The Point

JULY 15, 2010

Salesforce.com is a dominant player in the CRM category and an integral part of many companies’ lead management, database marketing, and demand generation programs. Actually, it’s much easier for Marketing and lead cultivation people to get instant value out of Salesforce.com (SFDC) than it is for reps.

Salesforce.com 100

Salesforce.com Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Work Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 10, 2014

The product changes were quite modest: new search engine optimization features for entry level users; a global marketing calendar; and relabeling of InsightEra, which Marketo purchased in December, as Marketo Real Time Personalization. This borders on integration of Web display with marketing automation, an extremely important trend.

Marketo 120

Marketo Marketing Automation Services Conference Work Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 31, 2010

(Small digression: most business marketing systems are designed around data from a sales automation system such as Salesforce.com. But consumer marketers also need inputs from transaction systems. Marketing Studio and Neolane don't have a problem because they can support any data structure.

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Work Management Marketing Management Resource Management 120

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

The lead management automation market, about which I blogged previously , continues to attract new players at a rapid rate. The main problems targeted are keeping the pipeline full of marketing-qualified leads and automating the process of nurturing demand not yet ready to buy. I believe this is a key capability.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 18, 2015

The list of vendors in each section isn''t necessarily comprehensive, especially in crowded segments like B2B marketing automation. I should also stress that I’ve only included Decision-layer vendors who also build their own database. Having a powerful database just makes them even more important. -

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Attribution Lead Ranking 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

Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 13, 2011

Right from lead data capturing, lead nurturing to lead qualification , technology has been evolving to help automate the demand generation process and help marketing and inside sales work smarter. This is certainly a step in the right direction for marketing automation and online lead generation in making the process more intelligent.

Sales Qualified Leads 40

Sales Qualified Leads ReadyContacts High Quality Lead netFactor 40