Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

But if you look back at my “doughnuts and pizza slices” post on software acquisitions , it does make perfect sense. I’d say the ATG purchase lessens the odds of Oracle buying a marketing automation vendor. Nor have I forgotten that Oracle already bought marketing automation vendor Market2Lead, plugging a different set of holes.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Digital Asset Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 22, 2010

Summary: consolidation isn't new among marketing software vendors. As I wrote in my June 30 post on consolidation among marketing automation vendors , I expect the number of competitors to shrink fairly quickly as new buyers concentrate their purchases among a handful of leading vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 120

LeadSloth

AUGUST 10, 2010

Today Genius.com announced a free version of their Marketing Automation system. Only about a month ago, Loopfuse also started offering a free version of their Marketing Automation system. What does this mean for companies interested in adopting Marketing Automation? There is severe competition (30+ vendors).

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Loopfuse Marketing Automation LeadGenesys 100

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. As part of a broader lead generation, on-demand platform, Demandbase offers a free, downloadable Web application built on Adobe AIR (one of 3 investors in an $8M round they also announced.)

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 2, 2011

Summary: Oracle has integrated marketing automation with its on-demand CRM product. If I were more on the ball, I would have noticed that May 25 marked a full year since Oracle bought the intellectual property* of high-end B2B marketing automation vendor Market2Lead. Will competitors do the same?

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Market2Lead 120

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

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.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management 40