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Integrating Social Leads into the Demand Generation Funnel

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Precious few B2B marketers can show true ROI from organic social activity, and even less are using organic social media in a systematic way to either generate social leads or drive those leads through the demand generation funnel. Integrating Social Leads into the Demand Generation Funnel via @spearmktg.

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8 Lead Conversion Stats for Demand Generation Marketers 

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Demand generation marketing is often mistaken for lead generation. While lead gen is a core part of a successful demand gen campaign, a more central component of demand generation is the process of converting leads through your marketing funnel. We get it: Lead generation is hard.

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8 Lead Conversion Stats for Demand Generation Marketers 

PureB2B

Demand generation marketing is often mistaken for lead generation. While lead gen is a core part of a successful demand gen campaign, a more central component of demand generation is the process of converting leads through your marketing funnel. We get it: Lead generation is hard.

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Do You Need Marketing Automation to Do Lead Nurturing? Sort Of.

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A prospective client asks: “We’re just getting our demand generation programs ramped up, and I’m not sure I’m ready for marketing automation. Do I need it in order to do lead nurturing?”. Marketing automation simply takes nurturing to a whole new level. And therein lies the difference. Comments welcome.

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

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Sungard® Availability Services™ ( Sungard AS ) in Wayne, Pennsylvania is a global leader in disaster recovery, business continuity, and managed IT services. Sungard AS had solid creative in place and a very sophisticated nurturing program,” says Howard Sewell, Spear President. . Spear is a Marketo agency partner.) “A

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Segmentation, Social Media Drive Lead Nurturing Success for iDirect

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When marketers embark on a formal lead nurturing strategy, opportunities for process improvement can arise in unexpected ways. That was the experience for iDirect , a leading provider of satellite IP communications based in Herndon, Virginia. All this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management.

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21 Tips & Other Impressions from the Marketo User Summit

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Earlier this week, Marketo , the marketing automation company, held its second ever user conference in San Francisco. From Marketo’s perspective, I understand the need to frame marketing automation in ever more mission-critical terms. Enable sales reps to turn off lead nurturing for specific prospects from within the CRM system.

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