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What is Lead Scoring for Marketing and What Are the Benefits?

Act-On

Luckily for marketers, lead scoring exists. Lead scoring helps organizations move prospects along their buying journey in a structured, strategic way — which is especially helpful considering how complex buying journeys have become. For marketing and sales teams, that handoff is a potential minefield.

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If You Cannot Answer Why Buyers Buy – You Cannot Lead

Tony Zambito

A significant trait that is necessary to lead organizations. Perhaps no “Why” question is more important to B2B or B2C leadership than this: Why do our buyers and customers buy? Using buyer personas as a leadership skill to develop a common language on why their buyers and customers buy. Be they B2B or B2C entities. .

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Should You Buy B2B Leads in 2018?

Marketing Insider Group

Not all contact lists are created equal, but if you’re working to grow your B2B lead database, your two options are to buy one or build one. However, with the market changing as quickly as it is combined with the need for startups to hit the ground running, bought lists are becoming more and more […].

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How Not to Buy Leads

ViewPoint

Last week a prospect told me that he needed higher quality leads than were currently being provided by two third-party outsourced solution providers. His definition of a lead was the loosest that I have ever heard. An employee of a targeted company needed only to download some content to be qualified as a lead.

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Your Recipe for Inbound Success

Speaker: Jen Spencer, VP Sales and Marketing, SmartBug Media

Recent studies have shown what a lot of B2B marketers already know - it’s hard to build a successful inbound marketing program. Join Jen Spencer, VP of Smartbug Media, as she discusses how to grow an inbound strategy and framework in your organization to attract leads and establish your brand.

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9 Strategies to Boost Your Email Marketing Lead Generation

SendX

That’s why the potential of email marketing is huge – up to $40 ROI per $1 spent. Lead generation is the process of attracting prospects and converting them into leads who are interested in your products or services. In this article, you’re going to learn 9 strategies to boost your email marketing lead generation.

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Build vs Buy Your Customer Data Platform?

Customer Experience Matrix

The build vs buy debate has existed as long as packaged software itself. That discussion, in turn, usually leads to a recommendation that companies build software which will create unique competitive advantage and otherwise buy when a satisfactory option exists. This work is the same whether you’re building or buying.

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How to Improve Demand Generation with Empathy

Speaker: Brian Carroll, CEO & Founder of markempa

The highest priority for B2B marketers is effective demand generation (increasing lead quality and quantity). In this webinar, you’ll learn how to go beyond rational-logic-based sales/marketing and adjust your strategy to understand better how buyers feel so that you can connect and help more customers buy.

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Seven Things Marketers Need to Know About Lead Generation

Speaker: Douglas Burdett, Host of The Marketing Book Podcast, Founder/Principal of ARTILLERY

Lead generation is the process of attracting and converting strangers and prospects into someone who has indicated interest in your company's product or service. One of the biggest responsibilities and challenges for marketers is generating leads. In this webinar, you will learn: The fundamentals of effective lead generation.

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6 Steps to Optimize Your Media Buys

When making media decisions, marketers need to get — and show — results for everything they do. It’s also an opportunity to innovate, lead, and rethink the way your company uses media. In this media optimization guide, you will learn: 6 key steps to plan and pace your media buys. Find out more today!

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7 Data-Driven Lead Generation Strategies That Drive Growth

Delivering sales-ready leads is a constant challenge for B2B marketers. Check out these 7 strategies to find and target high-value prospects who are ready to buy, and motivate them to act. Get the free guide.

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Best Practices for Engaging Your Go-To-Market Sales Teams

Speaker: Ruth Stevens, President of eMarketing Strategy

As a B2B marketer, lead generation is likely your Job One. But guess what: It’s after the sales team has gotten into the act where marketing can have an even bigger impact on results. During this webinar, you’ll learn: The nature of the buying group and how to reach the individual members.

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New Ways to Reach, Influence, and Close More Deals with Intent Data

Speaker: Ardath Albee, B2B Marketing Strategist and CEO of Marketing Interactions

Intent data can help B2B marketers reach active buyers earlier, influence their journey, and close more deals. Perceiving interest as intent will lead you down a rabbit hole with no program performance. Set expectations appropriately based on the buying stage. However, not all intent data is created equal.