Only B2B

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Leads are critical for every B2B marketer, but according to the HubSpot’sReport in 2018 , driving traffic and leads is the biggest difficulty for 61 % of marketers. The attention is on number of leads rather than quality leads when it comes to lead generation. Source: AngelList.

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Stevens & Tate

MAY 20, 2021

How are you handling your marketing qualified leads? Once you have a lead at the top of the sales funnel, you can’t just stop marketing and hope that initial lead turns into a sales-qualified lead (SQL). You need to keep your eye on your marketing qualified leads (MQLs) as well.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The lead qualification process helps B2B marketing teams focus their efforts and resources on serious buyers and prospects that are likely to take the next step. In this article, we’ll explain the lead qualification process step-by-step. Why is the lead qualification process critical to marketing success?

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 17, 2023

Over the years, we’ve read (and written) some of the best marketing articles, making our judgment pretty great when it comes to determining value. The best marketing articles are not only chock-full of valuable insight, but they also stand the test of time. 25 Best Marketing Articles No time to sift through Google SERPs?

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Stevens & Tate

JANUARY 28, 2021

Inbound marketing consistently helps organizations generate qualified leads. But if your company cannot convert these leads into customers, the leads you generated will go to waste. Define your qualified lead. Develop criteria for what you consider a qualified lead.

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SnapApp

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Today, we know that across the B2B sales cycle, the key to driving home a sale is the quality of the leads in your pipeline. Yet, lead qualification seems to be a particularly troublesome pain point for marketers and salespeople alike. How we as marketers define what makes a lead marketing qualified.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 12, 2023

What are leads, MQLs, and SQLs? What is a lead? Typically, a lead has filled out a form with more than just an email address, often for some sort of content-based offer on your website. Companies use the lead lifecycle stage for general, broadly appealing, or top-of-the-funnel offers.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In marketing and sales, we’re always on the lookout for leads. However, not all leads are created equal. Leads that have the biggest impact on your bottom line are Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). In this article, we’ll give you the low-down on what MQLs […].

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LeadSquared

AUGUST 12, 2019

When it comes to sales and marketing, the aim is to get leads that will translate to customers and eventually to sales. One of the best ways to get sales is by creating good leads. One of its aspects is a Marketing Qualified Lead. What are Marketing Qualified Leads ? How to identify MQL.

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Inbox Insight

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Effective lead generation comes down to both B2B lead quality and quantity. But with mounting pressure to demonstrate impact through hitting MQL targets, it’s easy for B2B marketers to overlook quality and become fixated on the latter.

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Contently

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Content marketing ain’t easy… but isn’t that why it’s so valuable? Organizations are taking a more proactive approach to content these days as it relates to audience engagement, lead funnel growth, prospect nurturing, customer loyalty, and strong brand affinity. Does your content alleviate a pain point?

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Aberdeen

APRIL 13, 2020

In a previous post, I gave a few examples of how to optimize the use of MQL’s as a starting point for qualifying opportunities. Now, for those of you with a taste of adventure, we move beyond the MQL and look at other ways to determine how an account’s behavior can be the equivalent or better of what an MQL represents.

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CMSWire

JANUARY 4, 2024

Explore the top 10 breakthrough marketing articles of the year. Unveil insights and strategies that are redefining the marketing landscape. Continue reading.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 2, 2017

Most marketing and sales leaders in the business-to-business world know that nurturing leads is important. In this article, we look at a case study of lead nurturing that finds that nurtured leads were three times more likely to convert to sales-accepted leads than traditional marketing-qualified leads.

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Vision6

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The answer is high-quality leads. Research shows that 91% of marketers say that lead generation is their most important goal. High quality leads can not only boost conversion rates and customer loyalty but also significantly reduce marketing costs. What makes a lead high-quality?

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SalesIntel

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

What type of leads and prospects make it into your ‘right fit for my business’ category? Your sales and marketing teams spent a lot of time and effort answering this question. Because of the fact that lead qualification – from marketing qualified lead (MQL) to sales qualified lead (SQL) – encompasses more than “fit.”

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Stevens & Tate

AUGUST 22, 2019

It’s not uncommon for a marketing team to use a variety of strategies to convert a lead and then move on to the next one, assuming sales will pick up where they left off. However, not all leads are the same. Some leads need to be nurtured further and aren’t ready to be engaged. Determining MQL vs SQL.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 28, 2020

For most inbound campaigns, success is measured by the number and quality of leads generated. Through extensive persona development and by building out a Buyer’s Journey, marketers can start identifying high-priority leads and begin forecasting lead generation metrics for the upcoming year.

