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Oracle Buys ATG: Bad News for Marketing Automation?

Customer Experience Matrix

What I really care about is the implications for marketing systems. I’d say the ATG purchase lessens the odds of Oracle buying a marketing automation vendor. Since ATG itself provides substantial online marketing functionality, there’s a smaller gap for Oracle to fill with a separate marketing automation purchase.

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Will Marketing Automation Be Free?

LeadSloth

Today Genius.com announced a free version of their Marketing Automation system. Only about a month ago, Loopfuse also started offering a free version of their Marketing Automation system. What does this mean for companies interested in adopting Marketing Automation? How Much Is Free? Register today: [link].

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

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. Will weaker marketing automation vendors merge with each other to establish a larger market presence?

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B2B Marketing University: For Now, Marketing Automation and CRM Are Still Separate

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Marketing automation and CRM systems may eventually converge, but for now marketers need help explaining why they need a system of their own. I hugely enjoyed yesterday’s Boston session of the Silverpop -sponsored B2B Marketing University. Will Marketing automation and CRM remain separate?

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Hushly Helps Marketers Connect With Anonymous Web Site Visitors

Customer Experience Matrix

When this blog last left Geoff Rego in 2010 , he had just sold the assets of pioneering B2B marketing automation vendor Market2Lead to Oracle. The new product is Hushly , which addresses the reluctance of prospects to provide their email address even in return for valuable content.

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Why You Need a Lead Nurturing Strategy

LeadSquared

According to Market2Lead , nurtured leads experience a 23% shorter sales cycle. It is quintessential to consistently touch base with your leads using content that is specific to the buying stage they are in. After that, you’ll have to sit down and create highly relevant content & shoot them to the right person, at the right time.

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Marketo's Enterprise Edition and Revenue Cycle Management: Looking Under the Hood

Customer Experience Matrix

This is critical in large organizations, where regional and product groups may be responsible for different market segments and where users will have different functional specialties and approval authorities. I’ve always considered branching campaign flows to be one of the key requirements for an enterprise-level marketing automation system.