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Seven Ways B2B Tech Buying Behavior is Changing [Research]

Webbiquity

The way B2B technology buyers conduct research make buying decisions is changing. Nearly two-thirds of B2B tech buyers are now under age 40. Those are just a few of the findings from B2B Buying Disconnect: Forecasting Radical Changes in Tech Buying Behavior just published by software rating site TrustRadius.

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Oracle Buys Eloqua: Winners and Losers for B2B Marketing Automation

Customer Experience Matrix

Oracle announced today that it has agreed to purchase B2B marketing automation leader Eloqua for $23.50 This was a bit of a surprise, given that Eloqua just went public in August. It suggests that neither Oracle nor Eloqua management felt the company was substantially undervalued. per share, which comes to $871 million.

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Did martech break B2B marketing?

Martech

“We just signed up for this Eloqua thing. We were one of Eloqua’s first customers and that’s where my adventure with marketing automation began. SiriusDecisions, the analyst firm now part of Forrester, had entered the conversation, pioneering the marketing funnel that became a staple of B2B marketing for the next 15 years.

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Sales Engagement: Here’s What You Need to Know Before Buying

Zoominfo

Brace Yourself We’ve got millions of verified B2B contacts — ready for you to close. Some prospects will say, ‘Well, we have HubSpot or MailChimp or Pardot or Marketo or Eloqua,’” Maimone says. Brace Yourself We’ve got millions of verified B2B contacts — ready for you to close. It does not exist.” Free Trial

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Yesterday's News: Marketo Plans IPO, Eloqua Eyes B2C

Customer Experience Matrix

There were two bits of news from Marketing Automation Land yesterday: Marketo announced it has filed a draft registration statement for an initial public offering, and Eloqua CEO Joe Payne was quoted as saying his company plans to expand into business-to-consumer marketing. B2B and B2C marketers have different requirements.

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Raab Report: Act-On, Eloqua, Pardot, and Marketo Vie to Lead in Mid-Size B2B Marketing Automation Segment

Customer Experience Matrix

final installment in my series of posts on leaders in the different B2B marketing automation sectors, as determined by the ratings in our VEST report. Although small businesses generally buy lower-priced systems, they have largely the same requirements as mid-size companies. Today I’ll present the third and (mercifully?)

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ReachForce Buys SetLogik: One-Stop-Shopping for B2B Marketing Data Plus Database

Customer Experience Matrix

B2B marketing data vendor ReachForce today announced its purchase of SetLogik , which provides technology to build cloud-based marketing databases and do predictive modeling against them. See my post from last October for more on SetLogik.) There’s an obvious peanut butter-meets-jelly type of logic to this match.