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Database quality wise both Apollo and Slintel are quite good in US market. Rest you can check for your individual use case/pricing/features you need.

Slintel for technographics, Apollo for everything else, Zerobounce even though Apollo says validated emails.

For funding related data, Crunchbase is pretty good. It also has an integration with HubSpot and is pretty inexpensive.

<http://Apollo.io|Apollo.io> is competing very well with Zoominfo

Check out Demandbase! They have a data cloud that is a great alternative to zoominfo, apollo and lusha. They also provide account/contact level information including (email, phone, linkedin inmail, etc).

Can you independently buy the product ? What is the pricing ?

We're running a weekly LinkedIn poll and want to export the voter's list at the end of each poll. (Hint Plan is to pick a surprise winner;) )
But we're struggling to extract the voter list. Tried phantombuster but that's showing an error.

Any idea what tool will work here or if we're doing something wrong with phantombuster?

Happy to jump on a call to understand this.

tbh, there is no tool which would work seamless in all conditions on website built using react/angular i.e SPA tech

You would almost end of doing some funky hack or the other to get away

Suppose we change the header text and it's long . And then there is an image next to it . On Preview the alignment looks good. After we go live when we test on our devices the image disappears or is shown half

we used bunchbox and we had a team from <http://conversion.com|conversion.com> and they were able to execute fairly complex a/b tests our site is built using react.js and it would still need dev team to do some changes etc

some of the hacks i remember was we built both a and b version in code and the a/b test tool was just used to toggle visibility

We just wanted to do basic text changes , but ya lots of issues, will try the tools u suggested

<@U04CYEX5VHA> You might want to try <http://vwo.com|vwo.com>, It supports enhanced SPA frameworks like Next.js, Angular, etc.

VWO or Optimizely but both are expensive.

One way to avoid these issues, is by using server side rendering, rather than client side. At my company we faced flicker issues and got ot resolved by doing the rendering on sever side. Google optimize has settings to allow this with different website stacks.

Usually happens when the card is declined, even after adding funds it takes time for account to go live.

The work around is to remove and add card again after adding funds to the card.

but it's a credit card, kept adding the same card and the 2 rupees keeps getting deducted thus transaction is happening

Hey <@U03T68BF6E9>, we have been facing the same issue as well. It is because the payment goes to Ln (Singapore) and because of new RBI regulations it needs to be approved daily from the payment gateway website.
There are two possible solution:
1. Approve it daily from the gateway, Karbon customer care would be able to help. 
2. Explore other payment options, like Quolum etc. <@U035NH9AL6N> might be able to help here.

1. Don't mind it approving regularly but reflections takes like 24-48 hours everytime so ads get stuck 
2. Hey <@U035NH9AL6N> any other payment options that you know that will work smoothly?

You can also explore a post paid option with LinkedIn (and Google ads as well) <@U03T68BF6E9>.

google ads is smooth, how does the postpaid option work on LI? <@U03TSVDHHU0>

It is smooth on LinkedIn as well if you provide them with all the required documents. It is much simpler on LinkedIn I think coz Google Ads takes a lot of time to verify things with their internal teams <@U03T68BF6E9> 

Document and everything is done, it's the card approval issue only

from the top of my head, you're confusing between status and status reasons.

Lead status = open, active, lost
Lead lost reasons = demo no show, integration not available etc.

i know this doesnt cover most of your cases but I just shared an example to illustrate the point i was making. maybe think along these lines?

Yeah. I started off with trying to keep this to 2 fields but I guess that will complicate things more. Having 3 fields-&gt; Lifecycle Stage, Status and Status Reason would be easy.

yeah stage will remain ofcourse, i meant for the rest of the chaos, it can be managed within 2 fields

Agree with what Aniruddh mentioned above. I recommend talking to a CSM at Hubspot. They usually recommend the best practices around it.

I have done most things, DM pe/put questions here. both work for me

Disclaimer: I work with <http://Factors.AI|Factors.AI> - a marketing analytic+attribution tool and Factors does solve for use cases you mentioned. I see you are interested in solving the above problems with existing set of tools. So I won’t be pitching Factors at all and try to help you with all the necessary info.

As part of my role, I have spoken to more than 150 marketing teams on B2B SaaS analytics in the last 2 yrs which has helped me understand how to solve these use cases both with and without advanced analytics tools and limitations in both ways. If you are interested, feel free to DM me and we can talk on a call. Difficult to answer these questions on chat with limited context. And like I said- I won’t pitch Factors at all. And if need be I can connect you to a few SaaS marketers who I know have solved problems using the tech stack you mentioned.

