NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2011

Thought I’d give it a shot as well, running through a master list of “resolutions” as preparation for improving your inbound marketing and lead generation strategies for 2012 and beyond. Process: Set your lead generation campaign goals. How many qualified leads. Cost-per-lead. Revenue-per-lead.

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Lead Generation Budget Programs Sales Qualified Leads Paid Search Agency 100

markempa

JUNE 24, 2012

Unbelievably, most are still sending only raw leads to Sales, and they aren’t making an effort to bring those leads to a place where they’re ready for Sales to bite into. Consider data from a new report released by our sister company MarketingSherpa, the 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report (free excerpt at that link).

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Lead Generation Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Qualified Leads 120

markempa

MAY 13, 2012

Tweet B2B marketers, stop focusing on generating leads. By sending them only qualified leads. Most leads aren’t qualified. Leads are only qualified when they fit your universal lead definition (ULD). Before you do any more lead generation, make developing one your highest priority. How do you do that?

Lead Qualification 120

Lead Qualification Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

markempa

AUGUST 26, 2012

This is apparently not enough to make marketers and sales professionals embrace change and develop a formal lead generation strategy, considering that 75% of marketers still don’t have a formal lead generation process or guidelines according to MarketingSherpa’s 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report. What is a ULD?

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

markempa

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Tweet I am especially looking forward to the next B2B Lead Roundtable webinar. Jen Doyle, MarketingSherpa Senior Research Manager and Lead Author of the 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report , will reveal key takeaways from this just-released publication, which is based on a survey of marketers from 1,745 B2B organizations.

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Advertising Benchmark Webinar Metrics Marketing Report Peer-to-peer 120

NuSpark Consulting

MARCH 17, 2012

The infographic summarizes key data from a variety of research reports covering B2B and technology lead generation, media strategy, and content marketing trends, from initial solution research to lead nurturing. Chief Marketer’s 2012 Business-to-Business Lead Generation Survey: Your Best Prospects.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Trends B2B Marketing Generation 100

markempa

JUNE 10, 2013

He reinvented his lead funnel based on this insight, changing everything from his company’s landing pages to his team’s call scripts. So, in the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report , we asked…. Lead Generation Cold calling Content makreting lead generation Lead Nurturing marketing strategy Value Propostion'

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Cold Calling Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

ViewPoint

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Twice over the past two years I blogged about the dangers of using cost per lead as a metric to measure marketing. As a foundation, I published three blogs in 2012 in which I outlined three critical elements that impact B2B lead generation costs in the complex sale: 1. The marketing team sees this as a “great source of leads”.

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Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Leads Cost Lead Scoring 120

markempa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

for MarketingSherpa’s B2B Summit 2012. She works with Research Partners to develop teleprospecting programs where precisely the right people are given the right message to quickly convert them to leads. He develops and guides lead generation program that efficiently and effectively drive revenue for MECLABS Research Partners.

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Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing SIC 120

ViewPoint

JANUARY 15, 2013

Given that I run one of the many lead generation companies it will not surprise you to learn that I believe a 3rd party focused on response management, lead generation and qualification and lead nurturing is capable of doing a much better job of those services than you are likely to find inside most companies.

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Paid Search Agency Lead Generation Work Management Sales Qualified Leads 120

markempa

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Tweet According to the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report , 24% of marketers ask a timeline-to-purchase question on their lead capture forms. Q: Please select the most important fields that you need to collect from your leads on the lead generation form. Lead qualification in a post-BANT world.

