Martech

APRIL 4, 2024

“Additionally, more and more companies are seeking to consolidate their tech stack and an acquisition like this certainly supports that trend. HubSpot, founded in 2006 by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, is one of the highest-profile vendors in the martech space. Why we care. This story, of course, may go nowhere. Get MarTech!

Hubspot 86

Hubspot Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Acquisitions 86

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 16, 2018

It took some time for the vendors to realize that the database itself was ultimately more valuable than any one application, because the database was more central to their clients’ needs. But a more realistic explanation is that clients are always asking for new features and vendors are eager to oblige.

Enterprise Management 278

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 278

Webbiquity

JANUARY 18, 2022

The value proposition of intent data vendors is typically that will combine their data (which is third-party data from your perspective) with your website analytics data (your first-party data) to identify companies that are actively looking to buy what it is you sell, and where they are in the buying process. . It’s Not for Everyone.

Intent Data 324

Intent Data Marketing AI Intent Lead Ranking 324

Tomorrow People

JUNE 7, 2021

Weighing up the pros and cons of a particular solution, comparing similar products in the same space, and attempting to calculate time-to-value and ROI is often catastrophic for tech vendors. Due to this a PLG strategy will often be defined by shorter sales cycles and a lower customer acquisition cost (CAC). Focus beyond acquisition.

Enterprise Management 156

Enterprise Management Product Work Management Marketing Management 156

Zoominfo

AUGUST 2, 2020

With data like promotions, mergers and acquisitions, product launches, and funding, opportunity data gives users opportunities to create new business. Accuracy: Generally speaking, the closer a vendor is to the data source — the more accurate the data will be. The vendor should be able (and willing) to provide specifics.

Enterprise Management 245

Enterprise Management Ad brokers Work Management Marketing Management 245

Martech

APRIL 9, 2024

Other tactics will be needed to support acquisition. Another agnostic player is Optable, the data collaboration and clean room vendor that was created in conscious anticipation of the deprecation of third-party cookies on Chrome. “We Consider technologies that are interoperable with each other.”

Privacy 108

Privacy Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Marketing Proposals 108

The Point

JUNE 24, 2022

The TrustRadius report focuses primarily on how technology vendors should adapt their selling process to these new buying habits, but it’s also worth considering some of the key findings and their implication for the demand marketer. Key Finding 1: Buyers have all but replaced vendor-provided content.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Cold Calling B2B Demand Generation 130

Biznology

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

When asked, the typical B2B marketer will say that 80-85% of their effort goes to customer acquisition. Focusing on the funnel beyond the funnel translates to lower customer acquisition costs, lower churn rates, higher lifetime value, and a powerful brand. This is a mistake. I asked Steve to explain his thinking. this opportunity?

Top of Funnel 205

Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management Churn Rate 205

ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

A Memo from CEO Adam Needles to ANNUITAS clients on the Adobe Acquisition of Marketo. – A short second … this is a welcome acquisition. That’s important because too often this type of acquisition results in mass talent exodus. Good morning. You probably saw that late yesterday Adobe bought Marketo.

Marketo 193

Marketo Acquisitions Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management 193

Martech

JULY 14, 2022

The vendors respond. A great number of ABM vendors provide everything from all-in-one platforms to enable ABM strategies, to adjacent services like data enrichment, identity resolution, analytics, and interaction management/orchestration to B2B marketers ramping up their programs. Consolidation of ABM and demand gen. More M&A.

Account Based Marketing 118

Account Based Marketing Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 118

Martech

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Keyword research, page-level analysis, backlink tracking and acquisition, and rank tracking are still of critical importance, even as the environment continues to change. Vendors differentiate by offering more frequent or detailed data updates or content marketing features that sometimes require additional investment.

Enterprise Management 138

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Search Marketing Lead Ranking 138

Martech

MARCH 1, 2024

B2B retention marketing finally has its day For as long as I’ve been in B2B marketing (don’t ask), lead generation and new-account acquisition have been the top priority for marketers. Penetration marketing Viewing customer acquisition as an expense or an investment, it follows that profitability emerges only with customer retention.

Tactics 120

Tactics Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management 120

The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

Even if you acknowledge that change as fact, however, it’s easy to become cynical (as I have) when vendors and thought leaders are constantly proclaiming the “death” of the old ways. When Account-Based Marketing (ABM) first arrived on the scene, vendors were quick to pronounce traditional, funnel-based marketing obsolete.

