Comments on: Holistic Websites – Does your site measure up? More Sales Leads of Higher Quality at Lower Cost Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:15:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric http://www.inbound-marketing-automation.ca/blog/2010/02/15/holistic-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Eric Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:42:18 +0000 http://www.inbound-marketing-automation.ca/?p=4117#comment-605 Thanks Axel. Good point about pioneer days and their influence on immediacy versus strategy (deal with the alligators and then think). And yes, the plug-and-play solution appeals, but until there is one, by designing yours carefully and then building or renovating it, you can get one now. Thanks Axel. Good point about pioneer days and their influence on immediacy versus strategy (deal with the alligators and then think). And yes, the plug-and-play solution appeals, but until there is one, by designing yours carefully and then building or renovating it, you can get one now.

]]> By: Axel http://www.inbound-marketing-automation.ca/blog/2010/02/15/holistic-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Axel Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:13:07 +0000 http://www.inbound-marketing-automation.ca/?p=4117#comment-604 Nice post Eric! Most B2B websites I come across are a collection of ill fitting parts, stuck together with duct-tape. I believe the fault lies not with Marketing Managers, who struggle to put all the pieces together, but with an software industry that is still fragmented like the early days of the PC industry. Remember how we used to buy a monitor from one place, a keyboard from another, and then a motherboard, hard drive, etc and pray they all perform together as planned. Silos everywhere. Same goes for building websites. No one has yet put together a truly end-to-end "plug in and go" solution. As you mentioned, players like Hubspot and Wordpress are working to fill the gap. But still not there. Perhaps the new Holistic Website group/forum will create a groundswell of demand, and the suppliers will notice. Nice post Eric! Most B2B websites I come across are a collection of ill fitting parts, stuck together with duct-tape.

I believe the fault lies not with Marketing Managers, who struggle to put all the pieces together, but with an software industry that is still fragmented like the early days of the PC industry. Remember how we used to buy a monitor from one place, a keyboard from another, and then a motherboard, hard drive, etc and pray they all perform together as planned. Silos everywhere. Same goes for building websites. No one has yet put together a truly end-to-end “plug in and go” solution. As you mentioned, players like Hubspot and Wordpress are working to fill the gap. But still not there.

Perhaps the new Holistic Website group/forum will create a groundswell of demand, and the suppliers will notice.

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