Marketing and Sales Automation

Introduction.- Part 1: Digital Transformation in Marketing and Sales.- Automation of Repetitive Processes in Marketing and Sales.- Roadmap to Marketing Automation.- Dovetailing of Marketing and Sales Automation.- CRM, CXM and Marketing Automation.- Marketing Automation changes Sales.- Automation and Social Selling.- From 0 to 5-digit-profit in 10 Weeks with conversation-rate-optimized marketing and sales automation.- Part 2: The Customer Side of Marketing and Sales Automation.- On buyers' expectations, buyers' goals and the improvement of the customer experience.- Valid customer data - the foundation for omni-channel marketing.- Account-based Marketing - Much More than a New Automation Trend.- Account-based Marketing with CRM and Marketing Automation.- Marketing Automation and Customer Loyalty.- Marketing Automation in an Industry - The Case of Tobacco Companies.- Influences on automation of marketing and sales in the future.- Part 3: Customer Journey Management.- From E-Mail-Marketingto Lead Management.- Evaluating Touchpoint Performance Along the B2B Customer Journey.- Interaction of lead management and CRM along the customer journey.- Strategies to Increase Lead Quality.- Lead Management Automation Connecting Marketing and Sales.- Integration of Resellers into Lead Management.- Funnel Performance Management.- Customer-led Growth.- Part 4: Beyond Sales and Marketing Automation.- Predictive Intelligence as a Success Factor in B2B-Marketing.- Artificial Intelligence - The Revolution in Marketing.- Application of AI in Customer Experience Management.- The Future of Marketing and Sales Automation.- MSA as Enabler for Reengineering Corporate Communication.

Uwe Hannig is head and academic director of the Institute for Sales and Marketing Automation (IFSMA, Germany). He is a professor of information and performance management and has many years of experience in sales and marketing in theory and practice. In 1994, Prof. Hannig was appointed Professor of Business Administration and Statistics at Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences (Germany), and since 2000, he has been Professor of Information and Performance Management. He has developed several MBA programs as well as certificate programs for various universities and helped establish two business schools, of which he was managing director and academic director, respectively. While still a student, Prof. Hannig founded a software services company. He was managing director and supervisory board member in several companies from different industries. In 1995, he founded the non-profit Institute for Management Information Systems e.V. (IMIS), of which he is the chairman of the board.

Uwe Seebacher is a methods and structural scientist. He holds a doctorate in economics and business administration and is Professor for Predictive Intelligence at the University of Applied Sciences Munich and Professor for Marketing and Communications at the University of Applied Sciences for Marketing and Communication at Vienna. He has more than 30 years of experience as a business angel and investor, consultant, leader but also entrepreneur in the media, manufacturing, and service industries. He is a popular key note speaker and panelist.