article thumbnail

In the Market for Marketing Automation Software? Here’s How 7 Leading Tools Compare

TrustRadius Marketing

Of all the love-hate relationships out there, the one between marketers and their marketing automation platform is a classic—at least in the world of software. In a recent TrustRadius survey, 70% of marketers said that Marketing Automation software was very essential to achieving their marketing goals.

article thumbnail

7 Marketing Automation Fails (and How to Avoid Frustration)

TrustRadius Marketing

Marketing automation platforms—the swiss army knives of marketing—supposedly let you do it all. . They allow you to send out beautiful emails, coordinate social media campaigns, track customer behavior across all marketing channels, play nice with your CRM and give you all the reporting you need. .

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Acquisitions Reshape the Marketing Automation Industry: Growth at the Bottom, Room in the Middle, Fog at the Top

Customer Experience Matrix

Raab Associates officially released the new edition of our B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST) yesterday. This is our flagship report on the industry, with nearly 200 data points on 23 vendors and separate ratings for micro-business, small to mid-size companies, and enterprise marketing departments.

article thumbnail

Lytics Adds Marketing Recommendations to a Customer Data Platform

Customer Experience Matrix

It’s just over one year since I first spoke with Lytics *, which at that time was (accurately) calling itself a Customer Data Platform but had not yet released a beta version of its product. CEO James McDermot said the label was changed because big companies thought a CDP sounded like an IT project, not something run by marketers.

article thumbnail

When Marketing Automation Is the Wrong Solution

Digital B2B Marketing

Marketing automation is quickly becoming like the self-driving car for B2B marketing. Led by Eloqua (now part of Oracle) and Marketo (with a very successful IPO last week), today marketing automation companies are collectively worth billions. When Marketing Automation Is Unnecessary.

article thumbnail

Passing the Eloqua B2B Masters Exam: A How-To Guide

Ledger Bennett

What is the Eloqua B2B Masters qualification? It’s the only industry recognized accreditation for B2B Oracle Eloqua and shows recognition of best practices within marketing automation platforms. The modules for the qualification include the fundamentals of Eloqua and revenue performance management (RPM).

Eloqua 40
article thumbnail

Top-10 Demand Generation Vendor Blogs

LeadSloth

In my previous post I listed the Top-10 Demand Generation blog by marketers and consultants. Today I’ve put together a list of vendor blogs. Most of these vendors blogs really get ‘online marketing’, so they talk about best practices rather then just touting their products, and they post regularly.