Sharpspring

JUNE 10, 2021

New marketing agencies are popping up every day and in the ever-evolving marketing landscape, how do you make sure yours stands out? Keep reading to learn how one agency is using marketing automation to offer up results that are growing not only their clients’ businesses, but also their own. Quick Overview.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But, in reality, any marketing process can be optimized. 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 #3: Ask Sales.

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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

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.

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

I have written articles and blogs against BANT (as a lead qualifying criterion) for years. I summarized Ardath’s thoughts, and mine, in a blog published on July 11, 2013. Ginger Conlon (Editor-in-Chief, Direct Marketing News). "I Think: lead nurturing. I believe that this is market dependent. BANT is dead.".

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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. Move toward thinking of lead cost in aggregate.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 9, 2013

We’re nearing the last quarter of 2013, and another year of sales will soon be behind us. An important question all sales and marketing departments should be asking themselves is how they can better communicate in order to follow up on leads. Why Don’t Sales Reps Follow Up on Leads?

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In addition, he is author of The Sales Blog , where he writes about sales and selling, sales management, the sales process, and what it takes to succeed. You can also read his feature article Make 2013 Your Best Sales Year Ever in the January 2013 issue of Success Magazine. 2013 Predictions—Why Big Data Shouldn’t Be the Focus.

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Tweet Lead generation is somewhat like a tightrope act. Generate too many leads, and the rope between Sales and Marketing breaks. If you don’t generate enough leads that turn into sales, your ROI plummets. It was totally the Wild West; anybody could submit any kind of lead they wanted for anything,” Debbie explained.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 28, 2014

The extraction features are important – at least to me – because they determine whether 6Sense qualifies as a “ customer data platform ” (CDP), a type of system I see as fundamental for future marketing. If 6Sense exposed model scores but no other data, it would qualify as a CDP by the thinnest margin possible.

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The Point

JANUARY 14, 2014

In my experience, most of the mental energy and strategic thinking around the practice of lead nurturing and lead management is usually applied to the goal of accelerating prospects through the sales process – from MQL to SQL, from SQL to Opportunity, and so on. And that lack of focus can be a big mistake.

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markempa

MARCH 11, 2013

Tweet According to MarketingSherpa’s just-released 2013 Analytics Benchmark Report , only 37% of respondents said they routinely used analytics for their marketing planning. It’s no wonder the highest priority for 66% is to do a better job of acting on data to improve marketing performance. Which ones were accepted by Sales.

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ViewPoint

MAY 7, 2013

In 2002, Tony established the first buyer persona research methodology designed specifically for B2B marketing and sales. This innovation helps leading companies gain better understanding of their buyers, leading to improved lead generation and revenue performance. Study Lead Behavior.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The stats, guides and tips to effective lead nurturing abound in the B2B marketplace and yet with all of this information, still only a fraction of B2B companies are using or effective in the use of lead nurturing according to MarketingSherpa. This is why fewer than 4% of marketing generated leads are ever converted into sales.

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The need for a Customer Data Platform – a marketer-controlled, unified, persistent, accessible customer database – applies equally to business and consumer marketing. Indeed, many of the firms I originally identified as CDPs were lead scoring and customer success management vendors who serve primarily B2B clients.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 15, 2013

Executives continually point to the need for Sales and Marketing to align, with 90% of Senior Marketers indicating to Forrester that indeed alignment is a high or very high priority. However, the story is quite different when Marketing is asked about their own priorities. 2013 - The Year for Sales Enablement?

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 4, 2012

2013 is on the horizon, so whip out your crystal balls, marketers -- it's time to make some predictions about what's in store for next year. In 2012, the world of marketing underwent some major changes. Now let's get to it, marketers! And it won’t be in 2013, either (as much as some of us would like it to).

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 21, 2013

It appears that most of the pundits on this topic have a problem with outbound cold calling or what is sometimes called “interruption marketing” because when they think of cold calling they only think of the mindless smiling and dialing that far too many companies still do today. The reality is that cold calling is alive and well.

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Leading Results Rambings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Inbound marketing is a discipline, when used correctly, can solve your sales lead shortage, but by itself, it doesn’t solve the lead generation issue. Specifically inbound marketing and what a lead is. Inbound marketing – Hubspot uses the graphic below to define the overall inbound marketing process.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

I just know that end of year is when many marketers ask for a budget for the year ahead. I also know that marketers love to highlight their achievements (who doesn’t?) Too many marketing departments launch campaigns in a vacuum. And so they ignore the wave of leads who didn’t convert. Your lead quality needs to increase.

