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Intent Data: Beyond the MQL

Aberdeen

Now, for those of you with a taste of adventure, we move beyond the MQL and look at other ways to determine how an account’s behavior can be the equivalent or better of what an MQL represents. Using Intent data to further qualify a content syndication lead is a good example we can use. The answer is, probably not.

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Is Your Lead Really Sales Qualified? Here’s How To Tell

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

While the sales team thinks the marketing team shared only contacts (read, unqualified leads), the marketing team blames the sales team for not being able to convert all the excellent qualified leads they hand off. Not only this, sales reps ignore 50% of the marketing leads according to a study by the TAS Group. Sound familiar?

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Why Sales Shuns B2B Marketing Qualified Leads

Marketing Interactions

Shouldn’t sending people who actively engage and show interest in solving the problem be the core qualification for a marketing qualified lead (MQL)? So, let’s look at a few reasons why sales reps shun marketing leads and what (most of) you can do about it. Most Marketing Qualified Leads Are Viewed as Imposters by Sales.

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7 Ways to Align Marketing and Sales Teams

Zoominfo

You’ll spin your wheels and get frustrated, leading to turnover, lost productivity, and reduced budget because you can’t get a return on investment.” The following metrics will give you a good idea of how misaligned your teams currently are: Percentage of marketing-generated leads that sales follows up with.

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The 11 undeniable benefits of marketing automation for B2B sales and marketing teams

The Marketing Blender

Examples can be as complex as lead generation campaigns and email nurture campaigns, or as simple as scheduling social media posts in advance. Fortunately, marketing automation can improve the number and quality of leads and streamline traditionally cumbersome processes, like assigning leads and follow-up.

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Why Asking the Right Questions Is the Secret Sauce of Effective Lead Qualification

SnapApp

You send over MQLs based on forms completed, events attended, white papers downloaded, or some combination of activities that yielded the right lead score. When 80% of MQLs never convert to sales, it’s not shocking that only 11% of sales teams have a positive view of the quantity and quality of the leads marketing sends over.

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How to Assess the Relevancy of 3rd Party Intent Data

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

This type of data can help you identify in-market buyers who haven’t yet engaged with you, prioritize your existing leads, nurture leads with personalized emails, invest in advertising more strategically, personalize your website, and more. In other words, which intent signals are the best predictors of purchase behavior?