
The Client
Carnegie Learning is a leading provider of AI-driven technology, curriculum, and professional learning solutions for K-12 education. They offer a range of educational products and services, including software and textbooks for math, English language arts and literacy, and world languages, as well as high-dosage tutoring and professional learning services.
Their goal is to improve student outcomes in mathematics by engaging students in active learning, promoting conceptual understanding and real-world applications, and supporting teachers in their instructional practices. Over the years, Carnegie Learning has partnered with schools, districts, and educational organizations across the United States to implement their solutions.
They have received recognition and awards for their contributions to the field of educational technology and personalized learning.
The Problem
Carnegie Learning faced challenges using Marketo to meet their ambitious marketing goals:
- Time-consuming processes: List building and asset creation took longer than expected.
- Limited analytics: Marketo lacked robust analytics capabilities, limiting insights into marketing performance.
- Integration issues: Marketing leads didn’t sync automatically with Salesforce, creating inefficiencies and fragmented data views.
- Lifecycle ambiguity: Unclear definitions of lifecycle stages in Salesforce made tracking lead progress difficult, resulting in confusion in sales pipeline analysis.
- Data management hurdles: Ambiguous use of "contacts" in Salesforce, combined with duplicate records, complicated data segmentation and management.
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Limited Control
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Limited Control
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The Solution
- HubSpot Migration & Automation: Transitioned from Marketo to HubSpot, creating over 100 automated workflows to streamline marketing.
- Custom Persona Development: Standardized job titles and developed custom personas for targeted marketing.
- Salesforce Integration: Ensured seamless data flow and alignment between HubSpot and Salesforce for enhanced lead tracking.
- Sales Enablement & Webinar Management: Implemented a Visualforce window for sales insights and integrated Zoom for effective webinar tracking.
- Data-Driven Performance: Utilized HubSpot's analytics to monitor marketing effectiveness.

The Outcome
Automated workflows reduced manual tasks, increasing efficiency.
Improved data integration eliminated redundancies and enhanced the dynamics between marketing and sales teams.
Robust reporting and dashboards provided actionable insights for data-driven decision-making.
Enhanced lifecycle tracking and better segmentation empowered more effective and targeted marketing campaigns.
The Tools
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