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The Pond Just Got More Crowded: Google, Salesforce.com and Sequoia Invest in HubSpot

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: HubSpot announced a $32 million investment yesterday by Sequoia Partners, Google and Salesforce.com. Salesforce.com and Google announced their long-anticipated entry into the marketing automation industry, in the baby-step form of investments in HubSpot. intended to extend Google’s own business).

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Is Salesforce.com a Player in Marketing Automation Software?

Webbiquity

Salesforce.com is the cloud computing darling of customer relationship management (CRM) software. So, where does Salesforce.com stand as a marketing automation solution? Up front, Salesforce.com will garner appeal because the marketing app is bundled with the Sales Cloud 2 product. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on Bebo.

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

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.

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BadTech Is the Next New Thing

Customer Experience Matrix

I’m referring to is the backlash against big tech firms – Google, Amazon, Apple, and above all Facebook – that have relentlessly expanded their influence on everyday life. The past month alone offers plenty of news to alarm consumers: Google tracks location even after users turn off Location Sharing. The next big thing is BadTech.

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8 Great LinkedIn Groups for B2B Marketers

KoMarketing Associates

Google Analytics. From the group introduction: Google Analytics is widely used in the web analytics industry and is becoming more and more extensive. Why it’s great: The description is a bit of an understatement since as many as 50 million websites deploy Google Analytics as of late 2015 ( source ). Salesforce.com.

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Demand Generation Vendors Offer Few Social Media Applications

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: marketing vendors offer several types of social media applications. CRM vendor RightNow offers something similar under the label of Cloud Links. - InsideView is already integrated with major CRM vendors and with the Marketbright demand generation system. Social media is this month’s Trend of the Year.

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Can you do top-of-funnel marketing automation without CRM?

Biznology

– No conversion signal to Google Analytics or AdWords. According to Salesforce.com , 92% of customer interactions happen on the phone. Call tracking vendors expect users to use a CRM. Some vendors (CallRail) offer a rudimentary, quasi-CRM app (LeadCenter), that lacks the robust tools needed for true marketing automation.