunge. Before you […]

Should you optimize your current Marketing Automation solution?

85% of B2B marketers using Marketing Automation platforms feel that they’re not using them to their full potential (according to the SiriusDecisions publication “Increasing Adoption […]

How to know it’s time to switch Marketing Automation tools

Your High School Boyfriend. The Pager. Your College Girlfriend. Your flip phone. To all things, there is a time to say bye-bye, and maybe it’s […]

Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) Should Not Be Retired

I recently read a post about how “Marketing Qualified Lead” (MQL) as a metric should be retired. The argument for this statement was based on […]

Successful Marketing Campaigns Rely on 2 KPIs...

Successful marketing campaigns rely heavily on two very common measurements: the number of leads generated and revenue resulting from guiding highly qualified leads in the […]

Should Your Content Marketing Strategy Be More Interactive?

Your content marketing strategy needs to keep pace with the online world. Since the internet changes constantly and web searchers shift their query actions with […]

Marketing Automation Best Practices Panel Discussion

Marketing automation best practices can help you get more out of your software. But it can be challenging to find that information quickly. However, if […]

The Secret to Successful Cold Calling

Cold calling is one of those marketing tasks that is either loved or hated, usually the latter. Humans don’t like to be rejected, fear of […]

Digital Marketing Salary Increase

If you’re interested in earning a digital marketing salary, you’re in luck. Several jobs within the digital marketing industry are seeing healthy increases in base […]

Marketing Segmentation Basics

Marketing segmentation is one part of developing marketing personas – a representative description of your ideal customer(s). When you’re first starting out offering a service […]

Creating a Marketing Team

How do you know who you need on a marketing team to boost your brand's presence and increase revenue? Hopefully you'll realize it long before […]

Sales Lead Generation | Quality Not Quantity

For sales lead generation efforts, quality should be top priority. Quantity does not mean that you'll convert higher numbers. According to a study conducted by […]

Data Driven Marketing Trends and Changes

Data driven marketing trends and changes were discussed at the Business Marketing Association conference in Chicago earlier this year. At a panel discussion during the […]

How to Generate Leads

Knowing how to generate leads is the first step to engaging prospects to educate them about your products and services. While there are well-known methods […]

4 Reasons to Consider Marketing Cloud Technology

Marketing cloud technology is fairly new, not well understood and has yet to gain widespread adoption. It has several advantages, but to leverage them often […]

8 Email Marketing Best Practices

Do you know how to use the latest email marketing best practices to improve response rates? Here are some new ones, as well as time-tested […]

Marketing Campaign Management

The first time you're assigned marketing campaign management can be nerve-wracking. Hopefully, you've built confidence through training in previous campaigns. Now it's time to step […]

4 Marketing Campaign Ideas For When You're Stuck

Coming up with marketing campaign ideas can be tough. You don't want to keep on doing the same old, same old every time, because your […]

2 HubSpot Case Studies Show Improvement In Marketing Efficiencies

I like these two HubSpot case studies on making marketing programs more efficient. Since marketers are strapped for time and personnel, it is hard to […]

3 Reasons To Use Marketing Automation Software

While there are multiple reasons to use marketing automation software, here are three that I consider to be critical for a successful marketing program to […]

Benefits of Marketing Automation

The benefits of marketing automation solutions aren't lost on chief marketing executives. 43% have marketing software tools to help them achieve their goals and objectives, […]

Automated Email Marketing Has A Low Adoption Rate

Automated email marketing is a must for driving your sales campaigns and drawing those qualified leads into your sales cycle. According to the Spear Marketing […]

Lead Generation Drives B2B Marketing Automation Adoption

Better lead generation results are driving B2B companies' marketing automation adoption, according to Regalix. The report is interesting - the top three reasons why are: […]

How Are Comfortable Are You With Digitization?

Digitization seems so ubiquitous. Smaller computers, more robust software, cloud computing, even smart clothing and smart watches are the norm. You may have heard the […]

Is Lead Generation Still Your Biggest Challenge?

Sales executives still rank lead generation as biggest challenge they need to overcome. According to CSO Insights, businesses that purchase and install marketing automation systems […]

5 Marketing Metrics That Are A Waste Of Time

There are dozens of marketing metrics you could receive to analyze sales performance, but there are some in particular that pretty much a waste of […]

6 Hidden Pardot Costs

While Pardot can be useful for your marketing efforts, depending upon how robust your performance goals and objectives are, be aware that there are some […]

Marketing Automation Survey Results

Recently, I read some marketing automation survey results that reflect the issues I'm seeing with clients and hearing prospects articulate. The survey was done by […]

6 Important Content Marketing Performance Findings

It probably does not shock you to learn that recent content marketing performance findings reinforced what you probably experience all the time - that marketing […]

3 B2B Content Marketing Ideas From Case Studies

Are you stuck for B2B content marketing strategies and ideas? You're not alone! Sometimes it seems as if your B2C peers have it easier with […]

The Yeti Emerged In Boston

You probably know by now that the Yeti was sighted in Boston during Winter Storm Juno. Supposedly a myth, it emerged from who knows where […]

Questions to Ask When Considering Marketing Automation Tools

Marketing automation isn't easy to figure out. There are more variables to consider than just price.  You can download reports and learn about the high-level […]

Marketing Automation Tools | Questions & 3 Tips

Feel like you are only using 5% of your marketing automation tools? If so, we are not surprised. What typically happens is you invest in […]

Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me? – Your Questions Answered

This is the tenth and final post in a series called “Lifecycle Management – what’s in it for me?” , which shows how to audit […]
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