LeadSloth

APRIL 29, 2009

In my previous post I listed the Top-10 Demand Generation blog by marketers and consultants. Today I’ve put together a list of vendor blogs. Most of these vendors blogs really get ‘online marketing’, so they talk about best practices rather then just touting their products, and they post regularly.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services ReadyContacts 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 22, 2010

Summary: consolidation isn't new among marketing software vendors. As I wrote in my June 30 post on consolidation among marketing automation vendors , I expect the number of competitors to shrink fairly quickly as new buyers concentrate their purchases among a handful of leading vendors. The obvious candidates are CRM vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

My original plan had been to add several marketing automation vendors with significant presence in this market. My original set of products was based on a general knowledge of which companies are most established, plus some consultation with vendors to learn who they felt were their main competitors. How to choose?

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Vtrenz 120

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

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. My brief answer was that the biggest difference was less functionality than the target markets the different vendors pursue.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 120

PathFactory

MAY 3, 2022

by Dave Kellogg, advisor, director, consultant, angel investor, and blogger focused on Enterprise software startups. Since buyers only spend 17% of their time interacting with vendors, it’s important to ensure the limited time that sales has to convince the buyer count. Our reason? Seller beware—the buyer has done their homework.

Ideal Customer Profiles 59

Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing 59

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Summary: Teradata's acquisition of Aprimo takes the largest remaining independent marketing automation vendor off the market. Teradata announced today that is acquiring marketing automation vendor Aprimo for a very hefty $525 million – even more than the $480 million that IBM paid for somewhat larger Unica in August.

Resource Management 120

Resource Management Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 5, 2011

We released two more vendor selection workbooks last week, both sponsored by Eloqua and available for free on the RaabGuide Web site. One is about estimating the cost of a marketing automation system and the other is about evaluating vendor services. The cost workbook was a particular challenge because the subject is so complex.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Cost 120

PathFactory

MAY 2, 2022

These customized experiences can be shared directly from Salesforce, Eloqua and Marketo as well as through sales engagement platforms such as Outreach or Salesloft, cementing PathFactory as a key middleware solution in the revenue technology stack. Visit PathFactory.com to learn more.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Marketing Qualified Leads Buy 52

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 28, 2014

I mentioned 6Sense briefly in a recent post about vendors who help companies find prospects on the Web. Standard integrations are available for Salesforce.com , Oracle Eloqua and Marketo. The advantage of Web site activity is it finds companies early in the buying cycle, when they are most open to considering new vendors.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Activities Lead Scoring Marketing Automation Services 120

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 24, 2018

This is vital, as today’s buyer doesn’t want a sales pitch, they seek personalized and consultative digital experiences. One large database vendor customer leverages a Cloud Business Value Assessment tool to fuel outreach marketing campaigns, resulting in hundreds of new incremental opportunities each month.

Marketing Automation Services 45

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Interactive Marketing 45

TrustRadius Marketing

JANUARY 8, 2020

Oracle Eloqua. Oracle Eloqua is a marketing automation platform designed for enterprise B2B companies. Oracle Eloqua seeks to unite marketing and sales pursuits with highly integrated lead management. Customers consistently say that Eloqua’s visual campaign canvas and automation capabilities are great.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Hubspot Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 52

The Point

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Andrea Wildt, former product director for the marketing product at Salesforce.com, had been working with Roan Bear, an expert Salesforce consultant, on a project where a client wanted to get an accurate tracking of the marketing impact on their revenue. It was the third time they had worked on such a request.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Salesforce.com Campaigns Budget Programs 100

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The marketing automation industry continues to grow quickly, with many vendors announcing their client bases have more than doubled in 2011. Marketing automation vendors are painfully aware of these issues. Among B2B vendors, Eloqua is the poster child for this approach. I've seen four distinct strategies: training.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation Automation 120

TrustRadius Marketing

JUNE 19, 2019

Which vendors offer high quality pre-sale AND post-sale support? What type of learning & training resources does the vendor offer? Here’s the list of the Marketing Automation products featured in the guide: Adobe Campaign Oracle Eloqua Marketo Pardot Act-On HubSpot SharpSpring. Which products are within your price range?

