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Ranking the Demand Generation Vendors by Popularity (Yes, Life Really Is Just Like High School)

Customer Experience Matrix

As you might imagine, I’ve been trying to decide how to expand the set of products covered in the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. My original plan had been to add several marketing automation vendors with significant presence in this market. Yet there are so many more vendors I could add. How to choose?

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: consolidation isn't new among marketing software vendors. 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. The pattern will likely repeat itself.

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Marketo Releases Marketo Lead Management 3.0

WebMarketCentral

Marketing automation software vendor Marketo today announced the launch of its Marketo Lead Management 3.0 Marketo competes with products such as Eloqua , Silverpop Engage B2B (formerly Vtrenz), Marketbright and Manticore in the marketing automation / demand generation space. software suite.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

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.

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LucidEra Takes a Shot at On-Demand Analytics

Customer Experience Matrix

My basic objection was that the hardest part of building a business intelligence system is integrating the source data, and being on-demand doesn’t make that any easier. 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.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

2) Database services – powerhouses like Dun&Bradstreet, Harte-Hanks, Acxiom, Equifax, infoUSA, and Merkle dominate this category , but B2B marketers tend to think of them more as list generators than providers of a broad spectrum of strategic data management to direct mail execution. This market has a lot of growth ahead of it!

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Online Marketing Systems Are Still Very Fragmented

Customer Experience Matrix

But somehow I had assumed that the more integrated vendors had already assembled a fairly complete package. My diagram is divided into two main areas: traffic generation systems that lead visitors to a Web site, and visitor treatment systems that control what happens once people get there. Interesting days are ahead.