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Activate Acquires Green Leads

Smashmouth Marketing

Someone nudged me and said, “That’s Mike Farrell, he was on our board and he’s now a co-op student and has a great job in the software industry. 2008 The two of us get married. 2009 Closed our first billion-dollar company (at higher than industry price). What the hell, a tie? A closet, two computers, and a credit card.

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Choosing an Email Marketing Software « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Choosing an Email Marketing Software Who’s the best email marketing company/software? Slides can be seen below. Good question! You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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ClickInsights: What was your "Aha" moment in 2009? - Part 2

Ambal's Amusings

I have invited our Panel of B2B Marketing Experts to reflect on 2009 and answer the following question: What was your aha moment in 2009 ? B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. But that issue was resolved just a few years later when the first marketing automation software suites came to market. in January 2008.

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More on Marketo Financials: Despite Past Losses, Prospects Are Bright

Customer Experience Matrix

million for 2009 and "triple that" ($13.5 Data I've collected over the years shows that Marketo had about 120 clients at the start of 2009, 325 at the start of 2010, and should end 2010 with about 800. The table below throws in a reasonable guess for 2008 as well. million in 2009 and $21 million in 2010. million total.

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Insights from Eloqua's IPO Registration Statement

Customer Experience Matrix

Revenue increased roughly $10 million per year from 2006 through 2010, which is nothing to sneeze at although the higher base meant the percentage rate slumped significantly in 2009 and 2010, to about 25%. Client counts are reported only for 2008 through mid 2011. Operating expenses grew sharply through 2008, nearly outpacing revenue.

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Hard Data to Justify Your Marketing Automation Investment

Customer Experience Matrix

Neolane “ Making the Business Case for Enterprise Marketing Software ”. The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% Tags: marketing system ROI marketing automation businses case software selection demand generation.

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Defense Tech Marketing To Seize More DoD Opportunities

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Pallas Advisors / Pallas Ventures / Pallas Foundation: Richard Spencer , former secretary of the Navy (2019) Snowpoint Ventures : Doug Philippone , former Army Ranger (2008) J2 Ventures : Patricia D. Anduril (defense software/autonomous vehicles), Palantir (A.I. software), and Applied Intuition (autonomous vehicle software).