LoopFuse was a marketing automation platform targeted primarily at SMBs. Functionalities include email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring and social listening capability. It was acquired by Salesfusion, which in turn was acquired by SugarCRM. The Salesfusion marketing automation solution is now available as Sugar Market.
$275
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Vbout is a marketing automation solution focused on agencies. Features include email marketing, lead scoring, social media management, and behavioral marketing.
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee
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Features
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Email & Online Marketing
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8.8
5 Ratings
14% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor
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8.45 Ratings
Dynamic content
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8.45 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content
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8.45 Ratings
Landing pages
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9.05 Ratings
A/B testing
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10.04 Ratings
Mobile optimization
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8.45 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting
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7.65 Ratings
List management
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8.45 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences
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10.04 Ratings
Lead Management
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9.7
4 Ratings
21% above category average
Lead nurturing automation
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10.04 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading
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10.04 Ratings
Data quality management
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9.33 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks
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9.43 Ratings
Lead segmentation and distribution
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10.01 Ratings
Campaign Management
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8.0
5 Ratings
7% above category average
Calendaring
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7.95 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing
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8.13 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
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9.4
4 Ratings
24% above category average
Social sharing and campaigns
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9.44 Ratings
Social profile integration
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9.44 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
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8.5
5 Ratings
15% above category average
Dashboards
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7.95 Ratings
Standard reports
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7.65 Ratings
Custom reports
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10.04 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
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My advice in choosing software in general is to know what you want to get out of the software. Then start researching the software on your own to see what features and benefits each has that will help you accomplish what you need. Once you have a good idea of what sorts of features you're looking for, reach out to the vendors that have them to see demos. Get really in-depth with your demos and ask for practical use-cases for each feature. Free trials are pretty useless with this sort of technology because the initial set-up is so time-consuming that you would either not set it up properly, or you would not stop using the provider you chose after the set up because you don't want to do it again!
To Automate your social media presence by bulk scheduling content. Create multiple drip email marketing campaigns to support different marketing promotion initiatives. Visualize your marketing funnel. Learn what is your best referral traffic source per each initiative (for example, I learned that Quora was bringing us highly qualified leads). Create lead scores and start qualifying your prospects. Create multiple landing pages to promote your product to different audiences.
Loopfuse was great for a startup with a limited budget and limited technical resources, but it's not something I'd use for a larger company because the functionality can be fairly limited compared to other similar products. If I were in a startup again, I wouldn't hesitate to use them for a second. I would also note that, when I first started using them, they were great about answering questions via phone, email, web form, forum, etc - which is one of the reasons I went with them. When I used them at a later company, I found they were a little less receptive to 1x1 support with the cheaper plan I was using. I can't blame them for that, but it wasn't always intuitive to use their product (even after having used it for a year).
Great experience so far. Vbout has low learning curve. It's a user-friendly product with comprehensive knowledge base. Even if we meet a blocker, their team is ready to help us solve the issue. Their keep the dashboard straightforward that contains all tools, so we can access each one of them right away.
At the time we had to choose between several versions of marketing products. We decided to choose LoopFuse since a few of our employees were quite amused with the ease of use of LoopFuse. Also when looking at cost-effectiveness LoopFuse is a great product for the smaller companies. Making the decision was not too hard.
Vbout offers a very robust overall solution, with a more basic solution, and a much lower price point than the Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM solution.