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Buying Journeys vs Prospect Experience: Why the Difference is Critical

Heinz Marketing

The process (from first looking at listings to signing closing documents) typically takes many months, and you’re going to have to live with the result (literally) typically for a long time. And yet, the majority of selling organizations treat every prospect as if they’re in some stage of the buying journey. Same with vehicles.

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Setting Realistic Go-to-Market Revenue Targets for Year One

SmartBug Media

No one has to guess about how to get the product to market—it’s all there in your document. If you identify their market shares and gaps, you can capitalize on that information to strengthen your own launch—plus, you’ll get a better idea of the existing demand for what you’re selling.

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Why That Bargain Contact List You Bought is a Sales Dead End

DiscoverOrg

Today, it’s a punchline, but once upon a time, people took the offer seriously: Two people a week for 30 years bought a worthless deed to the Brooklyn Bridge thinking the document would change their fortunes with the toll fares they could charge. There is plenty of raw contact information, but very little of it has been cleaned up.

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How Has B2B Sales Changed in the Digital Era?

Heinz Marketing

Gartner says that only 17% of the buying cycle is spent actually talking to sales. Yet simultaneously, this greater access and complexity has left buyers paralyzed to act – spending up to 15% of their time simply prioritizing and reconciling the information they’ve gathered. The survey ends December 3.

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Intent Data: How to Generate Quality Sales and Marketing Leads

DealSignal

” Downloads of resources such as case studies and eBooks, especially those that are not simply informational and may indicate purchase intent. Third-party intent data Data platform providers and aggregators collect information from a network or collective of sources and can provide you with B2B intent data.

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5 Useful Lead Nurturing Tactics to Get More Opportunities

markempa

In this article, I’ll share how to apply lead nurturing to help advance leads through three stages of your lead generation funnel to get more qualified opportunities. Here’s the thing: Our customer’s don’t see our funnels. Yet, it’s helpful to notice that all customer buying cycles fit into three distinct funnel stages.

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Handing Leads Off to Sales & the MQL vs SQL Difference

SmartBug Media

While you define each stage of your customer’s lifecycle and the handoff process between marketing and sales, you’ll need a place to document these definitions. An SLA for marketing and sales documents goals, as well as what each team plans to contribute to those goals. This is where a service-level agreement (SLA) comes into play.