Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 22, 2010

Summary: consolidation isn't new among marketing software vendors. When campaign management systems consolidated in the late 1990's and early 2000's, most were bought by enterprise software companies. Will weaker marketing automation vendors merge with each other to establish a larger market presence?

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 120

Engagio

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When I first got started in software, it was at a company called e.piphany which specialized in what was then called Campaign Management. Campaign Management software automated the process of sending out campaigns — primarily direct mail at that time and then email.

Account Based Marketing 87

Account Based Marketing Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation 87

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Not surprisingly, virtual event technology vendors have responded. Even now, many months into the pandemic, video conferencing and team collaboration software are still among “surging” categories for spending by business technology buyers. The Entrepreneur Interview Series #18: Alex Wise, Netpeak Software.

Marketing Automation Services 137

Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Eloqua Sales Qualified Leads 137

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

My original plan had been to add several marketing automation vendors with significant presence in this market. My original set of products was based on a general knowledge of which companies are most established, plus some consultation with vendors to learn who they felt were their main competitors. How to choose?

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vtrenz Demand Generation Agencies 120

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Summary: The first of three posts describing my new scoring system for B2B marketing automation vendors. I’ve finally had time to work up the vendor scores based on the 150+ RFP questions I distributed back in September. vendor strength , which assesses a vendor’s current and future business position.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Vendors 120

TrustRadius Marketing

JUNE 19, 2019

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. What’s in the Guide?

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 40

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 30, 2006

Not to be obsessive or anything, but I do want to respond a bit more to the anonymous comment on last Thursday’s post, which said (the comment, that is) “Eloqua is definitely a marketing automation and campaign management tool. MRM is not something Eloqua does now, but I would expect them to in the future.”

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Resource Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 30, 2013

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.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Management Acquisitions 120

PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

What hardware or software is a company using? For instance, your business might find that your biggest clients are using marketing automation software like Marketo or Eloqua. These pieces of software indicate more than just the fact that a company is using marketing automation. Identify high-potential clients.

Marketing Automation Services 62

Marketing Automation Services Account Based Marketing Enterprise Management Work Management 62

ClickZ

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The global marketing automation software market was $2.4 What is marketing automation software? Any tool that helps streamline your marketing processes is considered marketing automation software. Enterprise-level marketing automation software comes with many bells and whistles. billion by 2026. Industry case study.

Enterprise Management 133

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation 133

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 30, 2010

It's one example of how vendors are now competing to attract new users. This will put substantial pricing pressure on vendors who, in many cases, are already struggling to reach sustainable margins. Other vendors – notably Pardot – have followed a similar cost-removal strategy. Here’s where the free system comes back into play.

Loopfuse 120

Loopfuse Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Management 120

Everything Technology Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The secret to B2B email success: Provide compelling content for each stage in the buying process to move buyers from first touch to purchase. Eloqua | [link] Eloqua (NASDAQ: ELOQ) is the marketing system of record for modern marketers. Eloqua’s customers include AON, Dow Jones, ADP, Fidelity, Polycom, and National Instruments.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Lead Generation Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Other than Raab Associates’ own VEST report , we’ve seen surveys of active buyers from Software Advice , usage figures based on direct observation from Mintigo and Venture Beat (using Datanyze) , and another broad-based survey from Pepper Global and Holger Shulze. This is a pretty common question so the answers were not very surprising.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

But still, as I noted last week, the growth rate is slowing – and for some vendors seems to have fallen considerably in the second half of 2012. The most notable is Eloqua, which as a public company has to report its results. Figures for other vendors are not publicly available but I've seen hints that several have slowed as well.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 13, 2010

IBM announced this morning that it was purchasing enterprise marketing automation leader Unica for $480 million, more than double the company’s current stock market valuation. Its acquisition is basically the completion of the consolidation of that space, not the start of consolidation among B2B marketing automation vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Acquisitions Marketing Management 120

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

That’s probably why more than 100 vendors have swelled the ranks of those offering automation tools. But that doesn’t mean marketers can just sit back, twiddle their thumbs, and let the software do all their work for them. So without further ado: Eloqua. Read the post.).

Marketing Automation Services 101

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 101

PathFactory

MAY 2, 2022

Using actual, near real-time content engagement signals, AI-driven targeting, and personalization, Go To Market teams can easily provide a relevant, seamless experience where the buyer can find all the information they need to make a purchase decision. “A Visit PathFactory.com to learn more.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Marketing Qualified Leads Buy 52

Webbiquity

AUGUST 12, 2012

In the foreword to Revenue Engine: Why Revenue Performance Management is the Next Frontier of Competitive Advantage by Steve Woods and Alex Shootman, Eloqua CEO Joe Payne writes that “This is not a book about marketing. It’s not about sales. This is a book about the only thing that matters: revenue.”

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Eloqua 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Marketing automation / demand generation software provider Manticore today announced the release of Manticore Technology VII, which includes a fully customizable user interface, email and landing page folders, an email delivery wizard, and drag-and-drop list building functionality. any significant price point, non-commodity products).

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Manticore Marketing Automation Services Lead Generation Marketing Automation 100

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

My new obsession with Twitter (follow me as @draab) has led to several messages from people who seemed to have trouble choosing between Eloqua and Marketo. I do recognize that they are the best known vendors in the space (with apologies to Vtrenz , whose identity is somewhat blurred since its purchase by Silverpop ).

