Allinio had the privilege to be the Regional Sponsor for Marketo‘s “Rock Your Revenue” tour when it stopped in the Washington, DC area. The speakers included: JimLenskold (@jimlenskold), Managing Director of Lenskold Group, who spoke about the imperative for Marketing to be better at showing ROI; Kelly Waffle of Sourcefire, a Marketo customer, spoke of the the issues he faced implementing the platform and how he has further configured it for even […]
We were privileged to be a guest of Joe Manna (@JoeManna), Nicole Shoots (@NShoots) and crew of Infusionsoft‘s national tour of eight cities. It didn’t take long after arriving there to realize that this was going to be a good “hands-on” day for the attendees; with 6,500 SMB customers worldwide and 43 million emails sent out through their system per week, Infusionsoft attracted around 100 Marketers to its Washington DC stop. The […]
Marketo, a leadMarketing Automation platform developer, has been going around the United States for the past few weeks with its ‘Rock Your Revenue’ Tour. The 14-city rock-and-roll themed tour kicked off in March and features several Marketing and Sales experts and thought leaders, who are providing valuable perspective regarding what sales and marketing leaders must do to demonstrate measurable ROI and increase revenue for their organizations: […]
Artwork by James Montgomery Flagg, 1920 Allinio is headquartered in the Washington, DC area, so we could not resist a blog post tying Marketing to the travails of our government. There are lessons to be learned from the Federalistas’ latest drama. Whether it involves a start-up or corporate division, a Marketing budget is under more scrutiny than ever. And while this may appear to be […]
Gumdrops by terren in Virginia No surprise, the second day of SugarCon was as satisfying as the first. Keynote 1 Brian Halligan, CEO of HubSpot started the day with the story of how he realized “inbound marketing” was the proper way to match your marketing efforts with a customer’s buying habits. One of the most interesting things he shared was the list of the most popular keywords used that are linked […]
“Candy” by livingonimpulse We had a really great time at SugarCon today learning about their CRM platform and ecosystem. For those of you who could not make it, it was a good crowd with fantastic speakers. Here are some of the highlights of Day 1: Keynote 1 Larry Augustin, CEO of SugarCRM, started things off with a message of “The Future of Business is Open,” vowing to steward […]
Aum Chow by AZRainman There are no Marketing Automation “Gurus.” There are no Marketing Automation “Chief Awesome Officers.” There are no Marketing Automation “Ninjas” Just because Marketing Automation is coming of age in parallel with social media, do not think that practitioners of Marketing Automation are of the same stripe as social media “strategists,” “acrobats,” or the above titles. (And yes, while Allinio’s President and […]
The end of September brings us the beginning of a great new event – Elevate 2010, the Pardot users’ conference, held in Atlanta, Georgia. Pardot was there in full force with a healthy audience of users and partners who gathered to learn more about this affordable marketing automation platform. David Cummings (@david_cummings) delivering the keynote at Pardot’s Elevate 2010 Following David’s keynote, Reem Bazzari and Deepali Szczesny of SugarCRM spoke of their company’s […]
Last week Jep Castelein (@jepc) of LeadSloth posted a great blogging entry entitled “Best CRM for Marketing Automation: Salesforce.com, Microsoft, or Oracle?” and explained pragmatically what you need to think about when making the move to a Marketing Automation platform. One of the most important questions he asked is “Should you look at Marketing Automation options first?” There’s at least one Marketing Automation vendor out there that says it’s […]
This Labor Day is not like most – with economic uncertainty in the air, there is genuine fear that it will be a long time before our challenges are resolved. This is not a time to sink back and feel sorry for ourselves but to reaffirm our collective commitment to the dignity of work and the importance it has in our society. While many realize […]