Marketing automation
Marketing automation tools drive the next-generation customer experience by tailoring CX to the individual. See how companies beat the competition through creating personalized customer experiences.
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Free Guide: Acquia Lift v. Evergage v. Google Optimize
As content personalization platforms become more widely adopted, it’s important to have a clear understanding on how they would potentially add to your marketing team. Inside, explore the catalyst for personalization, 3 things personalized content delivery depends on, and how these 3 featured vendors stack up in 8 categories.
Marketing automation News
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May 22, 2019
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May'19
Salesforce outage exposes Pardot marketing automation data
Salesforce's 15-hour outage may not scare away users. But it might get them to use more encryption, as the outage exposed customer marketing automation data in the GDPR era.
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May 09, 2019
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May'19
Acquia-Mautic acquisition underscores open source model
Holding to the strategy of building a digital experience platform based with open source roots, Acquia acquires Mautic, an open source marketing automation cloud.
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May 03, 2019
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May'19
IBM marketing automation sell-off represents market shift
IBM divests itself of marketing automation tools, but they will likely live on as the new parent company combines them with other acquisitions to incubate a new integrated CX stack.
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March 29, 2019
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Mar'19
Adobe-Microsoft-SAP Open Data Initiative gains momentum
It wasn't a marketing scam announced last year: An alliance takes clearer shape, as Adobe, Microsoft and SAP cooperate on a common data model for ERP, CRM and marketing automation.
Marketing automation Get Started
Bring yourself up to speed with our introductory content
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marketing automation
Marketing automation is a type of software that allows companies to effectively target customers with automated marketing messages across channels including email, websites, social media and text messages to generate sales leads. Continue Reading
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Four steps to create your digital marketing plan
Use this four-step approach to create a digital marketing plan that will help your business grow its online presence and attract new customers. Continue Reading
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market intelligence (MI)
Market intelligence is the monitoring of specific data streams in order to provide stakeholders with a holistic view of an industry segment or customer base. The term market, in this context, is a specific category of potential buyers and ... Continue Reading
Evaluate Marketing automation Vendors & Products
Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.
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How to choose marketing automation software
Learn how to improve your organization's marketing efficiency and assess which offerings from top marketing automation vendors will best meet your business needs. Continue Reading
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Marketing automation tools deliver personalization, customer focus
When buying a marketing automation product, it's important to consider key features, how the tool addresses the organization's size, deployment options, support and pricing. Continue Reading
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Make marketing automation software choices to fit business needs
Examine what core features leading marketing automation software vendors -- including Adobe, HubSpot and Oracle -- and CRM vendors -- including Microsoft, Salesforce and SAP -- offer. Continue Reading
Manage Marketing automation
Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.
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Trusting marketing automation with CRM functions
Marketing automation with CRM frees up resources and improves the efficiency and accuracy of campaigns and lead development, but it still requires a degree of oversight. Continue Reading
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7 tips for improving marketing technology stacks
Being deliberate about integrating a new tool into marketing technology stacks will help ensure they produce ROI and makes processes more efficient. Continue Reading
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How can I maximize the Salesforce-Google Cloud integration?
Find out four new ways to make the most of the Google and Salesforce integration, including updates to the Salesforce data connector for Google Sheets. Continue Reading
Problem Solve Marketing automation Issues
We’ve gathered up expert advice and tips from professionals like you so that the answers you need are always available.
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6 customer intent metrics to prevent lead dropouts
Learn about the key metrics marketing teams can use to analyze customer intent, detect leads in danger of dropping out and focus energy on nurturing those leads. Continue Reading
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Which tools should we use for marketing automation for SMBs?
Small and medium-sized businesses looking to implement marketing automation should start with email, social media and internal communications tools, according to expert Matt James. Continue Reading
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How will Microsoft Dynamics 365 benefit the enterprise marketplace?
Is Microsoft Dynamics 365's role in the enterprise marketplace actually beneficial for users? Expert Brent Leary discusses Microsoft's upcoming product. Continue Reading