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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

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As I wrote in my June 30 post on consolidation among marketing automation vendors , I expect the number of competitors to shrink fairly quickly as new buyers concentrate their purchases among a handful of leading vendors. Will weaker marketing automation vendors merge with each other to establish a larger market presence?

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Advanced Analytics and Still More Reasons I Love QlikView

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I’m at the National Center for Database Marketing Conference this week. Products that sold two installations over the past three years might have added another six in 2007. NCDM is always a good place to get a feel for what’s on people’s minds. One theme I’ve picked up is a greater interest in advanced analytics.

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Conversen Simplifies Complex Messages Through Multi-Channel Dynamic Content

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It's more a supplement than a replacement for conventional campaign management but should save a lot of work for marketers and their agencies. One of the fundamental challenges in database marketing is that a seriously sophisticated campaign may send different messages to hundreds or even thousands of customer segments.