Lead Ranking 264

Lead Ranking Enterprise Management Marketing Qualified Leads Account Based Marketing 264

Martech

AUGUST 12, 2022

A plateau in sales and numerous vendor acquisitions absorbed nearly all the independent JOE vendors. Vendors like Infor, SAS, and Pega acquired and merged much of this tech into larger suites and slowly adapted them to the digital age. At the same time, a handful of independent, born-digital JOE vendors emerged.

Vendors 131

Vendors Lead Ranking Advertising Agencies Touchpoints 131

Martech

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The stack includes Pronto’s CRM (Pronto is an Australia-based business management vendor). The Onesend acquisition Chicago-based ActiveCampaign acquired the Australian platform Onesend in October. . “We rely to a large extent on the Office Choice national support office,” she said.

Paid Search Agency 107

Paid Search Agency Marketing Automation Services Work Management SMS 107

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Point-in-time data is what legacy data vendors provide. Modern data vendors provide their customers with live data. However, for a GTM strategy, the static data won’t reflect recent changes such as mergers and acquisitions or c-suite shuffles. to keep data up to date. Point-in-time data versus live data.

Marketing Analytics Tools 162

Marketing Analytics Tools Zoominfo Cold Calling Sales Qualified Leads 162

Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

Poor customer acquisition: Marketers can find themselves sending email after email, with very few responses in return. Once you’ve established your goals, it becomes easier to select the tool or vendor that will best help you to achieve them. Luckily, most vendors offer training as a part of your original investment.

Marketing Automation Services 246

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Work Management 246

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Next-generation CRM vendors that provide purpose-fit solutions with rich data relevant to banks, insurers, and investment and wealth management firms can support these priorities from the ground up and accelerate business process transformation. Look for a vendor that has out-of-the-box capabilities, providing a robust roadmap to innovate.

Work Management 102

Work Management Marketing Management CRM Service 102

Martech

DECEMBER 12, 2023

.” This problem is true for many types of software, but especially in marketing ops for a couple of reasons: There’s “shiny object syndrome,” that constant chase for the latest and greatest tool, leading to a cycle of endless acquisition and inadequate utilization. Do your homework on the vendor marketplace.

Work Management 124

Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs Software 124

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

To survive in the long run, companies need to have a sound customer acquisition and service strategy. Thus, they fail to take maximum advantage of their unique strengths and maximize customer acquisition. They might need to do more research and compare prices from various vendors before they make a purchase. Giving up Too Early.

Work Management 246

Work Management Small Business Marketing Marketing Management Marketing & Strategy 246

Martech

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Analytics-driven risk management platform Verisk has announced the acquisition of Infutor, one of the best-known players in the identity resolution and consumer intelligence space. In 2020 it acquired consumer behavioral data and lead intelligence vendor Jornaya. The cost of the acquisition was $223.5 households.

Marketing Management 91

Marketing Management Vendors Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 91

Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What I have observed over the past two years is that, while cutbacks in marketing may reduce customer acquisition cost, they can also deliver a considerable hit to annual contract value — as much as a 45% fall-off. “We It also provides clarity on how future investments with vendors are made. #2 You won’t win by trying to defend it all.

Marketing Analytics Tools 118

Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing Budget Enterprise Management Work Management 118

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Many vendors claim to provide their intent data in “real time,” but let me let you in on a dirty little secret. With the acquisition of Clickagy, our differentiation here is real-time, on time. You may be asking yourself: Wait, ZoomInfo launched a new product then acquired a company with a similar use case?

Intent Data 208

Intent Data Zoominfo Buyer Intent Intent 208

Martech

MARCH 27, 2023

This is a new stage on the SAP commerce journey which began essentially with the acquisition of ecommerce vendor Hybris ten years ago. Why we care. Hybris became SAP Hybris and then evolved into SAP Commerce Cloud, part of a broader CX suite.

Digital Experience Platform 106

Digital Experience Platform Lock-In eCommerce Verticals 106

Pam Didner

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Attendee acquisition strategy. The attendee acquisition strategy is a must to get butts in seats. Since you already have an established audience, the purpose of attendee acquisition is more about helping potential attendees understand the agenda and upcoming product announcements or training. Event goals. Content tracks.

