This document discusses marketing automation and its benefits. It shows that 68% of SMBs prefer sales contacts by email. It then discusses how marketing automation can identify ready-to-buy businesses, lower digital sales costs, make salespeople more effective, and provide easy-to-use sales management. Metrics show the platform achieving much higher open and click-through rates than industry averages. Results from using it include getting appointments from 36.2% of leads and closing 18.1% for $142,147 in sales. The benefits are said to be decreasing cost per lead, saving time on marketing, and focusing on best sales opportunities.