SmartBug Media

JANUARY 13, 2020

You’re on the hunt for a marketing automation tool? Not only have you made a fantastic decision for your business, but you’ve come to the right place for guidance through the process. Does the platform offer any additional integrations? How does data flow in and out of the platform? Integration with a CRM?

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Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2016

Marketing automation software tools can be very helpful in making lead nurturing and sales acceleration efforts more effective—even if the category is badly misnamed. Marketing can’t be automated.) Here are 14 of the best marketing automation tools based on their popularity with reviewers.

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Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Oracle announced today that it has agreed to purchase B2B marketing automation leader Eloqua for $23.50 This was a bit of a surprise, given that Eloqua just went public in August. It suggests that neither Oracle nor Eloqua management felt the company was substantially undervalued. recently, so $23.50

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 23, 2012

final installment in my series of posts on leaders in the different B2B marketing automation sectors, as determined by the ratings in our VEST report. We define small to mid-size business as companies with $5 million to $500 million revenue. They have one to fifteen marketing automation users.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I was a young, freshly minted MBA with a background in computer science, and a two-year stint doing software marketing at IBM. “We just signed up for this Eloqua thing. We were one of Eloqua’s first customers and that’s where my adventure with marketing automation began. Hey kid,” they said.

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Litmus

APRIL 13, 2021

While there are clear market share leaders in the email service provider (ESP) and marketing automation platform (MAP) industry, brands still have a long list to choose from. Respondents to Litmus’ 2020 State of Email survey mentioned more than 230 ESPs when asked which platforms they use to send marketing emails.

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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. I’ve been creeping in that direction with the previous two posts about revenues, growth rates, and market share. I’ll repeat that the financial markets care much less about that than growth.

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Microsoft today announced the acquisition of marketing management system vendor MarketingPilot , which will become part of its Dynamics CRM group. MarketingPilot is best described as integrated marketing management for mid-tier companies. Financial terms were not disclosed. I profiled them in a February 2011 post.)

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Activity in the virtual events space has exploded this year, as businesses across industries have reallocated 67% of budget dollars originally intended for live events this year to online conferences, meetings, and expos. Not surprisingly, virtual event technology vendors have responded. 2) Business and lead generation.

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ATAK Interactive

JULY 10, 2023

In today's digital age, businesses are constantly seeking ways to streamline their marketing and sales efforts. Marketing automation platforms have become invaluable tools for businesses, enabling them to automate processes, nurture leads, and improve customer engagement.

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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.

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Valasys

JULY 1, 2021

The Ultimate Guide to the B2B Marketing Automation Solutions. Marketing automation solutions have become a must-have for modern B2B marketers particularly as the marketers are headed to explore new avenues alongside the dawn to the next normal. Learn More: Marketing Automation: A Good or A Bad Idea.

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TrustRadius Marketing

JUNE 19, 2019

Of all the love-hate relationships out there, the one between marketers and their marketing automation platform is a classic—at least in the world of software. In a recent TrustRadius survey, 70% of marketers said that Marketing Automation software was very essential to achieving their marketing goals.

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PureB2B

JUNE 13, 2017

The traditional channels of television, radio, and print media have seen a decline in usage as more users start looking at online platforms as their primary sources of media. This is great for marketers because online channels allow for better targeting, tracking, and analytics. Email Marketing Software.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 24, 2018

You’ve invested in interactive content and marketing tools for your website, helping prospects and customers assess their needs, size and price the right solution, and understand the business value and differentiating cost advantages of recommended solutions. Instead, the information can be passed into the tool on the “call”.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 30, 2013

Raab Associates officially released the new edition of our B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST) yesterday. This is our flagship report on the industry, with nearly 200 data points on 23 vendors and separate ratings for micro-business, small to mid-size companies, and enterprise marketing departments.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

I just finished the latest release of the B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool , a.k.a. That’s a technical step backwards but will actually make it easier for buyers to access the detailed vendor information, and in particular to screen for vendors with particular capabilities. VEST Report.

