Marketo is #4 in Top 10 Marketing software

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#4 in Top 10 Marketing software

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The best alternatives to Marketo are: HubSpot, Pardot, Salesforce, Oracle Marketing Cloud, Adobe Experience Cloud, MailChimp, ActiveCampaign

Latest news about Marketo

2018. Adobe acquires Marketo for $4.75 billion



Adobe it to acquire marketing automation company Marketo for $4.75 billion. The deal gives Adobe a strong position in enterprise marketing as it competes with Salesforce, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. It also gives Adobe a huge boost for its Marketing Cloud offering and provides it with not only a missing piece, but Marketo’s base of 5000 customers and the opportunity to increase revenue in this part of their catalogue, while allowing them to compete harder inside the enterprise.

2017. Marketo picks Google Cloud to migrate from on-prem data centers



Marketo, the marketing automation platform, has chosen Google Cloud Platform to migrate its entire on-prem operation. The partnership will extend beyond hosting with Google also providing deeper integration with GSuite. Google says that should enable Marketo customers to generate content and communicate with customers directly from the Marketo platform using Google tools like Gmail, Sheets and Hangouts Chat. In addition, Marketo plans to use Google BigQuery for advanced analytics and Google’s machine learning APIs with the goal of providing better marketing insights for its customers.


2016. Vista Equity Partners acquired marketing platform Marketo



San Francisco-based Vista Equity Partners is acquiring online marketing platform Marketo for $1.79 billion. The acquisition will allow Marketo to continue to focus on customer success and to remain the independent category leader, continuing to set the agenda for product innovation and thought leadership for the entire digital marketing industry. It will also enable us to successfully deliver on the bold vision we recently set forth — to give tomorrow's marketers and the C-suite an ultra-high-scale enterprise platform for customer engagement.


2015. Marketing platform Marketo adds LinkedIn integration



Engagement marketing platform Marketo adds integration with the professional networking site's lead-generation and nurturing solution.  The solution is designed to help marketers "bridge the gap between digital, social and offline channels" and generate "relevant conversations with customers." LinkedIn officials explained on a blog that the solution addresses abandonment issues. When a prospect visits a web page, but then closes her browser, she's not forgotten. She's nurtured with a series of messages across LinkedIn social ads, display ads and other channels. When she later fills out a form, her email and other pertinent information is gathered in the company's Marketo system. She then gets email, display and social ads that relate to her demographics, website behavior and engagement with the company's content.