Understand the first and last UTM params of every lead on Hubspot - _These would be found in Hubspot properties Original source, Original source drill down-1 , Original source drill down-2 and Latest source, Latest source drill down-1 , Latest source drill down-2_ 

Be able to see the key pages the leads have visited like pricing or product pages etc - _These can be also tracked using Hubspot and you can have an alert from workflows on slack whenever a <https://community.hubspot.com/t5/CRM/Create-a-workflow-based-on-when-a-contact-visits-a-page-or/m-p/386213|lead visits key page>_


Know the page where they converted - _can be viewed in Recent conversion property in Hubspot_

Connecting user behaviour data from Amplitude to Hubspot to segment users- _native connector is available you can sync data to multiple properties_ 

Fine-tuning the lead scoring - _Can be set-up in <https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/set-up-score-properties-to-qualify-leads|hubspot>_

Understand if we should be tracking anything else - depends on business use case, there could be multiple things which can be tracked

Hope these will help <@U033KD7GMDJ>
The above assumptions would work only if Hubspot is connected with your website and forms

4. Connecting user behaviour data from Amplitude to Hubspot to segment users
this would need either some reverse ETL tooling or custom developement
1 &amp; 2 &amp; 3 - these are mostly available off the shelf to view at a contact level

1. GoToWebinar 
2. RiverSideFM (for HD video) 
3. OneStream for running pre-recorded videos on social

But I think, they dont have live Q &amp;A

Who doesn't have LIVE Q&amp;A? :slightly_smiling_face:

For simulated webinar…they have send question via email

Simulated Webinar means pre-recorded webinars? Yes, email.

Or if the pre-recorded webinar is running on a social platform, then the questions from comments can be taken and a new LIVE video can be started just after the pre-recorded bit to specifically answer the questions.

Check out EWebinars. Will help with both use cases

Airmeet for sure, you can connect with <@U03EPEPBK8U> for more info

Hey <@U03BZJ0KK1R> would love to help you get setup in Airmeet. Thanks for the mention <@U02VA4JGMH9>

Hello folks. Is anyone working with Apple search ads? If yes what payment method are you using, since Indian bank credit cards are not accepted.

Hi Folks,
I have been working on building a multi touch attribution model at my company, so far I have been able to do a data logging across all marketing and sales activity on an account/deal level, the next step is to model the data using different distribution logics for $ value across those touchpoints.
Anyone out here who have worked on a similar stuff, I wanted to understand what different distribution logics you guys followed(U shaped/W shaped/Liner etc.) and what made more sense

Thanks.

From what I have used
1. Get Response
2. Woodpecker 
3. Reply

Sendinblue - all plans come with unlimited contact storage

<@U03T68BF6E9> you can try <http://salesgear.io|salesgear.io>. Let me know if you are interested in getting a demo and trial. 

outbound- apollo
nurture - sendgrid/mailchimp

I'd suggest *<https://www.lemlist.com/lemwarm|Lemlist>* :)

There was a rss feed poster for twitter that tweeted the title plus url of the blogs you configured it with. Something <http://dlvr.it|dlvr.it> if I am not mistaken. Their premise was that people usually end up sharing content from publications to appear knowledgeable. They automated the entire thing. So every time your fav publication pushed out a blog/article you tweet it automatically 

I’ve set up my Twitter account to automatically retweet content posted from certain handles using IFTTT.

I will get worried if it creates and posts without asking for my review. Also, creating content with zero inputs doesn't feel authentic. But I do realize non-writers or writers planning to save time will be very happy. :slightly_smiling_face:

should be fairly straight forward. If you have an account setup, i can walk you through

yes it should be , but zapier does not have a field where it allows me to select a dynamically new channel to send the message, it only gives me the option to send on already existing channels which is not what i want

every time a new channel is create you want to share a google doc on that channel?

<@U04HZS1SX96> have you done something like this?

<https://slack.com/intl/en-in/slack-tips/automatically-onboard-new-channel-members#:~:text=When%20someone%20new%20joins%20the,their%20team%20in%20the%20channel>.

I didnt even explore Slack built in option

Workflow is only available on paid plans. I am not able to check because of that :smiling_face_with_tear:

They are not comparable.

Like MixPanel is primarily used for product analytics and hockeystack for attribution.

Even if MixPanel give attribution feature then it won’t be as good as Hockeystack and vice versa.

Got it. You’ve used both? Any idea on hockeystack price range?

MixPanel - Yes
Hockeystack - No and no idea around price.

Ive used mixpanel too so Im familiar around it, I just dont know how hockeystack compares. The website claims it ties usage to attribution 

Ah interesting. This looks exactly like MixPanel.

