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

JULY 8, 2009

Summary: Based on Web traffic rankings, new demand generation vendors with low prices are gaining market presence. Last November, after much consideration of alternatives , I settled on Alexa three-month Web traffic rankings as a reasonable way to measure the relative market presence of demand generation vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Vendors 120

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 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

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 ). To be fair, many of the vendors below charge an installation of that can be several thousand dollars or more, while Marketo doesn't. I reviewed it here in March.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Cost Marketing Management Demand 120

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

However, many tech buyers visit vendor Web sites many times to learn about and compare products, yet few register or leave evidence of their activity. I would put the lead management automation crop here: Eloqua, Loopfuse, Manticore Technologies, Market2Lead, Marketo, and Vtrenz.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

Several new vendors appeared on the market, many existing vendors experienced rapid growth, and Marketing Automation as a term gained popularity among B2B marketers. I have asked many of the vendors, consultants and thought leaders to give their opinion. Christoper Doran , CMO, Manticore Technology. Maria Pergolino , Sr.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 100