Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2014

They created a very funny video that parodies the awkward relationship between a vendor and customer by comparing it to a romantic one. Tackle Your Customer’s Problem and Go Way Over the Top Scofield Edit has a great video from 2009 parodying the client-vendor relationship much. Explore that relationship.

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Work Management Marketing Management Conversion Generation 167

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

This means that is time to update my previous charts on marketing automation funding (see below) and the funding timeline, because HubSpot just surpassed Marketo as the highest funded marketing software vendor to date. So HubSpot’s recent capital infusion should be treated as good news by all marketing vendors.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

If origin stories count, and I think they do, then it’s worth noting that Ensighten’s started in 2009 as a digital analytics agency. It also provides services including Web site performance monitoring and privacy management and will apply machine learning to personalization and recommendations later this year.

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Tagging Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 120

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

I am very pleased to announce our record 2009 performance at Alinean, and a big thanks to all of our customers, partners and team! Announced as value-based sales & marketing tool vendor of record at EMC, Juniper Networks and NetApp, with continued standardizations at valued, long-time customers Microsoft, HP and IBM.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Planning Lead Ranking 40

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 11, 2010

Titled “Managing the Vendor Selection Process”, it talked about my experience in selecting a new email marketing software for my company. The process we went through is not necessarily the best or the only way to do it, but it certainly helped put some metrics in place that we could use to evaluate each vendor. You get the point.

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Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Budget 100

The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing Content That Sells When talking with lead nurturing and marketing automation vendors they all make it seem very easy. How is it that your product or service will benefit me? We have all been there.

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Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Planning 100

Biznology

DECEMBER 26, 2017

since 2009 when I played miner. Later, I had a vendor who insisted on being paid with Bitcoin back in 2010-2013. It never came to that but it was a pain in my butt (and that vendor is so rich in crypto that he can now buy and sell me like penny candy). I was an early adopter of Bitcoin. I have been playing around with Bitcoin (?)

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Practices Paper Cross-Selling Lock-In 187

Bluetext

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Chertoff Group / MC2 Security Fund : Michael Chertoff , former homeland security secretary (2009) Point72 Ventures : Daniel Gwak , formermember, In-Q-Tel The National Security and DoD firepower now being put to work across B2G VC and B2G PE firms is immensely valuable for tapping more deeply into the government market.

Enterprise Management 36

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Startups 36

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 29, 2011

Revenue increased roughly $10 million per year from 2006 through 2010, which is nothing to sneeze at although the higher base meant the percentage rate slumped significantly in 2009 and 2010, to about 25%. The industry as a whole was almost certainly grew faster than 25% in 2009 and Raab Associates estimates it doubled in 2010.

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Eloqua Marketing Automation Services Terms and Conditions Paid Search Agency 120

MLT Creative

MAY 19, 2010

Once you've grasped the whole marketing automation concept, you're going to need a vendor to help you follow through. Over my next two blogs, I'll highlight different marketing automation vendors, and what they do that sets them apart. Stay tuned next week for information on more marketing automation vendors.

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Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 40

Conversica

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Prior to Janrain, Jim was the Vice President and General Manager for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), one of the largest global IT service providers, where he was responsible for a P&L of $1B in revenue, leading a 7,000-employee business unit responsible for delivering digital applications across a broad number of verticals.

Enterprise Management 75

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Gartner Sales Qualified Leads 75

The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

What seems to be the opposite thinking of the advertising school became the winning campaign of Banco Hipotecario , a financial services business based in Argentina. Email Vendor Selection Methodology - Part 2 now online: [link] #emailmarketing #b2bmarketing 2 hours ago I just grabbed @ AppSumo action video, Google AdWords secrets for Free.

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Work Management Planning Marketing Management Advertisements 100

Martech Advisor

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

When you call customer service and they don’t know who you are, making you repeat your personal information again and again. In total, marketing and experience cloud vendors invested over $8 billion to acquire open source companies in 2018, according to PitchBook. Many legacy vendors claim to be open to integrations.

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CMS Development Enterprise Management Marketing Management Gartner 55

ViewPoint

JANUARY 15, 2013

Given that I run one of the many lead generation companies it will not surprise you to learn that I believe a 3rd party focused on response management, lead generation and qualification and lead nurturing is capable of doing a much better job of those services than you are likely to find inside most companies. The word “partner” is critical.

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Paid Search Agency Lead Generation Work Management Sales Qualified Leads 120

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Studies from multiple email marketing service providers show different numbers when it comes to delivery rates, bounce rates, open rates, clickthrough rates, and more. A good starting point is the major email service providers (ExactTarget, Silverpop, Lyris, Eloqua, ConstantContact, Emma, etc.). United States License.

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Advertising Benchmark Work Management Marketing Management Planning 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 10, 2010

brand mascots are a common tool to promote your product or service. Email Vendor Selection Methodology - Part 2 now online: [link] #emailmarketing #b2bmarketing 2 hours ago I just grabbed @ AppSumo action video, Google AdWords secrets for Free. More recently even Twitter mascots have been showing up as a company’s public face.

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The Effective Marketer

APRIL 29, 2009

Although often outside the marketing/sales spectrum, there are tools out there that may not only help with webinars but can also help with the needs of the tech support and professional services departments. This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at 9:42 pm and is filed under Communication , productivity.

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Marketing Automation Services Webinar Metrics Budget Programs Work Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

million for 2009 and "triple that" ($13.5 Data I've collected over the years shows that Marketo had about 120 clients at the start of 2009, 325 at the start of 2010, and should end 2010 with about 800. My records suggest that the headcount at the start of the 2009 was around 35, so the average headcount for that year was about 52.