Lead Gen 120

Lead Gen Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 120

markempa

DECEMBER 3, 2012

So it is with generating leads – yet, when the funnel needs to be fed now, we toss in more leads, turn up the pressure, and voila! I was reminded of this mindset when I recently taught a day-long seminar on B2B Marketing Best Practices at ExactTarget’s Connections 2012 conference. Uncover qualified leads. Lift results. (

Lead Gen 120

Lead Gen Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 120

NuSpark Consulting

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

A sound content marketing plan is critical to the success of your lead generation efforts. world, how do you think leads get through the funnel? Once you obtain an email address, lead nurturing begins; the process of guiding leads through the funnel with problem-solving content until they are ready for sales.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Template Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 100

markempa

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Tweet For the past seven years, trade shows have surpassed websites, email marketing and paid search to secure the top spot as B2B marketers’ biggest investment, according to the MarketingSherpa 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. How to Use Lead Scoring to Drive the Highest Return on Your Trade-Show Investment. Don’t have one?

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Trade Show Optimization Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Tweet In the 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report , 1,745 marketing organizations revealed that trade shows took up the biggest chunk of their marketing budget – over 21%. Smart marketers apply some type of lead scoring to leads generated from website, SEO, and email initiatives. They need to do the same with trade shows.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Trade Show Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 120

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

by Dayna Rothman IDC recently released their 2012 CMO Advisory Service Best Practices Series: Realizing the Vision of the 21st Century Lead Management. Here are some questions that IDC sought to answer with their survey: How do leading companies staff and organize teams for effective lead management?

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Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management De-duping 48

NuSpark Consulting

APRIL 26, 2012

Content drives leads into the funnel; content nurtures leads into sales opportunities. Marketing and Sales alignment is essential to a well-oiled lead funnel. I understand the importance of a sound media, social media, conversion and content strategy that generates quality leads until they are sales-accepted.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Work Management Sales Qualified Leads 100

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

HubSpot released its 2012 Year in Review today, reporting 82% revenue growth, to $52.5 This reflects HubSpot's aggressive moves to serve larger companies and provide expanded features for traditional marketing automation such as more robust email and lead nurturing. Number of clients grew by 42%, to 8,440.

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Hubspot Lead Nurturing Transparency Marketing Automation 120

NuSpark Consulting

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

So I was reading with some interest the 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report from Marketing Sherpa because I always like to see B2B marketers’ top challenges in their businesses, which not surprisingly, is generating quality leads. 78% of their biggest challenge is generating quality leads. Generate Leads: 46%. .

Paid Search Agency 100

Paid Search Agency Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Zoominfo

AUGUST 9, 2018

B2B marketers say the #1 benefit of marketing automation is the ability to generate more and better leads ( source ). Marketers using automation software generate 2X the number of leads than those using blast email software and are perceived by their peers to be 2X as effective at communicating ( source ). It’s expected to reach $6.5

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Statistics Marketing AI Product Marketing Automation Services 160

NuSpark Consulting

APRIL 28, 2012

So before we look at calculating ROI of social media let’s understand the following: Social media marketing IS marketing; and that means the goal is leads and sales; no argument there. Social media is conversation, and that conversation leads to more followers and likes, and that means more opportunity to find prospects and alliances.

Lead Ranking 100

Lead Ranking Social Media Paid Search Agency Lead Generation 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 5, 2012

Brian Carroll, author of Lead Generation for the Complex Sale , writes: It is not accurate to say that generating more sales leads is the key to hitting revenue targets. As a matter of fact, most companies need to do a better job of managing leads they already have. So how do you develop an effective lead nurturing process?

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Sales Qualified Leads Leads Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 48

The Point

JUNE 26, 2013

Some would argue: no, especially if those who register are net new leads, where the real value is simply getting the person to sign up in the first place. Anecdotally, our experience is that the difference in lead quality between Webinar registrants who show up on the day, and those who don’t, can be minimal at best. Comments welcome.

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Webinar Metrics B2B Thought Leadership Lead Nurturing Telemarketing 100

Biznology

JUNE 22, 2016

The chart below, presented by online video platform Brightcove back in Dec 2012, puts some perspective on the rise of online video content over the past 10+ years. The reason a Video 1st content marketing strategy makes a solid investment is because we have become a society of viewers and not readers.

