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5 Types of Marketing Automation for Businesses to Consider

PureB2B

The birth of marketing technology happened sometime in the 80’s , when computers became powerful enough to store large volumes of customer information. a customer management company, developed the first ever database marketing software, basically a primitive CRM platform. Social Media Marketing Software.

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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. Eloqua and Silverpop are the obvious candidates. These used proprietary, non-SQL database engines.

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5 Types of Marketing Automation to Consider

PureB2B

The birth of marketing technology happened sometime in the 80's , when computers became powerful enough to store large volumes of customer information. a customer management company, developed the first ever database marketing software, basically a primitive CRM platform. Social Media Marketing Software. In 1986, ACT!,

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B2B Lead Generation – Challenges & Strategies That Work

PureB2B

Tracking your B2B sales prospects through the buyer’s journey will help you decide when a prospect is most likely to purchase. Using marketing automation technologies such as Eloqua, Marketo, or Pardot makes it easier to track client data, nurture leads through the pipeline, and maximize revenue.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

Demand Stream™ includes a Web widget that shows sales and marketing the names of companies visiting the Web site in near real-time. Users can query this widget to find out more about these visitors and decide if they want to purchase full business contact information. You don’t wait for a cold call to talk to an annoying sales person.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

My point: B2B marketers are looking elsewhere for help generating demand. 3) Marketing automation – lead by firms like Aprimo, Unica, Oracle/Siebel and SAS, this category is at the core of what Forrester calls the Marketing Technology Backbone. We can broaden our available market." Emphasis on "dynamic."