Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Social media is the latest stage in this evolution. The final, related factoid is that social media have grown from virtually nothing to nearly 20% of online time over the past few years. Thus, social media present a major threat to search advertising revenues. social marketing.

Social Media 120

Social Media Narrowcasting Media Database Marketing 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 16, 2009

Summary: Alterian's purchase of Techrigy marks the first integration of serious social media management with marketing automation. Marketing automation vendor Alterian yesterday announced its acquisition of social media monitoring company Techrigy. Others are sure to follow.

Marketing Management 120

Marketing Management Acquisitions Social Media Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Summary: Here are links to about twenty studies with statistics on online media consumption and advertising spend. Many are contradictory, but it's clear that marketers need to invest in social media, which might eventually replace search as the primary way that customers find them.

Spending 120

Spending Media Mobile Advertising Forrester 120

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Here are some others, in rough order of industry familiarity: Alterian – extends beyond multi-channel campaign management to include Web content management, Web analytics, and social media monitoring. The campaign management portion is based on the Million Handshakes system purchased by Portrait in 2008.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Resource Management Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

A typical big company pays $200,000 to $300,000 per year, not including media fees (passed through at cost) and supplemental services such as local registration. Balihoo entered the “local marketing automation” business in 2008 and now has more than thirty enterprise clients serving more than 100,000 local businesses.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Advertising Agencies Work Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 30, 2009

Although Hubspot positions itself as an “inbound marketing system,” it actually does more than the search engine optimization, blogging, social media interactions and related analytics needed to generate Web traffic. Other features include automated Web scans to identify changes in keyword rankings and relevant social media articles.

Small Business Marketing 120

Small Business Marketing Bundling Work Management Paid Search Agency 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 24, 2015

While GreenRope is new to the VEST report, the company itself was founded in 2008. Perhaps the most interesting feature of LeadLiaison is a content creation wizard that connects to a network of prequalified writers for blog posts, white papers, press releases, newsletters, Web pages, social media posts, and other materials.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Small Business Marketing Paid Search Agency Marketing Report 120