If you’re building a basic B2B or B2C MarTechstack then here’s a look at some of the components of a marketing stack.
Marketing automation
There are a plethora of marketing automation tools out there, and we at BlueOshan recommend HubSpot. HubSpot comes with a variety of different pricing packages based on the scale of your business and the kind of solution you’re looking for. HubSpot also integrates with a variety of widgets and other software in the market, making it a good contender for a marketing automation pick for your B2B or B2C martech stack.
Social media automation
Created in 2008, Hootsuite is a personal favourite social media automation tool of mine. Hootsuite also has a freemium model which is actually quite nice. Sprout Social is a huge fan favourite over at r/socialmedia. To be honest there are plenty of social media automation tools out there for you to add to your B2B or B2C martech stack. Whatever you do finally pick, make sure it plays well with your marketing automation tool.
Content management system
From WordPress to Drupal to Joomla, there are plenty of CMS to pick off the shelf. Your website is extremely important to your martech stack, so you need to be able to add or delete pages with ease. Having an easy to use content delivery system is vital for you to keep your content fresh. It will even benefit your inbound marketing efforts so choose wisely!
Advertising Technology
Google AdWords is a popular advertising service. In fact a lot of contenders of the Stackies 2018 had Google AdWords in their martech stacks. The right advertising campaign or goals will promote your business and so using the right advertising technology is important for your martech stack.
Customer relationship management
CRM plays a very important role in your martech stack. CRM will help you nurture leads that are on the top of the funnel, and also help you track behaviour and give you useful insights into your customer’s behavior. Since we have already recommended HubSpot for the marketing automation tool, you can add HubSpot CRM to your stack as well. HubSpot CRM is completely free to use, and will work well with your martech stack.
Email Marketing
Sending personalized emails to your leads and customers works wonders. Freemium email marketing software like MailChimp and Constant Contact are great for small businesses. Some marketing automation tools like HubSpot come with an email marketing suite that can do exactly what we are suggesting. Nurturing your leads and customers via email has proven to be quite successful and can be pivotal for your marketing efforts.
Data analytics tools
Although I have put this under a separate sub heading, most of the tools that we have mentioned above come with a dashboard experience that allow you to track various analytics. One of the most popularly used analytics tools by companies in their martech stacks is Google Analytics. You could even experiment with building a custom dashboard, with analytics widgets from all your tools in your martech stack.
Companies like CISCO who have regularly won The Stackies 2018 have an amazing marketing technology stack. Do check out our blog post on CISCO’s martech stack!