Hockey stack is comparable to <http://factors.ai|factors.ai>

Hey <@U030SDYNX7V>, thanks for the mention.

<@U030L29FSN4>: I work at Factors and HockeyStack is one of our competitors. I can help you understand what tool might be a good fit for your use cases-&gt; Mixpanel or HockeyStack. Depends on your use case and budget. I have been talking to marketing teams that use either Mixpanel/HockeyStack and also have moved to Factors. Feel free to DM me. Promise, I wont be all salesy at all but will give you with all the necessary info that'll help you make a decision. Even if it means that Mixpanel or some other tool comes out to be a better option after our discussion :slightly_smiling_face:

<@U030L29FSN4> If you are looking for marketing attribution, I can help. We are building <http://dataflo.io|dataflo.io> which is alternative to hockeystack. We can discuss.

<@U02PDC4883V> - can we do this on the HS trial account of s11s?

Hey we’re good for now. I’ll let you know. <@U030SN40D3L> helped!

Hey Ananda .. canyou please reach out to <mailto:pritesh@sprinto.com|pritesh@sprinto.com>

We are looking for an experienced candidate in MarketOps

Please reach out to <mailto:hr@dronahq.com|hr@dronahq.com> We are in similar space.

Really appreciate you reaching out folks, I just closed a job as Director of MarkOps. 

I'll refer to good resources to reach out to you guys as well, if you'd like a good SaaS experienced consultant I can also refer one for you.

<@U04BZ0ABST0> Congrats. Pls share the consultant reference.

Have shared him your email id Pritesh he'll get in touch soon.

Hi Keshav - can suggest someone for this. DM me

Hi Keshav - I can suggest someone. Pls Dm

hey <@U034WGLASMA> We have worked with <https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhukesh-gautam/> he is good with automation.

We worked with Inbound Mantra. Super solid guys

Hey <@U034WGLASMA> , I can help you with this!! I’m into MarkOps! 

Hi Chris - I've not heard (_giving permission)_ that from my experience. You will be assigned a spoc from Google with whom you can discuss the pros and cons of various tactics.

But end of day, would advise your team (concerned Paid ads) to make any changes

Nope, for performance max ads, you do not have the ability to add negative keywords

you HAVE to go through chat support and get them to add the negative keywords for you

but the problem is, they send you an email asking for permission to make changes across the entire account

<@U038L2K4R08> you can exclude URLs which those keywords are driving traffic to. for example, i discovered that our PMAx campaign was leading traffic to a GPT-3 related blog and a Glossary blog. We simply excluded those URLs.

<@U03MKL4JYHW> share your sob stories man :stuck_out_tongue:

<@U02VBNKU9T6> do share if you find someone :sunglasses:

Have you heard of Mautic ?

It's really good + open source. Any specific reason to stick with Pardot ?

<@U030SDYNX7V> I finally got to speak to someone

How much beer you needed to bring out his pain and sorrow

<@U030SKG09E1> have you tried using Phantombuster? You can use their API to fill the sheets

Thanks Sunil. Will try Clay. Have tried Phantombuster, but haven’t used their API for auto-populating sheets. Will check out.

Does clay provide mobile numbers ? Do you know their cost ? 

i am fairly aware of segment implementation

<@U030SDYNX7V> <@U02VA4JGMH9> if you guys are having a call I would love to hop in too

<@U04L92A5Y9Z> we don’t welcome self promotion / promotional posts in here. Do read the rules at <http://s11s.club/rules|s11s.club/rules> in case you’ve further questions. Thanks!

Got it Shafique. What channel would be the best one to share thoughts?

We have a dedicated no holds barred channel <#C0318NH5G3C|> 

Request you to go through the rules. It has everything and won’t take more than 2 mins of your time

i am keen to hear why you are thinking/contemplating to move from Webflow to custom stack?

Currently using custom + WP as cms, exploring if there is any downside with Webflow

Some of the limitations that I hear  from our developer :

• 100 Static Pages limit
• 10K CMS Records with a Limit of 30 Data Fields in Each
• Reverse Proxy :x:
• Lack of on demand customer support. 
• Ridiculous pricing jump  between business plans and enterprise plan (which you need for dedicated CSM and Reverse proxy, 10K+ CMS Items)
Business: 45$
Enterprise: ~65000$
• Downtime during transition, etc..
Most companies might not hit these limits or there could be workarounds. Also they are constantly improving and the community is SOLID. But imo their pricing plans have always been  confusing. Hope they get this sorted or its gonna be a huge problem after a company has scaled enough with Webflow.

