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The Pond Just Got More Crowded: Google, Salesforce.com and Sequoia Invest in HubSpot

Customer Experience Matrix

In many ways, this investment strikes me as more significant than last year’s acquisitions of Unica by IBM and of Aprimo by Teradata , which were widely touted as “validating” the concept marketing automation and involved vastly more money ($1 billion combined). It followed $33 million in earlier funding since the company was founded in 2006.

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ClickInsights: What ROI metric should B2B marketers use in this digital marketing era?

Ambal's Amusings

Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing. Charlene Li's and Josh Barnoff's book Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Marketing and Sales Alignment – Marketo eBook (New!). in Social Media Measurement – Anna O’Brien (Random Acts of Data blog).

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

I would put the lead management automation crop here: Eloqua, Loopfuse, Manticore Technologies, Market2Lead, Marketo, and Vtrenz. When evaluating any technology to help manage demand, the short list of features should look something like: 1) Prospect data acquisition — helps with targeting, list building, list management, and data quality.

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ClickInsights: How can B2B marketers use content effectively for demand generation?

Ambal's Amusings

Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing. Charlene Li's and Josh Barnoff's book Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Charlene Li's and Josh Barnoff's book Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Outputs, Outtakes, Outcomes.Oh

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

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Sales Lead Management: Thought Leadership with Aaron Ross

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

In The Fatal Mistake Boards and VP Sales Will Make In 2009 Planning , I discuss how lead generation causes new customer acquisition and salespeople fullfill it. With the multitude of promotion channels today (ie: social, blogs, email), what is your advice for B2B marketers striving toward a marketing ROI ?

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Is Netflix a SaaS? 25 Examples of SaaS Companies that Are Rocking It

Single Grain

History: Ubercab was originally founded by Garrett Camp (and, later, co-founder Travis Kalanick) in March 2009 after Camp hired a private driver to the tune of $800. History: WhatsApp was founded by Brian Acton and Jan Koum, former employees of Yahoo, in 2009 after they bought an iPhone and realized the power of apps. B2B or B2C?: