Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 23, 2012

The leaders quadrant in this sector is quite crowded, with Act-On , Eloqua , Pardot , and Marketo all jostling for position. In case you haven’t caught on to my color coding, blue type indicates that Eloqua and Neolane are leaders in the large company segment, while red type shows the others have their strongest position in this sector.

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Act-On Marketing Automation Services Marketo 120

Directive Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

In fact, 86% of software buyers use peer review sites when buying software. Ensure the directory ranks high on a search for “best (your primary software category).” At PartnerStack, we ran a 3-month pilot on a directory that doesn’t rank on the first page of our primary buyer search term, “best partner management software.”

Peer-to-peer 59

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

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 8, 2009

The Pedowitz Group announced this morning that it was offering $15,000 in free consulting services and guaranteeing a five-day implementation to new clients who purchase Eloqua demand generation software. On the surface, this is a strength of vendors who promise free implementation and deployment within a few days.

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 12, 2009

On Monday, Eloqua announced a new free deployment service for its clients. It follows last month’s free deployment offer from Eloqua reseller Pedowitz Group , which generated quite a bit of comment on this blog. Eloqua also has its professional services group and consulting partners to provide more hands-on assistance.

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 8, 2009

Summary: Based on Web traffic rankings, new demand generation vendors with low prices are gaining market presence. But Eloqua , Silverpop and Marketo remain industry leaders. I revisited that data today, adding a few new vendors and dropping some of the very minor ones. Pardot and (perhaps) Genius.com look particularly strong.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Vendors 120

ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2021

The importance of MAP to the Demand Technology Stack is also reflected in the significant size and ongoing growth of the global market for MAP software – valued at $4.06 Marketo scored 19% higher than Eloqua and Hubspot and 24% higher than Pardot in the analysis. And overall Eloqua sits in a strong second place among enterprise MAPs.

Enterprise Management 130

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Analysis Work Management 130

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 23, 2012

The non-specialist vendors such as IBM Unica and SAS, are not included in these figures but also have significant revenue in this segment. As before, vendors closer to the top have the most appropriate features for this segment, and those further to the right have the most similar customer base and company resources.

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Enterprise Management 120

The Point

AUGUST 24, 2010

The email below from marketing automation vendor Eloqua is part of one of those rare B2B campaigns that combines email marketing best practices with an impeccably executed creative concept. Tags: B2B Marketing Graphic Design Lead Nurturing email design email marketing eloqua Marketing Automation.

Eloqua 100

Eloqua Creativity Marketing Automation Services Microsite 100

Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 27, 2009

Eloqua yesterday announced Eloqua Prospect Profiler , which makes it easier for salespeople to review prospect behaviors that are captured by the demand generation system. Back to Eloqua Prospect Profiler. These are already assembled by various vendors, so all that’s needed is a relatively simple integration.

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Paper Profiling Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Microsoft today announced the acquisition of marketing management system vendor MarketingPilot , which will become part of its Dynamics CRM group. Still, with more than 500 clients, including many ad agencies, MarketingPilot is a significant player in the larger marketing software universe. (I Financial terms were not disclosed.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Vendors 120

TrustRadius Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That’s why we have seen the lines between email marketing and marketing automation software solutions begin to blur. Email marketing software is designed to send “batch and blast” emails with some segmentation, drip campaign, automation and analysis capabilities. Are these two types of software becoming one?

Marketing Automation Services 52

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation Software 52

The Point

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Vendors focused on new licenses vs. customer retention. The major software players in the marketing automation space have also seen a lot of changes in the last 5 years. In the last decade, three of the top four B2B solutions: Eloqua, Marketo, and Pardot, have all been acquired by larger companies. Pipeline acceleration?

Marketing Automation Services 147

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation Automation 147

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

JANUARY 27, 2011

Salesforce.com is the cloud computing darling of customer relationship management (CRM) software. They have significant control of mind share in that space, and their legacy in customer service and sales force automation software is strong. Marketing Automation Software Guide decided to answer this question. Share this on Bebo.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Salesforce.com Marketing Automation 100

ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Marketo COULD HAVE been acquired by one of several enterprise application vendors that simply don’t get marketing. Moreover, Adobe’s product quality is world class — something that cannot be said for every software vendor that has acquired marketing automation. Adobe GETS marketing. So we see it as a positive.