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Top of Funnel Video Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 150

markempa

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Tweet As the holiday season quickly approaches an end, and marketers prepare to make 2014 their best year yet, we pulled together the top blog posts on the B2B Lead Roundtable Blog to share the most popular topics, chosen by marketers just like you. In 2012, the top focus for B2B marketers was understanding and leveraging social media.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking B2B Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Gen 120

ViewPoint

AUGUST 22, 2011

Jay Hidalgo is the President of The Annuitas Group, a firm that specializes in helping B2B companies develop a process-based approach to lead management. To learn more about The Annuitas Group and their proprietary methodology, the Lead Management Framework™ , go to [link]. Well, we’re in the dog days of August.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Buy Automation 120

KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 30, 2012

According to MarketingSherpa’s 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark report , mobile marketing has yet to hit even close to the top of the priorities list for B2B marketers. Through two recent client presentations, users accessing their websites via mobile devices had increased 50% and 33% respectively between Q4 2011 and Q1 2012.

Mobile Marketing 120

Mobile Marketing B2B Marketing iProspect Mobile Advertising 120

markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago.

Top of Funnel 120

Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 11, 2013

At the forefront are lead generation, lead nurturing, and building a brand that distinguishes the organization from the competition. Optify B2B Lead Generation Report. MarketingSherpa’s 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. Aberdeen Group: Lead Scoring Prioritization. ” View the full report.

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Marketing Report Research B2B Marketing BtoB 120

Hubspot

APRIL 3, 2015

Your leads are the driver of your business. To grow and to gain customers you need to have quality leads that are actively engaged in your organization’s offerings—leads that are a fit for organizations strategy. Lets take a look at 10 lead quality myths and debunk them using facts derived from industry data.

Lead Ranking 28

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Qualified Leads 28

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2011

by Kelly Waffle From the first day we start a job in marketing, many of us are taught to focus on leads. We learn to build successful lead generation programs, implement effective lead nurturing campaigns, and cultivate leads from our website and social media content.

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Sales Qualified Leads Tips Leads Lead 48

Hubspot

JULY 22, 2018

Lead nurturing campaigns aren't the only type of email marketing automation you can use to get more out of your contacts database. HubSpot customers: You can add Lead Flows, HubSpot's pop-up forms, as an add-on by following the instructions here. 5) Lead Nurturing Workflow. there's more.

Marketing Automation Services 101

Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Marketing Automation 101

ANNUITAS

AUGUST 30, 2011

However, for many B2B marketers, 2012 planning is right around the corner and usually starts right after Labor Day. Instead reviewing your current lead management process, making improvements where they are needed, and finalizing a plan and map for the improved process will have two effects. Well, we’re in the dog days of August.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Buy 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Which content produces the highest quality lead, and does it matter where we measure this success in the customer journey? Before joining Software Advice in 2012, she worked in sales management and advertising. With so many options available, it’s difficult to know where to prioritize your spend.

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Marketing Attribution Lead Ranking Spending Budget Management 100

Hubspot

DECEMBER 11, 2020

On the other hand, when brands use tactics that feel unethical, consumers lose trust in the brand which could lead to less brand loyalty or purchases. At HubSpot, we encourage companies to nurture leads rather than using unethical or desperate marketing tactics to trick them into signing up for something. Pivot if Needed.

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Ethics Design Guidelines Amazon 100

Hubspot

JANUARY 20, 2012

Marketers spend plenty of time fretting over what sometimes seems like a lofty lead generation goal. But luckily (for the leads and the sales organization), marketers are also still thinking about what happens to those leads once they enter the CRM. You still need to get your leads to convert over, and over, and over again.

Top of Funnel 28

Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Conversion Leads 28

Scoop.it

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

“We’re doing content marketing to rank in search and attract more leads.”. Now that content marketing is widely implemented across organizations— 91% of B2B and 86% of B2C companies have implemented it—we often forget no one goes online to consume content or become a lead. The solution: content curation.

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Curation Top of Funnel Content Marketing Marketing Budget 64