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2010 Will Bring New Features to Demand Generation Systems

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: the demand generation market will continue to grow in 2010, and it may attract some new, big competitors from outside the industry. But the real excitement will be features that expand the scope of demand generation products to support inbound marketing, better measurement, and more efficient content creation.

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

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: HubSpot announced a $32 million investment yesterday by Sequoia Partners, Google and Salesforce.com. Salesforce.com and Google announced their long-anticipated entry into the marketing automation industry, in the baby-step form of investments in HubSpot.

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Oracle Buys Eloqua: Winners and Losers for B2B Marketing Automation

Customer Experience Matrix

Oracle announced today that it has agreed to purchase B2B marketing automation leader Eloqua for $23.50 It suggests that neither Oracle nor Eloqua management felt the company was substantially undervalued. It suggests that neither Oracle nor Eloqua management felt the company was substantially undervalued. recently, so $23.50

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MakesBridge Offers Powerful Features to Small Business Marketers

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: MakesBridge offers a full set of marketing automation features with some special strengths that will appeal especially to small companies. This group of marketers has different needs from even slightly larger companies. See my List of Demand Generation Vendors for other options. per month email product.

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Marketing Automation System Trends: What We Found in the Raab Guide

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Social media and access for sales people were the two big trends among demand generation vendors last year. This contrasts with traditional demand generation pricing on database size and/or activity volume, but is the way sales automation systems like Salesforce.com are usually sold. So much for 2009.

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ClickDimensions Offers Marketing Automation as a Microsoft CRM Add-on

Customer Experience Matrix

Now that I’m more or less finished launching the B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST) , I can start catching up on the other topics. This isn't an option at bigger companies, where one or more CRM systems are often deeply embedded. The vendor reports more than 50 current clients, including a few big companies.

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2 Mistakes that Cause Content Syndication to Fail

Online Marketing Institute

Furthermore, we’re usually able to filter leads on criteria such as geography and company size, so that every lead the client pays for meets that client’s minimum demographic profile. Put the right lead follow-up processes in place, and only then will content syndication be a successful part of your demand generation mix.