I witnessed a Webflow to wordpress migration recently. The main reason - Webflow is unnecessary for most startups.

I'm all for WordPress and with their latest update of full site editing or FSE as they call it (still beta), it's all you need.

The main limitation of WordPress for me was -- lack of site customization. What the theme has set, was all you could get without code. That is no longer an issue now.

+ No limits to CMS items, pages, visits per month, or cost based on visits and CMS items. I do a lot of programmatic SEO and the limited CMS items would've gotten used up PRETTYYYYY quickly.

We moved from custom stack to WF, best decision we made honestly. WF is very costly though :disappointed:

In most cases, unless you are creating programmatic content pages, you won't hit their limits.

WF takes away all the hassle of SEO and website maintenance.

Having said that, you can also look at framer. It has lesser fidelity compared to webflow but time to production is super low. It worked out for us - <http://nowstackit.com|nowstackit.com>  is built on framer.

<@U03GJ7LD22E>: I work at Factors, and we have a solution that solves for this. We are better than Clearbit in terms of enrichment rates + affordable. Infact, we have partnered with 6Sense for this data. Think of us as a lite version of 6Sense. But then why should you go ahead with Factors and not 6sense? Because 6sense's pricing starts at ~$25-30K annual contracts only and Factors pricing starts at $1200 per year. If you're interested, I can help with a quick non-salesy demo call. Let me know

Check out Demandbase, they have tons of information around website traffic, intent data and campaign engagement. You can aggregate all of that w/their engagement minutes and then stack rank accounts and contacts for outreach to help enable your sales reps

We're trying out Factors. Will tell you how it goes <@U03GJ7LD22E> and <@U030SS7KNHH> too :smile:

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Yup, so far it is going good with Zuddl. Anshuman (from Zuddl) seems to like it so far (snapshot below)

Have a call with Zuddl team in another 40 mins :sweat_smile: We'll know for sure.

Now if we can only love the pricing :stuck_out_tongue: <@U030SS7KNHH>

hahah, Factors is the most affordable deanon tool out there :slightly_smiling_face:

Hi Manav - do you want to try EngageBay and see if it fits well?

Hi Manav, Let me know if you want to try HubSpot or Salesforce.

1. What's your daily volume per mailbox?
2. What is the age of each mailbox?
3. What is the frequency between each email sent?
4. Can you send me a line graph of your sending volume ( X= day of week, Y = emails sent)
In short, i personally don't think Google is doing anything in particular to restrict outbound emails. They are tightening things around what they classify as spam which isn't that detrimental if you have a good process.

What they are doing, however, is clamping down on API based warmup tools and possibly will Target SMTP based ones too since it actually does violate their TOS

That's a great framework to assess, Soham! We actually checked all of that for internal RCA. Our volumes are under 300 mails per week for this mailbox 3 months old. Frequency between mails is at least 2 days.

For your last paragraph, what is your advice to make it work with Gmail?

300 emails/week is fine. You're facing issues in other areas in that case. A few things to note
1. Try to keep a steady volume daily. Don't just send 50 emails one day and then nothing for 2 days i e don't let the curve touch x=0 on sends
2. Only send to valid emails that are verified by neverbounce/zerobounce. Bounce rates over 3% = massive issues
3. Have you setup proper SPF, DKIM, DMARC? What's your DMARC policy set to?
4. Go to mail-tester and check your email score, it even gives you the blacklists you're on
5. Use MXtoolbox to diagnose your IP

If you have an engineer versed in DNS have them review your DNS setup as well

Thanks a ton on detailed response. Anything I could help with, one message away, <@U03KCEWAEFQ>:saluting_face:

<@U03KCEWAEFQ> Any recommended reading for what looks like a good config on DNS setup for email deliverability?

Is <https://aws.plainenglish.io/3-steps-to-configure-dns-to-improve-deliverability-and-security-of-your-email-be71c19dfe60|this> a good read?

And <https://manuals.gfi.com/en/kerio/connect/content/server-configuration/mail-delivery-and-dns-records/essential-dns-records-for-mail-delivery-and-spam-protection-1223.html|this>?

Hey <@U03KCEWAEFQ> what to do if you are blacklisted in some of the lists?

• HubSpot do have pop-up functionality. 
• Also major A/B test platform do provide pop-up functionality (I know of Google Optimize)

I made my own on WF. Took me less than 5 mins. Added UTM params to button/link to get better visibility.

I would suggest you to try <https://hikeorders.com/geodeals/discount-offer-banner/|GeoDeals>. They have multiple options

We use HubSpot. 

You can try Sumo as well. I think they have this kind of pop up functionality.