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Battle of the Gens: Demand Generation vs. Lead Generation

The Mx Group

If it’s demand generation vs. lead generation, which helps the most? While some may use the terms interchangeably, confusing demand generation with lead generation can dilute your strategy and lead to disappointing results. Lead generation is the harvesting of that demand.

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The Rise of the Marketing Technologist – Part 1

ANNUITAS

The fact of the matter is that most failed marketing automation implementations we have seen share a striking set of similarities, as both do-it-yourselfers and agency-led deployments are technology-led rather than strategy-led. Author: Jason Stewart @jstewart_1 Vice President, Demand Generation, ANNUITAS.

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Salespeople: One Question Matters Most

Customer Experience Matrix

Back in December, the Sales Lead Management Association and LEADTRACK published a survey on lead management practices that I haven’t previously had time to write about. The survey found that 23% of companies measure ROI for all lead generation tactics, 30% measure it for some tactics, and 47% don’t measure it at all.

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Genius.com Offers Free Edition: How Much Does It Lower True Cost of Entry?

Customer Experience Matrix

On Monday, Genius.com announced “the first free, instant-on demand generation solution”, a description carefully crafted to distinguish their offering from the free version announced by LoopFuse in June. But those companies will never be a source of much revenue, even if the vendors manage to sell them some additional services.

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The B2B Marketer’s Quick Start Guide: Marketing Automation

Heinz Marketing

Pros: The User Interface is simple, clean, and streamlined for the demand generation marketers. Elite support service is second to none. Cons: The segmentation could be better in comparison to some other Marketing Automation tools out there. Reviews/rating: G2 Rating: 4.1 / 5. 24/7 Customer Support.

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Mix Up Offer Content to Keep Nurturing Prospects Engaged

The Point

But prospects in a nurturing program are different, clearly, because they’ve already engaged with your company and expressed some level of interest, if not in your product specifically, then at minimum in solving the issue or problem that your product or service addresses. The type of content ranked most highly by buyers?

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CallidusCloud Buys LeadFormix Marketing Automation for $9 Million Cash

Customer Experience Matrix

Or maybe these comparisons are irrelevant because LeadFormix was never a standard marketing automation system to begin with. It made at least five acquisitions last year, all software-as-a-service companies selling some type of sales enablement.