Hands-On Hatchbuck
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Hatchbuck across the entire business (small marketing shop). It has replaced our disconnected CRM and basic email marketing tools. As a marketing technology consultancy, we have hands-on experience with enterprise-level marketing automation tools; with Hatchbuck we get some of that functionality which makes it extremely valuable and more cost-effective.
Pros
- Segmentation is a big one for me. Tag segmentation is infinitely configurable and allows for very targeted and specific grouping.
- Setting up email nurturing campaigns is fairly straightforward and makes it better than basic email transmission, but simpler than full-blown marketing automation.
- Form management makes it easy to spin up specific pages and actions can be applied to start campaigns, tag etc...
- Web page tracking lets me know who clicked on what, what pages they've visited or what forms they've submitted.
Cons
- The addition of an API would be great. Expanded interoperability with other tools would add to it's quiver.
- An internal landing page builder would be nice.
Likelihood to Recommend
For a small or medium-sized business it's great. Features usually found in enterprise-level marketing automation tools can be found in Hatchbuck making it attractive for limited budgets. It also fits well if you need CRM and marketing tools in-one. If you like knowing more about your leads and audience, but don't have the budget for MA or full-blown CRM tools, then Hatchbuck may be a fit.
