Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Standing at the content marketing crossroads? With 73% of hiring managers looking to ramp up their freelance talent, the big question looms: content marketing freelancers or a full-scale content marketing agency ? You’re not alone. They shine brightest when tackling short-term or one-off projects.

Work Management 172

Work Management Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Marketing Management 172

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Summary: SAS's purchase of AssetLink ensures it's a viable alternative to IBM/Unica and Teradata/Aprimo for integrated marketing management. The real question is whether mid-size firms will be able to afford those systems. SAS today announced its acquisition of marketing resource management vendor AssetLink.

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Resource Management Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 120

TrustRadius Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2022

You can’t have a company without employees, and if you can’t provide your team with what they need then they will disappear into thin air. Your HR department must work smoothly so you can strengthen your company relationships. The biggest issue is the software selection process and how to find one to meet your business needs. .

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs 75

Martech

JULY 22, 2021

Good morning, Marketers, and are you getting cold feet? I think we’re all going through the same process of trying to figure out what’s really safe and what risks, if any, are worth taking. Place Exchange, an SSP for out-of-home, completed its spinout from its former parent company Intersection, a major OOH publisher.

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Resource Management Enterprise Management Marketing Management Ad Exchange 110

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 22, 2010

Summary: consolidation isn't new among marketing software vendors. When campaign management systems consolidated in the late 1990's and early 2000's, most were bought by enterprise software companies. Will weaker marketing automation vendors merge with each other to establish a larger market presence?

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Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 26, 2016

Teradata announced on Friday that it had signed a deal to sell its marketing applications business for $90 million to private investment firm Marlin Equity Partners. The company had announced plans to sell the business last November. The price is much lower than usual for cloud-based marketing systems.

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Resource Management Marketing Management Planning Business 120

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. Partner with a Marketing Agency.

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Resource Management Work Management CMS Development Marketing Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 28, 2010

Summary: Manticore Technology released some modest enhancements to its demand generation platform today. The company takes a conservative approach to marketing automation, stressing the importance of process over flashy software. Manticore Technology today released the latest version of its marketing automation system.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 8, 2015

Now that you’ve selected your marketing automation platform (MAP), it is time to implement. Marketing automation is not a one size fits all approach and each implementation must be done to align with the current business systems and processes currently in place. Perhaps a webinar or data enrichment vendor?

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Marketing Automation Services Resource Management Marketing Automation Work Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 31, 2010

Summary: Aprimo Marketing Studio offers powerful features in an on-demand system for sophisticated business and consumer marketers. When I wrote about Aprimo Marketing Studio in a post last August , I was impressed by the scope of the product but reserved judgment because it hadn’t yet been launched.

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Paid Search Agency Work Management Marketing Management Resource Management 120

ClickZ

DECEMBER 10, 2019

30-second summary: One of the biggest changes in marketing over the past 15-years is the abundance of data available. This shifted the focus from marketing creative to campaign attribution and performance. It is essential for technology vendors to work closely with an organization during the first couple of months of implementation.

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Work Management Press Marketing Management CMO 83

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Now that YouTube is as ubiquitous as Google—business professionals have an additional resource for development and success. Find Better Candidates With Better Data Our recruitment database is fueled by best-in-class business contact data Get a Demo Here we share our top 17 YouTube channels for HR and Recruiting personnel.

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Golden Spiral

DECEMBER 15, 2016

There are thousands of successful SaaS companies in the market, but only a few that have earned the title of “Category Creator.” Great category creators not only design and assert a vital category, they also focus their passion and resources on creating a company dedicated to solving the category problem.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 48

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 17, 2019

Adobe, Salesforce and Oracle all made announcements regarding Customer Data Platform products this week. None are world-changing: Salesforce described a planned extension of Customer 360 ; Abobe announced triggered journey campaigns that draw on its “real time CDP”, and Oracle described CDP services from systems integrators.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 209

6sense

DECEMBER 16, 2021

TL;DR: ABM delivers impressive results because it helps revenue teams convey the right message to the right business audience at the right time through the right channel.) . Amplifying relevance to existing customers ( according to Salesforce , 65% of buyers are likely to switch brands if a vendor doesn’t personalize their communications).

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

by Jon Miller (@jonmiller) Every business is on a journey to grow and increase revenue. But in order to achieve these goals along the way, you need to align your people, process, and technology. Marketing automation technology can help. Marketing Automation Enables Modern Business Processes.

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Access Markets International (AMI) Partners ( www.ami-partners.com ) published “Mid-Market CRM: Vendor Strategies for a New Frontier”, which found only 35% of mid-sized companies have an existing CRM installation. This study looked at several types of software, not just CRM. Click here for details.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 2, 2007

As part of my continuing research into marketing performance measurement, I’ve been looking at software vendors who provide marketing planning systems. I haven’t found any products that do marketing planning by itself. Instead, the function is part of larger systems.

