Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 30, 2009

Summary: Hubspot offers a bundle of Web traffic generation and lead management features in one low-cost package. 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.

Small Business Marketing 120

Small Business Marketing Bundling Work Management Paid Search Agency 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 31, 2010

When I wrote about Aprimo Marketing Studio in a post last August , I was impressed by the scope of the product but reserved judgment because it hadn’t yet been launched. I took a look at the actual product last week. Placing them all in the same product adds cost and complexity, which are not a software developer’s friends.

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Work Management Marketing Management Resource Management 120

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

However, many tech buyers visit vendor Web sites many times to learn about and compare products, yet few register or leave evidence of their activity. The lead management automation market, about which I blogged previously , continues to attract new players at a rapid rate. So, take my comments with a grain of salt.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 8, 2009

Silverpop's figures may also be inflated by its consumer email production business. Judging from the press releases on their Web site, this may be due to a new release last October that added Salesforce.com integration. The only vendor with a really major drop in ranking was Lead Genesys , another long-time industry participant.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Vendors 120

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

This process has five functions: send emails to prospects; capture responses on landing pages; score leads; send qualified leads to sales; and nurture non-qualified leads with multi-step campaigns. Users can also specify a waiting period between actions, and whether to send alerts when a lead qualifies for an action.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Small Business Marketing Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This is a bit perplexing, since those products are at the opposite ends of the spectrum: Marketo being relatively low cost / limited functionality / easier to learn, and Eloqua being higher cost / richer functionality / takes more training. Pardot : another pretty powerful product; see my blog review from December 2008.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Cost Marketing Management Demand 120

Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 24, 2009

At your own company there still may be plenty of interest for your products or services but companies may not have the budget to purchase from you which means longer sales cycles and missed forecasts. How are the best in class companies still reaching their 2009 targets? Come Together.

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100