Despite predictions of its demise, email is not dead. In fact, it continues to be the top channel marketers use to drive demand, according to Demand Gen Report’s 2019 Demand Generation Benchmark Survey. More than half (54%) of respondents ranked email on top, with the company website (48%) and in-person events (47%) trailing closely behind.

Formstack, an online form building Software as a Service, has acquired QuickTapSurvey, an offline survey app. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Cvent, an event management software, has acquired QuickMobile, a mobile event app platform, for an undisclosed amount.

At Demand Gen Report’s annual B2B Marketing Exchange, roughly 1,000 B2B marketing and sales professionals gathered to learn about the tech, strategies and trends disrupting the marketplace. As digital disruption from companies such as Uber and Tinder changes personal expectations for people outside of the office, decision makers within companies look for a similar streamlined customer experience that is becoming more and more available via the mobile device.

Certain, a provider of event automation solutions, has acquired Gather Digital, a mobile event application suite for enterprises, to strengthen its mobile development and data integration capabilities.

Events make up approximately 18% of program budgets, according to Forrester research, but the reality is they’re being treated completely wrong.

For the past 11 years, Oracle has recognized modern marketers from around the world at the company’s annual Markie Awards.

This year at the Modern Marketing Experience event in Las Vegas, the awards featured 17 categories reflecting the evolving marketing landscape, including Account-Based Marketing Team of the Year, Best Digital Marketing Ecosystem, Best Integrated Mobile Experience, Best Use of Data, Most Creative Marketing Campaign and Modern Marketing Leader of the Year.

LinkedIn unveiled a new lead generation form solution designed to help marketers running Sponsored Content campaigns drive leads by automatically filling forms with prospects’ LinkedIn profile information.

The B2B and B2C landscapes are quite different, but there are some things the two industries can learn from each other when it comes to customer-facing strategies and technology.

Allego offers a mobile-video sales learning platform that enables sales reps to access relevant training content from mobile devices. The solution was designed to reduce on boarding costs and accelerate ramp-up time for new hires, and provide ongoing training and reinforcement for tenured reps, the company said.