The Point

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Should you allow prospects to enter a personal email address when they fill out lead gen forms? However, forcing that same individual to enter a business email address instead doesn’t change where that person is in the buying process; it simply creates more friction in the user experience. B2B marketers seem divided on the question.

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SendX

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Lead generation is the process of attracting prospects and converting them into leads who are interested in your products or services. Creating content and setting up automatic processes that convert visitors into leads can be a total game changer for your marketing and sales efforts. But it doesn’t have to.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2020

Events and trade shows are expensive, even if you’re not a sponsor. Even so, they are still one of the best ways to get your solution in front of a crowd of likely prospects: 41% of companies consider event marketing to be their top channel for lead generation. Identify Who’s Going to the Event. Here are some tips: 1.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Let’s be honest, your lead generation strategy might need some work if it’s not producing ROI. The whole point of lead generation is to generate leads that close! More (quality) leads = more sales = increased revenue, which makes everyone happy. However, lead generation often starts with marketing.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In this short video, our product content lead, Emily Dumas, covers new features and optimizations for ZoomInfo for Sales, Engage, and Recruiter. We’ve introduced a new feature called Buying Committee to our ZoomInfo for Sales platform. Filter searches to show only contacts that match your custom Buying Committee preferences.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 5, 2023

The main goal for Marketing in B2B companies is to generate leads for sales teams and increasingly to deliver direct revenue. Some marketers define anyone who fills out a form or attends an online or physical event as a lead. And we accomplished this by focusing on giving sales what they wanted: truly qualified leads.

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Only B2B

APRIL 10, 2024

These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team. Usually, MQLs are the leads that have shown interest in various ways, like downloading content like ebooks, white paper, signing up for a company newsletter attending a webinar or online event.

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Biznology

OCTOBER 3, 2021

It seems like every week I see a new research report naming leads as the top priority of B2B marketing departments. They’ll say, “Leads! Give me leads!” I’m talking about everything that comes after the lead-to-sales handoff. Lead Nurturing. Lead-to-sales Conversion. Account Management.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 7, 2019

The growing propensity of people to share life’s moments, particularly when doing something outside the ordinary routine, is why social media remains a great fit with live events. Here are three creative ways to harness the power of social media marketing to maximize the impact of your next event. Build Hype for your Event.

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Only B2B

JULY 13, 2023

B2B event marketing serves as a strategic approach for businesses to connect with their target audience, generate leads, and cultivate valuable relationships. To engage prospects and consumers, it requires planning and conducting events like conferences, trade exhibitions, and seminars.

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Engagio

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

That’s why lead nurturing remains such a key element of a good B2B go-to-market. Lead nurturing is the process of building a relationship with prospects that are not yet sales-ready, by conducting an informative dialog, regardless of the lead’s budget, authority, or timing. It just makes sense.

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Lead Liaison

JUNE 14, 2023

17 Opportunity Costs of Not Having a Universal Lead Capture Strategy It’s easy to look at the price of something and consider it a “cost”. Universal Lead Capture is a Strategy, not Software Universal lead capture is often confused as being a software solution; instead, it’s a business strategy. Should this be a deal killer?

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Valasys

MAY 28, 2020

Event marketing has always been an impeccable way to fuel your branding endeavors. According to a study published on MarketingCharts.com , 68% of the respondents affirmed that with the help of event marketing they can generate top-of-the-funnel leads. Events work, whether taken offline or virtually.

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GreenRope

APRIL 29, 2021

Post-Event Follow Up: Tips for Nurturing Your Virtual Event Leads. With the rise of virtual events, it’s even more important to set up an effective post-event lead nurturing strategy to make the most of your attendance. Why post-event nurturing is important. Why Event Nurturing Is Important.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But Minnesota is increasing being recognized for something more: events. Obviously, the pandemic had a huge impact on the live events industry. This version of the article has been completely revised to reflect the post-COVID events ecosystem in Minnesota. The post was republished here in April 2018.

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Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

You got it—Generating sales-qualified leads. According to a Gartner survey, a mere 34% of marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) progress to sales-accepted leads (SALs), and only 47% of these SALs become sales-qualified leads (SQLs) , with just over half culminating in successful deals. But how does it work?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 2, 2021

Lead generation is the engine that fuels and drives your company’s revenue. Without leads, your company wouldn’t be able to expand or reach its sales quotas. For your company to thrive and become more profitable, you have to feed your sales team with valuable, high-quality leads that will convert into paying customers.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 21, 2023

Event registration software. One of the key ingredients to a successful event. With the right event registration solution, you can streamline your entire registration process, drive signups with personalized experiences, and collect valuable first-party attendee data. What Is Event Registration Software and How Can It Help You?

