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Email Marketing: 3 lead nurture paths you should automate

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Tweet Marketing automation can help you manage lead nurturing efforts in a complex marketplace. Automating a sales nurturing track is significantly different from a content nurturing track as it turns up the dial on complexity. So where do you even begin in terms of an automation strategy? Keith asked.

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2013 Year in Review: Top 6 focus areas for B2B marketers this year

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With the quickly evolving nature of this medium, it is no surprise it was also the top category marketers wanted to learn more about in 2013. Read on for five more areas of focus that were top of mind in the B2B realm in 2013. Use social media to generate leads and connect with prospects. Anna Lee (@annaleenyc) May 6, 2013.

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Best B2B Lead Posts in 2014: Lead generation, lead nurturing and content marketing

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Lead generation was a huge topic for 2014 and for good reason. Every lead nurturing campaign, every lead conversion, every sale depends on first generating a lead. But what’s the best way to optimize your lead gen efforts? Develop a strategic lead generation portfolio.

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3 Important Lessons for Lead Gen and Life

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I have to confess: I began 2013 feeling behind. This is more complex than standard lead generation – we’re not trying to sell. Frankly, back in January, I wanted to have more momentum in this process, but I felt like I had far too much to accomplish and far too little time to accomplish it. Use your knowledge resources.

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Lead Gen: A proposed replacement for BANT

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For marketing departments, it’s impossible to deliver BANT qualified leads unless marketing owns an inside sales function. Making matters worse, BANT does not align with customer buying behavior early in the decision process when Marketing and Sales generally need to engage prospects to win new business.

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Lead Generation That Converts Leads into Sales Opportunities

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That’s why many marketing and lead generation programs tend to focus on quantity. Unfortunately, as little as 5 to 15% of all marketing inquiries (aka leads) turn out to be truly sales-ready opportunities. However, according to MarketingSherpa’s data , generating “high-quality leads” is the B2B marketer’s No.

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Lead Nurturing: How a social business strategy can help you move from selling to helping your prospects

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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.