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Dreamforce 2011: Salesforce.com Will Leave Marketing Automation Alone. But Revenue Performance Management Might Be Another Story.

Customer Experience Matrix

But I did notice about two years ago that pretty much everyone in the B2B marketing automation space was more or less assuming I’d attend. In both public announcements and private conversations, Salesforce leaders made clear their focus is on much bigger game: becoming a strategic enterprise technology supplier on par with IBM or HP.

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Adobe Buys B2C Marketing Automation Leader Neolane: One Gap Filled, But Where's CRM?

Customer Experience Matrix

Adobe today announced plans to acquire Neolane , the largest remaining independent B2C marketing automation vendor (excluding email-focused providers like Responsys and Silverpop ). Price was $600 million, which is roughly in line with the 8x revenue paid for ExactTarget and Eloqua recently.

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Why Is B2B Marketing Automation Growing So Slowly?

Customer Experience Matrix

Let me start by saying that the 50% revenue increase I’m projecting for B2B marketing automation in 2013 is a very healthy one. But still, as I noted last week, the growth rate is slowing – and for some vendors seems to have fallen considerably in the second half of 2012. million) but just 28% in the second half ($50.7 million vs. 39.6

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The Pond Just Got More Crowded: Google, Salesforce.com and Sequoia Invest in HubSpot

Customer Experience Matrix

This could be a real game-changer in the small business marketing automation landscape. Salesforce.com and Google announced their long-anticipated entry into the marketing automation industry, in the baby-step form of investments in HubSpot. If you heard a loud thud late Tuesday afternoon, it was the sound of two shoes dropping.

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ExactTarget Acquires Pardot: Great Exit for Pardot, Questionable Future for ExactTarget

Customer Experience Matrix

ExactTarget announced its acquisition today of mid-tier marketing automation vendor Pardot , for just under $100 million ($95.5 But Pardot was also the only major marketing automation competitor without serious outside funding. Service might also deteriorate if ExactTarget accelerates sales as much as they seem to expect.

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Marketing Automation Catching On Fire

The Effective Marketer

Some have even suggested that marketing automation market is floundering , but it is such a new market and offering that is innevitable to have doubts, especially with these many vendors in the space. You may spot some companies that were not considered to be “marketing automation&# players just a year or so ago.

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16 marketing automation platforms your organization should consider

Martech

With martech budgets under greater scrutiny in the current environment, marketing leaders are expected to be able to demonstrate ROI for any new technology investment. Below you will find a list of 16 notable marketing automation vendors that we profiled in recent MarTech Intelligence Reports on B2B marketing automation platforms.