The Point

JULY 15, 2010

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!

Salesforce.com 100

Salesforce.com Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Work Management 100

Biznology

APRIL 2, 2015

We are fast approaching the holy grail of proactive database marketing, built on always-on, in-the-moment customer interactions. Real-time marketing will be real for business marketers, says Russell Kern of the Kern Agency. The post Where is B2B data-driven marketing headed? No more campaigns.

B2B Marketing 80

B2B Marketing B to B Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 80

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 31, 2010

Rather, it has conceded the lower tiers of business marketing to simpler systems and aimed Marketing Studio at marketers who need greater sophistication and will accept higher cost and complexity to get it. For more on vendor classifications, see my list of demand generation vendors from last November.)

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Work Management Marketing Management Resource Management 120

Biznology

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

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).

Lead Ranking 80

Lead Ranking Marketing Management B to B Lead Scoring 80

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 22, 2010

Although the world has certainly changed since the late 1990’s, I see no reason to expect a different pattern among demand generation vendors. Salesforce.com is the big question and no one would be surprised to see them make an acquisition. These used proprietary, non-SQL database engines. The obvious candidates are CRM vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 120

The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

All this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management. The company must direct end user inquiries promptly and efficiently to the sales channel, while responding to prospective partners and end users with a message tailored to iDirect’s specific experience in that company’s market.

Lead Nurturing 100

Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 100

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. Yesterday, Demandbase announced a new software suite to help marketers harvest passive traffic visiting Web sites. I’m sure this post will generate its fair share of comments, outrage, and controversy.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40