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What's it take to generate leads that fuel your forecast?

ViewPoint

What is a lead? While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. Because the chances are pretty low—probably 3% to 4% at best—that any of these names are bonafide opportunities if you are a B2B company with a complex sales process. Leads aren’t leads unless: They’re qualified.

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Get 3X B2B Marketing ROI by Nurturing Leads

ViewPoint

Lead nurture can triple the return on most marketing campaigns. By nurturing leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales, an organization can eliminate wasted marketing spend and increase sales results. Successful lead generation—inbound and outbound—requires nurturing. The numbers speak for themselves.

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Improve Sales Lead Generation via Marketing Analytics Part 3: Seven Findings

ViewPoint

In this three-part series, the first article on marketing analytics looked at predictive targeting best practices, and the second article cited two sales lead generation programs to show how these processes actually drive improved results. Sales lead rates decline after the fifth contact cycle. It takes about 1.6

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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Advantages of LinkedIn in B2B Marketing

ViewPoint

The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. For B2B Marketing, Email Should be Personalized and Targeted. Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn.

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Sales Pipeline Radio Episode 162: Q & A with Dan McDade @dandade

Heinz Marketing

It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Some lessons from Dan McDade in this episode include: “There’s a real focus on the technology stack and companies are spending more and more on that technology stack.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

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Top 47 B2B Marketing Posts - Hot Topics Ning and Facebook - July 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Best of B2B Marketing. The 20 craziest things you can do on Twitter - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , July 7, 2010 OK, we’ve heard all the great business success stories about connecting and learning through Twitter. The default for this field is your current position at your current company. Featured Sources. Dead wrong.

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