Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 8, 2009

Summary: Based on Web traffic rankings, new demand generation vendors with low prices are gaining market presence. Last November, after much consideration of alternatives , I settled on Alexa three-month Web traffic rankings as a reasonable way to measure the relative market presence of demand generation vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Vendors 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Here are some alternatives that will come in at or below Marketo’s published starting price of $2,400 per month (or $1,500 for their “Lite” version). (To But even including that, the first year cost for most of these will be less.) : Manticore Technology : a full-featured demand generation product. Just kidding.or

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Cost Marketing Management Demand 120

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 5, 2009

Demand generation systems are in that second stage. CEO and co-founder Brian Giese had extensive experience in business sales and marketing and with existing demand generation systems when he began developing True Influence two years ago. These are not yet standard features on most demand generation products.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Digital Asset Management Demand Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 10, 2013

Optify was founded in 2008 and launched its original product, a search engine optimization (SEO) tool, about a year later. Landing pages can be attached to an auto-responder email, while standard fields on forms are automatically mapped to Salesforce.com. Users can send the contact a system email or add it to a list.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Automation Services Paid Search Agency Small Business Marketing 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 17, 2009

Last Wednesday’s revised ranking of demand generation vendors by Web traffic reminded me that I never published notes from a conversation I had several months ago with Right On Interactive , developer of the 5Buckets marketing automation software. Now is a good time to remedy that. The system can also execute SQL queries.

Multi-Channel 120

Multi-Channel Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Channels 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 30, 2009

The current version also hosts landing pages and Web sites, manages a lead database with profiles and Web activity history, generates lead scores, sends alerts to sales people, and synchronizes data with Salesforce.com. Leads can be captured on landing pages, imported from lists or added through Salesforce.com synchronization.

Small Business Marketing 120

Small Business Marketing Bundling Work Management Paid Search Agency 120

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 3, 2009

With more than 200 new features, the release is the most significant since the product's initial launch in early 2008. additional profile is requested as a prospect moves through an interactive process); Native integration with Salesforce.com ; Web visitor profiling; and Automated duplicate lead removal.

Enterprise Management 20

Enterprise Management Marketo Marketing Management LEADSExplorer 20