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Low Cost Systems for Demand Generation

Customer Experience Matrix

This is a bit perplexing, since those products are at the opposite ends of the spectrum: Marketo being relatively low cost / limited functionality / easier to learn, and Eloqua being higher cost / richer functionality / takes more training. The company has a low profile but has been selling its demand generation product for nearly ten years.

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

Customer Experience Matrix

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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True Influence Opens a Window into Future Demand Generation

Customer Experience Matrix

Demand generation systems are in that second stage. CEO and co-founder Brian Giese had extensive experience in business sales and marketing and with existing demand generation systems when he began developing True Influence two years ago. These are not yet standard features on most demand generation products.

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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. My brief answer was that the biggest difference was less functionality than the target markets the different vendors pursue.

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Getting the Most from Salesforce.com: A Conversation with David Taber

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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. Actually, it’s much easier for Marketing and lead cultivation people to get instant value out of Salesforce.com (SFDC) than it is for reps.

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The Rise of the Marketing Technologist Part 3: People, Process, Content and then Technology

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I was sitting in some client meetings recently going over their Demand Generation Strategy, and something struck me as out of the ordinary…but in a good way. Moving from tactics-based marketing to strategic Demand Generation will most likely require the development of a new skill set within your team. Step One: People.

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Aprimo Marketing Studio Supports Sophisticated Business Marketers

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Aprimo Marketing Studio offers powerful features in an on-demand system for sophisticated business and consumer marketers. For more on vendor classifications, see my list of demand generation vendors from last November.) This reduces the amount of user training. You know who you are.