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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

This is a natural result of a maturing market, as technology-oriented pioneers are replaced by buyers less likely to research their options in depth. Alterian and SmartFocus are also still independent, but are sold as services via marketing agencies (Alterian) or directly (SmartFocus). The obvious candidates are CRM vendors.

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B2B Social Media Strategy - Best of B2B Marketing Zone

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Is Social Media Wasted on PR Agencies? Lead generation metrics should emphasize opportunities not just leads - B2B Lead Generation Blog , October 27, 2009. You Can Afford to Do The Research That Lets You Understand Your Customers - Content Marketing Today , October 22, 2009. Is Social Media Wasted on PR Agencies?

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Market2Lead Offers Enterprise-Strength Demand Generation System

Customer Experience Matrix

Market2Lead offers the usual list of demand generation functions: outbound email, Web forms and landing pages, automated lead nurturing, integration with sales, and campaign return on investment analysis. This is not to say that Market2Lead is especially hard to use.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. As part of a broader lead generation, on-demand platform, Demandbase offers a free, downloadable Web application built on Adobe AIR (one of 3 investors in an $8M round they also announced.)

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Marketing Automation Trends for 2010

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Megan Heuer , Research Director, SiriusDecisions. Kevin Joyce , CMO, Market2Lead. David Raab , Raab Associates & author, Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. The vast majority of leads generated on a website never have a meaningful conversation with a sales rep. Demand Generation?

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15 Need-To-Know Lead Qualification Stats for B2B Marketers (with Takeaways)

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61% of B2B marketers find generating high-quality leads as their biggest challenge. Takeaway : Before jumping into any lead or demand generation campaigns , B2B marketers need to get crystal clear on their ideal customer profile. Closed : People who have paid for your product or service. Gleanster Research).

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.