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

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These companies have large marketing departments that may manage hundreds of campaigns for different products in different locations. 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.

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

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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?

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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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Why Is B2B Marketing Automation Growing So Slowly?

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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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SetLogik Offers B2B Marketers a Real Marketing Database

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I’ve now done more detailed research into the SetLogik B2B data management system I mentioned in my Dreamforce post. I originally saw SetLogik as a tool to associate marketing leads with sales opportunities, even when they are not connected directly within Salesforce.com. If anything, I’m even more impressed.

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An Interview of Steve Gershik of 28Marketing

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Happy 2011! Steve has nearly 20 years of experience in brand building, demand generation and corporate marketing. Steve has a proven track record in marketing communications development and execution. Steve has a proven track record in marketing communications development and execution. The trite answer is to plan ahead.

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

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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.