The document provides 15 statistics about the use and benefits of marketing automation. Some key findings include: 84% of top companies plan to use marketing automation by 2015, 81% of best-in-class companies see faster sales as the top benefit, and companies see a 70% faster sales cycle and 50% more sales-ready leads by using marketing automation. The market for marketing automation is also growing substantially and expected to increase by 50% by 2015.