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Quantifying the Value of Lead Nurturing: A Case Study

Sales Engine

Most marketing and sales leaders in the business-to-business world know that nurturing leads is important. In this article, we look at a case study of lead nurturing that finds that nurtured leads were three times more likely to convert to sales-accepted leads than traditional marketing-qualified leads.

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How Many Leads Does Your Sales Team Need?

Sales Engine

Marketing automation and lead management systems have allowed for a near-scientific breakdown of the sales funnel. Leads in each stage of the buying process meet very specific criteria and behave in certain predictable ways. After this digital dialogue however, a sales rep still must fully qualify the lead and close the sale.

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How Many Leads Does Your Sales Team Need?

Sales Engine

MARKETING AUTOMATION AND LEAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS have allowed for a near-scientific breakdown of the sales funnel. Leads in each stage of the buying process meet very specific criteria and behave in certain predictable ways. After this digital dialogue, though, a sales rep still must fully qualify the lead and close the sale.

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BtoB 2010 Lead Generation Guide

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BtoB Magazine just published their 2010 Lead Generation Guide. The guide contains information about trends, expert columns, market statistics and vendor lists. BtoB: 2010 Lead Generation Guide. I recommend you check it out.

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BtoB 2008 Lead Generation Guide

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B2B Marketers are increasingly emphasizing lead generation and as a result, BtoB Magazine just published their inaugural BtoB 2008 Lead Generation Guide today. It has a lot of studies, expert columns, market statistics and vendor lists that are worthwhile. I highly recommend you check it out.

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Bulls, Bears, Bernanke and BtoB Lead Generation

ViewPoint

We all wish we could predict the future, and for more than ten years PointClear has compared lead rates to the GDP in hopes of finding a way to predict future lead rates and, maybe, the GDP. It would be cool if we could do both, but as you will see it appears that lead rates are the result of GDP, not the other way around.

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Report: Trade Shows Generate Highest Quantity & Quality of Leads

The Point

Research firm Software Advice have released their 2014 B2B Demand Generation Benchmark Report , a handy reference for anyone planning 2015 marketing spend. Based on responses from more than 200 BtoB marketing professionals, it provides useful insight on the types of demand gen programs and content that are trending in the marketplace.