Directive Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

Directories offer 2 main growth solutions: Buyer intent data subscriptions : vendors get account-level intelligence on category, product profile, and comparison views. Cost-per-click (CPC) auctions : vendors bid to rank higher in a directory category page and pay per click to their site to generate leads.

Peer-to-peer 59

Peer-to-peer Work Management Marketing Management Cost Per Click 59

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 22, 2010

Summary: consolidation isn't new among marketing software vendors. As I wrote in my June 30 post on consolidation among marketing automation vendors , I expect the number of competitors to shrink fairly quickly as new buyers concentrate their purchases among a handful of leading vendors. The pattern is quite clear.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 120

Engagio

OCTOBER 11, 2021

You know the story here, Marketo, Eloqua and a few others came to quickly dominate the B2B marketing world. To fill this gap, Jon went on to found Engagio and ex-Eloqua and ex-Pardot folks went on to found other companies which ultimately started the Account-Based Marketing (ABM) space.

Account Based Marketing 87

Account Based Marketing Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation 87

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

The Point

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The conclusion: most B2B companies were failing to follow even the most basic lead management best practices, even in areas that one would assume were a primary business case for purchasing marketing automation in the first place. Vendors focused on new licenses vs. customer retention.

Marketing Automation Services 147

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation Automation 147

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

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 31, 2015

Yesterday I released the mid-year edition of the VEST Report on B2B marketing automation vendors, thereby meeting my self-imposed deadline of July 31. Look here for more information or to make a purchase. The only new vendor to make a splash recently has been SharpSpring , which went from zero to 500 agency clients in the past year.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Report Marketing Automation Paid Search Agency 120

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Not surprisingly, virtual event technology vendors have responded. This is driven partly by disappointment in tools purchased early in the lockdown, and partly by the demand from attendees for richer, more engaging online event experiences. New platforms have been introduced, and mature products updated and enhanced.

Marketing Automation Services 136

Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Eloqua Sales Qualified Leads 136

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

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 31, 2012

I’ve just released the latest edition of my B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST), which contains detailed analysis of all 22 B2B marketing automation systems. Vendors in the VEST are asked for estimates of their client counts by company size. For a couple of vendors, I’ve used my own estimate based on past data.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Report Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 20, 2016

Intent data is one of hottest topics in marketing today – see, for example, Oracle’s recent purchase of AddThis. B22B lead generation vendor True Influence today announced a new product to help fill these gaps. InsightBASE has standard integrations with Marketo , Oracle Eloqua , and Salesforce.com.

Intent Data 120

Intent Data Intent Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services 120

Digital B2B Marketing

MAY 21, 2013

Led by Eloqua (now part of Oracle) and Marketo (with a very successful IPO last week), today marketing automation companies are collectively worth billions. Marketing Technology eloqua marketing automation marketo' Just because it is a more more powerful solution doesn’t mean it is necessary or advisable.

Marketing Management 100

Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation 100

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 28, 2014

I mentioned 6Sense briefly in a recent post about vendors who help companies find prospects on the Web. Since then, I’ve had a more detailed briefing, which clarified that their scope extends well beyond prospect lists to predictive models applied across all stages of the purchase cycle.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Activities Lead Scoring Marketing Automation Services 120

Rev

MAY 21, 2018

If you have a marketing automation platform — like Marketo, Oracle Eloqua, HubSpot, or Pardot — then you are probably using intent data. The Truth Intent Vendors Don’t Want to Talk About. The big promise of intent data vendors is that these companies are “in market.” First, what is intent data? The Intent Data You Already Use.

Intent Data 122

Intent Data Intent Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 122

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

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. Even though this is limited to the vendors in the Guide, it's a pretty representative sample of the industry as a whole. Eloqua focused on making it easier to embed sharable links within conventional marketing assets.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Manticore Market2Lead Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 3, 2013

B2B marketing data vendor ReachForce today announced its purchase of SetLogik , which provides technology to build cloud-based marketing databases and do predictive modeling against them. See my post from last October for more on SetLogik.) There’s an obvious peanut butter-meets-jelly type of logic to this match.

Reachforce 120

Reachforce Buy Marketing Management B2B Marketing 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

JUNE 27, 2013

Adobe today announced plans to acquire Neolane , the largest remaining independent B2C marketing automation vendor (excluding email-focused providers like Responsys and Silverpop ). Price was $600 million, which is roughly in line with the 8x revenue paid for ExactTarget and Eloqua recently.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation 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

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

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

Leadspace

OCTOBER 5, 2016

No matter how good the algorithms, AI will not produce usable insights and information to drive demand generation if you cripple it with the static data in your CRM or purchased from traditional data vendors. B2B marketers know that salespeople don’t care about advances in martech. Einstein will be awesome for sales acceleration.

Marketing AI 59

Marketing AI Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing Marketing Automation Services 59

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

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

PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

For instance, your business might find that your biggest clients are using marketing automation software like Marketo or Eloqua. The enterprises that use Marketo and Eloqua are usually large, with tens or hundreds of thousands of contacts, plentiful resources, and lots of technical know-how. Identify high-potential clients.

Marketing Automation Services 62

Marketing Automation Services Account Based Marketing Enterprise Management Work Management 62

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

That’s probably why more than 100 vendors have swelled the ranks of those offering automation tools. Marketers need to figure out and make use of this fantastic software, and that’s why it seems almost as many blogs as vendors have popped up to help. So without further ado: Eloqua. Read the post.).

Marketing Automation Services 101

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 101

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

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

It competes with vendors such as Marketo , Eloqua , Marketbright and Genoo. Jeff contends that marketing automation systems will become required tools for any b2b “considered purchase&# (i.e., Privately held and self-funded, Manticore has grown at a 50+% clip since 2005. Add this to Mister Wong. Share this on FriendFeed.

Manticore 100

Manticore Marketing Automation Services Lead Generation Marketing Automation 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 14, 2013

Predictive models can show how different attributes correlate with targeted behaviors such as purchasing a product. Vendors are another matter: there’s inherent scale economy to scanning the Web and social media once and applying the results to many different clients.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Social Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

The main basis for my prediction is high growth that vendors reported in 2013, and in particular a trend towards higher revenue per client among the vendors who share that information with me. If I were an email vendor, I''d think about that one. Features Don''t Drive Decisions.or

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 27, 2014

The CDP industry has been moving along nicely without my attention: new CDPs keep emerging and the existing vendors are growing. There are existing connectors for Salesforce.com, Marketo , and Eloqua and it’s fairly easy to connect with others. This model can score new leads and classify existing opportunities in the sales pipeline.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Automation Services Reachforce 120

ClickZ

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Other important features include (but aren’t limited to) ease of use/usability, security including role-based access to the platform, and vendor support. Robust analytics and reporting features that collect, analyze, and monitor campaign data and make it accessible (and actionable) to multiple teams. Industry case study. 4 Salesforce Pardot.

Enterprise Management 133

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation 133

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 26, 2015

Some vendors do this better than others. Integration is currently available for Salesforce.com CRM, Marketo , and HubSpot , with plans to add Salesforce.com Pardot and Oracle Eloqua shortly. - The Terminus approach provides greater clarity and lets the company optimize its clients’ ad purchases without affecting its own profits.

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Display Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services 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

JUNE 19, 2019

Which vendors offer high quality pre-sale AND post-sale support? What type of learning & training resources does the vendor offer? Here’s the list of the Marketing Automation products featured in the guide: Adobe Campaign Oracle Eloqua Marketo Pardot Act-On HubSpot SharpSpring. Which products are within your price range?

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 40