Why Read This
Report
Forrester surveyed 224 direct and database marketers in Q3 2008 to understand their marketing technology usage, plans, and budgets. Direct marketers tell us that insufficient measurement and a lack of a centralized view of their customers limit their marketing programs. Respondents continue to fixate on customer experience and look to a wide variety of optimization technologies to support their efforts. Costs and functional fit continue to drive most marketing technology decisions. But marketers aren't picking technologies on their own — IT continues to play an important role in the selection process.
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