Marketo, the fastest-growing marketing automation (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-resources/marketing-automation.php) vendor, today announced new marketing asset management (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/marketing-asset-management.php) capabilities in its flagship product, Marketo Lead Management. These enhancements extend Marketo'ss powerful and easy-to-use marketing platform with additional tools to store and distribute content, collateral, and other marketing assets as well as track how and when prospects and customers use the content as part of their buying cycles.
As business-to-business buyers take control over their research and buying processes, the content that marketers provide plays an increasingly important role in educating prospects and
building relationships with potential customers, said Phil Fernandez, President and CEO of Marketo. With Marketo Lead Management (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-resources/lead-management.php), marketers now have a place to store and
manage all their marketing assets and can see exactly which prospects are downloading which pieces of content at every stage of the revenue cycle. This means that marketing and sales
teams have more insight than ever about the right action to deepen the relationship with each prospect, which leads to shorter deal cycles and more revenue.
The marketing asset management capabilities of Marketo Lead Management let marketers:
> Create professional emails, forms, and landing pages without IT
> Upload, store and manage Adobe Acrobat PDFs, Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint files, Adobe Flash files, MP3 audio, and more - all hosted in the cloud as
part of Marketo'ss service
> Publish customized URLs for each asset that are part of the client'ss domain, not Marketo'ss
> Share content freely or use landing pages and forms to require registration for access to content
> Send auto-responder follow-ups whenever a prospect views or downloads any asset or collateral
> Track every piece of content viewed by each prospect, tag and segment leads based on which content they'sve downloaded, and score leads based on the content
they'sre reviewed
> Send real-time notifications that alert sales whenever key assets are viewed
In our market, we need to educate buyers about the benefits of SaaS business intelligence for sales management and the impact that the right sales metrics can have on business
performance, said Darren Cunningham, Senior Director of Marketing for LucidEra. Marketo'ss marketing automation provides a critical part of my demand generation infrastructure. The
ability to store and manage marketing content in Marketo allows me to understand which assets are relevant and useful to my prospects. This ultimately helps me deliver more value to
LucidEra prospects in the sales cycle and higher quality leads to the sales team.
About Marketo
Marketo (http://www.marketo.com) provides B2B marketing automation (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-resources/marketing-automation.php) software that translates marketing
spending into revenue. Our award-winning lead management software (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/lead-management-software.php) features email marketing, lead
nurturing, lead scoring, and closed-loop reporting capabilities to help marketing and sales teams work together to generate and qualify sales leads, shorten sales cycles, and demonstrate
marketing accountability. Driven by a relentless focus on customer success and the most innovative user experience in business software today, Marketo is emerging as the fastest-growing
lead management vendor in the world. Marketo'ss on-demand marketing products are easy to buy because they don'st require complex implementation or upfront fees, easy to own because they
don'st require IT support, and easy to use without specialized technical skills or significant training. Pricing starts as low as $1,500 a month, and qualified customers who commit to
running a production campaign can get started with a free trial that includes set-up, training, and integration.