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The B2B Lead Generation-Demand Generation Book “Hall of Fame”

NuSpark Consulting

B2B lead generation and lead management is a complicated process that can’t be detailed all in one book. Below are a variety of books that I consider the cream of the crop in b2b marketing and lead management. General B2B Marketing & Lead Generation. Books are listed by funnel category.

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Sales and Marketing: The technology behind CRM

markempa

However, CRM technology potentially includes multiple pieces including email software and marketing automation (MA) solutions. The role of marketing automation. Heidi Melin, CMO, Eloqua , obviously has a certain amount of vested interest as a MA software vendor, and she pointed out the value of MA for marketers. “By

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Rules of B2B Lead Scoring – Who’s Hot, Who’s Not

Industrial Marketing Today

Lead scoring has become very important in today’s B2B marketing. Marketing’s role in interacting with prospects has expanded and goes further into the buy cycle than before. Lead scoring, a key component of lead nurturing and management, is an effective tool for aligning sales and marketing.

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Book Review: eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale

Webbiquity

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system.

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Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

The top findings I got out of the release were: 47% of the sales professionals reported a slight increase in the size of their B2B pipelines this year as compared to last year. However, the sales cycles have also become longer, making it much harder to close deals. The success of outbound marketing does make sense in this context.

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Marketing Automation Trends for 2010

LeadSloth

2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. Several new vendors appeared on the market, many existing vendors experienced rapid growth, and Marketing Automation as a term gained popularity among B2B marketers. In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010.

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How to Drive Your Marketing Automation Strategy Forward

Content Standard

You’ve invested a lot of time and money into your marketing automation platform (MAP). Lead Nurturing with Emails. Sending personalized emails to niche segments will activate leads and cause more of them to convert, compared to mass emails to your entire database. Job title/level.