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Using Buying Groups to Accelerate Your Sales Process

InsightSquared

The inbound philosophy advocates publishing content through digital channels to entice qualified individuals to consume the content and enter the sales cycle. Key personas in a buying group have different buyer roles and may participate at different stages of the buying decision process. Then, there was “Account-Based Marketing.”

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The Need for a Demand Center

eTrigue

The concept of a “demand center” has emerged at the core of successful marketing organizations as a hub for shared marketing services, infrastructure and process to enable organizations to bring programs to market that leverage key corporate assets and best practices. What’s Driving this Change?

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To Gate or Not to Gate, That Is the B-to-B Content Marketing Question

Biznology

There’s a spirited debate in B-to-B marketing about whether it’s best to give away information (aka “content,” like white papers and research reports) to all comers, versus requiring web visitors to provide some information in exchange for a content download. So that’s my argument for gating content in B-to-B marketing.

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Does Your Sales Team Know How to Follow-Up on a Lead?

ViewPoint

Nurture leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales is the sixth of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Set sales straight—it’s a win win.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Speaking at MarketingSherpas B-to-B Demand Generation Summit 2006

markempa

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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Lead Management: Let’s Formalize this Relationship

ViewPoint

As a sales and marketing thought leader with nearly 20 years experience, Tony has led the overall research function at SiriusDecisions since the company's founding in 2001. Getting b-to-b sales and marketing to align more closely has driven even the most capable business leaders crazy for years.

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5 Lead Nurturing Time Factors to Fine Tune Your Messages

markempa

The lack of a strong lead nurturing discipline can cost your organization substantial unrealized revenue. Without lead nurturing in place to capture and cultivate early-stage leads, your marketing funnel misses out on valuable opportunities. Lead Qualification Telemarketing The velocity of follow-up matters.