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Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

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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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. Your sales team must report to marketing and put these leads back into the hopper for nurturing.

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

Marketing Insider Group

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. Help sales fill their pipeline funnels. As the quality pressure starts to rise, you can only send to sales those opportunities that are further along in the sales cycle. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be by Achinta Mitra on May 3, 2010 in Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog Remember the U.S. How do you turn your business blog into a powerful sales tool?

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The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to.

Industrial Marketing Today

Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

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B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Industrial Marketing Today

Content Marketing’s slogan is – “Don’t pitch. Your business will grow.&# (See Content Marketing – The Ultimate Cheat Sheet ). Here’s a short but highly informative slide show that explains how to use content effectively as inbound marketing. Don’t sell. Don’t interrupt.