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Inbound Marketing Must Set the Table for Industrial Sales

Industrial Marketing Today

Brien, VP of Sales Enablement at Bulldog Solutions , summarized the problem very well in his recent article where he wrote, “In general, salespeople don’t like leads. They must help marketing create content that the target audience will find relevant in educating, informing and moving them to take action.

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Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success

Online Marketing Institute

Three key ones that we look at: profile match, engagement level, and buying cycle position. The third dimension we use is the lead's position in the buying cycle. Buying cycle is tricky, since decision makers and influencers can be at different individual stages in the process from each other.