Act-On

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We’ve shared our favorite five lead nurturing examples and strategies. The second is figuring out how to make those lead nurturing campaigns work harder. Blog Learn More Go deeper with your existing customers through lead nurturing Growing customer lifetime value (CLV) isn’t a new concept to marketers. Ask for feedback.

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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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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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Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead 71

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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Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads 277

Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. But how do you find leads and prime them for buying? Welcome to lead generation marketing. What is Lead Generation Marketing? Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers. Read several blog posts?

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Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Generation 246

NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Well, your firm has written and produced a white paper. A quality white paper can one of the most important content marketing vehicles to generate leads within your internet marketing plan. Your ultimate goals with white papers are typically the following: . . Generate new leads. Now what?

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Aberdeen

MARCH 21, 2019

As a marketer, I enjoy working on white paper campaigns. White papers are one of my favorite types of marketing collateral because they involve every aspect of content marketing. Do you know which specific companies are currently in-market to buy your product? Daan Reijnders is the co-founder and CEO of Foleon.

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Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

White papers are powerful sources of lead generation. We asked our panel of white paper experts "What are the top 2 components of a white paper that is most effective to generate leads?" He is also the author of the White Paper Pundit blog. Jonathan Kantor.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2021

If it does, we’ve got to be honest: no matter how great your product is, your content isn’t going to capture many leads on its own. But your lead magnets? Lead magnets should always be high-value, specific, actionable, and accessible. B2B marketers and sales teams must collaborate to implement a lead magnet follow-up plan.

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads 362

Hinge Marketing

JULY 6, 2022

High-growth professional services firms rely on inbound lead generation techniques more than any other kind. The inbound lead generation ’s potential is real, but it requires a radical shift in mindset, marketing priorities and financial investment. Inbound leads are typically easier to close. Lead-Generating Website.

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Launch Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

Having a strategy optimized for success can boost lead generation and business revenue. Below, we highlight content marketing strategies and tactics aimed to help boost cybersecurity lead generation, grow your business and more. Buyers in the current buying environment have evolved.

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Lead Generation Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Lead Scoring 62

Cintell

JULY 3, 2018

The 2018 B2B Buying Disconnect Report highlights the difference between how B2B technology buyers and vendors view the purchase process. Vendors often focus on creating marketing materials – such as landing pages, ebooks, and white papers – that buyers don’t actually find very trustworthy or influential.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 25, 2020

Automatic reminders to follow up, scheduling software so customers can meet with you at a time that suits both parties, customer information at your fingertips – all are yours with leading-edge sales automation programs. The technical knowledge they can provide might be the nugget of proof your prospect needs to move him or her to buy.

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Automation Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 271

The Point

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

But don’t equate “staying in touch” – or lead nurturing success – with simply asking the prospect over and over whether he or she is ready to buy. Are you ready to buy yet? The post Why Lead Nurturing Success Means Not Asking for the Sale appeared first on The Point. Click To Tweet.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 3, 2023

But by doing this, your leads will turn out more qualified, and you’ll have a better understanding of what someone needs. How Buyer Personas Affect Personalized Marketing Content and Generate More Leads This is where it all begins. Speaking to your different personas is the exact thing that will make your leads more qualified.

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Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Personalization Generation 98

KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

You are regularly creating content to get traffic and conversions, but is it really turning into the lead and email list numbers that you or your executives are expecting? Require an email address or contact information for big pieces of content, like ebooks and white papers. Gathering Leads for Sales.

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Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Lead Scoring 152

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. In going to market, the company has traditionally relied on distributors, including catalogs, to access the market opportunity.

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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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High Quality Lead Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL 62

Only B2B

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Lead Generation Driven By Digital Marketing Online marketing strategies are used in the process of “inbound lead generation” to entice clients with useful and pertinent material. Each of these lead magnets may be put together into a series of actions that guide your customer to your product. What is a Lead?

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Lead Generation Paid Content Inbound Marketing Lead Scoring 117

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

B2B lead generation, often shortened to lead gen, is the lifeblood of a healthy business. A typical definition of a lead is any potential customer who has expressed interest in a company’s goods or services. Why Invest in B2B 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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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking CPL Cost per Lead 162

markempa

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

But instead, we need focus on solving customer buying problems with empathy. Because buying is harder today than ever been. Help customers buy. What we find is that the larger the buying group, the more individual stakeholders feel not only their credibility. Now I’m thinking about buying your CRM solution.

