Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 28, 2010

Summary: Manticore Technology released some modest enhancements to its demand generation platform today. Manticore Technology today released the latest version of its marketing automation system. Each of these makes Manticore a bit more useful but none breaks new ground for the industry. Manticore doesn’t see it this way.

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Manticore Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 3, 2008

My little tour of demand generation vendors landed at Pardot just before Thanksgiving. As you’ll recall from my post on Web activity statistics , Pardot is one of the higher-ranked vendors not already in the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. One other factor clearly distinguishes SMB from Enterprise systems, and that’s pricing.

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Demand Generation Enterprise Management Small Business Marketing Pricing 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 8, 2009

Summary: Based on Web traffic rankings, new demand generation vendors with low prices are gaining market presence. Last November, after much consideration of alternatives , I settled on Alexa three-month Web traffic rankings as a reasonable way to measure the relative market presence of demand generation vendors.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Vendors 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Here are some alternatives that will come in at or below Marketo’s published starting price of $2,400 per month (or $1,500 for their “Lite” version). (To See my 2007 blog entry for some information or buy the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems for a detailed review. Pricing starts at $599 per month. Just kidding.or

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Demand Generation Cost Marketing Management Demand 120

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 5, 2009

I spent a good part of yesterday talking with demand generation vendors about the usability scores I've been publishing all week. 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

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Demand Generation Work Management 120

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 3, 2009

Marketing automation software vendor Marketo today announced the launch of its Marketo Lead Management 3.0 additional profile is requested as a prospect moves through an interactive process); Native integration with Salesforce.com ; Web visitor profiling; and Automated duplicate lead removal. software suite.

Enterprise Management 20

Enterprise Management Marketo Marketing Management LEADSExplorer 20

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

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.)

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40