New Opportunities for Mid-Tier B2B Marketing Automation Vendors?
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David Raab
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- Jul 29, 2013 4:21 PM
The biggest marketing automation vendors (Eloqua, ExactTarget/Pardot, Marketo, Neolane, Aprimo, etc.) are now owned by public companies, which tend to focus on big enterprise clients.
Does this mean there's an opening for smaller vendors (Act-On, SalesFUSION, eTrigue, etc.) to succeed in the small-to-mid market, or will the big vendors' deep pockets let them dominate, even if they are only giving the mid-market a fraction of their attention?
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David, absolutely there is an opportunity for companies to jump into this market. The market automation needs of mid-market companies are radically different from global companies. They have fewer resources so they need fast answers and faster execution. I would say the mid-market automation challenge is less about Big Data and more about better decisiom making. Task automation is a good first step but I believe that helping mid-market companies develop executable strategies is going to be a clear differenciator for a winning mid-market automation player.