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Cost Marketing Management Demand 120

Valasys

JULY 1, 2021

Integrating the B2B marketing automation solutions with all the technology vendors. Whether they are new at their automation game or have already some experience, they must select a vendor that connects them with a variety of resources. Eloqua helps customers get the most out of its products by teaching and instructing them constantly.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation 52

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

That’s probably why more than 100 vendors have swelled the ranks of those offering automation tools. But that doesn’t mean marketers can just sit back, twiddle their thumbs, and let the software do all their work for them. But there aren’t that many hours in a day, so how do you pick which blogs to follow? Read the post.)

Marketing Automation Services 65

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 65

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Summary: Teradata's acquisition of Aprimo takes the largest remaining independent marketing automation vendor off the market. Teradata announced today that is acquiring marketing automation vendor Aprimo for a very hefty $525 million – even more than the $480 million that IBM paid for somewhat larger Unica in August.

Resource Management 120

Resource Management Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management 120

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. However, the purchasing committee will generally include someone from IT, the CFO, and in smaller firms possibly even the CEO.

Emarketing 100

Emarketing Marketing Automation Services Manticore Marketing Management 100

TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

70% of marketers say marketing automation software is critical to their success. Marketing automation occurs when marketers pass the burden of monotonous tasks to software logic to complete. Integration between your CRM and marketing automation software is critical to the success of your marketing department.

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 40

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

This means that is time to update my previous charts on marketing automation funding (see below) and the funding timeline, because HubSpot just surpassed Marketo as the highest funded marketing software vendor to date. For Eloqua, at least, they say there’s no need to worry since HubSpot is serving a very different market.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Hubspot 100

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. There might still be some others: two of the vendors haven't spoken with me, which could mean they agree with my ratings but, more likely, means they just haven't been paying attention. 9 Now what?

Lead Scoring 120

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Demand Generation Work Management 120

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 1, 2012

Problem is, sometimes the rush to get the software installed and running ends up trampling the creation of processes, content planning, and other key ingredients that are necessary for a successful marketing automation implementation. But let’s say you got approval and have purchased the marketing automation software of your dreams.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Work Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 8, 2011

Both Unica and Aprimo were long-established vendors with fundamentally stable products sold primarily to large enterprises: although their new owners may market them more broadly, they’ll be selling pretty much what IBM and Teradata always sold (big systems) to pretty much the same customers (big companies).

Salesforce.com 120

Salesforce.com Enterprise Management Hubspot Marketing Automation Services 120

chiefmartech

APRIL 4, 2017

Many martec vendors promote that they have built-in integrations to one or more systems. We have consulted with clients that use Salesforce.com (SFDC) for their CRM, and we were tasked with integrating their newly-purchased marketing automation platform (MAP) with it. Out-of-the-box integration: caveat emptor. REST versus SOAP API.

Enterprise Management 51

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 51

chiefmartech

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

As TechCrunch noted in their coverage of the news, “[This acquisition] was a pretty nice return for Vista Equity partners, which purchased Marketo in May 2016 for $1.8 There are still effectively zero barriers to entry in launching a new software start-up. It was a fun evening of discussion!). billion in cash. billion in profit.”

Marketo 82

Marketo Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services 82

Leadspace

JANUARY 4, 2017

The sophistication level is still barely past nascent, while the business impact of harnessing data and using it in real-time to fuel customer experience, conversion, purchase, etc., Our point-solution analytics off the back end of Exact Target or Responsys, Marketo or Eloqua. across this wide array of applications is massive.

Enterprise Management 116

Enterprise Management Paid Content Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 116

Engagio

JULY 31, 2017

Intent data is any time-based information that give you clues about individuals’ and organizations’ interests and impending purchases. BrightTalk.com), reading software reviews on a site like G2Crowd and discussing key topics with peers on social media or following influencers in your space on social media.

Intent Data 85

Intent Data Account Based Marketing Intent ABM 85

Engagio

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Review the data provided by third party data vendors. They may have a checklist or scoring system of their own to qualify accounts, but at the very least they can provide insights, such as “industry matters a lot more than company size” or “a company with technology X is more likely to purchase our product than a company with technology Z.”.

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Automation Services Work Management 62

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 10, 2012

It’s no wonder that B2B marketing automation vendors avoided the issue by piggybacking on the Salesforce.com structure: otherwise, the cost and complexity of building a separate database would have severely limited their growth. The system has an Eloqua connector today and a Marketo connector in the works.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Work Management Lead Ranking Marketing Management 120

ANNUITAS

JANUARY 10, 2011

He has served as chief marketing executive at TOA Technologies and Eloqua, as well as at Nuance Communications. First of all, it’s hard to buy –-marketers are for the first time having to buy enterprise-strength software with no guidance or historical training as marketing professionals. Do we need email marketing or something more?

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I work for a B2B software company and we do regular email blasts. If I were to look at benchmark data from MailChimp we are doing way better than their published rate of 18% for companies in the software industry. Analyze the results you get by segment (geography, products purchased, industry targeted, job titles, etc.)

Advertising Benchmark 100

Advertising Benchmark Work Management Marketing Management Planning 100