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First Look at New Marketo Release

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I’m going to diverge just slightly from my current obsession with usability to talk about a conversation I had today with Marketo President and CEO Phil Fernandez, who previewed the 3.0 Although I actually think that quite a few demand generation vendors share the Marketo philosophy, it’s still helpful to hear the distinction made clearly.

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Oracle Buys Eloqua: Winners and Losers for B2B Marketing Automation

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Oracle does have an existing B2B marketing automation product, based on the technology it acquired from Market2Lead in 2010. Market2Lead was very good system, but it lacked the huge market presence that Oracle gains from Eloqua. Small businesses in particular can expect little love from an Oracle-ized Eloqua.

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Marketing Automation System Trends: What We Found in the Raab Guide

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I’m pleased to report that the 2010 edition of the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems is officially available today, with updated entries on all vendors (alphabetically: Eloqua , Manticore Technology , Market2Lead , Marketbright , Marketo , Neolane and Silverpop Engage B2B ). Social media. New user interfaces.

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LoopFuse Offers Free Marketing Automation System: Another Step Towards Industry Consolidation

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Other vendors have similar price points for the small business market (see my list of demand generation vendors ) although I suspect their internal costs are higher. Features, ease of use, and support from the vendor and business partners are usually (and rightly) the main considerations. .

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Demand Generation Vendor Traffic Rankings

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But Eloqua , Silverpop and Marketo remain industry leaders. Alexa is a crude measure for many reasons -- although I do think the rankings correlate roughly with a vendor's volume of business and marketing actvitiy, I wouldn't go much further. The leaders among demand generation systems are still Eloqua , Silverpop and Marketo.

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B2B Marketing University: For Now, Marketing Automation and CRM Are Still Separate

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by Market2Lead CMO Kevin Joyce for a good statement of the separatist position.) This isn’t an inherent problem with Software-as-a-Service itself: remember, the B2B marketing automation vendors themselves all operate on a SaaS model, and there is a growing number of SaaS business intelligence systems too.

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Hard Data to Justify Your Marketing Automation Investment

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Neolane “ Making the Business Case for Enterprise Marketing Software ”. This paper contains step-by-step instructions for building a business case and even a link to a slide deck you can use as a template. Eloqua “ The Business Case for Integrated Demand Generation ” offers data from Forrester, CSO Insights and several Eloqua clients.