Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 8, 2009

Summary: Based on Web traffic rankings, new demand generation vendors with low prices are gaining market presence. Last November, after much consideration of alternatives , I settled on Alexa three-month Web traffic rankings as a reasonable way to measure the relative market presence of demand generation vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Vendors 120

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

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. But I’ve also been approached by some of the other demand generation specialists. The general rule is pretty obvious: pick the vendors that people are most interested in.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vtrenz Demand Generation Agencies 120

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 28, 2009

I've been having a dandy time analyzing the results of my Demand Generation Implementation Survey. In any case, the ten deployments in the first four months of 2009 (or 12 if you count the two future dates) and 12 in 2008 highlights the newness and fast growth of the demand generation industry. the system itself 0.67

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Customer Surveys Demand Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 5, 2009

I spent a good part of yesterday talking with demand generation vendors about the usability scores I've been publishing all week. Eloqua Manticore Technology Market2Lead Marketbright Marketo Neolane Silverpop Engage B2B complex 11 8.5 12 11 simple 8 10 10 10 12 8.5 9 Now what? Choose whichever sounds best. 0 0 0 0 0.5

Lead Scoring 120

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Demand Generation Work Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 25, 2008

When I was researching last week’s piece on Market2Lead , one of the points that vendor stressed was their ability to create a full-scale marketing database with information from external sources to analyze campaign results. They even cited one demand generation vendor that had turned to them for help. (In

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management Demand Generation Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Back in early January I posted a discussion on treatment of Company-Level Data in Demand Generation Systems. At that time, I posed a set of specific questions to the demand generation vendors in the Raab Guide. Yesterday the final answer trickled in. Results are summarized in the table at the end of this post.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Work Management Market2Lead Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

But even including that, the first year cost for most of these will be less.) : Manticore Technology : a full-featured demand generation product. See my 2007 blog entry for some information or buy the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems for a detailed review. Just kidding.or Pricing starts at $599 per month.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Cost Marketing Management Demand 120

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

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. The table below presents a reasonably comprehensive list of demand generation (a.k.a.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 3, 2008

Back in March, I wrote a fairly dismissive post about on-demand business intelligence systems. 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. Campaign analysis in demand generation systems.

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management Demand Market2Lead 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 5, 2010

Summary: Social media and access for sales people were the two big trends among demand generation vendors last year. This contrasts with traditional demand generation pricing on database size and/or activity volume, but is the way sales automation systems like Salesforce.com are usually sold. New user interfaces.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Manticore Market2Lead Marketing Automation 120

LeadSloth

MAY 16, 2009

I have hands-on experience with Marketo, Market2Lead, Pardot, Hubspot, Salesforce.com, DemandTools, various Email Service Providers, multiple CMSs (Wordpress, Drupal), and a range of other tools. Tags: Demand Generation DemandTools drupal hubspot market2lead marketo pardot salesforce.com twitter wordpress. See you then!

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Consulting Market2Lead Marketing Automation 100

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 1, 2008

I've been distracted this week by an unrelated client deadline, but the new Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems is indeed complete. Tags: marketing software marketing automation lead management demand generation. to order in the next few days, contact me via email at draab@raabassociates.com More details to follow.

Vtrenz 120

Vtrenz Manticore Marketing Automation Services Market2Lead 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 30, 2010

Other vendors have similar price points for the small business market (see my list of demand generation vendors ) although I suspect their internal costs are higher. Genius.com added a new Demand Generation edition that falls between its basic Email Marketing and full-blown Marketing Automation products.

Loopfuse 120

Loopfuse Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 31, 2010

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.) Eloqua and Market2Lead are based on sales automation data, but can incorporate external tables.

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Work Management Marketing Management Resource Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Oracle does have an existing B2B marketing automation product, based on the technology it acquired from Market2Lead in 2010. Market2Lead was very good system, but it lacked the huge market presence that Oracle gains from Eloqua. So that’s all fine, but what industry observers really want to know is how Salesforce.com will react.

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

But I also knew that some of the vendors focused on complex programs ( Market2Lead , Marketbright and arguably Silverpop/Vtrenz ) embed similar-looking list-style campaigns within a larger flow logic. Marketbright and the new Market2Lead interface use an actual flow chart; Silverpop/Vtrenz uses non-visual rules.