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Ambal's Amusings

JULY 15, 2010

Business decision makers don't read white papers just because a product or service is "cool" They have real business problems they are trying to solve. We asked white paper experts: " What is the biggest challenge in creating and marketing a white paper? ” Jonathan Kantor's Bio.

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Martech

JANUARY 11, 2022

Here are three ways marketers can better understand and leverage this valuable intent data to improve the customer buying cycle. Review your brand’s customer buying cycle. The buying (or purchase) cycle is a visualization that tracks customers as they move through the sales funnel to reach the purchasing stage.

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Sales Engine

APRIL 20, 2016

They diagnose their own pain (for better or worse) and start searching for solutions by watching videos, downloading white papers, attending webinars, and using social media to check vendor references before ever talking to a rep. The internet gives the buyers a lot more control as they use the Internet to learn about best practices.

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Lead Ranking Lead Gen Lead Scoring Leads 218

Act-On

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

To paraphrase an old saying: You can lead a prospect to your website, but you can’t make them buy. On the other hand, you can improve your chances considerably with a lead nurturing campaign, helping your prospects every step of the way. Almost two-thirds of leads aren’t sales ready. Take it slow!

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Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

How can you create a white paper that serves it purpose - create high quality leads, provide useful information to potential customers etc. Jonathan Kantor is 14-year white paper marketing veteran. Gender: provides guidance as to whether you should include a case study in your white paper.

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Tomorrow People

MARCH 22, 2018

Wanna know the secret sauce to a great lead generation website and how it feeds into your overall content marketing strategy to deliver leads and ROI? Strategy for lead generation — content marketing’s primary goal — involves looking at what you want your website to do, rather than what it is. Well, you’re in the right place.

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 5, 2010

Do you know your white paper audience? Are those concerns being addressed in your white papers? We asked white paper experts " How should a white paper that is addressed to a Technical Decision Maker be different from a white paper that is addressed to a Business Decision Maker?

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It goes beyond traditional lead generation methods, capturing online behavior signals that reveal a company’s buying intent. Intent data can reveal who’s still actively researching solutions like yours, allowing you to focus your efforts on high-potential leads. Wondering why people buy?

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Optinmonster

MARCH 13, 2024

Want to learn how to use digital marketing hacks to generate more leads? So how do you build a healthy lead generation pipeline to ensure rapid business growth? In this post, I’ll share 13 digital marketing tips that will give you a leg up over the competition and help you improve your lead generation.

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The Point

JANUARY 23, 2018

A potential customer might have precisely the problem that a particular product or service solves and are anxious to solve that problem, yet may not feel as though they’re ready to buy and so fail to respond to the campaign. This requires a constant re-loading of the sales funnel with new, expensive leads. Look, I get it.

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Sales Management Sales Qualified Leads Demand Generation Agencies Lead Scoring 253

Ambal's Amusings

MAY 6, 2010

Which content should be gated to genereate leads? We asked white paper experts: " How should marketers balance the need for free content (helpful for prospects decision making) Vs. the need to have content that produces a steady flow of good leads (that can directed to sales team)? Which content should be free?

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Ambal's Amusings

MARCH 11, 2010

Many companies are producing video white papers as online presentations based on information that would normally go into a printed white paper. We asked our panel of white paper experts "In what scenarios should video white papers be used? What are components of a good video white paper?

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 19, 2019

Generating high quality leads through LinkedIn for a B2B company can be a daunting task. With 52% of companies planning on increasing LinkedIn ad spend in 2019, it is important to understand how to effectively use that additional budget to improve qualified lead totals. Some offer examples may include: White Paper/Case Study.

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Tomorrow People

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

How to use content to build a lead generation strategy that'll keep your sales team happy. Successful inbound marketing relies on supplying leads with the right information at the right time. Your prospect will add this information to their mental inventory and almost certainly use it to begin the internal buying process.

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Lead Gen Marketing Qualified Leads Jigsaw Leads 177

The Point

APRIL 20, 2018

Podcasts were cited by 64% of respondents as a valuable content format in the early stage of the buying cycle, second only to infographics. Webinars are best used for lead nurturing vs. lead generation. Blogs tied with white papers as one of the most frequently referenced forms of content during early research.

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