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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. So that’s all fine, but what industry observers really want to know is how Salesforce.com will react.

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

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LoopFuse knows that, of course. Salesforce.com easily dominates despite the presence of surprisingly capable free products like ZohoCRM and FreeCRM. It will also be competing with Eloqua, Silverpop and, perhaps most dangerously, the Market2Lead technology recently purchased by Oracle.

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Aprimo Marketing Studio Supports Sophisticated Business Marketers

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In other words, Marketing Studio competes with high-end demand generation systems like Eloqua , Market2Lead and Neolane. Small digression: most business marketing systems are designed around data from a sales automation system such as Salesforce.com. Of course, the bells and whistles wouldn’t matter if the core features were poor.

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

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Of course, Oracle has already made its move by purchasing Market2Lead's intellectual assets. Salesforce.com is the big question and no one would be surprised to see them make an acquisition. The more interesting question is who will be the buyers. The obvious candidates are CRM vendors.

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My List of Demand Generation Vendors, and Who They Sell To

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Most offer a CRM option (typically priced at $10 to $20 per seat per month) for companies who don't want to pay for Salesforce.com. Of course, these companies will sell to mid-size firms as well. The systems have very low starting prices tailored to low volumes.

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Low Cost Systems for Demand Generation

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Act-On Software : a slightly different take, with strong Webinar support and an option to use its own low-cost sales automation system as an alternative to Salesforce.com Price starts at $499 per month. There are free papers on the Raab Guide site that can help you organize this process and of course I do consult in this area for a living.

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Oracle Buys Market2Lead Intellectual Assets

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Oracle tersely announced today that it had purchased the intellectual assets of demand generation vendor Market2Lead. This is an excellent fit for Oracle in that Market2Lead is a sophisticated product that is best suited to large, demanding marketing operations. Tags: demand generation marketing automation market2lead oracle.