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Marketing Automation Skills are Scarce: Strategies to Close the Gap

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But there’s also a growing realization that many marketing automation systems are used for only simple tasks – often no more than email, landing pages, and CRM integration. I've seen four distinct strategies: training. But not everyone can afford through training and preparation for a marketing automation deployment. automation.

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My List of Demand Generation Vendors, and Who They Sell To

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Most offer a CRM option (typically priced at $10 to $20 per seat per month) for companies who don't want to pay for Salesforce.com. Considerations extend beyond feature checklists to include sales and support models, pricing structures, training requirements, consulting partners, and usability.

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Low Cost Systems for Demand Generation

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This is a bit perplexing, since those products are at the opposite ends of the spectrum: Marketo being relatively low cost / limited functionality / easier to learn, and Eloqua being higher cost / richer functionality / takes more training. It shouldn't be hard to figure out which one suits you better.