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Activate Acquires Green Leads

Smashmouth Marketing

He offered me a position at By Appointment Only. 2009 Closed our first billion-dollar company (at higher than industry price). Fast forward to 2004. My phone rings and it’s Mike. Hey Damp, it’s Farrell, can you meet me for breakfast?” We met a few days later at Four Sisters Owl Diner in Lowell, Mass.

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The Workforce Now Spans 5 Generations — How Can You Meet Everyone’s Needs?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Companies need to meet the needs of this intergenerational workforce, and those that do see a positive impact from age diversity and age-friendly workplaces. share-price gain during the 2007-2009 downturn, while the broader stock market declined by 35%, according to an AARP study. Inclusive companies posted a 14.4%

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77 (of the) Best SEO Blog Posts and Articles of 2009

Webbiquity

Performance-based Pricing for SEO won’t work by Conversation Marketing. SEOmoz’s Biennial Ranking Factors 2009 Released by SEOmoz. Top Ten Ways To Get Banned From Google by High Position. Learn the Basics Before You Try Anything Fancy! by SEO.com. Dan Patterson. Rand Fishkin. Tobias Bowman. Rand Fishkin.

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How to Make Sure Your Agency is Recession-Proofed

BenchmarkONE

housing bubble signaled the beginning of the Great Recession , which spanned from 2007 to 2009 and heralded the end for many small businesses. And for you and your clients, it’s important to keep up with all of your marketing activities and channels, so you’re in a good position to weather a financial storm. . Cost-Effective.

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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%. Eloqua doesn’t offer an explanation, but my guess is heavy competition forced them to reduce prices during this period.

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

Customer Experience Matrix

Despite past losses, the company is in a strong position to continue to compete aggressively. 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. million) for 2010.

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Adobe Buys B2C Marketing Automation Leader Neolane: One Gap Filled, But Where's CRM?

Customer Experience Matrix

Price was $600 million, which is roughly in line with the 8x revenue paid for ExactTarget and Eloqua recently. That frankly didn’t take much insight, but I’ll brag a bit more about having pegged Adobe as needing to add marketing automation as far back as this post in 2009 and again in 2010.