Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 5, 2009

I spent a good part of yesterday talking with demand generation vendors about the usability scores I've been publishing all week. There might still be some others: two of the vendors haven't spoken with me, which could mean they agree with my ratings but, more likely, means they just haven't been paying attention. 9 Now what?

Lead Scoring 120

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Demand Generation Work Management 120

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Marketing automation / demand generation software provider Manticore today announced the release of Manticore Technology VII, which includes a fully customizable user interface, email and landing page folders, an email delivery wizard, and drag-and-drop list building functionality.

Manticore 20

Manticore Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation 20

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

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 8, 2011

Both Unica and Aprimo were long-established vendors with fundamentally stable products sold primarily to large enterprises: although their new owners may market them more broadly, they’ll be selling pretty much what IBM and Teradata always sold (big systems) to pretty much the same customers (big companies).

Salesforce.com 120

Salesforce.com Enterprise Management Hubspot Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 3, 2008

My little tour of demand generation vendors landed at Pardot just before Thanksgiving. As you’ll recall from my post on Web activity statistics , Pardot is one of the higher-ranked vendors not already in the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. So I was quite curious to see what they had to offer. What I found was intriguing.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Enterprise Management Small Business Marketing Pricing 120

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 3, 2009

Marketing automation software vendor Marketo today announced the launch of its Marketo Lead Management 3.0 software suite. Pricing starts at $1,500 per month and the company now has more than 150 midmarket and enterprise customers. tags: marketing automation software, Marketo Lead Management 3.0,

Enterprise Management 20

Enterprise Management Marketo Marketing Management LEADSExplorer 20

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

However, many tech buyers visit vendor Web sites many times to learn about and compare products, yet few register or leave evidence of their activity. However, many tech buyers visit vendor Web sites many times to learn about and compare products, yet few register or leave evidence of their activity.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 2, 2009

(note: this is a slightly revised version of the original post, reflecting vendor feedback.) A simple campaign would do this for a single product, offer, customer segment and region, while a complex campaign could involve several of each. The only exceptions were a couple of cases where it seemed most fair to give a vendor half-credit.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Manticore 120

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 4, 2009

Usability Items for Complex Marketing Programs (note: this is a slightly revised version of the original post, reflecting vendor feedback.) This post will complete the demand generation vendor usability scores by looking at items that contribute to usability for complex marketing programs. Multiple scores per lead.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Manticore 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 3, 2008

I still think that’s the case, but did revisit the topic recently in a conversation with Ken Rudin, CEO of on-demand business analytics vendor Lucid Era. Standard applications meet customer needs without custom development (at least initially). Standard vs. custom selection of marketing metrics. Problem(s) solved, eh?

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management Demand Market2Lead 120

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Most recently, Marketo just announced their lead management solution. 4) “Pure play” lead management – this group is lead by Eloqua , but there are a LOT of firms throwing their hat into this ring including Vtrenz, Hubspot, Manticore, Market2Lead, Marketo, LoopFuse, einsof, iHance, Precience, among many others.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management 40