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

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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. And it takes an average of 20 touches with a brand before a prospect becomes a potentially successful lead for the sales team.

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5 Lead Nurture Campaigns that Build Pipeline and Support ROI

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Audit existing email nurture campaigns for performance Do you have engagement programs scheduled to kick off after a prospect attends a webinar, downloads content, or takes other actions with your brand? Email nurture campaigns help you build affinity with both customers and prospects. If so, that’s a great first step.

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B2B Marketing Department Structure: Finding the Right Approach

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The most common approach to B2B marketing department structure and roles Today’s B2B marketing departments are usually structured into three major buckets: Growth Marketing Product Marketing Brand Marketing Some organizations have a fourth bucket: Content Marketing. Or do you have an easy-to-onboard product that relies on self-serve signups?

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Integrate Sales and Marketing Software to Streamline Processes

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You need a bidirectional integration to support full visibility into how a prospect interacts with marketing content and sales team members throughout their journey. But given the complexity of modern buying journeys, you also need to be prepared for leads to be “rejected” by sales and come back to marketing. Listen in on calls.

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Why Marketers Should Prioritize Lower Funnel Keywords to Get Better Results

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An example of top-of-the-funnel keywords she might search include “How to improve marketing productivity” or “How to scale a marketing department.” At this point, she might search for lower funnel keywords such as “How to buy a marketing automation solution” or “What to look for in a marketing automation demo.” So, where do you start?

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Sales and Marketing Alignment: Why it Matters

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It’s always been a problem—but in the modern, multichannel, digital-first era of B2B buying , this misalignment puts customer experience at risk. The majority of their buying journey hours are now spent on independent research. The majority of their buying journey hours are now spent on independent research.

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The Medium is the Message: Best Practices Guide to SMS Marketing

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For example, say you provide B2B products and services. You can use SMS to alert customers and prospects of upcoming events, like a webinar starting in an hour. Intimacy Ultimately, SMS offers an important channel for businesses that want to build better relationships with their customers and prospects.

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