Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

B2B lead generation, often shortened to lead gen, is the lifeblood of a healthy business. A typical definition of a lead is any potential customer who has expressed interest in a company’s goods or services. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Management 130

Contently

MARCH 22, 2019

Good journalists and good marketers have something in common: They’re obsessed with understanding their audience so they can help people learn something new. We constantly surveyed our audience in hopes of answering their biggest content marketing questions. You see the same pattern with every content marketing success story.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Activities Content Marketing 152

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. Email Funnel.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Marketing Automation Services High Quality Lead 74

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). What is Automated Lead Qualification? What Does Manual Lead Qualification Look Like?

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Lead Qualification Response Rate Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Qualified Leads 246

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This article discusses how you can create an effective post-event follow up strategy to sustain the momentum created during your virtual event, and nurture your leads through the sales funnel. The first email can help you to determine quality leads based on those who act on your email, to inform your subsequent outreach.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Tips Leads 308

Act-On

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Revisiting your email marketing automation workflow and automation should happen regularly. We’ve been running automated programs for many years here at Act-On, and eventually ended up with 37 different sequences running. An insurance marketer, for example, might receive the same eBook twice (oops!). Average at best.

Open Rate 213

Open Rate Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel 213

Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Influencers of all kinds play a growing role in affecting a prospect’s decision, and it’s important to better understand the influence difference and its potential impact in your content marketing program. HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: Influencer Marketing: Lessons From One of the World’s Largest Software Brands. Click To Tweet.

Act-On 111

Act-On Work Management Marketing Management Planning 111

Choozle

JANUARY 7, 2022

Full-funnel marketing campaigns consist of several different stages with each stage demanding its own marketing tactics, activities, and goals to ensure it fuels conversions in the final stage. Brand awareness goals in full-funnel marketing. When someone makes a purchase, it is never in a vacuum.

Sales Management 61

Sales Management Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Funnel Advertising 61

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2022

By Cameron Katoozi , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. Sales outreach has become almost exclusively digitalized, as new software and process automation make lead generation efforts so much simpler. Consumer purchases can act more on persuasion, which is a great opportunity for human contact in the process.

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Lead Generation Generation Leads Lead 117

ViewPoint

AUGUST 5, 2016

The core idea behind this book is that marketers need to embrace and take responsibility for the entire sales funnel, not just the top half. The book covers a wide range of “full funnel marketing” areas, including technology, sales enablement, productivity best practices and more. What’s on their scorecards?

Top of Funnel 120

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 120

SalesIntel

JULY 10, 2023

Understanding buyer intent has become crucial to marketing, sales, and revenue operations (RevOps) strategies in the current competitive business climate. Why Intent Data is Crucial in Modern Marketing and Sales: Marketing and sales professionals face an uphill battle in reaching and converting potential customers.

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Top of Funnel Intent Data Marketing Funnels Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Optinmonster

MARCH 27, 2024

The way most business owners do lead generation is wrong. They focus on getting as many “leads” as possible into their funnel. Lazy marketing brings poor results. Lazy marketing brings poor results. Up until this point, you were only able to send basic lead data (name, email, phone number) to Zapier.

Lead Generation 72

Lead Generation Marketing Automation Services Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 72

SalesIntel

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The quest to understand and engage potential leads with precision and relevance is a linchpin for success. Enter the realm of data enrichment – a transformative practice redefining how businesses perceive, interact with, and convert B2B leads.

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Lead Generation Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management 52

Valasys

APRIL 22, 2024

The ability to generate quality leads is paramount for sustainable growth and success. Businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to harvest leads efficiently and effectively. From traditional methods to cutting-edge technologies, let’s explore a variety of lead harvesting methods that can propel your business forward.

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Lead Harvesting Paid Content Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 40

Sprout Social

JUNE 29, 2020

And though some may view social as little more than an awareness play, the reality is social can support higher education institutions at all stages of their marketing funnel. In this article, we’ll break down what the university marketing funnel looks like and how your social strategy supports each stage of the funnel.

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Marketing Funnels Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 132

seo.co

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Marketing Funnels — Table of Contents. What is a Marketing Funnel? + The 5 Stages of the Sales Funnel. Whether it’s impatience or ineptitude depends on the business, but most companies are unwilling to put in the work it takes to nurture leads. What is a Marketing Funnel?

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Optimization Marketing Analytics Tools 116

Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

Manufacturing lead generation is a perennial top priority for most manufacturers. To thrive, these companies must consistently attract qualified leads to fuel their sales pipelines. However, this sales-driven environment presents unique challenges for industrial and manufacturing marketers.

Lead Ranking 52

Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 52

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. What is the marketing flywheel? Well, short answer: no. Long answer: kind of. The Attract Phase.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Planning Paid Search Agency 106

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. 68% of organisations are yet to clearly define their sales funnel, missing out on the significant benefits that could otherwise be achieved. What does this mean for your organisation?

