The delicate art of balancing marketing automation

Karl Van Buren, Co-Founder and CEO at Audyence, delves into effective marketing automation and maximizing success in B2B marketing. By harnessing marketing automation alongside human insight, businesses can leverage data effectively and optimize their strategies for success. It's the synergy between technology and human expertise that drives truly impactful marketing automation programs. Today, Karl discusses the delicate art of balancing marketing automation.
About the speaker

Karl Van Buren

Audyence

 - Audyence

Karl is Co-Founder and CEO at Audyence

Show Notes

  • 02:36
    Benefits and opportunities in marketing automation
    Marketing automation can save time, reduce costs, and improve performance. If marketing automation doesn't achieve at least one of these benefits without negatively affecting the other categories, it's likely not worth keeping.
  • 04:02
    The challenges of marketing automation
    Marketers who excel at marketing automation usually have the resources to invest in the necessary technologies, platforms, and talent. However, assembling the ideal tech stack and ensuring seamless operation can be challenging.
  • 04:30
    Audyence in B2B marketing automation
    Audyence is a programmatic media platform that offers pay-per-lead inventory for advertisers, along with workflow automation powered by AI and machine learning. They work with agencies and businesses to streamline the process, improving ROI for demand generation efforts.
  • 05:54
    Marketing automation and lead generation
    Effective marketing automation relies on clean data and understanding your ICP. By connecting the data throughout the funnel and leveraging it to nurture leads in a personalized manner, marketers can increase the likelihood of leads converting into opportunities.
  • 08:39
    Marketing automation and the human touch
    For marketing automation, human input is required to identify the right ICP and develop an appropriate strategy to reach them. Ultimately, a successful marketing automation program requires that humans and technology work together.
  • 13:44
    Simplifying audience building in marketing
    Audyence simplifies audience building by offering options to upload existing target lists or create one in real-time. While common mistakes include being too broad or too narrow with targeting parameters, Audyence provides real-time insights into the scalability of demand-gen campaigns.

Quotes

  • "Marketing automation can give us more data, but it starts with what we put in. A successful marketing automation program requires humans and technology working in tandem." - Karl Van Buren

  • "With marketing automation, you get out of it what you put in. If you're starting from a point of unclean data and a poor understanding of who your ICP is, your leads ultimately wont turn into opportunities." - Karl Van Buren

  • "In 2024, humans remain essential in marketing. No machine can connect your brand with customers without research and creating a brand that resonates." - Karl Van Buren

  • "Efficiency is a marketer's best friend. Time efficiencies or labor efficiencies, hard cost efficiencies, and performance. Those are the three factors." - Karl Van Buren

About the speaker

Karl Van Buren

Audyence

 - Audyence

Karl is Co-Founder and CEO at Audyence

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