Most Useful Marketing Technologies, November 2014 [CHART]

Most Useful Marketing Technologies, November 2014 [CHART]

Every digital marketer knows there’s a wealth of data out there to make their efforts—potentially—more effective. Likewise, every digital marketer knows there are approximately a million and one tools that promise to take that data and turn it into proven ROI. But what kinds of technology actually help?

As marketers struggle with marketing integration technologies, a survey from Ascend2 asked them what technologies were actually helpful in their data-driven marketing efforts. The survey base included marketing professionals worldwide, the bulk of whom worked at firms with fewer than 500 employees. And CRM software won out by 6 percentage points.

CRM software was the only type of digital marketing technologies that more than half of respondents said was useful in their data-driven efforts. Close to half said the same of marketing analytics software as well as email marketing software, and 46% gave the thumbs-up to marketing automation suites. Read the rest at eMarketer.