Re: [projectvrm] Zeta Secures $150 Million in Funding as Marketing Tech Rises | Digital - Advertising Age

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Hmm… Makes me think of Marketing as the Agent Smith of the robotic business 
Matrix.

Doc

> On Jul 15, 2015, at 7:47 AM, Don Marti 
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> begin Katherine Warman Kern quotation of Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 07:26:58AM 
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>> Two steps backwards.
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>> http://adage.com/article/digital/zeta-secures-150-million-marketing-tech-makes-mark/299479/?utm_source=daily_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=adage&ttl=1437518180
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> Consolidation.
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>  The company will use a healthy chunk of its new
>  funding to acquire companies that specialize in
>  social media marketing, web marketing and website
>  optimization, said Mr. Gerber.
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> Part of the positive feedback between the
> IT->Marketing shift and on-premises->SaaS shift.
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> More money is being spent by Marketing directly with
> little or no IT department involvement.  Which means
> it's much easier for vendors to sell SaaS than
> anything requiring an install.
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> On the vendor side, once you have everything cleaned
> up enough to run as SaaS, it's easier to sell to
> Marketing customers, which means Marketing gets more
> control of systems and so on.
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