Remove autoresponder sales

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Shifts in B2B Buyer Behavior Support New Priorities for Demand Gen Content

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IMPACT : Leverage marketing automation (through autoresponders, sales alerts, and other functionality) to ensure that all buyer inquiries are responded to promptly and systematically. FINDING : 72% of respondents said that the timeliness of a vendor’s response to inquiries was a significant factor in selecting a winning solution.

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3 Keys to an Effective Autoresponder Program

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Studies show that responding to new sales leads promptly, literally within minutes, can have a dramatic impact on the rate at which those leads are qualified, and the speed at which they convert to opportunities and, ultimately, deals. Here are 3 keys to crafting a successful autoresponder strategy: 1. Don’t try to do too much.

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More Evidence That Waiting Even 5 Seconds to Contact a New Sales Lead Can Be Disastrous

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In my experience, most of the mental energy and strategic thinking around the practice of lead nurturing and lead management is usually applied to the goal of accelerating prospects through the sales process – from MQL to SQL, from SQL to Opportunity, and so on. Probably not.

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A Follow-Up Strategy for Content Syndication Leads

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It’s important to recognize that content syndication leads are not like most sales leads. If you hand off content syndication leads to your sales force without setting these expectations, your program may be doomed to fail. For tips on setting up an effective autoresponder program, see this earlier post.

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Why is Inside Sales So Scared of Lead Nurturing?

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Recent studies tell us while the adoption of marketing automation technology continues to gain momentum, fewer than 20 percent of marketing executives say that they are fully integrating the technology into their current sales and marketing initiatives.