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2010 Will Bring New Features to Demand Generation Systems

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: the demand generation market will continue to grow in 2010, and it may attract some new, big competitors from outside the industry. But the real excitement will be features that expand the scope of demand generation products to support inbound marketing, better measurement, and more efficient content creation.

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The Pond Just Got More Crowded: Google, Salesforce.com and Sequoia Invest in HubSpot

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: HubSpot announced a $32 million investment yesterday by Sequoia Partners, Google and Salesforce.com. Salesforce.com and Google announced their long-anticipated entry into the marketing automation industry, in the baby-step form of investments in HubSpot. Yet something really bothered me about yesterday’s announcement.

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10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here are 10 concrete ways I think the environment in which BtoB Marketers operate will evolve in 2010. This is an early indication of the need for more contextually related Social Media data that can provide the type of intelligence that the business demands. I predict you will see Facebook surpass Google by Valentines day 2010.

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10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here are 10 concrete ways I think the environment in which BtoB Marketers operate will evolve in 2010. This is an early indication of the need for more contextually related Social Media data that can provide the type of intelligence that the business demands. I predict you will see Facebook surpass Google by Valentines day 2010.

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Oracle Buys Eloqua: Winners and Losers for B2B Marketing Automation

Customer Experience Matrix

Oracle does have an existing B2B marketing automation product, based on the technology it acquired from Market2Lead in 2010. So that’s all fine, but what industry observers really want to know is how Salesforce.com will react. Okay, now we can talk about Salesforce.com. Wouldn’t that be nice? We’ll see how they handle it.

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MakesBridge Offers Powerful Features to Small Business Marketers

Customer Experience Matrix

There are plenty of other vendors serving micro-businesses. Canterris , NurtureHQ , and mKubed all provide email, Web visitor tracking, nurture campaigns, lead scoring, and CRM integration ((Salesforce.com for Canterris and NurtureHQ; its own CRM for mKubed) for under $500 per month. MakesBridge is another contender.

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Marketing Automation System Trends: What We Found in the Raab Guide

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Social media and access for sales people were the two big trends among demand generation vendors last year. Even though this is limited to the vendors in the Guide, it's a pretty representative sample of the industry as a whole. The vendors also charged additional per-user fees for these modules. Social media.