The Lead Agency

JULY 18, 2019

If your current B2B sales strategy doesn’t take this into account, you may be losing valuable leads that become ‘stuck’ in funnel bottlenecks. Luckily, depending on your unique requirements, there are various tactics you can implement to improve sales processes and boost conversions.

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Act-On

APRIL 10, 2024

But not entirely unlike when a colleague sends you a link to a gated ebook, you give your contact info to download it, and then get a phone call from a sales rep the same day. You don’t want a demo of their software — you haven’t even had time to read their content yet. Luckily for marketers, lead scoring exists.

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Contently

MARCH 22, 2022

Then, you create similar content by following the “10 ways to do X” format if the first page is littered with that approach. Soon enough, after ranking for as many keywords as possible, you publish eBooks to capture some of those juicy lead-nurturing emails. Conduct a content gap analysis.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Manual sales prospecting and lead generation doesn’t get your sales and marketing teams where they need to be for their quotas — and it wastes time. However, when these teams are equipped with the right tools, such as sales intelligence, less important tasks can be automated so that reps can focus on lead strategies.

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BenchmarkONE

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A marketing funnel is a visual representation of your customer’s journey from the moment they come in contact with your brand till they become a paying customer. Other marketers also refer to marketing funnels as purchase, conversion, and lead funnels, among others. Why Do You Need A Marketing Funnel?

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BenchmarkONE

JANUARY 23, 2020

One of our biggest goals of inbound marketers is converting leads to customers. We want to not only attract people to our website but once they’re there, it’s crucial to funnel them into our sales process via email nurture campaigns. . Well, there’s a lot to be gained from effective lead nurturing.

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Act-On

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

More traffic helps you support your audience on their buyers’ journeys, whether that’s providing blog content, downloading an eBook, signing up for your email list, scheduling a product demo, or taking some other action. We love this example from the Content Marketing Institute. What is SEO? Not necessarily.

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

The recruitment efforts at higher education institutions are naturally and rightfully following the trends and best practices generally acknowledged by marketing and sales specialists across a wide assortment of various fields. The lead nurturing process itself is improved by leveraging marketing automation best practices.

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Act-On

MAY 9, 2018

Wondering what is lead nurturing? Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with your buyers at every stage of their buying process (and your sales funnel). Ready to start lead nurturing? Find out how to engage your B2B buyers throughout their journey in 5 steps.

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Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Most of your leads are not purchase-ready when they first raise their hand. So how do you approach your prospect who just showed that interest or who fits your typical buyer profile? You nurture them. What is lead nurturing and why is it important? 6 steps to create a successful nurture program.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Case studies are one of the most powerful forms of content to have in your marketing repertoire. The longer-form content goes more in depth to describe a problem, solution, and outcome – all while keeping the customer at the center of the story. You can incorporate case studies in content marketing in a myriad of ways.

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Act-On

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Sure, you need content that resonates with the target audience and strategically guides them along their journey , but it’s impossible to know if you’re on the right track without understanding marketing automation roi statistics and potential results. Marketing automation is all about results, isn’t it?

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Only B2B

APRIL 17, 2024

The 5 Benefits of B2B Appointment Setting B2B appointment setting tackles these challenges head-on, offering a range of benefits to optimize your sales funnel: 1. Their understanding of market trends facilitates lead nurturing and significantly boosts your sales conversions.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 3, 2011

by Maria Pergolino In today’s B2B marketplace, revenue cycle management is all about the sales funnel. But if yours is less than streamlined, you may be leaking more leads than you convert. An effective funnel operating with sales and marketing alignment can create the magical mix of leads and effectively convert them to sales.

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LeadSquared

AUGUST 28, 2019

Your sales process doesn’t just stop with getting leads from various sources and calling them once. That’s why having a lead nurturing strategy is something you should start incorporating right away. A sizeable amount of organizations have now found the secret ingredients to generate more leads.

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Brandpoint

APRIL 3, 2019

Is the marketing funnel obsolete? While the funnel isn’t (and shouldn’t be) completely dead, there HAS been a shift in the way content marketers work within the company to best serve a customer. The marketing flywheel is an upgrade to the traditional funnel we’re all familiar with. Long answer: kind of.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 25, 2011

B2B and industrial marketers are usually tasked with two main responsibilities: Fill the top of the sales funnel (ToFU) with high quality leads. Maximize the middle of the funnel (MoFU) for converting more leads into sales opportunities. A similar trend is seen in the industrial sector.

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lead scoring, a critical component of any successful sales and marketing strategy, can be the bridge that guides your leads towards conversion. In this comprehensive guide, we will unravel the lead scoring strategies, explore its key components, and delve into effective strategies that can skyrocket your conversion rates.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 9, 2024

Current marketing practices take customer needs into consideration when producing content for lead generation programs. This same practice needs to be considered for B2B lead generation strategies. Finding success with B2B lead nurturing in today’s market means profiling customers to identify the decision-maker.

