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

Customer Experience Matrix

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. This has more to do with the degree of personal selling (and after-sale service) than anything else.

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Marketing Automation: Like Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight

Webbiquity

Those are the types of questions marketing automation / demand generation software vendors seek to address with their offerings. “Demand generation&# is a better term, though still not precise. Customers are those who’ve advanced from email service providers (ESPs).

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Book Review: eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale

Webbiquity

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. However, the purchasing committee will generally include someone from IT, the CFO, and in smaller firms possibly even the CEO.

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Social Media Features in Marketing Automation Systems: Who Does What?

Customer Experience Matrix

Neolane - posting: central panel to post tweets and Facebook updates - sharing: place sharing buttons on emails - tracking: measure clicks on links in system-generated posts.

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Marketing Automation: Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight

WebMarketCentral

Those are the types of questions marketing automation / demand generation software vendors seek to address with their offerings. Demand generation" is a better term, though still not precise. Customers are those who've advanced from email service providers (ESPs). They apply technology to a difficult process.