Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

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. This one caught me by surprise.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The best sales funnel is one that works for your business and your sales team — all the sales funnel diagrams in the world and definitions of the KPIs that make a funnel work won’t matter if they’re not customized to fit your sales goals. Free Trial A Sales Funnel Has Four Stages: 1. Awareness Stage 2.

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SnapApp

APRIL 4, 2018

This is amplified in the B2B marketing arena where longer sales cycles and multiple touchpoints across a range of different channels make KPI selection and attribution much more complex. . Now, you’d think this would make measuring B2B metrics easier. The Top 10 B2B Marketing Metrics to Measure in 2018. .

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 9, 2024

Value is imperative in today’s B2B marketplace. This same practice needs to be considered for B2B lead generation strategies. Finding success with B2B lead nurturing in today’s market means profiling customers to identify the decision-maker. At this stage, you’re moving them from being a lead to a sales qualified opportunity.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

This is a perfect analogy to what actually occurs in the sales process, where information starts out broad in the beginning and gets incredibly granular towards the end. Implementing a sales funnel helps business development leaders understand its entire sales cycle. The buyer’s journey is no exception to this rule.

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Markempa

APRIL 30, 2019

In this post, I’m going to share how to apply lead nurturing to help advance leads through three stages of your demand generation funnel to get more sales qualified opportunities. Yet, it’s helpful to notice that all customer buying cycles fit into three distinct funnel stages.

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Ledger Bennett

DECEMBER 28, 2020

If you don’t have historical data to backstop your forecast, we give you full permission to make and educated guess. Afterall, unless you’re one of those businesses with a 24 – 36-month sales cycle, the idea of setting annual targets is another thing that should be left to the dust. Is the sales cycle shortening?

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