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

Act-On

But not entirely unlike when a colleague sends you a link to a gated ebook, you give your contact info to download it, and then get a phone call from a sales rep the same day. Luckily for marketers, lead scoring exists. For marketing and sales teams, that handoff is a potential minefield. How does lead scoring work?

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The false allure of B2B intent data

Martech

And among such tools, what could be more powerful than one that tells you who is ready to buy? Intent data has become a big category with various sources, all of which promise visibility and focus that can change everything. The biggest challenge with intent data begins with the journey leading up to the buyer being in-market.

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What Is MarTech? Explore How Your Business Can Use It to Streamline Marketing Efforts

Marketing Insider Group

You’ll find the major categories of MarTech below, what they do, and recommendations. It’s a broad category of tools that leverage technology to help organizations meet their goals and gain efficiencies. They fit broadly within these categories. The last category is content marketing software. What Is MarTech?

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The Risks of Over-Reliance on Late-Stage Content

The Point

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. Use of very short-term metrics will almost certainly devalue those leads and the perceived ROI from the program.

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B2B Lead Generation: The Ultimate Guide

Zoominfo

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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How Content Marketing Directly Improves Sales

Marketing Insider Group

Businesses have a wealth of options for promoting their solutions to boost sales. Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. You’re more likely to sell a solution with the right content than with aggressive sales tactics. Quick Takeaways.

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Farewell to Our Founders, Green Leads New Chapter Begins

Smashmouth Marketing

Linda Flanagan has been teasing me for a couple years that she is ready to retire. Green Leads is growing rapidly and has a bright future ahead with our new owners. On Wednesday, June 1st we announced that Green Leads has been acquired by ACTIVATE Marketing Services headquartered in San Francisco. Green Leads.