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Genius and LoopFuse Are Acquired; Leadsius Picks Up the Freemium Banner

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The past week has seen two acquisition announcements in the B2B marketing automation space: LoopFuse by SalesFUSION and LeadRocket/Genius by CallidusCloud , which owns LeadFormix. Can they succeed where Genius and LoopFuse did not? freemium marketing automation marketing software small business marketing software'

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LoopFuse Offers Free Marketing Automation System: Another Step Towards Industry Consolidation

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Summary: LoopFuse has launched a free entry-level version of its marketing automation system. LoopFuse today promised to “transform” the marketing automation industry by offering a free version of its system. LoopFuse today promised to “transform” the marketing automation industry by offering a free version of its system.

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Demand Generation Vendor Traffic Rankings

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Vendors showing significant growth ( highlighted in green ) are mostly new entrants with below-average prices: Pardot , OfficeAutoPilot and LoopFuse. The only important exception is LoopFuse , which I have deferred at the company's request. Silverpop's figures may also be inflated by its consumer email production business.

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Genius.com Offers Free Edition: How Much Does It Lower True Cost of Entry?

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On Monday, Genius.com announced “the first free, instant-on demand generation solution”, a description carefully crafted to distinguish their offering from the free version announced by LoopFuse in June. LoopFuse also provides automated Salesforce.com integration, but doesn’t have Genius’s Web tracking technology.

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Another Estimate of B2B Marketing Automation Revenue

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Given that these are fast-growing companies and the employee counts were based on figures for September or later, the average headcount through the course of the year was lower, meaning the revenue per full-time-equivalent employee would be higher – probably not so far from my $200,000 figure.

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Marketing Automation Skills are Scarce: Strategies to Close the Gap

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For example, LoopFuse found that nearly twice as many used email and web landing pages as lead scoring. Act-On Software recently reported that 40% of marketers are dissatisfied with their campaign management program. It's applied by Marketo , Pardot , Act-On Software , Genius , Net-Results , and many others.

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Infusionsoft Gains $54 Million for Small Business Marketing Automation, Spends a Bunch on GroSocial

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TechCrunch reported rumors that the company paid $25-$30 million for GroSocial alone, but that seems high to me.) The company has alternated between charging an implementation fee and not charging for it – and determined that a paid fee, and the more extensive hand-holding this permits, is more effective at building a long-term business.