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The Elements Of An Effective Sales Dashboard

Johnson headshot1By Bill Johnson, President, Salesvue

Sales dashboards are designed to illustrate key performance indicators (KPIs) and many other pieces of information relevant to the sales process. They are particularly useful given their ability to present a large amount of information in a relatively simple manner. An overwhelming amount of data is entered into a sales system every day.

Act-On Opens APIs To Developers, Expands Partner Program

Act-On-TransparentAct-On Software it is looking to expand its partner ecosystem by opening its APIs to third-party developers. The Act-On Developer Program is also adding resources to help agency partners build, test and launch developer applications, company official explained.

In addition, the new platform will offer an app marketplace to provide customers with access to third-party applications.

Marketo Q3 2013 Revenue Up 65%

marketologoMarketo has announced its Q3 2013 financial results, with a revenue increase to $25.5 million, a 65% year-over-year increase. Company officials attribute the rise in revenue to cross-selling opportunities from its recently introduced Marketo Financial Management application, along with increased adoption of the company’s Customer Engagement Engine.

Marketo also transitioned its data center, which improved its gross margin, company officials explained.

Content, Account-Based Marketing Grab The Spotlight At EE13

Eloqua Experience 2013The recent acquisition of Compendium by Oracle naturally generated most of the buzz at Eloqua Experience 2013, with executives from both companies telling attendees that it would mean a tighter integration between marketing automation and content that would more precise targeting of content going forward.

The company also unveiled enhancements and features designed to help marketers improve targeting, engagement, conversions, and analysis across digital, social and mobile channels.

Why Community Engagement is The New Lead Scoring

Dennis Shiao Director Product Marketing DNNDennis Shiao, Director of Product Marketing, DNN

Lead scoring fuels many of today’s lead generation programs. When sales receives scored leads from marketing, they prioritize outreach to favor prospects most likely to turn into opportunities. In addition, sales is provided with a rich activity profile that describes how prospects attained their scores. It provides important hints on the prospect’s status in the buying cycle.

Lattice Engines Introduces Predictive Lead Scoring App

Lattice logoLattice Engines has introduced Lattice Predictive Lead Scoring, which uses predictive analytics to identify and prioritize sales-ready leads. The application is designed to help marketers become familiar with common buying signals, according to company officials.

“Lead scoring is the next frontier for predictive analytics in marketing,” said Shashi Upadhyay, CEO of Lattice Engines. “Now companies can benefit from applying science to the universe of prospect and customer knowledge available today to predict and close their best leads.”

Teradata Launches Marketing App For Real-Time Customer Interaction

Teradata logoTeradata announced the launch of its Customer Interaction Manager (CIM), a data-driven marketing application that is designed to enable real-time customer interaction across digital and traditional communication channels.

CIM allows users to integrate inbound and outbound messaging, which in turn can be used to plan and execute multi-step customer engagements, company officials noted.

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