Vtrenz 120

Vtrenz Market2Lead Work Management Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 26, 2009

you know that I see a lot of demand generation systems. But the vast majority of demand generation systems are installed in much smaller marketing departments, where setting up campaigns is just a fraction of the user's job. If you read this blog regularly (and who doesn't?), I'm in favor of that approach.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

This helps business owners who need to generate revenue as efficiently as possible. We’ve already seen this with Oracle ’s purchase of Market2Lead (now apparently embedded in the Oracle OnDemand CRM system) and, depending on how you look at it, in IBM ’s purchase of Unica. But the case may be different for marketing automation vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Small Business Marketing Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Eloqua “ The Business Case for Integrated Demand Generation ” offers data from Forrester, CSO Insights and several Eloqua clients. CSO Insights, “Optimizing Lead Generation: What’s the Payback,” 2006 Best in Class Average % higher % reps making quota 66.1% The data is a couple of years old but still valid. 51% win rates 55.6%

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Marketing Qualified Leads 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Although I actually think that quite a few demand generation vendors share the Marketo philosophy, it’s still helpful to hear the distinction made clearly. Products including Silverpop Engage B2B (formerly Vtrenz), Market2Lead and Marketbright also let marketers set up small, sequential campaigns and embed them in selection framework.

Marketo 120

Marketo Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vtrenz 120

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

by Market2Lead CMO Kevin Joyce for a good statement of the separatist position.) Tags: software as a service demand generation marketing automation sales automation. But the other presenters disagreed, largely arguing that the separate groups have distinct needs. See Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 3, 2010

Market2Lead had something similar but is no longer sold.) Tags: marketing automation enterprise marketing management marketing measurement marketo revenue attribution lead management demand generation. However, Marketo's implementation brings this reporting to a new level.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Marketo Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

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. Of course, Oracle has already made its move by purchasing Market2Lead's intellectual assets. A few might survive as independents serving the most sophisticated clients.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 120

SnapApp

JUNE 5, 2018

Marketing teams to stop measuring success by lead volume, and start collaborating more closely with the sales team to ensure they are delivering the right content to generate demand, nurture leads, and enable the sales reps further down the funnel. 61% of B2B marketers find generating high-quality leads as their biggest challenge.

Lead Qualification 81

Lead Qualification Lead Ranking Sales Management Lead Scoring 81

chiefmartech

OCTOBER 29, 2017

having acquired Eloqua, Responsys, Market2Lead, ATG, RightNow, Maxymiser, BlueKai, NetSuite, and Endeca ( plus many more not included on my 2010 proto-landscape). If you’re a demand generation marketer, you know this math: it’s pouring more prospects into the top of your funnel. An order of magnitude more.

Market2Lead 61

Market2Lead Reachforce Eloqua DemandBase 61

LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

Kevin Joyce , CMO, Market2Lead. David Raab , Raab Associates & author, Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. The vast majority of leads generated on a website never have a meaningful conversation with a sales rep. Demand Generation? Malcolm Friedberg , Principal, Left Brain Marketing.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 100

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Automate Nurturing Through the Sales Cycle - Market2Lead found that nurtured leads have a 23% shorter sales cycle. The same Market2Lead study found that nurtured leads have a 9% higher average deal size, showing that there is an opportunity to not only increase the number of sales but the size of sales using lead nurturing.

Lead Nurturing 28

Lead Nurturing Market2Lead Sales Qualified Leads Leads 28

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Lead generation metrics should emphasize opportunities not just leads - B2B Lead Generation Blog , October 27, 2009. Podcast: Why sellers don’t have the right tools to help buyers buy - B2B Lead Generation Blog , October 15, 2009. Who cares what you’re selling, what are customers buying - Market2Lead , October 21, 2009.

Social Media 40

Social Media Demand Generation Agencies B2B Marketing Social Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Lead Generation Check list – Part 3: Develop and intensify your Ideal Customer Profile - B2B Lead Generation Blog , September 14, 2009. Pull versus push for more effective lead nurturing campaigns - Market2Lead , September 29, 2009. New Ebook – 65 Tips on B2B Demand Generation - Direct Connections , September 17, 2009.

Social Media 40

Social Media B2B Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles Market2Lead 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

MAY 3, 2010

8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 - B2B Lead Generation Blog , April 29, 2010 The single biggest issue for B2B marketers is effective lead generation. I wrote an eight part series on building an effective lead generation program a while back. reduce expense-to-revenue ratio) and improve overall ROI.

Forecasting 40

Forecasting Social Media B2B Marketing Social Marketing 40

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. As part of a broader lead generation, on-demand platform, Demandbase offers a free, downloadable Web application built on Adobe AIR (one of 3 investors in an $8M round they also announced.)

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management 40