The Point

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Because our firm services more than forty marketing automation clients, we have a first-hand view of the issues and challenges underlying findings like this most recent survey. Vendors focused on new licenses vs. customer retention. In that sense, vendors are paying a real price for their customers’ lack of maturity.

Marketing Automation Services 147

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation Automation 147

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

JUNE 9, 2009

But I expect the sales automation vendors to take the business for themselves. It’s irresistible to compare Sales Insight with Eloqua Prospect Profiler, launched two weeks ago (see my review ), which also gives sales people access to prospect activities gathered by the marketing system. There are some subtle differences.

Marketo 120

Marketo Work Management Marketing Automation Services Eloqua 120

PathFactory

MAY 3, 2022

The sellers can get very granular about who their buyer is, requiring detailed knowledge on the ideal customer profile (ICP) as well as the buyer personas, use cases, and challenges you’re solving for, and the buyer is served a much more targeted experience when researching potential vendors and solutions. Our reason?

Ideal Customer Profiles 59

Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing 59

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

But those catching on are seeing a real, and measurable, impact on their marketing and sales goals, not just higher view counts. While it may not seem obvious from the outset, there is incredible potential value in a video platform that integrates with the likes of Eloqua, Marketo, Act-On, and other MAPs.

Video Marketing 167

Video Marketing Rules Marketing Automation Services Planning 167

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 30, 2010

It's one example of how vendors are now competing to attract new users. The critical constraint is that volume is limited to 2,500 prospect names, 5,000 emails and 100,000 page views per month. This will put substantial pricing pressure on vendors who, in many cases, are already struggling to reach sustainable margins.

Loopfuse 120

Loopfuse Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Management 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

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

Valasys

JULY 1, 2021

Integrating the B2B marketing automation solutions with all the technology vendors. Marketing automation tools give marketers a comprehensive view of all their events and campaigns in a color-coded centralized team calendar that allows them to easily compare them to their goals. Grand View Research, 2020). k) Proper Scheduling.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation 52

Digital B2B Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Marketing Automation’s Baby Steps Last week we saw the first meaningful step in this direction with the announcement of Eloqua’s AdFocus offering, extending marketing automation’s segmentation and messaging to online display programs with Demandbase and Bizo. Disclosure: Demandbase is a client of my employer.]

Advertising Agencies 100

Advertising Agencies Marketing Automation Services DemandBase Marketing Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 10, 2013

I only mention this because I’ve recently been looking at a lot of new (to me) vendors and haven’t been able to write about many of them. This makes it a system for both small business and service vendors: two of my four themes. Users can send the contact a system email or add it to a list.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Automation Services Paid Search Agency Small Business Marketing 120

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 3, 2009

Usability Items for Simple Marketing Programs (note: this is a slightly revised version of the original post, reflecting vendor feedback.) But embedding the rules gives a much cleaner, simpler view of the campaign flow. Eloqua Manticore Technology Market2Lead Marketbright Marketo Neolane Silverpop Engage B2B 0 1 1 1 1 0.5

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Manticore 120

Webbiquity

JANUARY 27, 2011

You can view the chart on their blog post here. In this case, we suggest seeking out a best-of-breed vendor, such as Marketo , Eloqua , Genius , Manticore Technology , Genoo or the wide variety of other systems. FTC Disclosure: Webbiquity has no financial relationship with any of the vendors mentioned in this post.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Salesforce.com Marketing Automation 100

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

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. Page views, email opens, white paper downloads, site search strings, and so on. The Truth Intent Vendors Don’t Want to Talk About. First, what is intent data? The Intent Data You Already Use.

Intent Data 122

Intent Data Intent Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 122

TrustRadius Marketing

JANUARY 8, 2020

Oracle Eloqua. Oracle Eloqua is a marketing automation platform designed for enterprise B2B companies. Oracle Eloqua seeks to unite marketing and sales pursuits with highly integrated lead management. Customers consistently say that Eloqua’s visual campaign canvas and automation capabilities are great.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Hubspot Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 52

ANNUITAS

MAY 5, 2020

But if you’ve outgrown your current marketing automation platform and have plans to evaluate other options, discuss this with potential candidates during the interview (especially if you’d like this hire to be involved in the vendor evaluation process). How to Assess a Candidate’s Background.

Marketing Automation Services 130

Marketing Automation Services Demand Work Management Marketing Management 130

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. - But such integrated solutions are rarely comprehensive. This means that meeting a full range of needs requires connecting with external systems.

