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

Heinz Marketing

By Lisa Heay , Director of Business Operations at Heinz Marketing What platforms come to mind when you think of marketing automation? In the past, I’d assume the answer to that would always be limited to Marketo, Pardot, Hubspot or Eloqua. Not to date myself, but I’ve been using Marketo for close to 15 years.

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The ANNUITAS Perspective on the Adobe Acquisition of Marketo

ANNUITAS

A Memo from CEO Adam Needles to ANNUITAS clients on the Adobe Acquisition of Marketo. You probably saw that late yesterday Adobe bought Marketo. For those of you with Marketo in your Demand Process technology stacks, your next question is probably what does this mean for me ? Good morning. Maybe not so much in this case.

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Yesterday's News: Marketo Plans IPO, Eloqua Eyes B2C

Customer Experience Matrix

There were two bits of news from Marketing Automation Land yesterday: Marketo announced it has filed a draft registration statement for an initial public offering, and Eloqua CEO Joe Payne was quoted as saying his company plans to expand into business-to-consumer marketing. The Marketo news is long-expected.

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Raab Report: Act-On, Eloqua, Pardot, and Marketo Vie to Lead in Mid-Size B2B Marketing Automation Segment

Customer Experience Matrix

final installment in my series of posts on leaders in the different B2B marketing automation sectors, as determined by the ratings in our VEST report. We define small to mid-size business as companies with $5 million to $500 million revenue. Most require the full set of marketing automation functions but apply these in simple ways.

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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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Why Is Marketing Automation Maturity Still Woeful?

The Point

Almost 5 years ago, our agency conducted a survey to determine whether B2B companies were getting maximum value from their investment in marketing automation. You’d assume, therefore, that marketing automation maturity – the level of sophistication at which companies employ the technology – has improved.

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Top 10 marketing automation tools every marketer must have

ClickZ

30-second summary: By simply adopting marketing automation technology, a company can significantly free up a marketers time and enable them to focus on more important revenue building projects as these tools can help to automate numerous repetitive tasks such as emails, campaign management, website analysis and social media marketing.