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Should Demand Generation and Sales Automation Be Separate Systems?

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Today, this is accomplished by synchronizing data between demand generation and sales automation systems. In fact, the division between demand generation and sales automation today is probably more a reflection of organizational divisions than technical imperatives. But that is inherently complex.

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Demand Generation Vendors Offer Few Social Media Applications

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InsideView is already integrated with major CRM vendors and with the Marketbright demand generation system. It can also search other Web sites for email addresses containing the targeted domain. Ones I know about include Pardot , LoopFuse , TrueInfluence , Salesforce.com and ACT! But it does save a few keystrokes.

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Manticore Technology Sees Expertise as Key to Success as a Demand Generation Vendor

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Summary: Manticore Technology released some modest enhancements to its demand generation platform today. Changes include a drag-and-drop design tool (similar to Microsoft Powerpoint); integration of opportunities and custom objects from Salesforce.com; better reporting on Web site visitors; and, real time sales alerts on Web activity.

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

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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.

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B2B Marketing University: For Now, Marketing Automation and CRM Are Still Separate

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Joe Moloney gave a more detailed answer about limits in Salesforce.com in particular, including lack of CAN-SPAM compliance and limits on mass emails. But the other presenters disagreed, largely arguing that the separate groups have distinct needs. Is Salesforce.com a threat to vendors of marketing automation solutions?

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Optify Lets Agencies Provide Small Business with Marketing Automation, Distributed Marketing, and Sales Enablement

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By contrast, the fourth trend seems to be driven by recognition that small business presents a huge opportunity. Landing pages can be attached to an auto-responder email, while standard fields on forms are automatically mapped to Salesforce.com. Users can send the contact a system email or add it to a list.

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Genoo and Act-On Software Add Social Marketing Features

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Summary: Two low-cost demand generation systems, Genoo and Act-On Software, have added unusually advanced social marketing features. Genoo , which offers a solid demand generation system for a rock-bottom $199/month, has placed a particular focus on capturing contact information from social interactions.

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