Work Management 83

Work Management Marketing Management Planning Effectiveness 83

Martech

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Acquia kicked off the annual Engage conference by announcing a major acquisition and expansion of the company’s digital experience platform (DXP) based on the purchase. The Boston-based company is purchasing the website accessibility and optimization platform Monsido from CivicPlus, a provider of government technology solutions.

Digital Experience Platform 79

Digital Experience Platform Guidelines Privacy Acquisitions 79

Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Just a few years ago, I was at an email conference in Las Vegas, talking about the eras of email and how the then-recent space of acquisitions and mergers changed the trajectory of email innovation. But now we’re starting to see movement, with another surge in email company mergers and acquisitions. The next era of acquisition.

Acquisitions 133

Acquisitions Marketing Budget Paid Search Agency Thought Leadership 133

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

People want personalization — in fact, in a recent survey, 97% of professionals said it was important to them that vendor websites have relevant content that spoke directly to their company. Basically, personas ensure that everything you do in terms of lead generation and customer acquisition, is tailored to your targeted buyers’ needs.

Ideal Customer Profiles 264

Ideal Customer Profiles Buyer Personas Planning Zoominfo 264

Martech

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Marketing ops professionals don’t have the negotiating skills of procurement professionals; they have less ability to assess the overall health of the vendor they’re buying from; and they don’t necessarily have the view across procurements by all departments within an organization. The reasons? Read more here. Why we care. Quote of the day.

Marketing Attribution 108

Marketing Attribution Marketing Automation Services Allocation InsideView 108

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Point-in-time data is what legacy data vendors provide. Point-In-Time Data Versus Live Data Modern data vendors provide their customers with live data. However, for a GTM strategy, the static data won’t reflect recent changes such as mergers and acquisitions or c-suite shuffles. to keep data up to date.

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Zoominfo Cold Calling Sales Qualified Leads 130

Martech

AUGUST 3, 2021

The news below about Salesforce’s acquisition of a Robotic Process Automation provider had me thinking back to the days when people were talking about an RPA bubble bursting. Salesforce makes Robotic Process Automation acquisition. This acquisition by Salesforce can only shine a brighter light on it.

Enterprise Management 112

Enterprise Management Work Management Account Based Marketing Marketing Management 112

Zoominfo

MAY 23, 2023

This information can be analyzed to identify account intent, or how likely prospects at a particular company are to engage with a particular vendor. By using intent data, you can see how key terms such as “mergers and acquisitions” spike ahead of a major deal announcement. Here’s another example from ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck.

Intent Data 130

Intent Data Intent Work Management Marketing Management 130

Seismic

JANUARY 24, 2023

In the report, Aragon evaluated 15 vendors across a variety of criteria, including strategy, performance, and reach. Aragon Research does not endorse vendors, or their products or services that are referenced in its research publications, and does not advise users to select those vendors that are rated the highest.

Enterprise Management 94

Enterprise Management Work Management Research Marketing Management 94

Martech

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Lexalytics, an established leader in the natural language processing (NLP) and analytics space yesterday announced its acquisition by InMoment, the customer and employee experience platform. It’s also a rare example of a vendor almost dominating its niche in the market. Why we care.

Acquisitions 90

Acquisitions Vendors Analysis Customer Surveys 90

Martech

JULY 29, 2022

Once you’ve gone through the checklist to determine if you need — and are ready for — an ABM solution, the next step is to identify and contact vendors. Your vendor shortlist. For example, if enriching your ICPs with deeper technographic data is important, be sure to ask about it during vendor interviews and demos.

Enterprise Management 102

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Account Based Marketing 102

ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Our ability to succeed through haphazard marketing and sales acquisition efforts is rapidly coming to an end. Shifting away from random acts of acquisition and focusing on CLV lift sheds light on the importance of driving a fully integrated growth effort with customers, as much as with prospects. Their approach?

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 130

Zoominfo

JUNE 27, 2022

often means the vendor with the most records wins and the one offering the highest quality data gets overlooked. When a merger or acquisition takes place, employee job roles and responsibilities often evolve or change. Other vendors attempt to provide a large number of records, but often at the cost of quality.

Purchase 130

Purchase Work Management Marketing Management Lead Ranking 130