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The Pond Just Got More Crowded: Google, Salesforce.com and Sequoia Invest in HubSpot

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: HubSpot announced a $32 million investment yesterday by Sequoia Partners, Google and Salesforce.com. Salesforce.com and Google announced their long-anticipated entry into the marketing automation industry, in the baby-step form of investments in HubSpot.

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Best CRM for Marketing Automation: Salesforce.com, Microsoft or Oracle?

LeadSloth

If you look at Marketing Automation systems, the best supported CRM system is Salesforce.com. However, Forrester states that Microsoft Dynamics CRM may actually be a better CRM product. Also ask them the level of integration, and – if they support multiple CRM systems – how those integrations are different.

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

The Point

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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Dreamforce 2011: Salesforce.com Will Leave Marketing Automation Alone. But Revenue Performance Management Might Be Another Story.

Customer Experience Matrix

I spent most of this week at Salesforce.com ’s Dreamforce conference. If the big question on the mind of the marketing automation industry has been whether Salesforce would launch its own product, the show provided what I consider to be a definitive answer: No (at least for now; never say never). Peer pressure worked, and there I was.

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Old School Sales vs New: The Rise of the Modern Sales Model

Zoominfo

The difference between Tom and Kate, though, is not just in how they’re pitching to you; it’s in why they’re pitching to you. Tom doesn’t know whether you need his product and neither does Kate — but she at least knows there’s a chance. One early adopter of inside sales was Marc Benioff, CEO and founder at Salesforce.com.

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Oracle Fusion Marketing reduces the role of traditional CRMs

Martech

The new product tracks account engagement with both email and advertising channels, uses AI to score leads and predict opportunity for sales engagement, then delivers the qualified opportunity to any CRM system. We’ve got to give them product that powers their ability to sell.” ” Where’s the automation?

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How to adapt your marketing for the new era of data analytics by Salesforce

Martech

Cox Automotive has spent the past two years building a more complete picture of prospects and clients, including combining role, engagement and product purchase data from across its brands into a centralized location. Now, their teams can target specific audiences with custom product or service messages.