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Unica and Alterian Lead Database Marketers to the Digital Promised Land

Customer Experience Matrix

The connection is that these both support my feeling that many members of the old-line database marketing community have failed to adapt to the new world of digital marketing. Both Unica and Alterian have been exceptionally forward-thinking among marketing automation vendors in preparing for this transition.

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Ruth Stevens: Spotlight on the expert

Martech

Ruth Stevens found her way into B2B marketing by accident, as many B2B marketers do. Her route took her through the publishing industry, then grad school, before diving into the intersection of marketing and technology by learning database marketing. Q: B2B marketing seems to be in this constant state of change.

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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.

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The B2B case for retention marketing: 7 key tactics

Martech

So, the first step in crafting a retention plan is to ensure that the product is robust and competitive and all facets of product marketing are in place. The product’s features align with market demand, its quality is up to par, and it’s appropriately priced and distributed.

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Case study in data-driven B2B customer acquisition marketing

Biznology

While preparing case studies for book, I had the fun of interviewing a bunch of very smart B2B marketers to learn how they were applying data and analytics to their marketing objectives. With responsibility for demand generation, Sechrist is mired in database marketing. First, we target the right accounts.

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Understanding Relationships Within the Marketing Technology Landscape

Customer Experience Matrix

chiefmartec *, last week published a terrific Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic organizing nearly 1,000 vendors into 43 categories and six major classes. I''m working on it as part of a larger methodology to help marketers assess the value of a Customer Data Platform and plan for deployment. Scott Brinker, a.k.a.

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Coremetrics Survey: Online Marketers Eager to Consolidate Data Across Channels

Customer Experience Matrix

The accompanying article suggested the online marketers don’t give personalization a high priority, which supports the theme of my last few posts. The article referred to a survey of online marketers sponsored by Web analytics vendor Coremetrics. database) marketers and Web (i.e., It's the best I could do.