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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

Or will they simply be crushed as giants from related industries introduce their own products? Although Unica, Alterian and SmartFocus have purchased complementary products, these were extensions around the campaign management core. Salesforce.com is the big question and no one would be surprised to see them make an acquisition.

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Why Most Consumer Marketing Automation Systems Are Not Software-as-a-Service, And When That Will Change

Customer Experience Matrix

But consumer-oriented marketing automation products from vendors like Unica , SAS and Teradata are still commonly sold as traditional on-premise software. The increasing openness of SaaS products also makes it easier for them to call on external data integration services. demand generation) systems.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

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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. I would put the lead management automation crop here: Eloqua, Loopfuse, Manticore Technologies, Market2Lead, Marketo, and Vtrenz. So, take my comments with a grain of salt.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

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While honored, I also find reviewing these solutions confusing because there is a lot of variation in the product presentations and overlap between categories. The lead management vendors are developing one-to-one email capabilities that help sales people be more consistent and productive. Thanks again.

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Online Marketing Systems Are Still Very Fragmented

Customer Experience Matrix

What with all the recent acquisitions in the digital marketing industry, I thought I’d draw a little diagram of all the components needed for a complete solution. I’ve written about pretty much every variety of online marketing software here or elsewhere and have reviewed dozens of products in depth. The results were a surprise.