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KoMarketing Associates

JUNE 16, 2014

As my World Cup fever symptoms begins to take hold, I’ve started to draw some comparisons of this year’s event to my job as a content marketer. So, without further delay, here are the 5 lessons I believe content marketers can take from the 2014 World Cup: 1. Make It through Qualifying. Credit: www.cbssports.com.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 24, 2013

Jim is Managing Partner at CSO Insights, a research firm that specializes in benchmarking how companies are leveraging people, process, and technology to optimize the way they market to, sell to, and service customers. Jim has over 29 years of sales and marketing management experience. This is why the 94 percent is so shocking.

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ANNUITAS

JULY 3, 2014

Note: This post first ran September 10, 2013 via the ANNUITAS blog. It is not just about Marketing Automation, but is now a Marketing Technology Ecosystem. Ten plus years ago the Marketing Technology Revolution began with the advent of Marketing Automation Technology. Figure 1 – Marketing Technology Landscape.

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markempa

DECEMBER 3, 2012

For marketers and sales professionals, the pressure cooker we live in all year is turned up a few notches. 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! Uncover qualified leads. Uncover qualified leads.

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Hubspot

APRIL 23, 2020

The better you are at defining that vision at the very beginning, the more successful your redesign will be — and the smoother the entire process will be as well. Not to mention an important one to get right considering the critical role your website plays in your marketing and brand image. Total new leads and form submissions.

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Lake One

JUNE 27, 2019

The gist is a process by which your sales and marketing team get on the same page around goals and communicate regularly. For a deep dive into driving sales and marketing alignment , check out our comprehensive guide on the topic. This review will follow key topics touched on through past posts on sales and marketing alignment.

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Lake One

JUNE 25, 2019

The gist is a process by which your sales and marketing team get on the same page around goals and communicate regularly. For a deep dive into driving sales and marketing alignment , check out our comprehensive guide on the topic. But how do you measure the benefit of sales and marketing alignment commitment?

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LeanData

MAY 12, 2014

Today’s buyers are better educated and empowered in the buying process than ever before, and therefore interactions with prospects must be strategic and personalized to stand out amongst the noise. Since sales is no longer dictating the flow of information, sales professionals enter the sale further down the decision process.

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LeanData

MAY 12, 2014

Today’s buyers are better educated and empowered in the buying process than ever before, and therefore interactions with prospects must be strategic and personalized to stand out amongst the noise. Since sales is no longer dictating the flow of information, sales professionals enter the sale further down the decision process.

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SnapApp

MAY 12, 2015

One oft-cited example is a quiz from The New York Times , which was the newspaper’s most shared article in all of 2013. You may not be The Gray Lady, or even the viral media powerhouse of the day, but you can borrow their tactics to get unprecedented results in your B2B marketing. When Can Marketers Use Assessments? Unconvinced?

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 11, 2018

After all, having an income chart like this is the main goal of many online entrepreneurs: For many entrepreneurs looking to build an online business, or marketers looking to monetize their web traffic, affiliate marketing is often how they got started with generating income. What is affiliate marketing? Who are the merchants?

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Content Standard

AUGUST 9, 2018

As voice-activated searches impact the way people are discovering and purchasing goods, how should marketers adjust their content strategy and SEO efforts to best align with user behaviors? This is where content marketing comes in. now owning at least one. Adding Unbranded, Informational Content. Hey, Google.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 26, 2014

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? How can the respective histories and behaviors of these two companies inform the best practices for B2B marketers? My answer is certainly–yes!

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 14, 2014

LinkedIn’s active user base grew to over 250 million by the end of 2013. Wouldn’t it be better if it organically generated qualified prospects and referral partners? When selecting yours, follow this process: Search for groups that are very focused on your services and audience. On Twitter or LinkedIn?

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Hubspot

MARCH 15, 2016

As companies adopt inbound marketing as a way to generate more leads, the importance of having an effective lead nurturing strategy becomes very clear. In most cases only a relatively small percentage of your inbound leads will be ready to make an immediate purchase, leaving upwards of 90% of your inbound leads on the table.

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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? Why Do You Need Lead Generation?

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