markempa

APRIL 6, 2015

Tweet Ask most executives and marketers what salespeople need to sell in this economy, and they will say one thing: more leads. That’s why many marketing and lead generation programs tend to focus on quantity. However, according to MarketingSherpa’s data , generating “high-quality leads” is the B2B marketer’s No.

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markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Read on to find out what B2B Lead Roundtable Blog posts were shared the most as well as the three topics B2B marketers valued most in 2014. Topic #1 — Lead generation is king. Lead generation was a huge topic for 2014 and for good reason. But what’s the best way to optimize your lead gen efforts?

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markempa

JUNE 16, 2014

Tweet Getting to the heart of lead cost is not easy. In today’s B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post, I wanted to explore cost per lead by sharing a few tips and insights from the panel of industry experts that spoke on the subject at MarketingSherpa Lead Gen Summit 2013. Does each lead cost only a penny?

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markempa

APRIL 7, 2014

In today’s B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post, we’ll take a look at how a one small tweak to the copy on a lead generation page increased conversion and what we can learn from the results. Objective: To increase leads from quote requests. Primary Research Question: Which form messaging will result in the most leads?

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markempa

MAY 12, 2014

Tweet At Lead Gen Summit 2013, Keith Lincoln, Vice President, SmartBear Software, discussed the importance of speaking the language of your customers, and, more importantly, when to say nothing at all. “If Keith explained that they already captured the lead, and the lead was using a free trial version of the software.

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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! Master the essentials of lead generation. ( Universal Lead Definition: Why 61% of B2B marketers are wasting resources and how they can stop ). Uncover qualified leads.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Including lead generation. EST – “ Planning for 2013: How to best utilize top lead gen tactics in the New Year ” – David Kirkpatrick, Senior Reporter, MECLABS, and I will review the basics of the lead generation funnel. Step #2: Review new leads. Step #3: Ask Sales.

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markempa

AUGUST 5, 2013

Tweet Content marketing is one of the most effective and widely used lead generation tactics, according to the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report. Related Resources: Lead Gen Summit 2013: Sept. Content Marketing: Targeted persona strategy lists sales leads 124%.

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Contently

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Five years ago, if you asked Jason Miller to pick lead generation or brand awareness as the most important part of B2B marketing, he would’ve chosen lead generation without hesitating. But if you publish a blog without the right system in place to capture and score leads, then your efforts won’t lead to ROI.

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markempa

JULY 15, 2013

Tweet To determine the most used lead gen tactics, and map that to their effectiveness and difficulty, we asked the following questions in the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report …. Which of the following lead generation tactics does your organization currently use? Be the resource.

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KoMarketing Associates

JUNE 6, 2013

The conference roadmap is one of those planning initiatives and as I have been reviewing the conference opportunities in the second half of 2013, there is no shortage of impressive events to attend for B2B marketers. This event is being held in multiple locations in the US and Europe throughout 2013. eMetrics Summit Boston 2013.

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markempa

JUNE 23, 2014

Tweet Marketing automation can help you manage lead nurturing efforts in a complex marketplace. As I mentioned at the start of this post, automation can help you manage lead nurturing, but you can’t automate trust. Lead Generation: 2 simple tactics to determine cost per lead [More from the blogs].

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Tweet “One of the most important things you can do for your sales team is to generate qualified sales,” Kelly Harman, Vice President, Marketing, Carousel Industries, said at B2B Summit 2012. Related Resources: Lead Gen Summit 2013 (September 30 – October 3, 2013 in San Francisco).

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markempa

APRIL 28, 2014

In his keynote at MarketingSherpa Lead Gen Summit 2013, Ninan explained the five steps to effective content marketing. While each industry will vary, research has found four key milestones most lead nurturing processes have in common. Lead Gen Summit 2014 [Call for speakers]. You may also like.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

What’s the key to generating more inbound marketing leads? 79% of marketers measure website traffic from social media, and 68% track engagement metrics on social networks, but just 26% measure the relationship of social media activity to leads and sales. B2B Lead Blog ). 25 Social Media Facts and Statistics.

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Buffer

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Next up, Jay Perkins shares how Kettlebell Kings has used Instagram to generate ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’ in revenue. . Back in 2013, Jay worked at Bigcommerce, an e-commerce software provider where he learned about what it takes to have a successful online business. Key takeaway: User-generated content.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Tweet At MarketingSherpa Lead Gen Summit 2013 , I had the privilege of sitting in on a session with Todd Wilms, Head of Social Strategy, and Adriel Sanchez, VP, Demand Generation, both of SAP , as they discussed how they use a business model called “social business” to help their teams across the globe engage local audiences.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Inspired by a MarketingSherpa article , she decided to outsource a lead generation company to generate leads they could close. In 90 days through teleprospecting, TERRA Staffing had 242 qualified leads, 27 appointments, and closed three deals. Sources: LeadJen – the outsourced lead generation company TERRA used.

