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John Grundy

Senior Manager at Accenture

Robyn Hatfield

Marketing Director Operations

Kacper Gawlick

Marketo Certified Solutions Architect

Tyron Pretorius

Marketing Operations Manager at Telnyx

Aine Dundas

Head of EMEA Marketing at Notion

Vladlena Mitskaniouk

Head of Marketing at a Stealth Startup

Vlad Croitoru

Freelance Marketing Operations Consultant

Jacqueline Freedman

CEO at Monarch Advisory Founder

Tamara Ann Johnson

Manager at Campaign Operations

Victoria Jabbar-Rey

Sr. Marketing Operations Manager

Britney Young

Ex-Director of Digital Marketing at Prudential Financials

Russel Henley

GTM Sales Lead at Adobe

Justin King

Marketing Consultant at Justin Marketo King

Corey Bayless

Director at Prudential Financial

Debra Monkman

Automation and Operations Manager

Thais Macedo

Marketing Operations Expert

Lauren Aquilino

Founder and CEO at EMMIE Collective

AJ Sedlak

Marketing Technology Lead at Ford Motors

Michael Hartmann

Founder at Hartmann Advisory Group LLC

Mike Rizzo

Founder & CEO at MarketingOps.com

Elicia Chen

Head of Marketing at DroneDeploy

Patricia Pouncey

Growth Marketer at Pouncey Consulting

Rachel Noble Squire

Founder & Principal Consultant

Brooke Bartos

Marketing Ops Director, InvoiceCloud

Amy Abascal

Fractional Marketing VP

Courtney McAra

Marketing Ops, Mustang MarTech

Are Your Campaigns Stalling Before They Deliver Revenue?

From ineffective nurture streams to vanity metrics that don’t move the needle, too many teams struggle to prove ROI from Marketo campaigns. The real problem isn’t lack of leads—it’s lifecycle misalignment, broken scoring, and campaigns that fail to convert.

Frustrated with

  1. Campaigns that generate MQLs but never turn into pipeline
  2. Over-engineered lifecycle models that confuse sales and ops
  3. Personalization that’s either too manual or too generic
  4. Nurture campaigns that don’t adapt to non-linear buyer journeys

This guide solves it

  1. Aligning lead lifecycles with GTM & ABM strategies
  2. Frameworks for diagnosing underperformance in nurture campaigns
  3. Smart lead scoring models & when to invest in advanced tools
  4. Balancing automation with personalization that feels human
  5. How to map lifecycle stages globally without losing local impact

What’s Inside?

Section 01

Lead Generation & Scoring

  • Moving beyond vanity metrics: track pipeline, not clicks
  • Micro-conversions & ROI dashboards that sales will trust

Section 02

Smarter Campaigns & Nurtures

  • Diagnosing underperformance with persona-level data
  • AI-driven personalization & dynamic content delivery
  • Balancing personalization with automation for scale

Section 03

Lifecycle Management That Works

  • Keep it simple: when fewer stages drive better adoption
  • Building separate lifecycles for cross-sell & upsell
  • Managing global vs. local lifecycles effectively

Real-World Results

“We paused general interest content when buyers neared a decision point—and doubled conversion rates.”

John

“Start simple. We began with just three lifecycle stages and scaled later. It’s what kept the team aligned.”

Director of MOPs

“What truly set Xgrid.co apart was their unwavering willingness to tackle any challenge. Whether it was a last-minute request, a complex customization, or support beyond the agreed-upon scope, their response was always a confident “yes, we can do it.” This rare quality instilled trust and significantly eased our operations.”

Apoorva Chaudhary

Marketing Operations Manager, Alkira Inc

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