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Why Is Marketing Automation Maturity Still Woeful?

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The major software players in the marketing automation space have also seen a lot of changes in the last 5 years. In the last decade, three of the top four B2B solutions: Eloqua, Marketo, and Pardot, have all been acquired by larger companies. The software freed up a backlog of campaigns waiting to be executed.

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Survey: Marketing Automation Users Score a “C” in Maturity

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The survey asked marketing operations managers and other B2B marketing executives to rank their current deployment of marketing automation software in 33 separate categories relating to either key software functionality or generally accepted best practice. The report is available as a free download from the Spear Website.

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

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In the meantime, our CTO, Dan Appleman, had moved from the Microsoft platform to Force.com and had developed many software projects in APEX, the programming language for the Salesforce platform. HS: How are you different from marketing automation vendors like Eloqua or Marketo at addressing this issue?

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Top 10 Posts on B2B Lead Gen for 2010

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Eloqua’s “Juan Eloqua” Campaign: Email Creative at Its Best. Blog Makeover Nets Sales Leads for Software Company. The First (Almost) Clickable Direct Mail. 21 Tips & Other Impressions from the Marketo User Summit. Help Our Client Choose a Logo (Poll). Getting the Most from Salesforce.com: A Conversation with David Taber.

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How to Measure Email Success in 2015: A Call to ROI

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To measure the type of revenue performance that I describe, you’ll need software tools that empower you to do so. That likely means one of two options: • a marketing automation system like Eloqua , Marketo or Pardot that in turn integrates with a CRM database like Salesforce. First, however, a quick word about technology.

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Eloqua’s “Juan Eloqua” Campaign: Email Creative at Its Best

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The email below from marketing automation vendor Eloqua is part of one of those rare B2B campaigns that combines email marketing best practices with an impeccably executed creative concept. Tags: B2B Marketing Graphic Design Lead Nurturing email design email marketing eloqua Marketing Automation.

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