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TrustRadius Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Marketing operations teams are responsible for making customer data more actionable for their sales and marketing teams. This is useful for understanding and improving top-of-funnel campaigns for early-phase buyers. These personalized experiences using intent data aren’t limited to winning over new buyers.

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TrustRadius Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Marketing operations teams are responsible for making customer data more actionable for their sales and marketing teams. This is useful for understanding and improving top-of-funnel campaigns for early-phase buyers. These personalized experiences using intent data aren’t limited to winning over new buyers.

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KEO Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Lead nurturing is one of the most powerful tools that marketing automation software has to offer. The ability to deliver content based on a customer’s interaction with your emails delivers more qualified prospects to your sales force and thereby increases your conversion rates. Direct the Nurturing Process.

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Binary Demand

MAY 24, 2024

[ps2id id=’introduction’ target=”/]As architects meticulously follow blueprints to transform abstract ideas into tangible structures, B2B sellers from B2B demand generation companies navigate sales funnels to translate potential leads into fruitful deals. How to Guide Buyers Through the Sales Funnel?

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Outgrow

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

20 Effective Growth Hacking Strategies for the Growth Hacking Funnel. Sit tight as we uncover this term for you and offer some growth hacking strategies for each stage of the growth hacking funnel that has the potential to skyrocket your sales! Growth Hacking Funnel. The 2000s saw the budding internet culture.

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Valasys

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The marketing funnel. A well-worn concept, but the middle section, the MOFU (Middle Of the Funnel), often gets stuck in the doldrums of generic content and repetitive tactics. Ready to transform your funnel’s middle ground into a conversion powerhouse? Forget MOFU doldrums! Forget MOFU doldrums!

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PureB2B

JANUARY 19, 2017

When it comes to business, everyone wants to see growth in revenue, sales, customers, etc. This is where marketers and sales professionals, rely on lead generation techniques. Initially, you might just have an inquiry , but this important initial step can easily turn into a lead with the right plan in place.

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Anything Goes Marketing

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I’m getting much better at this juggling act and on some of those nights when he stays up I’ ve been able to generate some blog post ideas – I just didn ’t have the two hands needed to type until now. :) So here we are. There are many similarities between the concepts that Jim Collins discussed in his book and lead nurturing.

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Valasys

APRIL 15, 2024

Enabled by social media, intactness with prospective clients and curation, improving sales is fundamental to business growth. This targeted approach nurtures leads by providing relevant information and valuable content at the right intervals. This emotional connection is crucial for driving conversions.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2021

You want to know if a lead is qualified well before you even pick up the phone to call them. Every data point helps your revenue team (sales, marketing, and customer success) determine if this lead fits your ideal customer profile (ICP). Afterward, they’re either disqualified or passed onto sales teams. Faster, even.

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Outgrow

APRIL 16, 2020

Top Interactive Content Ideas For The Auto Industry You Need To Try in 2020. If you don’t want to be on that list, read on to discover top interactive content ideas for the auto industry that you were missing out on! By placing interactive content throughout the buyer’s journey. Top Of The Funnel.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 29, 2013

Improves sales efficiency. Increases the velocity at which leads flow through the funnel. But, if you answered “automated lead nurturing” you are spot on! It is an understatement that lead nurturing is a key driver moving leads through the funnel , but how do you know if your efforts are impactful?

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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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Valasys

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

From email marketing campaigns and lead nurturing to analytics and social media management, automation platforms offer excellent features – enabling marketers to streamline workflow, segment the audience, and drive engagement across multiple channels.

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BOP Design

DECEMBER 3, 2020

While this may have been a necessary business tactic for some companies to survive, it did end up stalling out lead generation which caused a further strain on the business. In April and May, we saw a shift to focus on content marketing and inbound lead generation campaigns. Focus on flexibility and adaptability.

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PathFactory

OCTOBER 31, 2018

It’s…it’s leads disappearing out of the funnel! Unfortunately, for marketers still employing diabolically outdated tactics, this funnel nightmare is the harsh reality they live every day. Sure, you may fill the top of your funnel with lots of leads. The same holds true for your marketing funnel.

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Sharpspring

JULY 14, 2020

If there’s one thing that every business can benefit from, it’s sales automation. If done correctly, sales automation can: Standardize and automate your sales process. How Do You Automate Sales? Another major sales automation benefit is the visualization of your company’s sales workflow. Enhance your CRM.

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SnapApp

MAY 29, 2018

No matter which way you skin it, an efficient sales process is what fuels the high-growth B2B companies. Product planning, marketing funnels and sales enablement will only get you so far — after that, it’s all about scaling the sales machine. If done correctly, it can catapult the bottom line.

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