ViewPoint

JANUARY 12, 2012

Contrary to popular belief, reps don’t need more sales leads. They need fewer leads—or more accurately, fewer raw, unfiltered, unqualified leads. Good sales reps are by nature hunters, eager to close in on highly qualified leads for the kill. None had been filtered or nurtured in any way by marketing.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to Harvard Business Review , the first five minutes of prospect contact are make-or-break for hooking leads, much like landing that second date. However, effective lead management is not all about the first impression. What you’ll learn: What is lead management? Why is lead management important?

Sales Management 64

Sales Management Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management 64

NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2011

Thought I’d give it a shot as well, running through a master list of “resolutions” as preparation for improving your inbound marketing and lead generation strategies for 2012 and beyond. Process: Set your lead generation campaign goals. How many qualified leads. Cost-per-lead. Revenue-per-lead.

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Lead Generation Budget Programs Sales Qualified Leads Paid Search Agency 100

NuSpark Consulting

JULY 4, 2011

As they should… because without a sound lead nurturing process your firm suffers and those leads you worked so hard to generate will likely do business with competitors. Marketing Automation doesn’t work unless you have a sound, targeted media plan that will generate quality leads in the first place. How to score leads.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management Automation 100

markempa

JUNE 29, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! Very useful stuff.

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Lead Generation Work Management Generation Telemarketing 120

NuSpark Consulting

JULY 4, 2011

As they should… because without a sound lead nurturing process your firm suffers and those leads you worked so hard to generate will likely do business with competitors. Marketing Automation doesn’t work unless you have a sound, targeted media plan that will generate quality leads in the first place. How to score leads.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management Automation 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 17, 2011

by Carol Fox If your sales leads aren’t receiving lead nurturing efforts from marketing to convert them quickly into business, they ultimately aren’t going to benefit your bottom line. If your team excels in quantity but lacks in quality, try these three methods to improve the quality of your leads.

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Sales Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 48

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And the conversation went way later than the restaurant manager and our wonderful server wanted it to. And when quality is required, you need to be able to deliver leads that convert. The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads.

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Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 9, 2010

Back in January 2009, Marketo came out with a webinar entitled, The Secret Sauce to Demand Generation: How Marketo Nurtures, Scores and Accelerates Leads through the Revenue Cycle. Effectiveness of various lead generation channels (paid and organic): % qualified, % sales-ready lead, % opportunity, cost per lead, etc.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Lead Nurturing 48

The Point

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Improved consistency of follow-up to all new leads independent of sales bandwidth. Regardless of how good your inside sales team is, putting in place automated lead response via marketing automation ensures that every inbound lead receives a prompt, systematic, personalized response, and that none fall through the cracks.

Marketing Automation 100

Marketing Automation Automation Bandwidth Cost per Lead 100

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% Statistics include: • 16.5%

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Marketing Qualified Leads 120

LeadSloth

JUNE 23, 2009

Many digital marketers are using marketing automation tools to automate lead nurturing. But if you want to expand your business, you also need to continuously add new leads to your database. Traditional lead sources are tradeshows or lead programs with magazines. Inbound Marketing Automation. Conclusion.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Inbound Marketing Marketing Automation Work Management 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 19, 2009

Lead nurturing and lead scoring seem to be coming into the mainstream. What do you think are the biggest opportunities marketers have in terms of more effective lead management? First, just practicing lead nurturing and lead scoring means you’re ahead of the game in terms of lead management effectiveness.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 27, 2009

Now, I'm not writing this to promote Marketo, but I think our results are proof that we’re doing something right with our own demand generation and lead management processes. Effectiveness of various lead generation channels (paid and organic): % qualified, % sales-ready lead, % opportunity, cost per lead, etc.

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Demand Generation Marketo Demand Generation 48

markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago.

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Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

markempa

MARCH 5, 2008

A reader asked me to explain why fewer leads are better and why “cost-per-lead” budgets fail. The truth is that sales people care very little about the cost of the leads we generate. What they really care about is how many of those leads will actually become viable sales opportunities.

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Cost per Lead Budget Programs Lead Ranking Cost 120

LEADership

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Rising costs of lead generation, increasing competition and a rapidly growing population of buyers that function almost like intense research organizations—these are the factors we are up against in the B2B world. See this Infographic from Madison Logic showing ways in which the cost per lead is calculated: [link].

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Cost per Lead Cost Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

by Maria Pergolino As marketing and sales teams align, both become more accountable to effectively managing leads within the pipeline. The ongoing changes in lead generation can overwhelm marketing and sales teams if it’s not organized and each team is unclear of its role. Invaluable Lead Tracking Capability.

Work Management 48

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management Marketing Automation Services 48

Hubspot

MARCH 12, 2012

No two ways about it, starting a lead management program from scratch can be daunting. Long gone are the days of simply sending out a direct mail piece or placing an ad and waiting for the leads to roll in. What do you hope to accomplish with your lead management program? How many leads do you have now?

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Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring 28

PureB2B

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Marketing automation systems have paved the way for us to improve lead generation efficiency while analyzing results in a predictable, measurable way. Improved lead management and nurturing. The main reason B2B companies have cited using marketing automation software has to do with better ROI and higher quality leads.

Marketing Automation Services 67

Marketing Automation Services Resource Management Marketing Automation Digital Asset Management 67

The Point

JANUARY 6, 2014

Measuring opens and clicks may tell you something about email performance, but it says nothing about the impact that email campaign had on qualified leads, or opportunities, or revenue. Even a modest lift in conversion rates (click to lead) can decrease cost per lead dramatically. Improve campaign measurement.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Autoresponders 100

PureB2B

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Marketing automation systems have paved the way for us to improve lead generation efficiency while analyzing results in a predictable, measurable way. Improved lead management and nurturing. The main reason B2B companies have cited using marketing automation software has to do with better ROI and higher quality leads.

Marketing Automation Services 62

Marketing Automation Services Resource Management Marketing Automation Digital Asset Management 62

Circle Studio

OCTOBER 12, 2017

E.g. testing two versions of a landing page or email and choosing the version that leads to more conversions. Key performance indicators (KPIs) – Desired quantifiable metrics, indicative of success of marketing campaigns, such as page views, cost per lead, cost per click, traffic to lead ratio, and engagement rate.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Advertising Agencies Demand Generation Agencies 60

Atomic Reach

APRIL 2, 2019

B2B companies that blog generate 67 percent more leads per month than those that don’t. marketers who spend more than $25,000 per year save an average of 13 percent in overall cost per lead. Small businesses with blogs receive 126 percent more lead growth than small businesses without.

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Paid Content Statistics Planning Marketing Automation Services 94

LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

The vast majority of leads generated on a website never have a meaningful conversation with a sales rep. If there is no mechanism to pass the lead back to the marketing team (in an automated or semi-automated fashion), the lead is gone forever. Adam Blitzer, COO & Co-founder, Pardot ( @AdamBlitzer ).

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 100

KEO Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

It simplifies processes involving email marketing, CRM, lead nurturing, lead scoring, and contact management. Most importantly, marketing automation helps you generate leads. One study concluded marketing automation lead to a 14.5% Improve lead management, nurturing, and engagement.

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Hubspot

MAY 8, 2015

The marketing formula seems simple: Attract audiences, engage prospects, convert leads, and facilitate retention. It features data from a survey of more than 900 marketers in management levels and above, in 11 industries ranging from media & publishing, finance, healthcare, travel & tourism, consumer products, and consulting.).

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Demand Generation Budget Programs Marketing Management Advertising Benchmark 28