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Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion: Get Ready for Software Vendors as Data Owners

Customer Experience Matrix

This is fascinating since Microsoft intersects with LinkedIn in several areas: Dynamics CRM software, Office productivity software, and Bing online advertising. LinkedIn is primarily a social network with revenue from subscriptions, recruiting services, and advertising. billion acquisition of LinkedIn.

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JIGGY drives 69% of revenue with marketing automation

ClickZ

30-second summary: Jiggy Puzzles founder and CEO Kaylin Marcotte started the direct-to-consumer company in November 2019 with the goal of reinventing the classic jigsaw puzzle for a modern audience while supporting creative talent. Like many young professionals, Kaylin was looking for a way to unwind from day-to-day stress.

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NitroMojo and Marketing Advocate Specialize in Marketing Automation for Channel Partners

Customer Experience Matrix

As I noted in a post last year , there is a universe of specialized marketing automation systems for companies that sell through channel partners. Here are two more vendors with related offerings: NitroMojo focuses primarily on lead distribution and tracking. did they eventually buy?

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Is the CDP category being shrunk by acquisitions?: Monday’s Daily Brief

Martech

Since CDPs emerged as a category (around 2016, according to the CDP Institute) we became accustomed to looking across a landscape of independent vendors, most with slightly different offerings under the CDP umbrella. Then they started getting picked off and integrated into broader marketing suites. I don’t have the answer yet.

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Fast Growth Marketing: From 0 to 500,000 Users

markempa

Owler – a free competitive intelligence platform – went from 0 to over 500,000 users. I first met Fowler when he was co-founder of the cloud-based contact management platform Jigsaw which he sold to Salesforce.com for $175 million (now Data.com). Owler is a competitive intelligence platform. Jim: Sure, Brian.

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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. But none truly automates social media management, which is what's ultimately needed. CRM vendor RightNow offers something similar under the label of Cloud Links. - Social media is this month’s Trend of the Year.

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Alsa Marketing Adds Multi-Language Capabilities to Low-Cost Marketing Automation

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Alsa Marketing is a late entry to small business marketing automation. It’s harder every day for a new company to enter the business-to-business marketing automation industry. The vendor argues that this removes a critical roadblock for many marketers, who have trouble building such workflows on their own.