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Display Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services 120

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 23, 2014

Earlier this week a colleague forwarded along Bizo’s latest infographic in partnership with Eloqua , highlighting the B2B buyer’s journey from discovery through sales completion. In 2012, Forrester indicated that buyers could be up to 90 percent through their buyer’s journey before even reaching out to a vendor.

Tactics 120

Tactics B2B Marketing Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 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

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 obvious candidates are CRM vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 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). A true view of the technology.

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). A true view of the technology.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Vendors 100

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

If you suspected that my last two blog posts were a way to avoid writing a post that ranks vendors on usability, you’re probably right. I’d already noticed that the simplicity-focused vendors ( Marketo , Infusionsoft , OfficeAutoPilot and, as of yesterday, Genius.com ) build their campaigns as a list of steps with no branching flows. (To

Vtrenz 120

Vtrenz Market2Lead Work Management Marketing Automation Services 120

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? The guide gives a spotlight to 7 of the most used Marketing Automation platforms on TrustRadius, and provides buyers with an at-a-glance view of each product that includes: user demographics (e.g.

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 40

Vidyard

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Recognizing the scalable, consistent benefits of a video message, Scott reiterates, “your sales people can use [your videos] to make that perfect pitch every time” Using Eloqua and Video to Qualify Leads When it comes to marketing automation, a seamless integration with Eloqua was a must when inContact was evaluating video vendors.

Video Marketing 51

Video Marketing Eloqua Lead Ranking Marketing Management 51

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

Leadspace

JANUARY 17, 2017

Vendors like Demandbase and Marketo website personalization leverage this information to personalize the content displayed. Marketing Automation Platforms like Marketo and Eloqua then track each page view associated with this person’s email. To ensure your vendor is properly tying topic data to buyer context (i.e.

Intent Data 67

Intent Data Lead Ranking Intent Marketing Automation Services 67

Content Marketing Institute

MARCH 22, 2018

Marketing automation tools Eloqua and Adobe are used by iQ to automate all the parts and processes of an ongoing content marketing program – from defining key audience segments and third-party overlays to personalizing emails based on content consumption patterns and engagement behaviors.

Marketing Automation Services 108

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 108

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

So I wouldn’t be surprised to see Salesforce encourage third party developers to build marketing automation systems using Salesforce's Force.com and Heroku platforms and Database.com database, or to see them encourage existing vendors to migrate to the Salesforce.com infrastructure. Or maybe I'm being naive.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Salesforce.com Work Management 120

Biznology

JUNE 17, 2013

80% of Internet users who recall watching a video ad on a website they visited in the past 30 days; 46% took some action after viewing the ad. In addition, visitors who view videos stay on the site an average of 2 minutes longer than those who don’t view videos, (comScore). (comScore and Nielsen ). Internet Retailer ).

Video Marketing 80

Video Marketing Content Youtube Forrester 80

TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Basic Reporting: A summary of email KPIs and landing page views, form submits, clicks, scrolls, and heatmaps are often part of a smart dashboard. While vendors offer a growing number of integrations, it’s important for marketing team members to identify key features that will impact their team for positive results.

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 40

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 1, 2012

So here’s a quick “getting started” guide that looks at the marketing automation implementation process from a 10,000 foot view and gets you ready to used what will become your most important lead generation engine. Grande Guide to Lead Nurturing , by Eloqua. Getting Started with Marketing Automation. Step 6: CRM Integration.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Work Management 100

Engagio

JULY 31, 2017

Vendors typically use one of three methods to collecting this behavioral data to determine intent: analyzing activity on social networks such as scanning posts; analyzing content consumption across a publishing network and analyzing engagement with display advertising across the public Internet.

Intent Data 85

Intent Data Account Based Marketing Intent ABM 85

Markempa

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

So, my history before Nudge was Eloqua, in the marketing space, obviously, it’s a space you’re very familiar with, you’re working a lot with marketers. And then I need to put those two together and insert a point of view in the conversation. ” And then map that out to a point of view. Sure thing.

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel B2B Sales Eloqua B2B 52

Engagio

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Review the data provided by third party data vendors. Review the data provided by third party data vendors. Not everyone uses a third party data vendor, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Take Marketing Automation Platforms (MAP) – one company might show that they have Marketo, Eloqua and Hubspot. Standardize data.

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Automation Services Work Management 62

ViewPoint

MARCH 6, 2012

Overall, it requires an understanding of the purchase process from the buyer's point of view. 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. Joe Pulizzi, co-author of Get Content. Get Customers.

Buyer Personas 120

Buyer Personas Forrester Lead Ranking Peer-to-peer 120