Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

My new obsession with Twitter (follow me as @draab) has led to several messages from people who seemed to have trouble choosing between Eloqua and Marketo. Marketo is certainly a fine product, but marketers should still look around before picking it by default. It shouldn't be hard to figure out which one suits you better.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Cost Marketing Management Demand 120

Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 18, 2018

She has worked with all the major marketing automation companies – Marketo, Eloqua, HubSpot, and ExactTarget. She has a proven track record in integrated marketing, especially with establishing digital presence through SEO optimization, lead generation process, and website optimization. Location: Bethesda, MD, USA.

Marketing AI 122

Marketing AI Eloqua Account Based Marketing Digital Marketing Funnels 122

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 23, 2012

Tuesday’s post looked at the micro-business sector leaders according to our VEST report and gave a bit of background on how the ratings are created. Today let's take a look at the same diagram for large businesses, which we define as companies with $500 million revenue or more.

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Enterprise Management 120

PathFactory

JULY 8, 2021

PathFactory kicked off July with eight new awards from G2, the peer-to-peer user review site focused exclusively on business software. This summer, we’re excited to be recognized in the following categories: PathFactory is the easiest to use and easiest to do business with. Christopher M , Demand Generation Manager.

Peer-to-peer 105

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 105

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

One of the audience members at the B2B Marketing University in Boston asked about demand generation systems for small businesses, and how to distinguish among the vendors in general. My brief answer was that the biggest difference was less functionality than the target markets the different vendors pursue.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 120

Leadspace

MARCH 22, 2023

As marketers, we aim to confidently and repeatedly deliver effective campaigns to the best opportunities within our target market – at the lowest possible cost. Applies scoring that indicates a company and/or person’s likelihood to be a good target buyer. Buyer Intent is critical, but is it enough to close business?

Ideal Customer Profiles 62

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Eloqua 62

NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2012

Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business . The practical guide to developing marketing content that people care about, and how to implement that content via social media and demand generation. Ann Handley, C.C Search Marketing.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Lead Generation Demand Generation 100

Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Traditionally, [ABM] was used by large enterprises where the size of the deal justified the amount of energy focused on marketing to only one business or account. Identify which accounts make you the least money but require significant effort, enabling you to adjust efforts accordingly. Business email. Job Titles.

Account Based Marketing 111

Account Based Marketing ABM Sales Management Budget Programs 111

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 5, 2010

Summary: Social media and access for sales people were the two big trends among demand generation vendors last year. At least three vendors (Eloqua, Marketo and Silverpop) introduced new features aimed at improving marketers’ ability to use social media. But enhanced reporting was the most common improvement of all.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Manticore Market2Lead Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 10, 2013

By contrast, the fourth trend seems to be driven by recognition that small business presents a huge opportunity. Both the agencies and their clients have been mostly small businesses – in the survey for our soon-to-be-published VEST report , Optify reports that 60% of its clients have under $5 million revenue.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Automation Services Paid Search Agency Small Business Marketing 120

Digital B2B Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Marketers have invested in marketing automation, content and, in many cases, creating complex business rules to determine what content and message to deliver when. This week Marketo announced that AdRoll, a provider of retargeting ads, is part of their LaunchPoint ecosystem. Disclosure: Demandbase is a client of my employer.]

Advertising Agencies 100

Advertising Agencies Marketing Automation Services DemandBase Marketing Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 30, 2010

Other vendors have similar price points for the small business market (see my list of demand generation vendors ) although I suspect their internal costs are higher. Features, ease of use, and support from the vendor and business partners are usually (and rightly) the main considerations.

Loopfuse 120

Loopfuse Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 2, 2012

I’ve been so busy analyzing the new VEST data that I missed the announcement that Eloqua’s would make its initial stock offering today. For companies like Eloqua and its competitors, there are really two big financial questions: how fast can they grow, and how can they become profitable? What about profitability?

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Vendors Comparison Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 11, 2011

We now ask vendors to estimate their client counts based on four segments: - micro-businesses, under $5 million in revenue; - small businesses, $5 to $20 million revenue; - mid-size business, $20 to $500 million revenue, and - large business, $500 million or more revenue. But it’s still worth sounding a note of caution.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Manticore Marketing Automation ActiveConversion 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The table below shows growth for the remaining groups: As you see, core vendors grew almost twice as fast as the micro-business group and considerably faster than HubSpot. There was some speculation last year that the micro-business vendors were growing the fastest. Myth busted. Revenue grew faster than installation counts.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Report Marketing Automation Automation 120

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. However, the purchasing committee will generally include someone from IT, the CFO, and in smaller firms possibly even the CEO.

Emarketing 100

Emarketing Marketing Automation Services Manticore Marketing Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

If anyone else cares to expand on this list, even better. Neolane “ Making the Business Case for Enterprise Marketing Software ”. This paper contains step-by-step instructions for building a business case and even a link to a slide deck you can use as a template. The data is a couple of years old but still valid.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Marketing Qualified Leads 120

Televerde

JUNE 12, 2018

We covered this question in our webinar with SiriusDecisions, Demand Generation in the Age of GDPR and Data Privacy. Assess all ports of entry – Where does the data come into your business? Assess all locations where d ata is stored – Account for all personal data and ensure it is securely kept and deleted as required.

