Ontraport

JUNE 7, 2020

Most of the work they’re spending time on — such as writing and storing notes about leads, scheduling calls, setting follow-up reminders or entering data — is low-value compared to the value of time spent conversing directly with customers. The biggest challenge for modern sales teams: consistent follow-up.

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The ultimate goal of any sales and marketing team is to increase total sales volume by maximizing the number of lead conversions. Various processes of lead generation and lead nurturing are followed to aid in this process. Lead nurturing is a long-term process. Shying away from automation .

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Engagio

JUNE 21, 2017

Marketers invest a ton of time and resources to acquire leads using a variety of tactics, from data acquisition to SEO to trade shows to paid ads. Too often, Marketing passes leads, one-by-one, over to Sales with hopeful confidence that their counterparts in sales will follow up on-time, repeatedly, and appropriately.

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The Point

OCTOBER 29, 2021

(Consider adding custom chatbots to thank you pages as a way to identify hot leads that might be ready to talk to sales.). Most corporate blogs do little to drive engagement or sales leads, but as content that often ranks highly on search and thus can be a primary source for organic traffic, they’re ideal candidates for chat.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. Think sales, leads, pipeline.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 26, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. What this means is, those companies with the most marketing toys really do win! i Really, how do you argue you with this?

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markempa

AUGUST 8, 2016

They expect their marketing leaders to provide clear metrics and be accountable to meeting their numbers just like their sales leaders. These CEOs get frustrated because their marketing leaders share metrics like sales lead activity KPIs, engagement reports, and some squishy metrics around a brand that aren’t tied directly to revenue.

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The Point

MAY 6, 2010

A couple of weeks ago our firm prepared a detailed ROI analysis for a client helping them substantiate to their management the investment in a marketing automation platform. Fortunately, and to the client’s credit, they had firm metrics for each stage through which a raw inquiry ultimately converted to a sale.

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LeadSquared

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In this article, we will discuss the features and benefits of marketing automation. Marketing has been integral to businesses for a long time. To stay ahead of the competition, companies invest a lot in marketing. Marketing is not only a part of the buying journey but also a complete process in itself.

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Binary Demand

MAY 4, 2023

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]B2B lead generation is tricky but not impossible today! Marketers use PPC ads, social media, email marketing, and other methods to deliver many leads to their sales team. However, the actual task begins when you have to turn those leads into paying customers.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away. In other companies lead nurture is a very formal and well-defined process. When they ask for better leads.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Everywhere you look, inbound marketing is identified as the ultimate lead generation tool. While its popularity isn’t without merit, this marketing strategy is not the end-all for lead generation. Where will the remaining 65% of your leads come from? Inbound Helps Fill Your Revenue Gap, But How Much?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The next interview in the B2B Marketing thought leader interview series is with Amy Hawthorne, Director of Marketing at B2B lead generation company ReachForce , and frequent contributor to the B2BLead blog. Tell us a little bit about how you got into B2B marketing and what you like most about it. Easy as 1.2.3.

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 19, 2014

Should CMOs feel confident that these leads from marketing automation are ready for sales to close? Lead Qualification Inbound Marketing Lead Management'

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 26, 2014

Should CMOs feel confident that these leads from marketing automation are ready for sales to close. Lead Qualification Inbound Marketing Lead Management'

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Marketing automation technology can help. If you’re new to our blog, read on; if you’ve been around a while, consider checking out one of our more advanced posts such as The ROI of Marketing Automation. Marketing Automation Enables Modern Business Processes. What You Can Do with Marketing Automation.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

The CSO Insights 2010 Lead Generation Optimization Study identifies some of the best practices that companies are focusing on to optimize their lead generation performance. And a key part of delivering sales and marketing ROI is the ability to track the dispositions of all sales leads via a CRM system.

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 21, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Marketing creates demand, finding interested people and companies, and gives these leads to Sales; 75% of which are ignored.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Finding leads isn’t the hard part, but unqualified leads are just “ash and trash”, according to my latest PowerViews guest, James Obermayer, sales manager extraordinaire. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. How do you measure that?

