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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. 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. Self-service prevails in low-cost, low complexity buying decisions.

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

Zoominfo

This process was inefficient, time-intensive, and unpredictable. Sales engagement platforms allow your reps to sell more effectively by reducing the guesswork inherent to human-centric sales processes. Some prospects will say, ‘Well, we have HubSpot or MailChimp or Pardot or Marketo or Eloqua,’” Maimone says. It does not exist.”

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The B2B Sales Role in the New Buying Process

ANNUITAS

The B2B buyer is truly driving the buying process taking control out of the hands of sellers. The phrase “buyers are turning to sales much later in the buying process” was repeated continually as a way to describe this shift of power. Social media has played a pivotal role in the shift of the B2B buying process.

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Understand the Full Buying Process of your Buyers

Ambal's Amusings

" Steve Woods is the CTO and cofounder of Eloqua , author of Digital Body Language and is recognized as one of the top influencers in CRM. Blog DigitalBodyLanguage Eloqua Twitter Stevewoods. We asked Steve Woods "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?"

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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. New sub-niches cropped up in the marketing discipline, around the ecosystems of marketing automation tools like Eloqua, Marketo and eventually HubSpot. Hey kid,” they said.

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

Customer Experience Matrix

Contacts in each account are assigned to one or more “buying centers” and then classified by their role and importance within each center. This classification relies on machine learning to map titles and interests to standard buying roles such as influencer and decision-maker. Marketers will also design the actions themselves.