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Integrating search, online content optimization, email, and behavioral targeting, Coremetrics Connect(TM) addresses specific business needs of online marketers by effectively monitoring/measuring campaign performance across multiple channels. SaaS solution provides single data source that enables marketers to acquire data about visitors, analyze trends/opportunities based on key visitor segments, and act on this data for effective targeting throughout all marketing channels.
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Coremetrics Connect (TM) Launches to Optimize Online Marketing Across Channels
Technology Platform Integrates Online Marketing with Certified Partners
SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 25 -- Coremetrics, the leading provider of digital marketing optimization solutions, today announced the launch of Coremetrics Connect(TM), the industry's first integrated technology platform to meaningfully address the specific business needs of online marketers to improve campaign performance. Coremetrics Connect integrates leading digital marketing applications -- including search, online content optimization, email and behavioral targeting technologies -- to effectively monitor, measure and optimize campaign performance across multiple channels. Coremetrics Connect enables a network of closed-loop marketing solutions with a single view of campaign performance, and campaign optimization based on the most comprehensive and accurate picture of customer behavior. Coremetrics Connect launches with 25 Certified Partners with more to be added as they pass certification.
A January 2008 report, The Forrester Wave(TM): Enterprise Marketing Platforms, Q1 2008, surveyed 73 marketers and found that "nearly 60% of respondents lack the ability to manage marketing processes and resources and coordinate interaction management across channels." The report goes on to say that "given the scope of their responsibility, marketing leaders look for platforms that integrate processes across the department, deliver tools that enhance collaboration and productivity, measure overall performance, and deliver on the promise of integrating marketing across channels."
Coremetrics Connect is specifically designed to help marketers address the pain points of integrating the various components of their online marketing campaigns. The Coremetrics Connect platform provides a single, consistent and accessible data source that enables marketers to acquire data about visitors, analyze trends and opportunities based on key visitor segments and act on this data for effective targeting throughout all their marketing channels.
"Marketers require accurate, timely, and seamlessly connected information on visitor and customer behavior in order to implement changes that impact the bottom line," said John Squire, Chief Strategy Officer at Coremetrics. "Coremetrics Connect provides marketers and other business users with an integration platform that meets their needs and allows them to easily collect data from all their disparate marketing channels and act on it. Coremetrics Connect is designed to fuel the growing number of digital marketing solutions by providing a consistent, complete picture of customer behavior to deliver optimal business results."
Coremetrics Connect builds upon proven integrations with leading digital marketing companies to deliver a comprehensive picture of customer behavior. For example, an enterprise search partner with a Coremetrics Connect Certified Solution is able to deliver an integrated on-site search solution by tracking the performance of all on-site search terms, understanding how these terms play into a customer's life-time interaction and optimizing on-site search results based on that insight. For user-generated content applications integrated in Coremetrics Connect, marketers can view how consumer reviews on a specific product ultimately impact sales, and how to optimize popular products to drive more community participation and greater customer loyalty.
"Coremetrics Connect sits at the center of PETCO's efforts to match our passionate community of online users with performance data to make significant strides in our online business," said John Lazarchic, Vice President of E-commerce at PETCO. "By leveraging the integration of Coremetrics with Bazaarvoice, our provider of user-generated content reviews, we're able to accurately see the impact of our user-generated campaigns."
"By blending Coremetrics' LIVEmail with our email service provider, Cheetahmail, Office Depot has been able to take email marketing campaigns to a whole new level," said Noah Maffitt, Director of E-Commerce for Office Depot. "We're excited at the value Coremetrics Connect will provide by linking together more digital marketing applications to help us target and secure customers regardless of which media we use."
Accredited Coremetrics Connect Certified Partners include:
o Affiliate Marketing -- Commission Junction, Doubleclick/Performics
o Chat -- Instant Service
o Comparison Shopping -- Mercent
o Content Management and Website Optimization -- Interwoven
o Content Testing and Optimization -- Sitebrand, SiteSpect
o eCommerce Platforms -- IBM WebSphere Commerce
o Display Advertising -- Mediaplex
o Email Marketing / LIVEmail Certified Partners -- Cheetahmail,
EmailLabs,
o ExactTarget, Responsys, Silverpop, Yesmail
o Experience and Survey -- BizRate Research, ForeSee Results
o On-site Search and Navigation / Information Access -- Endeca, Mercado
o Rich Media -- Scene7/Adobe
o Search -- MSN, Google, Yahoo!
o SEO -- YourAmigo
o Social Commerce -- Bazaarvoice
"The unique partnership IBM formed two years ago with Coremetrics around WebSphere Commerce has allowed us to deliver significant differentiated value to our customers as well as our business partners," said Kareem Yusuf, Director, SOA Strategy & Planning, IBM WebSphere Software. "Coremetrics Connect takes digital marketing optimization and eCommerce integration to a whole new level by combining Coremetrics' deep analytical knowledge with the market-leading Customer Interaction Platform, WebSphere Commerce. This enables our clients to deliver consistent, customer-centric experiences across multiple channels and touch points, and provides them with critical marketing technologies needed to drive real ROI."
"Interwoven is focused on helping organizations maximize their online business performance by enabling businesses to deliver targeted, relevant, and optimized content," said Paige Mantel, Vice President of Product Marketing at Interwoven. "By providing an open framework for integrating with partners like Coremetrics, our customers can put their data to work in order to improve the online customer experience."
For more information on Coremetrics Connect visit: www.coremetrics.com/solutions/integration_connect.php.
Partners interested in joining Coremetrics Connect should email:
connectinfo@coremetrics.com
About Coremetrics
Coremetrics is the leading provider of digital marketing optimization solutions. Its solutions generate high return on online marketing investment and continue to pay daily dividends in improved marketing performance. Over 1,000 online business sites, transacting over $15 billion this year, are now using Coremetrics' Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to optimize online marketing efforts. Coremetrics' solutions encompass advanced online analytics and precision marketing applications, including search engine bid management, email marketing and cross sell applications to acquire customers more cost effectively, increase conversion rates, and increase lifetime customer value. Clients have recognized over $300M in documented ROI and 87% of clients recognize ROI in 12 weeks or less. The company is privately held with funding from Accel Partners, FTVentures, and Highland Capital Partners and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. To learn more about Coremetrics, visit www.coremetrics.com or call 877-721-CORE.
Coremetrics has strongly supported online privacy since its inception. To learn more, visit coremetrics.com/privacy.
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