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Genius and LoopFuse Are Acquired; Leadsius Picks Up the Freemium Banner

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The past week has seen two acquisition announcements in the B2B marketing automation space: LoopFuse by SalesFUSION and LeadRocket/Genius by CallidusCloud , which owns LeadFormix. But this week also saw the start of a big freemium push by Leadsius , a new small business marketing automation vendor I wrote about two weeks ago.

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LoopFuse Offers Free Marketing Automation System: Another Step Towards Industry Consolidation

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Summary: LoopFuse has launched a free entry-level version of its marketing automation system. LoopFuse today promised to “transform” the marketing automation industry by offering a free version of its system. LoopFuse knows that, of course. But LoopFuse may have been more focused than anyone else.

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Mautic Offers Free, Open Source Marketing Automation

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The only real question about free, open source marketing automation from Mautic is what took so long. The core features of B2B marketing automation have been well understood for nearly ten years and prices have been dropping steadily for about the same time. So the opportunity seems obvious.

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Why Is B2B Marketing Automation Growing So Slowly?

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Let me start by saying that the 50% revenue increase I’m projecting for B2B marketing automation in 2013 is a very healthy one. What really got me thinking about this was prepping for a Webinar I’ll be giving next Wednesday on the future of marketing automation ( register here ).

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Another Estimate of B2B Marketing Automation Revenue

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Summary: Here's a closer look at revenue per employee and marketing automation revenue in general. Some of the comments on last week’s post on the size of the B2B marketing automation industry led me to dig a bit more deeply into the question of revenue per employee. So maybe let’s credit them with $10 million.

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Marketing Automation Skills are Scarce: Strategies to Close the Gap

Customer Experience Matrix

The marketing automation industry continues to grow quickly, with many vendors announcing their client bases have more than doubled in 2011. But there’s also a growing realization that many marketing automation systems are used for only simple tasks – often no more than email, landing pages, and CRM integration.

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Are We Making Marketing Automation Harder Than Necessary?

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Summary: Is stressing the need for process change making marketing automation too complicated, or a recognition of what it really takes for success? Act-On Software officially relaunched its system earlier this week, offering a new interface and a new positioning. There are vendors on both sides of the argument.