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20 questions to ask marketing automation vendors during a demo

Martech

Marketing automation platforms often play a central role in marketing technology stacks, especially given the importance of email as a marketing channel. To start, set up demos with your shortlist of vendors within a relatively short timeframe after receiving the RFP responses to help make relevant comparisons.

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37 questions to ask call analytics vendors during the demo

Martech

It’s easy to see why call analytics platforms have become an essential martech tool. They let marketers collect, analyze and act upon the growing volume of data being captured from inbound calls to businesses. After you’ve determined if your company needs one , it’s time to select a vendor and schedule demos.

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13 questions to ask digital experience platform vendors during the demo

Martech

Digital experience platforms are hot right now. That’s because DXPs, and the headless and hybrid CMS that are central to them, are revolutionizing the way content is created, managed and delivered to devices and platforms across the globe. Does the vendor seem to understand our business and marketing needs?

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Big vendor risks: Friday’s daily brief

Martech

Real Story on MarTech: Big vendor stability? . Real Story Group’s founder, Tony Byrne, tends to think the vast majority of the reported 8,000 martech vendors will survive, but fears will persist about individual vendors’ viability. Software vendors are no different, and who wants to get stuck with an unsupported product?

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Marketing Automation Vendors Are Not Delivering On Marketers’ Needs For Reporting And Analytics. Here’s Why.

InsightSquared

Marketers look to their marketing automation platforms (MAPs) not only to execute many of their demand generation activities, but also to understand the effectiveness of their marketing programs. However marketers are largely dissatisfied with the reporting their MAPs offer.

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24 questions to ask account-based marketing vendors during a demo

Martech

ABM enables marketers to focus their efforts on accounts with the greatest ROI potential through insightful and personalized marketing programs. But how do you make sure you are choosing the right platform for your organization? If you find that one vendor doesn’t offer this “must-have” capability, it’s obviously not a fit.

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6 things martech vendors don’t want you to know

Martech

To be honest, many of us owe our careers and jobs to marketing technology and the results it drives for marketers. . We also owe a debt of gratitude to many martech vendors, who not only build the platforms on which we work, but who also produce a plethora of marketing education including classes, workshops, and certifications.