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Oracle Buys Eloqua: Winners and Losers for B2B Marketing Automation

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

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Some prospects will say, ‘Well, we have HubSpot or MailChimp or Pardot or Marketo or Eloqua,’” Maimone says. This typically includes: Auto-dialing Intelligent call and calendar scheduling Follow-up reminders CRM integration Some sales automation solutions go beyond these features and offer greater insights into your sales team’s data.

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

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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. The Marketo news is long-expected. I wholly agree with the theory.

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

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Price was $600 million, which is roughly in line with the 8x revenue paid for ExactTarget and Eloqua recently. It still doesn’t put Adobe on equal footing with Oracle , Salesforce, SAP or Microsoft , since they all have major CRM platforms which Adobe does not. The deal is not particularly surprising.

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ZenIQ Account Based Marketing System Maps Buying Centers, Finds Data and Exection Gaps, and Recommends Actions to Fill Them

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ZenIQ assembles account data from a company’s CRM, marketing automation, and Web systems; supplements this with account and contact information from external sources; assesses the current state of each account; and takes actions to improve that state. I was disappointed but figured it was just another case of expectations outpacing reality.

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

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Reachforce’s core business is assembling data on marketing prospects, which it then sells for as many uses as possible: appending to Web leads, enhancing existing databases, and buying as lists.

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Sales and Marketing: The technology behind CRM

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Tweet Customer relationship management (CRM) is defined a number of different ways. At the same time, the real engine driving CRM and keeping prospects moving through the sales funnel is technology. The first technology that comes to mind is CRM software, such as Salesforce.com or Microsoft Dynamics.