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 88

Hinge Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Educational webinars have emerged as a powerful marketing tool for many professional services and B2B firms. But not everyone is on the same page… As someone who has organized, promoted, and produced over 100 webinars at Hinge, you can imagine that I hold some strong perspectives on webinars as a marketing strategy.

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Webinar Metrics Education Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 98

MarketJoy

AUGUST 24, 2022

For decades, companies have struggled to strike a balance between lead quality and lead quantity. While more leads on paper may look good to a marketing professional, the quality of leads is what a sales team is looking for. What is Lead Quality? Well, there is a concept known as lead scoring.

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Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Qualified Leads 98

Act-On

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Marketing automation is all about results, isn’t it? 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. But here’s the thing.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation ROI Automation 220

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 19, 2023

Winning the battle means developing a solid strategy and tactics in operations and marketing. How can you gather intel to help you improve your content marketing strategy? Image Source Key Takeaways: Competitor content analysis helps you understand your competition’s content marketing strategies.

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Analysis Top of Funnel Advertising Agencies Content 289

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The potential use cases for artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI), in go-to-market (GTM) are perhaps too numerous to count. Amid an overly-optimistic marketplace outlook for AI, growth leaders — across marketing, sales and customer success — are increasingly turning to AI and/or AI-enhanced technology tools.

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Marketing Analytics Tools Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing AI Sales Management 130

Only B2B

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Do you wish to increase your lead generation business in 2022? But, in 2022, what are you going to do better to enhance your B2B lead generation strategies? Conventional lead generation tactics for B2B marketers will not work in 2022. Scroll down to learn about the top B2B lead generating methods to implement in 2022.

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Lead Generation Marketing Budget Generation Webinar Metrics 118

Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In today’s fiercely competitive business landscape, converting leads into loyal customers is the goal. Lead scoring, a critical component of any successful sales and marketing strategy, can be the bridge that guides your leads towards conversion. This is where lead scoring enters the picture.

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Conversion Rate Sales Qualified Leads 62

Act-On

MAY 16, 2018

Data-driven marketing is much more than a buzzword; it’s a very smart way to apply what you learn from metrics to your marketing programs.

Top of Funnel 114

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Leads Lead 114

Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2019

For jackpot-winning businesses in hot sectors, high-quality leads just flow in naturally. However, for the majority of organizations, lead generation is a little more complicated than simply whispering you’re open for business. The bottom line: The pitches you lost last year could be this year’s most promising leads.

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High Quality Lead Leads Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 178

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.

Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Service 71

PureB2B

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As a demand generation marketer focused on quality leads, creating a solid lead generation strategy should be at the top of your “to-do” list. However, there’s a chance that your lead generation plan needs to pivot or evolve over time with your targeted buyer persona. Generating Leads for Your Business.

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Lead Generation Marketing Budget Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 62

Outgrow

AUGUST 6, 2021

12 Best Lead Generation Ideas to Implement in 2021. Lead generation is the cornerstone of every marketing effort for both B2C and B2B businesses alike. But the hours spent on generating quality leads must be fruitful. Interactive content is your best friend when it comes to lead generation. Let’s begin!

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 97

ANNUITAS

MARCH 4, 2020

The Growth Marketing movement (aka growth hacking ) – now nearly ten years old – has had a significant and positive impact on the efficacy of demand marketing. Yet ‘first generation’ Growth Marketing has hit a wall. Yet ‘first generation’ Growth Marketing has hit a wall. It’s time for Next Generation Growth Marketing.

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Growth Marketing Top of Funnel Demand Enterprise Management 247

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Marketing and sales are evolving, and Conversational Marketing is taking center stage. B2B marketers have traditionally relied on email marketing and social media to reach their audiences effectively and efficiently. This is Conversational Marketing in the act. Make It Work for Your B2B Organization.

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Sales Management Conversion Ad Building Marketing & Strategy 346

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I want to share with you a new service from ANNUITAS – one designed to help go-to-market (GTM) organizations continuously improve their performance. As Growth Leaders , we find ourselves at a crossroads with our go-to-market efforts. Let’s tackle ‘the why’ and dig into how this service works.

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Marketing Analytics Tools Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 130

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 24, 2022

Growing small- or medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — those with a 1% increase in revenue or more in a six month period — are 59% more likely to use marketing automation. Growing SMBs are also 23% more likely to use email marketing software. Get more sales and marketing best practices for small businesses.

Small Business Marketing 98

Small Business Marketing Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Lead Scoring 98

Oktopost

JUNE 19, 2023

Ah, lead generation – that everlasting conversation. For the past few years, a common thread in that conversation has been marketing – how involved is marketing, and how involved should the marketing team be in lead generation? This is never truer than it is on social media.

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Lead Ranking Social Media Lead Generation Lead Scoring 62

Sprout Social

APRIL 9, 2024

In a previous role, I had the benefit of reporting into some of the best marketing executives at American Eagle who gave benchmark-level leadership for social media teams by providing encouragement, curiosity and humility. Trust your social teams This seems like such a basic principle but it’s one that’s a rarity amongst marketing leaders.

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CMO Top of Funnel Thought Leadership Marketing Funnels 91