Marketing Automation: Top Objectives and Most Useful Metrics

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Clik here to view.Marketing automation tools are being used with a number of important objectives in mind, and have been generally successful in achieving those objectives, according to a new report [download page] from Ascend2 and its Research Partners based on a survey of 291 marketing, sales and business professionals from around the world, three-quarters of whom are B2B-focused. The most commonly-cited objectives were improving marketing productivity (45%), increasing sales revenue (44%), increasing lead generation (42%) and improving lead nurturing (41%); only 7% rated marketing automation as not being successful in meeting their objectives. (more…)