The marketing world is changing and marketers are getting smart about how they invest their efforts. More and more marketers are equipping themselves with Marketing Automation platforms to become data driven and efficient. Gone are the days when productivity was based on high email volumes. Now we know that it isn't about how many emails go out but how many interested users are reached and pushed down the funnel. Marketing Automation opens up the door to workflows that do just that, push interested users down a funnel to the point of conversion. Here is a quick guide on how to use workflows to entice interested users down the funnel.

Automating campaigns is everyone’s dream and biggest fear.  Eliminating the amount of work and time that goes into building and testing these emails is always a win, right?   At some point we all want to be able to set it and forget it.  On the other hand, letting go of the control and trusting that the system will be accurate is the hardest piece, so it is important to eliminate the risk.  That said, one way to do that is to choose the method of deployment.  

As you slide into your holiday weekend, perhaps we'll have you thinking about forms and funnels whilst gliding down a watery ride at your local water park. For that reason, I thought it would be fun to go through the thinking behind marketing automation, lead generation, and business development. Make your digital marketing efforts work harder for you, so you can play harder for the fourth of July. 

Does your organization have lapsed members? We all do! Not all hope is lost, however, if you run the right campaign.

Marketing automation is all the craze in the business world and is finally making it's way into the association and non-profit world. Many aspects of digital marketing can be automated to save time and improve results. Below are some current marketing automation trends.

When you walk into a store and a sales representative immediately approaches you, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Probably some variation of "Let's hear how he's going to try to sell me this."