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Matching Marketing Technology to Business Strategy: A Starting Framework

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.* When Scott asked for content suggestions during the early stages of the conference planning, my reaction was that one thing everyone needs is a framework for relating marketing technology investments to larger business strategy. The implication is that every business needs to adapt a strategy of customer intimacy. Bluff called.

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B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Strategies: What's Worked and What's Next

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I recently did a study of the strategies of B2B marketing automation vendors. The research identified 28 different strategies which fell into six major groups. The research identified 28 different strategies which fell into six major groups. Most vendors used more than one strategy. Those two shifts are well under way.

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Marketing Automation Skills are Scarce: Strategies to Close the Gap

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I've seen four distinct strategies: training. This is the traditional strategy for B2C marketing automation and at B2B firms large enough to afford substantial pre-deployment investments. The remaining strategies are designed to help those who cannot. Marketing automation vendors are painfully aware of these issues. ease of use.

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Infusionsoft Helps Clients Map Their Marketing Strategy

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If micro- and non-micro-marketing automation vendors are converging on features and strategy training, will the micro-business focus on process automation also be duplicated at larger companies? This line of thought (plus lack of sleep and coffee – most of this was written on a late night plane ride) leads a final question.

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Dueling Strategies: Adobe and Oracle Take Opposite Paths to Customer Experience Management

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Adobe's strategy itself is a curious mixture of broad ambition and narrow execution. Based on my fundamental rule that “ suites win ”, I think Oracle’s strategy is more likely to succeed. The announcement also included beta versions of tools for social engagement, online enrollment, and agent workspaces. But only time will tell.

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Unica Strategy Stays the Course

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On the product front, they continue their long-time strategy of offering all the software a marketing department would need. But since Unica must penetrate this segment to continue growing, this is less a detour from the company’s primary strategy than a logical extension of it.

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BAI Banking Strategies Article Shows Importance of Managing Complexity

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As it happens, the BAI’s online Banking Strategies magazine published a related article last November, called Uncovering the Hidden Cost of Complexity. Last Thursday’s post on ad hoc analytical systems prompted an interesting set of comments about overcoming product-based organization at banks.