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 40

Televerde

JUNE 12, 2018

While this summary covers high-level guidelines, it’s important to consult a GDPR expert for details of compliance. How does it affect all the places of opt-out data, including a marketing database like Marketo or Eloqua vs. a sales database, like Salesforce or Sugar CRM? Here are some easy guidelines to follow: .

Eloqua 59

Eloqua Opt-out Guidelines Opt-in 59

chiefmartech

APRIL 4, 2017

Many martec vendors promote that they have built-in integrations to one or more systems. We have consulted with clients that use Salesforce.com (SFDC) for their CRM, and we were tasked with integrating their newly-purchased marketing automation platform (MAP) with it. Out-of-the-box integration: caveat emptor. REST versus SOAP API.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 52

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 25, 2013

Last October, KoMarketing Associates announced the launch of research consultancy Software Advice’s B2B Demand Generation Benchmark Survey. Eloqua and CMO.com helped coordinate survey information.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Advertising Benchmark Customer Surveys Demand 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

My new obsession with Twitter (follow me as @draab) has led to several messages from people who seemed to have trouble choosing between Eloqua and Marketo. I do recognize that they are the best known vendors in the space (with apologies to Vtrenz , whose identity is somewhat blurred since its purchase by Silverpop ).

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Cost Demand Marketing Management 120

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Those are the types of questions marketing automation / demand generation software vendors seek to address with their offerings. Buyers no longer rely on sales people for basic information or exploratory “consultation.&# It aligns vendor messages with buyer needs, saving money and corporate reputations.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 100

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 21, 2009

Yet my impression from industry vendors and consultants is that most deployments start with a fairly extended planning stage where companies either document their existing campaigns and processes or, more likely, define a large number of new ones. You actually need a pretty good idea of the answers to select the right system.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Customer Surveys Demand Generation 120

Capstone Insights

JANUARY 17, 2018

In fact, I remember having to explain what marketing automation was to my VP back when Eloqua synced to SFDC via a report in SFDC that had to be downloaded a few times a day. I then went into marketing automation consulting and was the first consultant certified in both Eloqua and Marketo.

Marketing Automation Services 49

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Work Management 49

NuSpark Consulting

JULY 4, 2011

Marketo, Aprimo, Eloqua, Silverpop and all the rest are there to push this technology towards you. In today’s world, buyers are making decisions on vendors due to the quality of educational and informative content they receive. If you’re a B2B marketer and you’re not hibernating, you obviously know the concept of marketing automation.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management Automation 100

NuSpark Consulting

JULY 4, 2011

Marketo, Aprimo, Eloqua, Silverpop and all the rest are there to push this technology towards you. In today’s world, buyers are making decisions on vendors due to the quality of educational and informative content they receive. If you’re a B2B marketer and you’re not hibernating, you obviously know the concept of marketing automation.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management Automation 100

ANNUITAS

JANUARY 10, 2011

He has served as chief marketing executive at TOA Technologies and Eloqua, as well as at Nuance Communications. I see more and more marketers adopting good lead management approaches, driven by the number of high quality consultants and educators out there to ensure that organizations chart their course efficiently.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 100

Varicent

MAY 31, 2018

A CX Consulting , on how Customer Success can get involved in the buyers journey and impact the sale before it happens. Tell me a little bit about your consulting business and how you got there. A CX Consulting is a strategic, advisory firm that helps companies accelerate growth through our customer-centric approach.

Top of Funnel 40

Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 40

ViewPoint

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. And for the specifics on how to go about it all, walk through this presentation by Eloqua on how to map content to the buyer’s journey. Get Customers.

