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Is Salesforce.com a Player in Marketing Automation Software?

Webbiquity

Salesforce.com is the cloud computing darling of customer relationship management (CRM) software. They have significant control of mind share in that space, and their legacy in customer service and sales force automation software is strong. So, where does Salesforce.com stand as a marketing automation solution?

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The Pond Just Got More Crowded: Google, Salesforce.com and Sequoia Invest in HubSpot

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: HubSpot announced a $32 million investment yesterday by Sequoia Partners, Google and Salesforce.com. Salesforce.com and Google announced their long-anticipated entry into the marketing automation industry, in the baby-step form of investments in HubSpot. Yet something really bothered me about yesterday’s announcement.

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Raab Report: Neolane, Aprimo, and Eloqua Rate Highest for Large Company B2B Marketing Automation

Customer Experience Matrix

The chart shows Neolane and Aprimo (owned by Teradata) as the clear leaders, with Eloqua also very strong. As before, vendors closer to the top have the most appropriate features for this segment, and those further to the right have the most similar customer base and company resources.

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Marketo Files for IPO: Will High Growth Outweigh High Losses?

Customer Experience Matrix

By comparison, Eloqua lost just 7% of revenue in the year before its IPO, and even Salesforce.com, the benchmark for all Software as a Service (Saas) start-ups, lost just 20% of revenue in its final year as a private company. Let’s the stock market sees it that way: Marketo stock will be much harder to sell than its software.

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Dreamforce 2011: Salesforce.com Will Leave Marketing Automation Alone. But Revenue Performance Management Might Be Another Story.

Customer Experience Matrix

I spent most of this week at Salesforce.com ’s Dreamforce conference. I discussed RPM with both Eloqua and Marketo during Dreamforce. With 45,000 registrants, the company says that Dreamforce is now the largest technology industry gathering.

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Measuring the True Impact of Marketing Campaigns: A Conversation with Bonnie Crater

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In 2011, she became President and CEO of Full Circle CRM , a company dedicated to helping VPs of Marketing use Salesforce.com to get accurate and useful performance data about marketing campaigns. HS: How are you different from marketing automation vendors like Eloqua or Marketo at addressing this issue?

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The 14 Best Marketing Automation Tools

Webbiquity

Marketing automation software tools can be very helpful in making lead nurturing and sales acceleration efforts more effective—even if the category is badly misnamed. Sample review: “The software, analytics, and support are amazing. 7) Oracle Eloqua. Integrates with popular platforms like Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce.com.