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Lead Generation vs Lead Qualification: The Dynamic Duo of Sales Success

Only B2B

“The only metric that matters in marketing is how many qualified leads you generate every month.” ” – Seth Godin, Marketing Author and Entrepreneur Generating qualified leads is the heart of lead generation and contributes to your bottom line i.e. revenue.

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The Great MQL Debate: Can Focusing On Fit Generate Higher Quality Leads?

ABM in Action

There are some rivalries that are just legendary: The Hatfields and The McCoys, Biggie and Tupac, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates… and in the marketing world, the rivalry is between MQL deniers and apologists. Are leads alive, are they dead or do they just need some life support?

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How to fix the broken sales-marketing lead funnel

Martech

You’ve worked hard to turn the engagement from your recent marketing campaign into leads. Once your suspects have become prospects who’ve finally reached the scoring threshold, you toss the leads over the proverbial wall for sales to work. Later, you learn that after an initial push, your warm marketing leads have gone cold.

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Everything You Need to Know About the Lead Lifecycle Report in Marketo

SmartBug Media

Have you ever been asked to report on your lead lifecycle? If you are in a marketing or sales role, I’m sure you have. Questions typically included with this request may be: How many marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) do I have? How long does it take for a new lead to become an MQL? The Revenue Cycle Model.

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What Can You Buy With A MQL?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

<high five> We generated 5,467 MQLs last month, which is our highest MQL number in company history! <fist Clicks, impressions, tweets, conversions, and any other metrics you can think of are simply operational metrics. Marketers love reporting MQLs because they are completely within our control.

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Is Your Lead Really Sales Qualified? Here’s How To Tell

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Marketing and sales team are active players in the blame game. While the sales team thinks the marketing team shared only contacts (read, unqualified leads), the marketing team blames the sales team for not being able to convert all the excellent qualified leads they hand off. Sound familiar? Remember: .

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Case Study: Segmentation, New Creative Boosts Lead Conversion Rates by 75%

The Point

Sungard AS runs a highly successful demand generation program, an integrated mix of both online and offline campaigns, to generate a consistent flow of leads to the company’s sales force. Design, build and launch a “Welcome” email program designed to improve follow-up and response to new leads.