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B2B Lead Generation Boosters: 25 Rocket-Fueled Strategies and Ideas to Propel Your Pipeline

NetLine

Source: Forrester Some of the lead types that have featured in versions of this model include: Inquiries (INQs): As the name suggests, these are leads that have come as the result of direct contact from potential customers. You’ll also want to integrate intent data into your marketing automation tools for maximum impact.

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How to get a Bigger SEM Budget

WebMarketCentral

It's generally not a terribly expensive proposition, the results are easy to track, it's generally not a core competency of the internal marketing team, and, again in the words of Hotchkiss, "search works because it's the customer driving the process, not the advertiser."

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Inbound Marketing Leads Costs Less

Marketing Insider Group

Recently I had a conversation with a fellow marketer who challenged the notion that inbound leads costs less. They pointed to the high cost per lead of some paid search (PPC) campaigns as evidence. The main reason to shift more marketing resources to inbound marketing tactics is simple: customers!

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Top 32 B2B Marketing Posts and Hot Topics of Social Media Forecast

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

. - B2BMarketingSmarts , April 20, 2010 Everyone — except perhaps the creative folks in advertising agencies — knows that marketing is a numbers game. Numbers such as click-thrus, cost-per-lead, cost-per-sale and ROI dominate the landscape of marketing discussions. I like numbers. Forecast (14).

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Best Practices for Technology Marketing

KEO Marketing

Another study found businesses that use marketing automation to nurture prospects experienced an impressive 451% increase in qualified leads. According to Forrester Research, B2B marketers who implemented marketing automation software increased their sales pipeline by an average of 10%.