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B2B Marketing Automation Growth Slowed In First Half of 2011

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You know that red-hot B2B marketing automation industry? Our just-released update to the B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Toolkit (VEST) shows that client counts grew just over 50% over the year ending in June, compared with nearly 100% growth for the year ending last December. Don’t look now, but growth is already slowing.

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Raab Report: Neolane, Aprimo, and Eloqua Rate Highest for Large Company B2B Marketing Automation

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Our scoring reflects their need for special features for automated content selection, project management, complex lead scores, and tight control over the rights granted to individual users. The chart shows Neolane and Aprimo (owned by Teradata) as the clear leaders, with Eloqua also very strong.

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Insights from Eloqua's IPO Registration Statement

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Summary: Eloqua's registration statement offers new and interesting details about its business. Eloqua last week filed for an initial public offering of its stock. Year to date in 2011, growth is back up to nearly 40%, which would translate to $70 million for full year 2011 if maintained. So much for what Eloqua said. (Of

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Raab Report: B2B Marketing Automation Revenues to Hit $525 Million in 2012

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I’ve just released the latest edition of my B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST), which contains detailed analysis of all 22 B2B marketing automation systems. I put this at $325 million for 2011, a 50% increase from 2010. The new report contains a rich trove of industry information.

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

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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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And Our Forecast of B2B Marketing Automation Revenue for 2013 is.

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I’ve just finished the latest update of our B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST), available on the raabguide.com Web site. The VEST is our evaluation of industry vendors, aimed primarily at companies choosing a marketing automation system. That seemed a little more encouraging. How scientific can you get?

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Raab Report: B2B Marketing Automation Industry Is Getting More, Not Less, Fragmented

Customer Experience Matrix

I’ve gotten used to thinking of the B2B marketing automation industry as entering a consolidation phase, during which a handful of dominant vendors emerge and small vendors drop away. For B2B marketing automation, we’re not there yet.