HubSpot prices and the best marketing automation alternatives

HubSpot is by far the number one choice for inbound marketing. But is the market leader the right tool for your company, or do you have other requirements that you can cover better with other solutions? We’ll show you what HubSpot pricing is, what marketing automation features you get for it, and what the best HubSpot alternatives are.

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Augmented reality as an established marketing tool

Over 50% of all Swiss citizens have already used augmented reality applications. The potential is enormous and the possibilities almost unlimited. With the announcement of Apple’s mixed reality glasses a few days ago, one thing is clear: augmented reality is now part of every marketing mix, but it’s no longer rocket science.

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Send blogs automatically via newsletter

Are you looking for a simple and effective way to automatically send your blog posts to your subscribers via a newsletter? Then Aivie and RSS feeds are the perfect solution!

With Aivie and an RSS feed, you can import the latest blogs into your emails and deliver them to your readers’ inboxes. You can do a combination of editorial and automated parts, or automate the newsletter completely.

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3 reasons to include online events in your marketing mix

They do it again and again. Year after year. Some even month after month.

This not only attracts numerous customers to their online coaching sessions, training programs and digital products. What’s more, they are building up a solid community. Loyal fans. Enthusiastic recommenders.

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Swiss marketing automation tool Aivie wants to outpace Mailchimp, HubSpot and Co.

Media release July 2021

Whether it’s a simple newsletter or a sophisticated multichannel campaign, the demands on marketing tools are high and companies are becoming more demanding, especially when it comes to handling data.

Data sovereignty becomes more important. Not only because of regulators. But also because of the realization that data is increasingly becoming the company’s real gold. At the same time, the handling of data should become easier. It is precisely this sweet spot that a Swiss company has taken advantage of and recently launched Aivie, a marketing automation tool that makes powerful technology easy and safe to use.

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Generating leads with chatbots – 3 use cases for lead generation with chatbots

What is a chatbot, anyway? Simply explained, a chatbot is an intelligent software that allows users to talk to each other in a natural way, like with a person.

Wondering if and how you can generate leads with chatbots? Lead generation is about turning prospects into potential buyers. By getting the visitor:s to provide you with their personal information, such as an email address or phone number for further interaction.

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How to get started with Marketing Automation

To start with, the question of which software to use for marketing automation is the smaller challenge to getting started. Because most of the time the mindset blocks the implementation. The fear of losing control creeps along somewhere. Or has all that been overcome and it’s simply a matter of getting going? Chris Beyeler, Aivie Partner and agency owner of BEYONDER shows in this post that it’s not that hard.

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How to find your Marketing Automation Tool?

6 criteria to evaluate your marketing automation tool

There are currently over 9,500 MarTech tools on the market. So, on an average day, we spend at least an hour gathering information from various tools. Many feel overwhelmed by the number of tools they interact with while working.

Therefore, it is essential to consciously choose the marketing automation tool we work with every day. Because the immense number of tools we interact with every day means that we often change context. This in turn influences our creativity and focus.

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Send print mailings automatically from campaigns

Would you also like to incorporate printed matter into your campaigns? No problem. With the print mailing plugin of Deutsche Post and Aivie, you can easily send postcards and print mailings automatically from campaigns. We simplified the setup and application for you. Print mailing automation integrates print directly into your campaigns. Your campaigns then automatically trigger individual mailings to your contacts.

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Recognize intent and learn from touchpoints

Intents are the intentions behind the actions of users and customers. If we know the intention of a contact in a certain situation, in a certain context, we can address the contact with currently relevant content. Intent we recognize in the touchpoint, each touchpoint is thereby a learning opportunity. With marketing automation, suitable content is then placed – completely automatically.

We talked with Björn Nagelmann in #scxtalk about opportunities and the challenges of detecting intents in the context of marketing automation.

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Lead Scoring with Mautic optimizing sales funnels

Sooner or later the time comes when, with the resources available, the abundance of inquiries/contacts can no longer be dealt with in a reasonable time and with the necessary attention. At the latest now is the time to think about which of your contacts you want to focus on intensively / personally. Lead scoring helps to use the available resources efficiently and to optimize marketing funnels. In this post, we cover how lead scoring can be easily and quickly implemented with Mautic.

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Double Opt-In with Mautic

At the latest since the new European DSGVO came into force, every marketer has asked himself the question: “Single Opt-In vs. Double Opt-In. What is required to comply with DSGVO?”. Both have the advantages and disadvantages. However, especially for end-customer communication, Double Opt-In offers three major advantages for companies compared to Single Opt-In:

  1. Traceability of customer consent to receive marketing messages
  2. Improved reputation of the email sender
  3. Higher quality of the contact list and customer relations
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Creating a Sales Funnel

You have put a lot of heart and soul into your website, finally it is live and… nothing happens. Customers were not waiting for you. Does this seem familiar? Then you’re just like a lot of marketers who deal with the question: “How do I turn (website-)visitors into customers? Our answer: with a well thought-through Sales Funnel.

Marketing Automation Tools like Aivie are an important utility for this. Based on the open source marketing automation solution Mautic, Aivie helps you manage your Sales Funnel efficiently. You can find out how to create Sales Funnels with Mautic here.

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Use content efficiently in automated funnels

Marketing automation is used to address customers and guide them automatically through a sales funnel. Every interaction must offer added value so that customers stick with it and take the next step. This applies to digital customer interactions as well as in-person ones. For this, we need the right content in the right place.

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5 tips for successful landing pages

Does this sound familiar to you? You have a lot of visitors on your website, but they leave only after a short time. You’ve put a lot of time and effort into your landing page, yet conversions are rare. Maybe it’s time to rethink your landing page. Our 5 tips for successful landing pages should help you.

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Aivie email template based on the leaked Amazon template and best practices

With an email template we can quickly and easily create an email. But what does a good email marketing template actually look like? Should it be more of a text email? Or would you prefer a colourful HTML e-mail?

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7 steps to secure Mautic hosting

Building and running a secure marketing automation infrastructure with Mautic can be difficult. We know this because we’ve spent years solving these problems for technology startups, SMBs, and large enterprises. Hackers are constantly on the lookout for companies to target. Achieve secure Mautic hosting with these 7 immediately actionable steps.

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