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Securing C-suite buy-in is essential to getting any new project off the ground. To communicate your vision in a clear and concise way, you need to lead with numbers. Other reasons included driving more qualified leads, establishing thought leadership and creating new networking opportunities.

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Only B2B

MARCH 20, 2024

Did you know that only 5-10% of marketing qualified leads (MQLs) convert into paying customers? This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. But how do you identify leads ready to be handed off to your sales team? Attending webinars or events.

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Hinge Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

So in this article, I’ll unpack everything I’ve learned over the years on how you can leverage educational webinars as a lead generator while still emphasizing the importance of nurturing relationships within your audience. Five Benefits of Producing Educational Webinars The webinar and virtual event industry is booming right now.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 25, 2018

Trade shows are a great place to generate new B2B leads and reinforce existing relationships—and the bigger the show, the greater the opportunity. B2B customers don’t fly solo when making buying decisions. Guest post by Tifany Scifo. Trade show buyers tend to come prepared.

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Oktopost

APRIL 30, 2020

Stating that now is a tough time to be planning events would be a wild understatement. In a survey of more than a thousand mid-level and senior marketers taken last year, 41% listed live events as “ the most critical marketing channel ” for their business objectives. How can LinkedIn Events help you connect with them?

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

You’ve invested months planning an event – securing speakers, creating an agenda, promoting to your audience. All your hard work will be for nothing if event attendance is low. Fortunately, there are tried-and-true ways to increase event attendance and get more people through the doors (no matter if they’re physical or virtual).

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ClickDimensions

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

For B2B sales and marketing teams this meant adjusting customer journeys to match the 100% digital-first requirements as in-person meetings, events and more became a thing of the past. . Here are 3 key facts you need to know about changing B2B buying behaviors and how you can use them in your customer strategies. .

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Hubspot

APRIL 13, 2021

Well, event promotion is similar. If you put on an event but don't promote it, will it even happen? While event promotion is simple in theory, actually planning a successful marketing strategy and promotion plan is not. Of course, you've seen large-scale event promotions. Free Event Promotion.

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Metadata

JANUARY 31, 2024

The global direct business event industry lost $1.9 trillion between 2020 and 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic cast a dark shadow over B2B marketers’ events strategies. According to Bizzabo, 98% of event organizers planned to host at least one in-person event in 2023 , while 85% planned to host at least three.

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Optinmonster

APRIL 29, 2022

Are you tired of the same boring lead generation strategies? Do you want creative ways to generate leads for your business? Lead generation is as simple as telling people what you do and how you can help them. Lead generation is as simple as telling people what you do and how you can help them. What is Lead Generation?

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The Point

APRIL 22, 2020

I posted recently on LinkedIn that, in the current climate, leads from content syndication and other CPL programs may be an ideal replacement for lost trade shows and other events, and indeed can be an effective way to stay engaged in the marketplace at a time when many buyers are laying low. Quality content = quality leads.

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SpotMe Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

How long does content marketing for events take you? If you’re like most other enterprise event marketers, probably a long time and a ton of money. But there’s a way to significantly reduce the amount of time and money you spend producing event content. It’s called event repurposing. Think of your event as a product.

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LeanData

JUNE 15, 2022

If you’ve spent more than three months in a marketing capacity, you’ve undoubtedly encountered the mysterious, and most often problematic, phenomenon of lead leakage. For those of you who have yet to have had the pleasure, simply stated, lead leakage is the progressive and cumulative loss of leads as they progress through the sales funnel.

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PureB2B

DECEMBER 3, 2021

It goes without saying that there is a consistent struggle with event marketing in the B2B space. Events remain limited due to health concerns and the general attendance is fatigued by excessive product marketing. On top of that, lead generation goals for companies are growing and there’s only so much budget available.

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Aberdeen

APRIL 20, 2020

We found that Zoom has been the leading this pack through March and early April, garnering the vast majority of user traffic on educational webpages and webpages referencing downloading / installing a technology. The stock value quickly adjusted to these events, and Aberdeen Behavioral Technographics shows further evidence of this (Figure 2).

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Martech

AUGUST 22, 2023

B2B buying has changed dramatically in the last decade, and marketers need to change with it. Industrial buying behavior has changed dramatically with the rise of countless online platforms in recent decades. They also created a distributor event and sales collateral for distributors to use in the field.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

With so many logistics to handle and compliance regulations to consider when managing pharma events, working with expert pharma event management companies can help reduce stress and ensure you achieve your business goals more easily. You are probably lucky enough to have a great event management team that delivers exceptional events.

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