Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Oracle announced today that it has agreed to purchase B2B marketing automation leader Eloqua for $23.50 The deal makes obvious sense, in that it gives Oracle a much stronger position in the fast-growing B2B marketing automation industry*. Oracle is less customer-focused and generally less nimble (I'm being polite here).

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 3, 2009

Build a campaign as a list of stages Eloqua Manticore Technology Market2Lead Marketbright Marketo Neolane Silverpop Engage B2B 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 Build linear campaigns outside of a larger campaign structure. Eloqua Manticore Technology Market2Lead Marketbright Marketo Neolane Silverpop Engage B2B 0 1 1 1 1 0.5

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Manticore 120

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

One of the audience members at the B2B Marketing University in Boston asked about demand generation systems for small businesses, and how to distinguish among the vendors in general. My brief answer was that the biggest difference was less functionality than the target markets the different vendors pursue.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This is a bit perplexing, since those products are at the opposite ends of the spectrum: Marketo being relatively low cost / limited functionality / easier to learn, and Eloqua being higher cost / richer functionality / takes more training. The company has a low profile but has been selling its demand generation product for nearly ten years.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Cost Marketing Management Demand 120

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 3, 2010

Enterprise Edition also adds a “sandbox” environment for training, testing and development – the sort of things that small companies might do on a live system, but large organizations cannot safely allow. I’ve always considered branching campaign flows to be one of the key requirements for an enterprise-level marketing automation system.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Marketo Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 31, 2010

Rather, it has conceded the lower tiers of business marketing to simpler systems and aimed Marketing Studio at marketers who need greater sophistication and will accept higher cost and complexity to get it. For more on vendor classifications, see my list of demand generation vendors from last November.)

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Work Management Marketing Management Resource Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 18, 2008

Market2Lead offers the usual list of demand generation functions: outbound email, Web forms and landing pages, automated lead nurturing, integration with sales, and campaign return on investment analysis. This is not to say that Market2Lead is especially hard to use.

Market2Lead 120

Market2Lead Enterprise Management Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 120