Forrester 120

Forrester Buyer Personas Peer-to-peer Lead Ranking 120

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Independent consultants like The Pedowitz Group play an essential role in this process. When independent consultants are knowledgeable about multiple vendors — and conduct themselves in a way that puts the customer first — everyone wins in the long run. But we are also firmly committed to an open marketplace.

Work Management 48

Work Management Advertising Channels Marketing Management Marketo 48

Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 17, 2009

She has helped to define, position and launch over 75 individual products and companies since she began consulting 20 years ago. Her clients who are technology vendors and venture firms leverage her strategic marketing and go-to-market expertise. Seamus resides in Essex Junction, VT with his wife and four children.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management B2B Thought Leadership 100

Hubspot

APRIL 21, 2014

Last year Freeman’s employer, a telecom company called ShoreTel , moved from Eloqua to HubSpot, and it fell to Freeman, the head of demand generation at ShoreTel, to oversee the project. That might be because they’re dissatisfied with a vendor. But it had to be done. 5) Put the pieces back together.

Marketing Automation Services 28

Marketing Automation Services Planning Marketing Automation Automation 28

Vidyard

JULY 7, 2016

After working his way up to running global programs for huge companies like Citrix and OpenText, Hansford decided to give consulting a shot. “Shortly after, in 2010, I decided to do some independent consulting and I kept running into this guy named Matt Heinz. Any tips for marketers just getting started with martech?

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation Agencies Ad Building 60

DivvyHQ

AUGUST 7, 2018

Larger and more complex organizations are probably going to need the bells and whistles of enterprise-grade systems like Salesforce and robust marketing automation systems (ex: Eloqua, Marketo, etc.). Bottom line here…Do some research and engage with platform vendors that look like an initial fit.

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Ad Building Work Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Business-to-business marketers are underutilizing social media and its potential, according to new data from Eloqua , a marketing automation company. Of 548 b-to-b marketers surveyed by Eloqua, about 40 percent say they are not yet using social media marketing. Event Agencies and Consultants. By TJ Raphael. 11/27/2012 -15:36 PM.

B to B 40

B to B Paid Content Social Media CMS Development 40

Webbiquity

JUNE 14, 2011

Steve Woods , Eloqua. A common issue for B2B vendors: how do you sell “boring stuff&# online? Jennifer Kane , Kane Consulting. Though both Genoo and Eloqua provide marketing automation software, they fit at opposite ends of the market in terms of company size, so they rarely compete. Don’t be boring!

DemandBase 100

DemandBase Eloqua Marketing Automation Services Work Management 100

thePoint

MAY 25, 2018

The last external source I will name is market/marketing consultants, but I want to be specific here, because when you look at the B2B Marketing “Agency” landscape, very few of them fit into this category. Yes, most marketing consultants will understand “branding” as an exercise and “how” to go about marketing, creative, media, etc.,

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Work Management Sales Management Marketing Management 40

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Those are the types of questions marketing automation / demand generation software vendors seek to address with their offerings. Buyers no longer rely on sales people for basic information or exploratory "consultation." It aligns vendor messages with buyer needs, saving money and corporate reputations.

Marketing Automation Services 20

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 20

Hubspot

MAY 13, 2013

Recent acquisitions (Eloqua acquired by Oracle, Pardot by ExactTarget, and others) are also signs of a market headed in the right direction. Instead, you need to focus on solutions, since all vendors solve problems differently. 6) Marketing expertise by the vendor really, really matters. Marketing changes a lot, and fast.

Marketing Automation Services 28

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation RFP 28

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 24, 2009

The first challenge is, for now at least, being met by using outside consultants, while a new breed of social media metrics vendors like Techrigy and Radian6 are building tools to address the second. The two most significant barriers cited to social media adoption were "lack of knowledgeable staff" and "inability to measure ROI."

Social Media 20

Social Media Paid Content Paid Search Agency Web 2.0 20