Marketo Honored As One of America's Top Job Creators in Inc. Magazine's Inaugural Hire Power Awards

SAN MATEO, Calif. and NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marketo, the leading provider of cloud-based marketing automation software, announced it has been featured in the inaugural ranking of Inc.'s Hire Power Awards, recognizing the private businesses that have generated the most jobs in the past three years.

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Marketo's easy, powerful, and complete marketing platform allows companies to launch and manage online and social campaigns, nurture and score the captured leads to produce more win-ready leads for sales, and measure the ROI of all marketing activities. From 2008 to 2011, the company generated 207 jobs, earning a job growth rate of 739%, and placing it 4^th on the percentage growth list among companies with 26-50 employees in 2008.

"We're honored to be recognized with an Inc. Hire Power Award," said Marketo President and CEO Phil Fernandez. "We've experienced this job growth by using our own marketing software to align under one revenue-driving engine. We want to share our marketing vision and strategy to help marketers get the fastest speed to results so that they, too, can realize this kind of success."

Inc. is the only major business media brand aimed solely at CEOs of fast-growing private companies. The Hire Power Awards will appear in Inc.'s December/January issue, as well as the brand's web site, www.inc.com.

"The top 100 companies on the list have created 73,032 American jobs in the three-year period from 2008 to 2011 – an amazing feat, given that much of that job growth came during the heart of the recession," explains Inc. editor-in-chief Eric Schurenberg. "And it isn't just the big guys that are adding jobs. Companies with less than $50 million in annual revenue make up nearly one-third of the Hire Power list."

The inaugural Inc. Hire Power Awards are sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which is proud to recognize American companies that have greatly increased their workforces. Inc.'s Hire Power Awards celebrates private companies on the forefront of American job creation, giving these businesses the recognition they deserve.

About Marketo: Marketing Software – Easy, Powerful, Complete. 
Marketo uniquely provides easy-to-use, powerful and complete marketing software that propels fast-growing small companies and global enterprises alike. Marketo® marketing automation and sales effectiveness software – including the world's first integrated solution for social marketing automation – streamlines marketing processes, delivers more campaigns, generates more win-ready leads, and dramatically improves sales performance. With proven technology, comprehensive services and expert guidance, Marketo helps thousands of companies around the world turn marketing from a cost center into a revenue driver.

Known for providing breakthrough innovation and fueling explosive growth, Marketo was recently selected as the #1 Marketing Software Vendor on the INC 500, recognized by The Wall Street Journal's on the 3rd annual "Next Big Thing List," and named as one of "America's Most Promising Companies" by Forbes. Marketo received the CRM Market Leaders Awards Winner for Marketing Solutions by CRM Magazine in 2011 and 2012.  Salesforce.com customers also honored the company with two AppExchange Best of '11 Awards, for Best Marketing Automation Solution and Best Chatter Exchange.

About Inc.

Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is the only major brand dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, with the aim to deliver real solutions for today's innovative company builders.  Total monthly audience reach for the brand has grown significantly from 2,000,000 in 2010 to over 6,000,000 today.  For more information, visit www.inc.com.

About Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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