Eloqua 59

Eloqua Opt-out Guidelines Opt-in 59

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 31, 2012

We distinguish four segments: micro-business with under $5 million revenue; small business with $5 to $50 million revenue, mid-size business with $50 to $500 million revenue, and large business with over $500 million revenue. It starts with the four largest B2B specialists: Infusionsoft, HubSpot, Marketo, and Eloqua.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Report Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

more micro-business vendors. All six of the vendors new to this report sell primarily to small businesses, and most are “all-in-one” systems that combine marketing automation with integrated CRM. I''m also aware of several other vendors, not yet in the VEST, who also compete for this business. Here’s what struck me.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Report Marketing Automation 120

Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2016

Options range from fairly simple, moderately priced systems targeted at midmarket companies to sophisticated suites for enterprise users. 1) Marketo. Sample review: “OpenEMM is first and foremost an email marketing package, with contacts database, subscriber list management, email targeting, and event-triggering.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Marketing Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Mintigo’s conclusion across 186,500 B2B companies was that just three percent were using the most common marketing automation systems: Oracle Eloqua , Marketo, HubSpot, and Salesforce.com Pardot. million for Marketo.) This varies hugely from the usual survey results, which often show something like 50% penetration.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

thePoint

MARCH 16, 2021

Hubspot, Marketo, Eloqua), content development suite (e.g., Possible reduction of actual demand generation budget to cover those costs. Investing in (licensing, purchasing) martech solutions is certainly something you will do. That may be an email service (e.g., The hiring of specific tool expertise (more salary).

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Paid Search Agency 52

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

. @ Forrester – Forrester Research, Inc – An independent research company that provides pragmatic advice to global leaders in business and technology. Marketo – Marketo.com – Marketing software. . NoyesJesse – Jesse Noyes – Managing Editor @ Eloqua. Cambridege, MA – [link].

Twitter 100

Twitter Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing 100

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Luckily for you, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best marketing automation blogs because we’re helpful like that. So without further ado: Eloqua. Not to be outdone, Marketo offers a blog that’s sure to please marketers interested in marketing automation. Read the post.). Read the post.). Read the post.).

Marketing Automation Services 101

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 101

The Point

JANUARY 13, 2015

As a B2B agency , our firm creates and executes dozens of email campaigns every month, and that experience tells me that a large percentage of B2B marketers, even at companies that otherwise do a very sophisticated job at demand generation , fail to measure or compare email campaign performance using any metrics other than opens and clicks.

Lead Ranking 100

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads ROI Sales Qualified Leads 100

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Luckily for you, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best marketing automation blogs because we’re helpful like that. So without further ado: Eloqua “Marketing Automation Does Not Equal Lead Nurturing…Technology will not deliver lead nurturing any more than buying lumber and nails will build a home.” Read the post.)

Marketing Automation Services 65

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 65

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Sector revenues: We aggregate the vendor-provided client counts by industry segment (micro business, small business, mid-size business, and large business), which we multiply by the estimated average selling price in each segment. Of the other major vendors, Marketo and HubSpot have both been quiet recently.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Management Forecasting 120

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Summary: I've posted a list of nearly 200 RFP questions that I hope many people will adopt to their own needs. For business software vendors, all three are equally inevitable – and it's not clear which they dislike most. I do have a minor ulterior motive in posting this list. If it's used widely, buyers and vendors both benefit.

RFP 120

RFP Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation 120

DealSignal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

LeadIQ DealSignal and LeadIQ are both popular Pipeline Generators. However, DealSignal stands out as the preferred choice for sales and marketing professionals seeking extensive data coverage, unmatched accuracy, precise targeting filters, and strong integration capabilities. DealSignal commits itself to data quality.

B2B Sales 52

B2B Sales Ideal Customer Profiles Generation B2B 52

Televerde

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Televerde is a sales and marketing solutions provider that specializes in inside sales and demand generation. They’ve been in business since 1994, partnering with many brands you’ll recognize. Their business model provides incarcerated women at two U.S. It’s time for businesses to learn from Televerde and give them one.

Conversion 71

Conversion Eloqua Thought Leadership Work Management 71

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The movement is coming mostly from the marketing automation side, presumably because there is more money to gain by moving into sales from marketing systems than vice versa: - marketing automation systems for small businesses ( Infusionsoft , Office Autopilot , Net-Results , ActiveConversion , etc.)

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

Vidyard

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

And to understand how companies can make the most of their content, we sat down with Chris Vandermarel, Demand Generation Manager at Toronto-based LookBookHQ. He quickly gave me a demo of LookbookHQ and after that I got connected with the Director of Marketing and found my home in demand generation at LookBookHQ.”.

Top of Funnel 50

Top of Funnel Demand Generation Case Studies Case Study 50

Sales Engine

DECEMBER 6, 2016

So they task marketing leadership with building a demand generation engine and run into myriad problems. They may still be necessary, just not in a demand generation function.) A demand generation program requires a consistent drum beat of content. But demand generation is new territory.

Demand Generation Agencies 168

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Paid Search Agency Demand 168

Vidyard

JULY 21, 2014

On the heels of Vidyard’s recent integrations with marketing automation tools Eloqua and Marketo, the HootSuite integration represents another landmark step toward Vidyard’s vision of transforming results and return-on-investment (ROI) with video content.

Marketing Automation Services 51

Marketing Automation Services Analytics Social Marketing Video Marketing 51

Vidyard

JULY 21, 2014

On the heels of Vidyard’s recent integrations with marketing automation tools Eloqua and Marketo, the HootSuite integration represents another landmark step toward Vidyard’s vision of transforming results and return-on-investment (ROI) with video content.

Marketing Automation Services 50

Marketing Automation Services Analytics Social Marketing Video Marketing 50

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The most notable is Eloqua, which as a public company has to report its results. I’ve excluded business under $5 million revenue from this analysis because that’s a very different market. What accounts for the discrepancy between actual data and survey results? million) but just 28% in the second half ($50.7 million vs. 39.6

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation 120