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Ranking the Demand Generation Vendors by Popularity (Yes, Life Really Is Just Like High School)

Customer Experience Matrix

So far the original list of Eloqua , Vtrenz , Marketo , Manticore Technology and Market2Lead has proven a good set of choices. This doesn’t particularly surprise me, although seeing Alterian, Aprimo and Neolane rank well below Manticore Technology and Market2Lead is odd. Based on those conversations, this seems about right.

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

As I wrote in my June 30 post on consolidation among marketing automation vendors , I expect the number of competitors to shrink fairly quickly as new buyers concentrate their purchases among a handful of leading vendors. Of course, Oracle has already made its move by purchasing Market2Lead's intellectual assets.

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More Blathering About Demand Generation Software

Customer Experience Matrix

When I was researching last week’s piece on Market2Lead , one of the points that vendor stressed was their ability to create a full-scale marketing database with information from external sources to analyze campaign results. In fact, LucidEra is releasing a new module for lead conversion analysis today to address this very need.

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Marketo's Enterprise Edition and Revenue Cycle Management: Looking Under the Hood

Customer Experience Matrix

As I commented in an earlier post on purchase funnel measurement , Marketo’s approach is not conceptually unique. The basic idea is to track leads through stages in a purchase funnel, which is similar to pipeline reporting in many sales automation systems. Market2Lead had something similar but is no longer sold.)

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Never Waste an Opportunity: The Value of Lead Nurturing

Tomorrow People

Together, lead nurturing and behavioral marketing help increase conversions and provide the building blocks needed to move leads along from visitor through to paying customer. The visitor has taken the initiative to engage, like starting a face-to-face conversation. 3 Points Necessary to Gain a New Customer. Effort Versus Results.

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Demand Generation Usability Scores - Part 4

Customer Experience Matrix

The main result of the conversations so far has been to clarify the items related to lead routing. Eloqua Manticore Technology Market2Lead Marketbright Marketo Neolane Silverpop Engage B2B complex 11 8.5 Perhaps I'm just starved for attention, but I do in fact appreciate the feedback. Here, then, is the final usability matrix.

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First Look at New Marketo Release

Customer Experience Matrix

I’m going to diverge just slightly from my current obsession with usability to talk about a conversation I had today with Marketo President and CEO Phil Fernandez, who previewed the 3.0 release of his flagship product, scheduled for March 3. The changes that Fernandez described seemed good but subtle.

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