Marketo Helped Us Get to the Campaign Quality We Were Looking For
May 10, 2017

Marketo Helped Us Get to the Campaign Quality We Were Looking For

Marian Robinson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Spark

Modules Used

  • Marketo Lead Management

Overall Satisfaction with Marketo

Marketo is supported by the broader company, but is used by Marketing, Sales and Sales Enablement. We originally purchased Marketo to support nurture campaigns designed to move prospects to qualified leads.

Pros

  • Allows us to see and measure repeat user activity.
  • Supports measurement of the steps in the customer journey so we can validate our marketing programming and move prospects forward.
  • Provides our sales team with visibility to prospect and lead activities to evaluate their level of interest.

Cons

  • We experienced some significant issues with Salesforce integration.
  • Our learning curve from installation to driving solid campaigns was very steep -- we ended up using a consultant to help us get going on landing page and email development.
  • Getting support from Marketo has been difficult -- we have had to navigate a lot of our issues on our own.
We did a significant review and evaluation of the top providers, including looking at the Gartner reviews. As a mid-market user, we were looking for a tool that integrated well with Salesforce and was relatively easy for our marketing team members to use for our key needs. We chose Marketo because it was sized for our needs and advertised easy integration with SFDC. Marketing Cloud wasn't available when we did our initial evaluation and we felt that Eloqua was too cumbersome and too expensive. One of the key drivers of our decision was budget -- although now Marketo is significantly more expensive than when we first subscribed.
To get really good at developing strong and visual landing pages, it is difficult without some programming knowledge. The interface for campaign design could be simpler.

Adobe Marketo Engage Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG email editor
6
Dynamic content
6
Ability to test dynamic content
Not Rated
Landing pages
8
A/B testing
Not Rated
Mobile optimization
Not Rated
Email deliverability reporting
6
List management
Not Rated
Triggered drip sequences
8
Lead nurturing automation
8
Lead scoring and grading
8
Data quality management
Not Rated
Automated sales alerts and tasks
Not Rated
Calendaring
Not Rated
Event/webinar marketing
8
Social sharing and campaigns
Not Rated
Social profile integration
Not Rated
Dashboards
Not Rated
Standard reports
5
Custom reports
Not Rated
API
Not Rated
Role-based workflow & approvals
5
Customizability
7
Integration with Salesforce.com
4
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Not Rated
Integration with SugarCRM
Not Rated

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