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## [The Dirty Little Secret About Marketing Automation](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/the-dirty-little-secret-about-marketing-automation)

** Aug 23, 2018 / by [Meghan Hultquist](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/author/meghan-hultquist) posted in [sales](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/sales), [technology](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/technology), [sales enablement](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/sales-enablement), [marketing automation](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/marketing-automation)

Marketing automation exists primarily to help companies generate revenue. Because, really, what's the point of marketing if it's not generating revenue? The way we see it, marketing shouldn't even be happening at your company if it's not strategically generating revenue in a predictable and scalable way.

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## [58 Effective Ways to Segment Your Email Database](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/58-effective-ways-to-segment-your-email-database)

** Aug 14, 2018 / by [Lex Hultquist](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/author/lex-hultquist) posted in [technology](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/technology), [marketing](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/marketing), [marketing automation](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/marketing-automation)

When it comes to segmentation, many companies lean on the basics, splitting up their email database by industry, persona, and/or stage of the funnel. But why stop there?

Marketing automation tools like HubSpot, Marketo, and Pardot make it easy to create lists based on actions and engagements taken by your website visitors. When you augment this data with offline touch points logged in your CRM, there are an endless number of trigger combinations you can use to segment your audience and deliver highly-customized marketing and sales campaigns.

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## [6 Automated Email Campaigns to Accelerate Your Entire Funnel](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/6-automated-email-campaigns-to-accelerate-your-entire-funnel)

** Aug 7, 2018 / by [Meghan Hultquist](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/author/meghan-hultquist) posted in [technology](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/technology), [marketing](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/marketing), [sales enablement](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/sales-enablement), [marketing automation](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/marketing-automation)

Automated email campaigns, also known as nurture campaigns, are a powerful way to accelerate revenue growth across your entire marketing and sales funnel.

Nurture campaigns are a wise investment because they can usually be built using assets you already have, and they require fairly low maintenance to maintain and optimize post-launch. These campaigns work hard for you in the background, freeing up your sales and marketing teams to work on higher-priority opportunities or more strategic initiatives.

A nurture campaign is made up of a series of automated email messages that are sent to a specific audience according to a pre-established schedule. You can design these automated email campaigns to generate growth in a variety of ways, for both sales and marketing teams. These campaigns are easily built with marketing automation software.

Explore six automated email campaigns that accelerate growth across the entire funnel, from warming up marketing-qualified leads to getting a second chance with deals you've lost.

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## [3 Signs You're Using the Wrong Marketing Automation Software](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/3-signs-youre-using-the-wrong-marketing-automation-software)

** Aug 3, 2018 / by [Meghan Hultquist](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/author/meghan-hultquist) posted in [technology](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/technology), [marketing](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/marketing), [marketing automation](https://www.hq-digital.com/blog/topic/marketing-automation)

Marketing automation software offers enormous benefits to marketing and sales teams, but it's not a magic wand. To be successful, you need to have *the right* tool in place to support your team's needs and goals.

When your team is stuck using a marketing automation solution that isn't a good fit, you fail to see results, and your team gets frustrated. Who can blame them? Left without a good marketing automation tool, they're at a crippling disadvantage, and their competitors have an easy edge.

Read on to learn three common signs you're using the wrong marketing automation software, and learn how to find a better solution for your organization.

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