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Getting the Most from Salesforce.com: A Conversation with David Taber

The Point

Salesforce.com is a dominant player in the CRM category and an integral part of many companies’ lead management, database marketing, and demand generation programs. DT: Well, the biggest misconception about Salesforce is that it’s something Sales reps like and Marketing folks don’t. HS: Thanks David!

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B2B prospecting data just keeps getting better

Biznology

Out-of-business indicator, plus credit rating and parent/subsidiary linkages (Salesforce.com). PRISM-like business clusters offered by Salesforce.com (appended from D&B), which provide a simple profile for gaining customer insights and finding look-alikes. Self-identifying keywords used on the company website (ALC).

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Claritix Assembles Marketing Data for Analysis: Maybe That's Enough

Customer Experience Matrix

The system has prebuilt connectors to import data from popular vendors including Salesforce.com , Marketo , Hubspot , SAP , SugarCRM , and Facebook. The imported data is loaded into MongoDB, a NoSQL database that offers great flexibility and ease of deployment. It can connect with others through standard APIs.

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

Salesforce.com is the big question and no one would be surprised to see them make an acquisition. Microsoft is another possibility, although its Dynamics CRM is sold mostly to smaller businesses than the typical marketing automation system. Incidentally, not everyone agrees that smaller marketing automation vendors must vanish.

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Segmentation, Social Media Drive Lead Nurturing Success for iDirect

The Point

First, the company invested in Marketo , a leading marketing automation platform that integrated well with the company’s CRM system, Salesforce.com. Next, iDirect sought out a partner to provide strategic counsel and advice on best practices.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

I would put Demandbase here along with firms like Active Conversion, Hubspot, iHance, Leadlander, Sales Genius, and Zoominfo. Or disagree with the list…) On the other side, I see solutions more oriented toward marketing and enabling a “pull” model, one focused on letting prospects engage at their own pace. I’m sure I forgot a few.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

In B2B, it’s not about batch-and-blast acquisition as much as it is about using email to continue a conversation. They actually have their sales and marketing orgs aligned and working together. Talk to Kim Albee at einsof, Jeff Ernst at Kadient (formerly Pragmatech), or the folks at Salesforce.com who manage Salesforce Content.