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

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Summary: HubSpot announced a $32 million investment yesterday by Sequoia Partners, Google and Salesforce.com. Salesforce.com and Google announced their long-anticipated entry into the marketing automation industry, in the baby-step form of investments in HubSpot. intended to extend Google’s own business).

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HubSpot Spreads Its Wings

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The folks at HubSpot have been busy this summer, announcing their acquisition of Performable in June and their HubSpot App Marketplace last week. App markets are quite the fashion right now, and HubSpot’s joins the Eloqua AppCloud announced in June. Acquisitions, on the other hand, can be strategically decisive.

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Microsoft Buys Marketing Automation Vendor MarketingPilot: Start of Something Big?

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Microsoft today announced the acquisition of marketing management system vendor MarketingPilot , which will become part of its Dynamics CRM group. The acquisition is significant on several levels. I still doubt Salesforce.com will get the message any time soon, but maybe they'll start to reconsider.

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Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion: Get Ready for Software Vendors as Data Owners

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billion acquisition of LinkedIn. It still feels odd to think of a software company owning a data business, although Salesforce.com bought Jigsaw (now Data.com) in 2010 and Oracle purchased the BlueKai and Datalogix in 2014. Microsoft surprised pretty much everyone today by announcing a $26.2

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A B2B Perspective of Dreamforce

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Observation 1: Salesforce.com is not going to acquire a Marketing Automation Vendor anytime soon. While many were eagerly awaiting an acquisition announcement during the keynotes, nothing of consequence was announced. As he has the last few years, Marc Benioff focused on Salesforce.com’s social capabilities.

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#Hub140 - @HubSpot Acquires Social Media Marketing Company @oneforty - [link]

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Today @HubSpot acquired @oneforty, a social media marketing company based in Cambridge, MA. Like @HubSpot, @oneforty recognizes the importance of social media in the transformation of marketing. The @oneforty directory will merge into the @HubSpot App Marketplace, the largest app store for marketing. ABOUT HUBSPOT.@HubSpot

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10 Free Sales Tools to Pump Up Your Pipeline

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If Salesforce.com is a bit out of your price range, or you’re looking for a CRM tool that you can start using right away, Streak is handy, easy to set up, and free for up to 200 tracked emails per month. HubSpot CRM Used for: Tracking emails, managing contacts, and assigning deals.