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markempa

MAY 13, 2013

Burns will be presenting at the MarketingSherpa and MarketingExperiments Optimization Summit 2013 , May 20-23, in Boston, which looks at the many ways organizations can leverage A/B testing to squeeze the highest amount of leads and revenue out of marketing efforts. Furniture company website sparks idea, nets 400% increase in leads.

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markempa

JULY 22, 2013

Related Resources: Lead Gen Summit 2013: September 30 – October 3, 2013 in San Francisco. Email Marketing: Segmentation, triggered sends generate twice the revenue with half as many email sends for furniture company. Event Recap: MarketingSherpa B2B Summit 2012. Event Recap: MarketingSherpa B2B Summit 2012.

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Buffer

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Next up, Jay Perkins shares how Kettlebell Kings has used Instagram to generate ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’ in revenue. . Back in 2013, Jay worked at Bigcommerce, an e-commerce software provider where he learned about what it takes to have a successful online business. Key takeaway: User-generated content.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

This frustrating interruption is exactly why we're here to discuss inbound lead generation. What is inbound lead generation? Download our complete guide to lead generation here for even more lead gen tips. What is a Lead? What Is Lead Generation?

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markempa

JULY 29, 2013

Tweet Using online video advertising as another channel to support your lead generation efforts can help you craft a global audience of potential leads. Today’s B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post features three reasons why you should adopt video content into your B2B marketing mix.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

They put together a list of attendees’ contact info based on collected business cards, contest entries and captures from the dreaded lead guns, which instantly gather contact information by scanning trade show badges. Find out how here: “ Universal Lead Definition: Why 61% of B2B marketers are wasting resources and how they can stop.”).

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Hubspot

MAY 20, 2013

and statistics from the recently released 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report. 86 Revealing Charts From the 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report. 86 Revealing Charts From the 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report from HubSpot All-in-one Marketing Software. 5) Only 41% of nonprofits report adopting inbound tactics for 2013.

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 22, 2012

As Q3 draws to a close, B2B marketers are already thinking ahead to 2013, strategizing about what’s worked thus far in 2012—and what hasn’t. In 2012, 67 percent of survey respondents cited customer acquisition/lead gen, with 20 percent indicating they are more focused on brand awareness than they had been previously.

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markempa

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Tweet Recently, we ran a live test for our audience at MarketingSherpa Lead Gen Summit 2013 and as I discovered, this isn’t the easiest thing to do. The greatest difficulty rests in thinking about lead generation and optimization in new ways – and hoping those ideas produce significant results. Treatment #1.

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 16, 2010

Rapid 12% annual growth led by Social Media, Lead-Gen Micro-Sites and Online Marketing Services B2B online marketing continues to grow, with research firm AMR predicting an annual compound growth rate of 12% into 2013. A summary of the report can be viewed at: [link].

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 21, 2014

Historically, sales people and marketers have tracked three KPIs: Number of leads generated. Lead conversion percentages. This can sometimes lead to a misallocation of resources and the wrong strategy. Some referrals provide great lead-gen but poor closing rates. Revenue per sales person. Do Something New.

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markempa

APRIL 21, 2014

MarketingSherpa Lead Gen Summit 2014 Call for Speakers. Lead Generation: Does your teleprospecting deliver value to prospects? 2013 Year in Review: Top 6 focus areas for B2B marketers this year [More from the blogs]. More from the blogs].

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Hubspot

MARCH 31, 2016

Why not align your CTAs to this data that you’ve been generating? For a step-by-step guide to creating personalized CTAs, check out this guide from 2013. Figure out how you’re going to collect information (through lead gen landing pages, for instance). Getting Started.

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markempa

AUGUST 26, 2013

Tweet Many marketers use a model for lead qualification based on these four key characteristics: B = Budget. Let’s start by creating a common language for lead qualification that makes more sense than BANT. Their critiques of marketing leads are much more fundamental. Customer-centric lead qualification. A = Authority.

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markempa

APRIL 14, 2014

After realizing this challenge, Shelby and the team at Adobe put forth the idea that by creating more useful and relevant content to prospects, they could use that data to better qualify leads to Sales and discover where those leads were in the buying process based on what webinar content they consumed. You might also like.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 29, 2011

As more and more companies catch on to the most effective strategies for getting found online and generating more leads and customers, the future of inbound marketing is looking more competitive and fast-paced than ever. In other words, CTAs point traffic to your offers and help you generate leads.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Tweet I’m at MarketingSherpa Lead Gen Summit 2013 in San Francisco on day one, live blogging the Lead Management Workshop that features a dive into larger topics including lead capture, lead qualification and lead nurture. The main principles of the Lead Management Workshop were pulled from that book.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 28, 2020

Instagram started offering ad spots to select businesses after it was acquired by Facebook in 2013. Lead generation: Trying to simply find people interested in or somewhat curious about your brand? Set a lead gen goal. What is Instagram advertising?

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SnapApp

AUGUST 1, 2017

So what does the movie Back to the Future have to do with demand generation? . Demand generation strategies and teen dramas both want the same thing; to help you to stand out from the crowd and be noticed for who you are and the value you provide. . Savvy marketers use demand gen to skip the growing pains. . Source ). .

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