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150+ Questions for Your Marketing Automation RFP

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: I've posted a list of nearly 200 RFP questions that I hope many people will adopt to their own needs. If it's used widely, buyers and vendors both benefit. Death, taxes and RFPs. For business software vendors, all three are equally inevitable – and it's not clear which they dislike most. So bring it on. -

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Ranking B2B Marketing Automation Vendors: How I Built My Scores (part 1)

Customer Experience Matrix

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.

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The Truth About Intent Data

Rev

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.

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CMOs: Wield Powers of Influence to Gain a Seat at the Executive Table

ViewPoint

With 70% of tech purchases at the RFP stage by the time the vendor knows about the opportunity, content has become critical to shepherding prospects down the path to purchase. And for the specifics on how to go about it all, walk through this presentation by Eloqua on how to map content to the buyer’s journey.

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6 Marketing Automation Lessons I Learned the Hard Way

Hubspot

Not too long ago, my colleague Katie Burke wrote a great article, " The Right Way to Think About Your Marketing Software RFP ," and it got me thinking about my own experiences as a buyer of marketing technology. Instead, you need to focus on solutions, since all vendors solve problems differently.

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An 8-Step Plan for Migrating to a New Marketing Automation Program

Hubspot

Last year Freeman’s employer, a telecom company called ShoreTel , moved from Eloqua to HubSpot, and it fell to Freeman, the head of demand generation at ShoreTel, to oversee the project. That might be because they’re dissatisfied with a vendor. But it had to be done. 5) Put the pieces back together. marketing automation'

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

Eric: The guys as Eloqua , I’ve read some of their content and they do a really good job about that. They talk about white papers at the top of the funnel and then buying guides and RFP guides a little further down the funnel. From Content to Customer by Eloqua & JESS3. View more presentations from Eloqua.