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Marketo Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 7, 2010

2009 was a year of tremendous growth for demand generation systems (a.k.a. On the other hand, there are still plenty of new entrants; few pioneering vendors have failed or consolidated; and related software vendors (in this case, CRM, email and Web site management systems) haven’t yet introduced me-too products. me-too products.

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Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 13, 2012

In other words, SiteCore has been steadily executing on the strategy they described in 2009. The SiteCore model is pretty much the same: it creates its own customer database and supports real time connections to other systems via Web services or database queries. I chalk this up to their heritage as a content management vendor.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

Digital B2B Marketing

MARCH 27, 2013

When you are marketing a marketing service to marketers, the bar is even higher than it is for most B2B marketers. Your marketing will be seen as an indicator of the quality of your marketing service. billion business in 2009 ( source ). One vendor gave a pair of branded flip flops. Keep It One Size Fits All.

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B2B Marketing B2B Conference Vendors 100

The Customer

MAY 11, 2021

Quick Take: Average CMO tenure in 2020 dropped to 40 months, the lowest it has been since 2009. It allows users to make payments (with retailers ranging from major supermarkets to tiny street vendors), hail cabs, book flights and hotels, do their banking, play games, make and share short videos (similar to TikTok). Happy skimming!

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Digital Transformation Intent Data CMO Digital Marketing Funnels 52

B2B Marketing Traction

JUNE 15, 2011

Wouldn’t it be great if, when your prospects search on LinkedIn for your products or services, your sales team dominates the results? Executive and managers are asking questions of their peers about which products and services they prefer in LinkedIn Groups and the Questions and Answers feature. Understand the conversation.

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B2B Sales Linkedin Peer-to-peer Work Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 20, 2010

But marketing-generated leads are gaining increasing respect and salespeople are increasingly looking for help from outside data vendors. Most of my interactions are with marketers, so it was interesting to see the opinions of 136 salespeople reported in a recent survey from data vendor OneSource.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Customer Surveys Sales Qualified Leads 120

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 6, 2009

In some cases you may have to do some market research prior to changing the product packaging, or contact your customers as a result of new customer service website login options. This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 10:17 pm and is filed under Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy. United States License.

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Planning Marketing Budget Creation Work Management Marketing Management 100

Conversica

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Prior to Janrain, Jim was the Vice President and General Manager for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), one of the largest global IT service providers, where he was responsible for a P&L of $1B in revenue, leading a 7,000-employee business unit responsible for delivering digital applications across a broad number of verticals.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Gartner Sales Qualified Leads 40

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Those are the types of questions marketing automation / demand generation software vendors seek to address with their offerings. They get 95% of the information they need from the Internet—online publications, analyst reports, vendor websites, blogs and other social media—before they have any contact with sales. Post this on Diigo.

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Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 100

WriteSpark

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The key findings:  Tech buyers are increasing their participation in social media, with content provided by technology vendors receiving high rankings for use during the sales process.          February 18, 2009 in Social Media | Permalink. .  Copy Review Service. Technical Copywriter.

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Social Media Media Forrester Copywriting 120

B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

was based on an in-depth survey of over 230 business professionals who evaluate the products and services their companies use. Specifically, B2B buying is all about minimizing fear by eliminating risk." ( The BuyerSphere Project , 2009). Why Didn't They Buy? Martin calls this person the "bully with the juice."

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Buy Research B2B Sales Vendors 53

SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

They also have established vendor relationships and buying power that can save you money, for example with event technology specifically tailored to the life sciences industry. These companies provide end-to-end event management services. They stay on top of trends and regulations in the pharma event space. Innovation is key.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 52

Martech Advisor

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Programmatic has come a long way - from standalone ad exchanges to complex vendor-neutral RTB stacks. Still, it wasn’t the beginning of the programmatic era because services only allowed campaigns to be run within Google network. The request for ecosystem improvement has led to the creation of Demand Side Platforms (DSP).

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Work Management Marketing Management Doubleclick Mobile Advertising 46

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

Odds are that someone may eventually buy the product or service. This entry was posted on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 at 7:36 pm and is filed under Communication , Marketing Management , Marketing ROI , Marketing Strategy , Social Media , Uncategorized. Simon Mason says: June 16, 2009 at 12:25 pm Hi Daniel, Interesting post.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Budget Programs Marketing Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 22, 2009

The system can cap the number of points earned by any one type of event, although this takes some configuration by the vendor. The latter is an unusual feature for Software-as-a-Service systems like SalesFusion, since most vendors are concerned that ad hoc queries could harm system performance.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

markempa

JUNE 29, 2007

Their data shows that over 50% of tech buyers admitted to short listing a vendor after receiving a well timed and relevant phone call. Their data shows that over 50% of tech buyers admitted to short listing a vendor after receiving a well timed and relevant phone call.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Work Management Generation Telemarketing 120

markempa

NOVEMBER 8, 2005

« Lead Generation Summit Notes | Main | Podcast: How to Nurture Leads » Dont Depend on Technology To Fill the Sales/Marketing Chasm I found this article by Janet White, author of Buying Right: Vendor and Software Selection on CRM Guru interesting. 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

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Work Management Marketing Management Lead Generation B2B Sales 120

Biznology

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

In 2009, we updated our original 2002 study on B2B Data Decay that has been cited by Dun & Bradstreet, Zoom, Jigsaw (now part of Salesforce.com) and others. Premier Global Services changed name to PGI in 2010, plus the location provided was a regional office and showed revenue of $66MM. Yearly B2B Data Decay Rates.

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List Brokers Ad brokers B2B Work Management 80

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

They are: Buyer Personas – deep insights on the people who buy your products and services Buying Process – the steps buyers go through to acquire your products and services Buyer personas go a lot deeper than just demographics. Are your company, products and services visible in various online channels used across the stages?

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Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60