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MarTech Conference: Some Random Impressions and Interesting New Vendors

Customer Experience Matrix

If that happens – and the jury is very much out – then best of breed would make sense for many more companies, especially if best of breed vendors can build in enough automation that high user skills are also not required to benefit from their systems. There were about seventy vendors covering an extraordinary range of functions.

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CDP Overview: How We Got Here, Where We're Going, and What Could Get in the Way

Customer Experience Matrix

But, fairly soon, vendors realized that there was more value in the database building features, which were rare, than in the applications themselves, which were fairly common. It took the big martech vendors including Salesforce and Adobe several years to accept that. That’s what ”persistent” refers to in the CDP definition.

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Email and SMS Marketing: Seven Intriguing Facts and Benchmarks

Webbiquity

Today, ecommerce vendors are increasing combining email with SMS (text) marketing; marketers sent a whopping 62% more SMS marketing messages last year than in the previous year. An extraordinary 91% of consumers have subscribed to at least one SMS marketing program, and 73% have made a purchase after receiving a text from a brand or vendor.

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Does CDP Need a New Definition?

Customer Experience Matrix

Even the major marketing suite vendors, who initially argued a separate (“persistent”) database wasn’t necessary, eventually discarded that position and introduced products that matched our criteria. As CDP became popular, many vendors adopted the label whether or not they actually met even the looser definition.

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New Ways to Reach, Influence, and Close More Deals with Intent Data

Speaker: Ardath Albee, B2B Marketing Strategist and CEO of Marketing Interactions

Most buyers today spend approximately two-thirds of their journey digitally and anonymously before contacting vendors directly. Perceiving interest as intent will lead you down a rabbit hole with no program performance. Intent data can help B2B marketers reach active buyers earlier, influence their journey, and close more deals.

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Millennials Take Over B2B Tech Buying — Here’s How (and How Not) to Reach Them

Webbiquity

Among the most important takeaways from the year-end report were: Buyers consistently use these top five information sources to make purchasing decisions: Product demos; Vendor/product websites; User reviews (nearly half of buyers use reviews as part of their purchase process); Vendor sales reps; and. Free trials/accounts. Be positive.

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3 considerations before leaving your martech vendor

Martech

Have you sensed that your martech solution or vendor is losing interest? Or do you have concerns that recent updates might indicate a change in strategy that could threaten your own interests? However, your vendor could begin tailoring their solutions to a smaller market. What if you decide to drop the vendor?