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Oracle Buys ATG: Bad News for Marketing Automation?

Customer Experience Matrix

I’d say the ATG purchase lessens the odds of Oracle buying a marketing automation vendor. The logic is this: buying ATG suggests that Oracle, like IBM (which put Unica in its WebSphere organization), is focusing on online marketing rather than marketing automation in general. They still need marketing automation tools to do their jobs.

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

Customer Experience Matrix

I’m pleased to report that the 2010 edition of the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems is officially available today, with updated entries on all vendors (alphabetically: Eloqua , Manticore Technology , Market2Lead , Marketbright , Marketo , Neolane and Silverpop Engage B2B ). Sales access. Upgraded reporting. New user interfaces.

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

Customer Experience Matrix

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. Personally, I’d argue that the really significant news out of LoopFuse is their newly tiered pricing structure.

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Will Marketing Automation Be Free?

LeadSloth

Today Genius.com announced a free version of their Marketing Automation system. Only about a month ago, Loopfuse also started offering a free version of their Marketing Automation system. What does this mean for companies interested in adopting Marketing Automation? How Much Is Free? There is severe competition (30+ vendors).

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Hushly Helps Marketers Connect With Anonymous Web Site Visitors

Customer Experience Matrix

When this blog last left Geoff Rego in 2010 , he had just sold the assets of pioneering B2B marketing automation vendor Market2Lead to Oracle. Pricing is based on the number of form abandons, starting at $200 per month for 100 abandoners and falling on a per-abandoner basis as volumes increase.

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Demand Generation Vendor Traffic Rankings

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Based on Web traffic rankings, new demand generation vendors with low prices are gaining market presence. Vendors showing significant growth ( highlighted in green ) are mostly new entrants with below-average prices: Pardot , OfficeAutoPilot and LoopFuse. ActiveConversion is not new but also has a low price point.

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Why You Need a Lead Nurturing Strategy

LeadSquared

According to Market2Lead , nurtured leads experience a 23% shorter sales cycle. A well-rounded marketing automation system can ease your workload to a great extent in this area and boost your revenue significantly. The metrics assigned to lead scoring can vary from one company to another.