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togetherwestartedtothinkaboutawaytoincreasethequalityofworksandtasksrealized
bytheMarketingDepartment.
Thencameaperiodofveryinterestingactivities,whichresultedincreatingabrandnew
internalCRMsystem.ItwasmeanttoconnecttheneedsoftheMarketingDepartmentand
thoseoftheSalesDepartment,andtomeetthebusinesschallengesposedbytheInternet.
Bearinmindthatitwasaroundtheyear2000.Asitturnedoutlater,theveryfirstmarketing
automationsystemswerealreadyindevelopmentintheU.S.withthemaingoalofcreating
acommonknowledgebasetobejointlyusedbymarketingandsalesdepartments,and
interconnectingtheirprocesses.
Duringthenexttwoyearsasthepresidentofinteria.pl,Ilearnedalotabouttheme-
chanicsoftheInternetandaboutrunningalargecompany.Whenaftermycorporatelife
Idecidedtostartmyowncompany,Ihadonlyonegoalinmind:tocreateanITtechnology
andsoftwareformarketingdepartmentsthatbyconnectingmarketingandsalesprocesses
andbyappropriateintegrationwithothersystemswouldformanewcontextforthework
ofmarketers,withthefollowinganticipatedresults:
Transparencyandaccountabilitymarketerswillhavetheabilitytocheckandproveif
somethingworksornot,andtomonitortheresultsoftheirworksandoptimizethesystem
ofmarketingactivitiesinrealtime;
Creatingdurablemechanismstoincreasecompanyvaluebyleavingbehindatypical
campaign-basedapproachtowardsmarketingandreplacingitwithcontinuous,regular
processesaccumulatingtheinternalcorporateknowledgeonhowmarketingandsales
actuallywork.
AftertwoyearsoftryingandfailingwithKonradPawlus,wecreatedSALESmanagothe
veryfirstmarketingautomationsysteminPoland,currentlyusedbyover7
,000companies
throughouttheworld.Thisbookistheresultoftheexperiencesgainedfromfiveyears’work
withthebestmarketersinPolandandinEurope.
Enchantedbythemarketingwizards
OnAmazon,youcanfindmorethan59,000booksonmarketing.Nottomentionblogs,
podcasts,webinars,educationalvideosonYouTube,etc.Iwouldcongratulatetheseexperts
ontheeasewithwhichtheycomeupwiththeirtheories,ifnotforonesnag.Themajority
ofthosetheorieshavenothingincommonwitheverydaymarketingpractice.InApril2016,
theleadingindustryportalTechCrunchpublishedatextbySamuelScott5whoconfronted
marketingbuzzwords.Heclaimsthattheydon’tbringanythingnewtothegoodoldMar-
ketingMixbasedofthe4P.Theyonlyputnewclothesonoldpractices,andtrytosellthem
5S.Scott,Everythingthetechworldsaysaboutmarketingiswrong,http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/12/
everything-the-tech-world-says-about-marketing-is-wrong/.
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Introduction.ThePhilosophyofMarketingAutomation