What is an example of marketing automation?
A common example: someone downloads an ebook from your site. Marketing automation instantly (1) adds them to your CRM, (2) tags them with the topic, (3) sends a delivery email with the ebook, (4) enters them into a 6-email nurture sequence over 3 weeks introducing your product, (5) scores their engagement (opens, clicks, page visits), (6) flags to sales when they cross a threshold. That entire flow runs on triggers set up once.
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