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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. It is made up of sales, service and—wait for it—marketing!
Customer Experience Matrix
JULY 28, 2010
Summary: Manticore Technology released some modest enhancements to its demand generation platform today. The company takes a conservative approach to marketing automation, stressing the importance of process over flashy software. Unlike faster-growing competitors, Manticore has been largely self-funded.
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Customer Experience Matrix
MARCH 8, 2011
Summary: HubSpot announced a $32 million investment yesterday by Sequoia Partners, Google and Salesforce.com. This could be a real game-changer in the small business marketing automation landscape. It’s not yet clear which vendors will dominate the industry or what form the successful systems will take.
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. Could marketers finally be ready to spend on measurement? Even though this is limited to the vendors in the Guide, it's a pretty representative sample of the industry as a whole. Social media. Sales access.
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. Here it is.
Customer Experience Matrix
FEBRUARY 4, 2009
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 ). But there are plenty of other options, particularly for marketers with limited budgets. Pricing for a full-featured system was $597 per month—quite a bargain.
Customer Experience Matrix
DECEMBER 3, 2008
My little tour of demand generation vendors landed at Pardot just before Thanksgiving. As you’ll recall from my post on Web activity statistics , Pardot is one of the higher-ranked vendors not already in the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. Pardot and other SMB systems don’t just offer a few simple features.
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