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

Customer Experience Matrix

My original plan had been to add several marketing automation vendors with significant presence in this market. My original set of products was based on a general knowledge of which companies are most established, plus some consultation with vendors to learn who they felt were their main competitors. How to choose?

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: consolidation isn't new among marketing software vendors. 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. The obvious candidates are CRM vendors.

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Demand Generation Usability Scores - Part 4

Customer Experience Matrix

I spent a good part of yesterday talking with demand generation vendors about the usability scores I've been publishing all week. There might still be some others: two of the vendors haven't spoken with me, which could mean they agree with my ratings but, more likely, means they just haven't been paying attention. 9 Now what?

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Will Marketing Automation Be Free?

LeadSloth

This is supported by the main trends in the Marketing Automation market: The product scope of all marketing automation vendors is quite similar. There is severe competition (30+ vendors). Land grab is common, where vendors lower prices to get customers on board. Will Other Vendors Follow? expensive sales teams).

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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. They even cited one demand generation vendor that had turned to them for help. (In

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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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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 Although I actually think that quite a few demand generation vendors share the Marketo philosophy, it’s still helpful to hear the distinction made clearly.

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