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Insights from Eloqua's IPO Registration Statement

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Eloqua's registration statement offers new and interesting details about its business. Eloqua last week filed for an initial public offering of its stock. I expected it to grow as Eloqua sold into larger accounts. So much for what Eloqua said. (Of Let’s start with the servicing costs. My analysis is below.

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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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The Evolution of Marketing Automation: Are Traditional Platforms on Their Way Out?

Heinz Marketing

In the past, I’d assume the answer to that would always be limited to Marketo, Pardot, Hubspot or Eloqua. And in my earlier consultant roles with Heinz Marketing, I was acquainted with the other major players like HubSpot, Pardot, and Eloqua through various projects and engagements. Maybe not so much anymore.

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Eloqua Adds Free Implementation Offering

Customer Experience Matrix

On Monday, Eloqua announced a new free deployment service for its clients. It follows last month’s free deployment offer from Eloqua reseller Pedowitz Group , which generated quite a bit of comment on this blog. SmartStart involves on-site consulting and costs $3,000 to $8,000.

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New White Paper and Eloqua Prospect Profiler

Customer Experience Matrix

Eloqua yesterday announced Eloqua Prospect Profiler , which makes it easier for salespeople to review prospect behaviors that are captured by the demand generation system. Back to Eloqua Prospect Profiler. But whether this is truly unique to Eloqua, I can't say. It would be done by system administrators instead.

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Passing the Eloqua B2B Masters Exam: A How-To Guide

Ledger Bennett

What is the Eloqua B2B Masters qualification? It’s the only industry recognized accreditation for B2B Oracle Eloqua and shows recognition of best practices within marketing automation platforms. The modules for the qualification include the fundamentals of Eloqua and revenue performance management (RPM). Requirements?

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New Workbook: Estimating the Cost of Marketing Automation

Customer Experience Matrix

We released two more vendor selection workbooks last week, both sponsored by Eloqua and available for free on the RaabGuide Web site. One is about estimating the cost of a marketing automation system and the other is about evaluating vendor services. The cost workbook was a particular challenge because the subject is so complex.