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Biznology

APRIL 10, 2020

Highlights of this week’s missive include an array of articles and TED Talks on navigating through these unprecedented series of events, with timely and thoughtful counsel that is equally applicable to our professional and personal lives. “A Time to Lead with Purpose and Humanity. ” Really stunning.

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Stevens & Tate

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Once your buyer has been made aware of their problem, searched through your content, and become a lead, their true “shopping” experience begins. Drip email marketing and lead generation , however, have a mutual independency on one another for a successful marketing campaign. Lead Nurturing Campaigns.

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Martech

DECEMBER 28, 2023

So we’re putting together 10 of the most popular articles by our SMEs from 2023 on different topics. Today: marketing automation. The email marketer’s guide to effective marketing automation by Ryan Phelan. The 3 Rs of marketing automation: Relevance, response and ROI by Stephanie Trovato. Get MarTech!

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 5, 2023

The main goal for Marketing in B2B companies is to generate leads for sales teams and increasingly to deliver direct revenue. Some marketers define anyone who fills out a form or attends an online or physical event as a lead. This continues to be one of the biggest mistakes marketing makes.

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SalesIntel

AUGUST 15, 2022

In today’s fast-paced sales race, no matter how great your product or service is, your business will find it difficult to survive without high-quality leads. Defining Marketing Qualified Leads (MQL) and Sales Qualified Leads (SQL) for your company can be achieved through a collaboration between sales and marketing.

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Televerde

MARCH 27, 2023

One of the best ways to smooth out and accelerate that journey is through lead qualification. Without an effective lead qualification process, your sales and marketing teams could be wasting valuable resources on unqualified leads. With a better lead qualification process, you can help improve your conversion rates.

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Just because your marketing team is sending a whole host of Marketing Qualified Leads down to the sales department, that doesn’t mean they are all ready and raring to buy. And if you have a hard time sifting through all of those leads, you might end up letting some sure-fire sales fall through the cracks.

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Martech

DECEMBER 27, 2023

So we’re putting together 10 of the most popular articles by our SMEs from 2023 on different topics. Done well, GPT-powered email marketing can lead to conversion lifts, long-term engagement and a bigger base of loyal customers. 5 ways CRMs are leveraging AI to automate marketing today by Gene Marks. Today: CRM.

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SalesIntel

OCTOBER 13, 2021

B2B lead creation is essential for attracting new prospects interested in what your B2B company has to offer. Every sales funnel depends on leads to scale. How can you stand out from the crowd when there are so many businesses fighting for sales leads? We will go over all you need to know about B2B lead generation.

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BenchmarkONE

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Your business cannot thrive unless you have a steady stream of leads coming in. You need leads to feed your inbound marketing strategy, and the more you have, the more chances you have to convert those leads into paying customers. . Lead generation will always be a contributing factor to your businesses’ success.

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Contently

JUNE 29, 2017

Instead, in the spirit of Contently’s accountable content series , let’s talk about something much more practical: how to use B2B content to drive leads. So, how do you—or others—use article content to influence leads in the B2B process? The top of the funnel might require articles, videos, and research papers.

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ClearVoice

MARCH 26, 2021

What is a sales accepted lead (SAL)? A sales accepted lead is a marketing qualified lead (MQL) that meets specific criteria that validate that the lead is ready to pass along to sales. Your marketing and sales criteria should agree on the criteria that turn an MQL into a SAL.

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RDIGS

JULY 11, 2023

Today, businesses may attract leads from various sources. However, not all leads are equal. The tricky part is figuring out which leads are worth pursuing and how to effectively nurture them so that they turn into customers who are loyal to your brand.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Let’s be honest, your lead generation strategy might need some work if it’s not producing ROI. The whole point of lead generation is to generate leads that close! In modern times, B2B and B2C consumers are overwhelmed by sales, advertising and marketing teams vying for their attention.

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SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

When you design a lead management process at your organization, best practice is to include service level agreements (SLAs) between marketing, sales, and business development to clearly establish expectations. One of the line items you may want to include in that SLA is how long a lead can sit in each stage of your funnel.

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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.

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Square 2 Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This might seem like a crazy question to write an entire blog article about, but you may be surprised to learn that we hear this regularly, especially from companies that have never had any inbound marketing-generated leads. What should you do with these inbound leads?

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SmartBug Media

MAY 28, 2020

For most inbound campaigns, success is measured by the number and quality of leads generated. Through extensive persona development and by building out a Buyer’s Journey, marketers can start identifying high-priority leads and begin forecasting lead generation metrics for the upcoming year.

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SalesIntel

AUGUST 18, 2021

To increase your chances of winning these valuable contracts, one of the main strategies is to make your team focus heavily on converting leads into customers. For those who are not aware, leads are potential buyers. Your company needs to be in constant contact with warm leads to show value and persuade them to buy your solution.

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