Marketo 193

Marketo Acquisitions Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management 193

ANNUITAS

JULY 17, 2012

or maybe, “Why Eloqua?” Social media gives me the opportunity to be part of the conversation and share content whether it is Eloqua-branded, industry articles, or thought-leadership pieces. Various statistics state that anywhere from 30-55% of the buyer’s journey is complete before engaging with a vendor.

Eloqua 100

Eloqua Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Automation Services 100

ANNUITAS

JULY 17, 2012

or maybe, “Why Eloqua?” Social media gives me the opportunity to be part of the conversation and share content whether it is Eloqua-branded, industry articles, or thought-leadership pieces. Various statistics state that anywhere from 30-55% of the buyer’s journey is complete before engaging with a vendor.

Eloqua 100

Eloqua Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Automation Services 100

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

MARCH 26, 2009

Naturally, the vendors showing them to me have all thought very carefully about their designs and made the best choices they could, typically based on feedback from their customers. So I thought I'd take a little scan of the demand generation systems I've looked at to see how the vendors themselves had voted.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 120

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

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

One of the audience members at the B2B Marketing University in Boston asked about demand generation systems for small businesses, and how to distinguish among the vendors in general. My brief answer was that the biggest difference was less functionality than the target markets the different vendors pursue.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 120

ANNUITAS

JUNE 28, 2012

In our last post , we introduced a list of 9 things marketers need from marketing automation vendors and consultants. We came up with this list to help make sense of “the noise” being generated by software vendors and service providers in the space (yes, we are one of those providers). I applaud them for that.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Vendors 100

ANNUITAS

JUNE 28, 2012

In our last post , we introduced a list of 9 things marketers need from marketing automation vendors and consultants. We came up with this list to help make sense of “the noise” being generated by software vendors and service providers in the space (yes, we are one of those providers). I applaud them for that.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Vendors 100

Metadata

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Metadata’s autonomous demand generation software is a massive advantage for marketing teams as it sets the entire martech stack on autopilot by connecting existing tools and putting them to work. Notable entrepreneurs, such as Mark Organ (Eloqua), Ilya Volodarsky (Segment), with over a dozen customers (e.g. for 2020 by Inc.

Demand Generation 102

Demand Generation Marketing Analytics Tools Demand Paid Search Agency 102

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

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Oracle announced this morning that it is buying BlueKai , a leading Data Management Platform (DMP) technology vendor and operator of one of the largest data marketplaces. This is the first time we’ve seen a major enterprise software vendor draw that picture quite so clearly. It will be interesting to see how they fill it.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 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

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

I released the 2012 edition of our B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST) report today, an event that deserves more hoopla that I’ve given it. The VEST provides by far the most detailed, objective information available on industry vendors. For those of us who don’t get out much, that’s downright exciting. Myth busted.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Report Marketing Automation Automation 120

TrustRadius Marketing

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Yet marketers often have a love-hate relationship with their marketing automation software. Knowing this, we took detailed information from over 6,000 reviews and 200 survey responses from marketing automation software users and put it all together in the 2019 Buyers Guide to Marketing Automation. .

Marketing Automation Services 59

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing AI 59

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 11, 2011

Our just-released update to the B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Toolkit (VEST) shows that client counts grew just over 50% over the year ending in June, compared with nearly 100% growth for the year ending last December. You might think the slower rate is expected because each period starts from a larger base. Not necessarily.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Manticore Marketing Automation ActiveConversion 120

SmartBug Media

JANUARY 13, 2020

Marketing automation tools, such as Marketo , Eloqua , HubSpot , Pardot , and Act-O n, are all powerful support systems, but ultimately, choosing an automation tool comes down to what are the must-have elements for your business goals? The right vendor will ask a lot of questions to ensure a successful migration.

Marketing Automation Services 93

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Management Automation 93

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

I just finished the latest release of the B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool , a.k.a. That’s a technical step backwards but will actually make it easier for buyers to access the detailed vendor information, and in particular to screen for vendors with particular capabilities. more micro-business vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Report Marketing Automation 120

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