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Enterprise Management Planning Marketing Plans Marketing Management 120

chiefmartech

APRIL 11, 2016

The following is a guest post by Bertrand Hazard of TrustRadius , who attended MarTech last month and interviewed a number of vendors exhibiting there about their perspective on “hot” categories within the marketing tech landscape. Account-based marketing (ABM) was one of the biggest topics at the MarTech conference.

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Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles Buzz Enterprise Management 40

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 16, 2009

Summary: Alterian's purchase of Techrigy marks the first integration of serious social media management with marketing automation. Marketing automation vendor Alterian yesterday announced its acquisition of social media monitoring company Techrigy. Others are sure to follow.

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Marketing Management Acquisitions Social Media Marketing Automation Services 120

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

by Jon Miller A common question I hear from marketers is “I already have a CRM system (e.g. salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM), so why do I need marketing automation ”? Many CRM systems have a module for marketing. Architecture of Marketing Automation versus CRM. Marketing Automation.

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Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 48

Televerde

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Responsible business practices and investments have become mainstream, and they rely on three primary criteria pillars: environmental, social, and governance (ESG). But what exactly does ESG mean for companies, customers, and investors, and why is it important? This is a noteworthy shift from what investing used to entail. What is ESG?

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Transparency Marketing Management 52

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I’ve often written about the tendency of marketing automation vendors to endlessly expand the scope of their products. If so, then what will be the next really important change in marketing systems? The new system would assemble information on revenues, product margins and service costs as well as promotions.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

Martech

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One day this month you’ll be hard at work, between meeting with vendors or reviewing an implementation plan, when an unexpected appointment pops on your calendar: Finance wants to review marketing’s technology expenses, top to bottom. Although this is my dramatized version of my fear for marketers, it need not be the end of the story.

Enterprise Management 130

Enterprise Management Resource Management Work Management Planning 130

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. Partner with a Marketing Agency.

Resource Management 21

Resource Management Work Management CMS Development Marketing Management 21

The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Rise of the Content Marketer Content Needs a King I know I don’t have to argue the value of content to readers of this blog.

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Planning Marketing Budget Creation Work Management Marketing Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 18, 2007

I recently caught up with Unica Vice President Andrew Hally as part of my review of developments at the major marketing automation vendors. On the product front, they continue their long-time strategy of offering all the software a marketing department would need. So perhaps the replacement market will be bigger than it seems.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Course Marketing Management 120

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Cybersecurity isn’t a single division at a company or a technical role. Cybersecurity needs have permeated all roles in business, alongside the technology it seeks to secure. This work calls for business skills like communication, problem-solving, and organization. The cybersecurity workforce gap has grown.

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Work Management Business Resource Management Allocation 105

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Yesterday's acquisition of AssetLink by SAS has prompted me to finally write about MarketingPilot , a vendor I've been following since its launch nearly ten years ago. The company also created special editions for ad agencies, which now provide about 40% of its business.

Resource Management 120

Resource Management Digital Asset Management Enterprise Management Marketing Management 120

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. B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. The technology appears useful at both ends of this spectrum.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Single Grain

JUNE 3, 2021

This is a complete guide to finding and hiring a Director of Marketing for your business. In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about: The role of Director of Marketing. Typical duties of a Marketing Director. The interview process, including example interview questions.

Resource Management 98

Resource Management Paid Search Agency Planning Work Management 98

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Summary: One way to understand consolidation and competitive trends affecting marketing software is to look at systems across several dimensions: how closely they relate to customers; whether they are operational or analytical; and whether they support online or offline activities. Coincidence? Yeah, probably. So far so good.

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Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vendors 120

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 6, 2011

So, it turns out that while I’ve been obsessing over vendor selection workbooks, our friends at marketing automation vendor Alterian up and got bought last week by language technology vendor SDL for about $107 million. The company had more than $300 million revenue last year and is nicely profitable.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 3, 2013

On days when I have nothing else to be cranky about, I sometimes fuss at how business-to-business software vendors hijacked the term “marketing automation” despite its long and relatively honorable history describing systems for consumer marketing. One vendor taking advantage of this opening is RedPoint.

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Inbox Insight

AUGUST 16, 2020

In the midst of this change, vendors have an opportunity to reach, engage and convert HR tech buyers , turning prospects into loyal customers. This means it’s easier than ever for marketers to maintain relationships with leads – even during a global pandemic. The HR technology topics that are trending.

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Work Management Marketing Management Research Resource Management 92

ClearVoice

MAY 27, 2020

What does teamlancing mean for marketers? At ClearVoice, we developed our platform to anticipate this future of freelancing for content creators and marketers. Each freelance team also has the capability to self-manage through its own network and collaboration. Sound familiar, dear marketers?

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Enterprise Management Work Management Resource Management Marketing Management 135

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

We confront this challenge everyday, as our clients must determine what company they will use to support their lead generation and lead management efforts. It’s no surprise that he calls his process The Results-Based Hiring Process. He talked about the need to automate processes and stated the vision we had in mind.

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