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Manufacturers, It’s Time to Take Back Control in the Buying Cycle

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

As much as two-thirds of B2B deals are lost before a formal request for proposal (RFP) process even begins. The case is clear that it’s time to build evidence-based sales processes and practices that are suitable for rising buyer expectations, rather than relying on gut instincts. The result?

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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. Your online content needs to play a much more active role in moving site visitors along in his/her buy decision. Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc.

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Why BANT No Longer Applies for B2B Lead Qualification

ANNUITAS

Fifteen years ago I worked for a B2B marketing agency that had an outbound call center focused on lead generation. If this is the case, one has to wonder why many organizations (especially sales people) still want to include BANT as part of their early stage lead qualification criteria? Group Thinking.

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Why BANT No Longer Applies for B2B Lead Qualification

ANNUITAS

Fifteen years ago I worked for a B2B marketing agency that had an outbound call center focused on lead generation. If this is the case, one has to wonder why many organizations (especially sales people) still want to include BANT as part of their early stage lead qualification criteria? Group Thinking.

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Generate More B2B Sales With Lead Nurturing and the Human Touch

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Jon Miller Last month I participated in a webinar on Adding the Human Touch into Your Lead Nurturing with Brian Carroll, author of Lead Generation for the Complex Sale and the “godfather” of lead nurturing. We generate leads from 20% of the qualified prospects we nurture in any given 12-month period, but only 6.5%

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The Calls-to-Action Your Website Needs to Capture and Convert Leads

Hinge Marketing

And to encourage your firm's website visitors to deepen their engagement with you and move through the buying journey, you need a variety of calls-to-action (CTAs) throughout your site. Each offer should cater to prospects at different stages of the sales cycle, serving as guideposts along the conversion path.