Name: LinkDM
Author: LinkDM

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

AI Code Generation

AI Development

Agile Development

Version Control

Development

Student Management

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Enterprise Asset Management

IP PBX

Knowledge Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Nonprofit Accounting

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Employee Scheduling

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Time Tracking

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Build Automation

Cloud Brokers

Cloud Storage

Data Center Cooling

Data Center Networking

Data Mapping

Data Privacy Management

Data Warehouse

Database Load Balancing

Embedded Database

Firewall Security Management

Fraud Detection

IP Address Management (IPAM)

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Low-Code Development

Managed IT Service

Migration

Mobile Application Performance Monitoring  (APM)

Network Performance Monitoring

Network Simulation

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

Value Stream Management

Workload Automation

Information Technology

A/B Testing

AI Writing Assistant Software

Account-Based Marketing (ABM)

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Customer Experience Management

Customer Journey Analytics

Digital Experience Intelligence

Email Marketing

Marketing Automation

Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Headless eCommerce

Trade Promotion Management

Sales

Database Security

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)

Security

Apparel

Lease Management

Spreadsheet

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Salesforce

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Oracle

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Prime

Ultimate

Mailchimp is an email marketing and marketing automation platform. Beyond just tracking how campaigns perform, Mailchimp takes it a step further by analyzing data from over half a billion emails to show why campaigns perform, driving informed decisions.

Essentials

Standard

Premium

LinkDM

70% of marketers say Marketing Automation software is critical to their goals. Find the right tool for you.

The Buyer's Guide to Marketing Automation

Marketing Automation is a subset of Enterprise Marketing Management. Marketing automation software nurtures leads with relevant content, and then routes prospects to a sales rep at the optimal point in the buying process. Key functionality includes:

- Automated marketing campaigns & click tracking
- Email, landing pages and online registration pages
- Lead scoring, lead nurturing & lead management
- Analytics and reporting

Getting Started with LinkDM

Email & Online Marketing

Using software to manage lists, send emails, automate email campaigns, and track results.

WYSIWYG email editor

Users can create html emails through a drag-and-drop interface, without html coding knowledge.

Dynamic content

Users can tailor email, website or landing page content depending on the viewer or recipient (e.g., email salutations that include the recipient’s name).

Ability to test dynamic content

Users can test dynamic content prior to launching a campaign.

Landing pages

Users can create web pages that are customized to a particular email or campaign. Landing pages often include web forms which can capture visitor information and integrate it back into the MA software.

A/B testing

Users can experiment with different variations of a campaign and measure results. Testable aspects might include subject lines, header images, or landing page copy.

Mobile optimization

Users can easily optimize emails and landing pages for mobile devices.

Email deliverability reporting

The software helps ensure inbox delivery of email campaigns, through features such as deliverability tests, opt-in management, bounce handling, suppression lists, dedicated IP addresses, and delivery monitoring.

List management

This involves creating, filtering, editing, merging and de-duping lists of contacts.

Triggered drip sequences

The software allows users to set up automatic / drip email campaigns triggered by certain events.

Lead Management

The process of tracking and managing prospective customers from lead generation to conversion.

Lead nurturing automation

Users can set up targeted drip email campaigns based on time intervals or prospect behavior, to automate the lead nurturing process and move them further down the sales funnel.

Lead scoring and grading

Users can set up the software to automatically rate leads based on calculations such as buying signals, such as form submissions, or page views, and automatically qualify leads based on demographic factors.

Data quality management

The software helps store, manage, and organize data around each lead, and avoid data problems such as duplicate contacts or non-standard formats.

Automated sales alerts and tasks

The software helps ensure that a sales person is notified of lead activity and can act on the information in a timely fashion.

Lead segmentation and distribution

Facilitates the distribution and assignment of leads to sales representatives or teams, ensuring a fair and efficient allocation of leads for follow-up and conversion.

Campaign Management

Users can schedule campaigns and/or events with reminders, announcements, etc.

Calendaring

The software helps users maintain a calendar of all marketing activities.

Event/webinar marketing

Users can streamline event marketing with features such as personalized invitations, registration, reminders and post-event follow-ups.

Social Media Marketing

Using social media networks to help amplify marketing endeavors.

Social sharing and campaigns

Users can incorporate social share buttons into campaigns to allow recipients to easily share content. Users can track shares as well.

Social profile integration

The software incorporates social profile data and social share histories to enhance segmentation and scoring of contacts.

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

Dashboards

Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.

Standard reports

The software offers pre-built reports with metrics standard to the category.

Custom reports

Platform & Infrastructure

Features related to platform-wide settings and structure, such as permissions, languages, integrations, customizations, etc.

An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.

Role-based workflow & approvals

Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.

Customizability

Users can customize their instance with features like custom fields and custom objects.

Integration with Salesforce.com

The software can integrate with Salesforce.com bi-directionally, allowing for data syncs, activity alerts, campaign triggers, enhanced reporting, and lead assigning.

Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM

The software can integrate with Microsoft Dynamics CRM bi-directionally, allowing for data syncs, activity alerts, campaign triggers, enhanced reporting, and lead assigning.

Integration with SugarCRM

The software can integrate with SugarCRM bi-directionally, allowing for data syncs, activity alerts, campaign triggers, enhanced reporting, and lead assigning.

Third-party software integrations

Integration functionality with third-party or in-house systems.

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LinkDM

Overview

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