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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. I wholly agree with the theory.

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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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Key Findings from the 2021 ANNUITAS Enterprise Marketing Automation Platform Analysis

ANNUITAS

Does it offer a solid integration with Salesforce (or other, leading CRM), including a view into the lead, contact, account and opportunity objects? It represents a shift from a tactical, ‘random acts’ demand state to a sustainable and strategic mode for enterprise organizations. Four problems emerge from this approach.

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

Heinz Marketing

In the past, I’d assume the answer to that would always be limited to Marketo, Pardot, Hubspot or Eloqua. And in my earlier consultant roles with Heinz Marketing, I was acquainted with the other major players like HubSpot, Pardot, and Eloqua through various projects and engagements. Maybe not so much anymore.

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The 10 Best Webinar and Webcasting Tools

Webbiquity

Pricing: $49/$99/$199/$399 per organizer per month. Webinar features include embedded video; branding; interactive functions (polls, surveys, chat, Q&A); integration with popular CRM and marketing automation tools like HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo, and Eloqua; and attendee analytics to help identify your most engaged sales prospects.

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Top 10 marketing automation tools every marketer must have

ClickZ

In order to pick the most apt tool, marketers will need to keep in mind the usability, pricing, ease of integration, capabilities around email, social media, content, ecommerce, CRM and sales competencies, while choosing the right marketing automation software. Oracle Eloqua. Perfect for: Delivering personalized marketing campaigns.

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4 Marketing Technologies Every Company Needs to Embrace

Valasys

Every organization is striving to take an edge over the competitive landscape. Marketing automation platforms allow organizations to nurture leads by tracking customer interactions, and sales funnel, and measuring campaign performance to optimize marketing process and drive conversions.