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#5 Marketing and Sales Alignment – 7 things every CEO should know about marketing

thePoint

In case you are new to the series, you can find #1 – #4 ( The “Ante” , Not all marketing is the same , B2B buyer journey , and B2B website purpose ) in our blog. #5 Marketing and sales needs to collaboratively agree on the definition of a marketing qualified lead (MQL). What is a MQL (marketing qualified lead)?

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Top 5 Content Types For The Manufacturing Industry in 2022

PathFactory

PathFactory, the leading content intelligence platform, has multiple manufacturing customers that are leveraging B2B content at all stages of the funnel to attract and guide buyers through their buyer journey. White Papers (2 minutes, 33 seconds). Data Sheets (2 minutes, 51 seconds). Blog posts (2 minutes, 1 second).

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5 Reasons Your Sales Reps Aren’t Getting Enough Qualified Leads

The Point

I’ve written elsewhere that companies should abandon the notion that you can somehow know enough to deliver precisely the right information at the right time, at every step of the buyer journey. But to ignore the buyer journey altogether is to pretend that more qualified leads don’t have different information needs.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 307: Q & A with Eric Wittlake @wittlake

Heinz Marketing

And the reality is when we think about our own internal buyer journey, funnel view that we have, we don’t actually see awareness. It’s not let me download your white paper, but what are we watching for and why do we find it? Matt : Look there’s value in white paper. It’s not a hand raise.

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How to Convert Marketing Qualified Leads to Sales Qualified Leads

Only B2B

But, before we talk more about how to convert marketing qualified leads to sales qualified leads, let’s briefly discuss MQL vs SQL, 40% marketers do not even know what MQL or an SQL is. MQL vs SQL. Marketing Qualified Leads are in their early phase of buyer journey. How to qualify a lead as MQL or SQL?

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The MQL Is Dead: Re-Thinking Your Marketing Forms Strategy

PathFactory

The marketing qualified lead (MQL), as B2B marketers know it, is dead. Okay not totally dead, but let me explain… If you’ve ever been a B2B buyer, you know what it is like to try to access a white paper that’s hidden behind a gate. At which point you’ve likely lost all interest in reading the white paper at all!

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Top Reasons to Hold On to MQLs: They Will Convert Eventually If Marketing Is Done Correctly

Only B2B

On the other hand, they have already started the customer journey. MQL activities, in any event, provide you a hint as to what they are interested in or the product they plan to buy. They not only suggest interest, but also show that MQL is aware of your solutions and that they are thinking about your products.