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Ranking the Demand Generation Vendors by Popularity (Yes, Life Really Is Just Like High School)

Customer Experience Matrix

As you might imagine, I’ve been trying to decide how to expand the set of products covered in the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. But I’ve also been approached by some of the other demand generation specialists. The general rule is pretty obvious: pick the vendors that people are most interested in.

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My List of Demand Generation Vendors, and Who They Sell To

Customer Experience Matrix

One of the audience members at the B2B Marketing University in Boston asked about demand generation systems for small businesses, and how to distinguish among the vendors in general. This has more to do with the degree of personal selling (and after-sale service) than anything else. Here it is.

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Is Salesforce.com a Player in Marketing Automation Software?

Webbiquity

They have significant control of mind share in that space, and their legacy in customer service and sales force automation software is strong. It is made up of sales, service and—wait for it—marketing! You can view the chart on their blog post here. For a more in-depth analysis, you can visit the MASG blog.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. 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.)

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Marketing Automation Trends for 2010

LeadSloth

1) We’re at a point where we have lot of data about marketing performance, but it’s a big challenge to turn it into actionable information (2) we’re actively tweeting, blogging and using LinkedIn, but how can that be effectively managed, and how can it be measured? (3) Christoper Doran , CMO, Manticore Technology.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

2) Database services – powerhouses like Dun&Bradstreet, Harte-Hanks, Acxiom, Equifax, infoUSA, and Merkle dominate this category , but B2B marketers tend to think of them more as list generators than providers of a broad spectrum of strategic data management to direct mail execution. Here’s the problem.

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Top 37 B2B Marketing Posts and Hot Topics August 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Traffic numbers may have been down in August, but the quality of blog posts certainly wasn’t. Most are blog posts, but I’ve also included some eBooks. Get Search Engine Optimized- Fast - Writing on the Web , August 13, 2010 How do you know if your blog posts are optimized for search engines ? SEO vs. What’s Up, Blog?