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Salesforce.com and Oracle Buy Social Marketing Systems: Not the End of Marketing As We Know It

Customer Experience Matrix

Salesforce.com yesterday announced agreement to buy social media publishing vendor Buddy Media for $689 million, thereby adding another big fluffy piece to its “marketing cloud”. Oracle followed suit this morning with an acquisition of social media monitoring and semantic analysis vendor Collective Intellect. In a word, no.

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PowerViews with Christopher Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

ViewPoint

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Magazine, Multi-Housing News and Hospitality Design. Companies are hiring social media people through their existing marketing budgets or recruiting social mavens in-house.”

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PowerViews with Chris Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

ViewPoint

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Magazine, Multi-Housing News and Hospitality Design. Social Media’s Maturing: In-House Resources & Social Advertising. He is East Coast Bureau Chief for BtoB Magazine.

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4 Tips to Succeed With Marketing Automation

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Theresa Vu Last month Jon Miller wrote a detailed blog post on why you need a marketing automation platform , especially if you already have a CRM system. I’m assuming that you all have gone out, selected a platform, and you’re on your way to better marketing with marketing automation!

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Mega-List of Features in Marketing Automation (That You Won’t Find in CRM)

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Jon Miller A common question I hear from marketers is “I already have a CRM system (e.g. salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM), so why do I need marketing automation ”? Many CRM systems have a module for marketing. Architecture of Marketing Automation versus CRM. Marketing Automation.

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Marketing Automation: It’s Time You Got On Board

PureB2B

Technology has significantly enhanced the way businesses operate nowadays, and marketing to a target audience is no exemption. Marketing automation systems have paved the way for us to improve lead generation efficiency while analyzing results in a predictable, measurable way. Improved lead management and nurturing.

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Marketing Automation: It’s Time You Got On Board

PureB2B

Technology has significantly enhanced the way businesses operate nowadays, and marketing to a target audience is no exemption. Marketing automation systems have paved the way for us to improve lead generation efficiency while analyzing results in a predictable, measurable way. Improved lead management and nurturing.