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Outgrow

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

By the time your visitors reach the bottom of your lead generation funnel, they’re ready to buy from your brand. They are no longer visitors, but are qualified leads now. Your main priority at this stage is to offer them the most suitable plan and add emotional value to it to initiate a sale. . Conversion.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 27, 2011

by Katie Byrnes Marketo CEO, Phil Fernandez, had the chance to interview the CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association, James Obermayer at Dreamforce 2010. At SLMA, Jim Obermayer focuses on proving the return on investment of marketing activities and managing sales leads, and the value of managing those sales leads.

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The Point

AUGUST 10, 2009

When marketing automation vendor Marketo released their “Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing” last week (see earlier post) they knew pretty quickly they had a hit on their hands. Think about it: that’s 1,000 sales leads (and make no mistake, that’s what they [.].

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2008

The next interview in the B2B Marketing thought leader interview series is with Craig Rosenberg , author of The Funnelholic (one of my favorite B2B marketing blogs). the world's fastest growing B2B online media and lead generation company. My experiences helped solidify my marketing ideology and clarify my belief system.

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Valasys

APRIL 15, 2020

Your prospects might often not be in the immediate mood to buy; however, with the help of effective lead nurturing strategies you can effectively the prospects down the sales funnel. Hence, effective lead nurturing strategies are crucial to bringing your marketing and lead generation efforts to full fruition.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 30, 2012

The company has been around for 75 years and back in the 1950′s, the company designed and implemented equipment to automate the doughnut-making process in each of its factory stores. After the dry ingredients are mixed together, the proofing, frying, and glazing processes are all automated.

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Industrial Marketing Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

And I have used some of these tactics to help my industrial clients make their content more relevant in engaging with their target audience and converting more of them into qualified sales leads. Relevant content will and/or is…. Save them time – Engineers like everyone else are being asked to do more with less.

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Optinmonster

JULY 6, 2021

Mailchimp is one of the most popular email service providers (ESPs) that lets you send automated campaigns at an affordable price. Aside from that, these apps don’t have features like sign-up forms and lead generation campaigns to get more email subscribers and target customers to increase sales.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 21, 2014

Which brings me to the topic for this month’s article, which follows up on the December topic entitled: " Taking away a salesperson’s excuses ," in which I wrote about the lack of sales lead follow-up. This month we tackle the issue of Marketing not delivering on an ROI responsibility. Here are some of the justifications.

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Valasys

JANUARY 23, 2020

Lead generation forms the bedrock of a highly successful B2B sales strategy. With the constant evolution in the digitized landscape & Internet of Things (IoT), the B2B sales process has changed. The process of getting quality leads starts with the right prospecting & targeting. What is Lead generation ?

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Albacross

APRIL 24, 2019

What is Lead Generation? lead generation ? If you’re a sales rep or a founder of a B2B company, you probably already have at least some experience generating leads. But contrary to popular belief, lead generation isn’t just about cold-calling or ? What Is A Lead. In a nutshell, ?lead

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markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago. Leave a comment below.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

by Jon Miller A common question I hear from marketers is “I already have a CRM system (e.g. salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM), so why do I need marketing automation ”? Many CRM systems have a module for marketing. Architecture of Marketing Automation versus CRM. Marketing Automation.

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Biznology

JANUARY 6, 2016

Jim Obermayer, founder of the Sales Lead Management Association. I’ve known Jim for years as a consultant and author specializing in lead management—a generally under-appreciated subject that Jim uniquely understood to be a critical success factor in business selling. Japan’s foremost lead generation marketing company.

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EMagine B2B Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

As I’ve watched the definition of the ambiguous word “marketing” evolve over the years I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on what the word actually means (currently). Brand, positioning, messaging, image, targeting, lead generation, events, digital, public relations, nurturing … (need I go on?). Permission Marketing.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 17, 2023

But with so many lead generation tactics available, it can be difficult to determine the most productive techniques and channels to focus on. Image credit: Scott Graham on Unsplash More than half of B2B companies struggle to consistently generate high-quality leads. What is B2B Lead Generation?

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PureB2B

APRIL 21, 2017

With buyer intent data, you can improve your marketing tactics in terms of content marketing, lead generation, copywriting, and keyword optimization to actively engage with prospects at the optimal time: Content Strategy. Landing pages, sales pages, and product pages are the best possible avenues during this stage.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 7, 2011

by Bill Binch To create the best lead generation process, you’ve got to keep sales and marketing on the same page. There is a continuing challenge for marketing to fill the sales lead coffers. Also determine how nurtured leads respond to sales efforts once they are passed along.

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