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Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to part II of How to do ABM Without an ABM Tool! In this installment, I’ll dive into each of the Need-to-Have Tools/Channels I listed in part I. Need-to-Have Tools (and their Channels): CRM and Marketing Automation. Need-to-Have Tools (and their Channels): CRM and Marketing Automation.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 31, 2015

Yesterday I released the mid-year edition of the VEST Report on B2B marketing automation vendors, thereby meeting my self-imposed deadline of July 31. Here are some observations: - market positions are pretty stable. This puts them among the top 3 leaders in the small business sector.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

The Interwebs have delivered an unusually rich trove of data about the marketing automation industry in the past few weeks. Taken together, these provide a clearer picture than usual of the state of marketing automation. Here’s how I see things. They are vastly more likely than average to have a system in place.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 29, 2011

You probably saw ExactTarget ’s June 13 announcement of its strategic partnership with Marketo and Eloqua ’s June 21 announcement of its new AppCloud marketplace for connectors with other systems. But it took a little while to connect with the vendors to get the details, so I’m only now ready to write about them.

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Outbrain

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

From the dishwasher in your kitchen, to automatic monthly payment of your electricity bill, the majority of repetitive tasks are now done with some sort of automation. Why should marketing be any different? What are marketing automation platforms? What is marketing automation primarily used for?

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ANNUITAS

MAY 5, 2020

Demand marketing technology isn’t new, nor is its impact on how companies can achieve growth. What started with a need to reach buyers in an online world has ballooned into more than 7,000 marketing technology tools to choose from. What marketing automation platform is currently in place, and how well is it working?

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2022

In an increasingly competitive business environment, organizations of all sizes are turning to sales engagement platforms to manage this workload. But how should you go about evaluating these tools and what factors should you consider before you commit? Why Do You Need a Sales Engagement Platform?

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

I released the 2012 edition of our B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST) report today, an event that deserves more hoopla that I’ve given it. The VEST provides by far the most detailed, objective information available on industry vendors. So we’ll exclude them from further analysis. Myth busted.

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Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

About 15 years ago, marketing automation technology came on the scene, designed to help marketers more effectively and efficiently market across channels. It has grown in popularity, and according to SiriusDecisions , 40% of organizations will own automation by next year. So without further ado: Eloqua.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 10, 2013

sales enablement: systems to share marketing information with sales ( Genius , SalesFusion , LeadFormix , RightOn Interactive , Optify) distributed marketing: systems shared between central marketing organizations and local branches, dealers, distributors, sales agents, etc. That''s theme number three.

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 8, 2009

The Pedowitz Group announced this morning that it was offering $15,000 in free consulting services and guaranteeing a five-day implementation to new clients who purchase Eloqua demand generation software. The firm also works with Marketo , Silverpop Engage B2B and MarketingGenius depending on client needs. )

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 2, 2013

Marketo made good today on its promise to file for an initial public offering (IPO). The S-1 registration statement gives considerable new information about Marketo’s business. Another way to look at it is this: Marketo would earn just 6% profit even if its sales and marketing costs were zero.

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Digital B2B Marketing

MAY 21, 2013

Marketing automation is quickly becoming like the self-driving car for B2B marketing. Led by Eloqua (now part of Oracle) and Marketo (with a very successful IPO last week), today marketing automation companies are collectively worth billions. When Marketing Automation Is Unnecessary.

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chiefmartech

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The deal was announced yesterday afternoon: Adobe is acquiring Marketo for $4.75 As TechCrunch noted in their coverage of the news, “[This acquisition] was a pretty nice return for Vista Equity partners, which purchased Marketo in May 2016 for $1.8 It’s just that your Marketo choice will now have an Adobe logo.

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Valasys

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In this era of extreme development and growth, the business industry has transformed into a battleground. The digital market is one of the leading reasons for this revolution. Today’s digital world demands you to leverage the power of technology to stay ahead of the marketing curve.

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The Point

APRIL 8, 2015

Spear Marketing Group has published an informative report detailing results of a survey designed to gauge the maturity of marketing automation deployments within the B2B community. In some notable areas, the average marketing automation user appears to be achieving real business value.

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

It’s just over one year since I first spoke with Lytics *, which at that time was (accurately) calling itself a Customer Data Platform but had not yet released a beta version of its product. The company has been busy since then, raising $7 million to supplement its initial $2.2 But perhaps I’m getting ahead of myself.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 11, 2011

You know that red-hot B2B marketing automation industry? Our just-released update to the B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Toolkit (VEST) shows that client counts grew just over 50% over the year ending in June, compared with nearly 100% growth for the year ending last December.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 31, 2012

I’ve just released the latest edition of my B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST), which contains detailed analysis of all 22 B2B marketing automation systems. Vendors in the VEST are asked for estimates of their client counts by company size. The table below shows the results.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

I’ve just finished the latest update of our B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST), available on the raabguide.com Web site. The VEST is our evaluation of industry vendors, aimed primarily at companies choosing a marketing automation system. We use two methods: Vendor revenues.

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