The Point

JULY 1, 2019

For the last decade or more, it’s been an accepted principle – almost a key tenet – of B2B demand generation that business buyers don’t want to talk to a sales rep until the last possible moment. It’s why, for example, we marketers have assumed control for more and more of the lead funnel. Sales Alerts.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Categories B2B Telemarketing Books Cold Calling CRM Current Affairs Direct Marketing Email Marketing Event Marketing Human Touch Lead Generation Lead Management Lead Nurturing Lead Qualification Leadership Marketing Strategy My Podcast Personal Messages Podcasting Public Relations (PR) Referral Marketing ROI Measurement Sales Sales Leads Social Media (..)

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The Point

MARCH 22, 2019

Lead scoring – as a fundamental part of a company’s lead management strategy – has officially fallen out of fashion. 3 Key Reasons Not to Give Up on Lead Scoring Click To Tweet. So, is lead scoring a dying art? Something that simply isn’t worth the investment in today’s account-based marketing world?

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Full Circle Insights

JANUARY 16, 2024

Funnel velocity can assist CEOs in asking their sales teams to look through their contacts to identify short-term deals to close. This marketing insight can also help CEOs identify and clear up bottlenecks in the lead management process. Why it matters: Marketing attribution proves your team’s impact on the entire sales process.

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markempa

APRIL 18, 2007

« Closed-Loop Marketers More Likely to Reach ROMI Goals | Main | Lead Generation via Podcasts: An Interview With Paul Dunay » On B2B Demand Generation tools and Lead Generation Dashboards CEOs continue to demand better ROI measurement and accountability from marketers.

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The Point

OCTOBER 15, 2019

In fact, ABM works best in combination with more traditional, funnel-based demand generation, and integrating ABM into the overall demand generation mix (focused on high-value, high-propensity accounts, say) can pay real dividends for most companies. Good content is at the center of any effective demand generation.

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markempa

APRIL 5, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

How do you know if your demand generation is good enough or when it's time to take your lead management processes to the next level? Ask these questions to yourself, your boss, your direct reports, your head of sales, and any other stakeholders in your demand generation process. Lead Generation.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 1, 2009

A few days ago I posted a link to the new IDC Workbook: Optimizing Marketing and Sales Lead Management with Marketing Automation. This is a great tool, but there are quite a few other resources out there to help you define what you are looking for in a demand generation system. Here’s a link to Part 1 and Part 2.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 15, 2009

How can better sales and marketing alignment improve sales performance metrics? On one hand I think the answer to this is self-evident: if better marketing means more and/or better sales leads , then sales can focus more on selling than on lead generation, which should translate into higher close rates and more sales.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

85% of B2B marketers say lead generation is their most important content marketing goal ( source ). Outbound leads cost 39% more than inbound leads ( source ). Only 5-10% of qualified leads successfully convert for marketers ( source ). The average cost of a B2B sales lead varies by industry.

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markempa

AUGUST 15, 2006

« Webinar: Lead Generation Strategies for the Complex Sale | Main | E-books: A Hip and Stylish Younger Sibling to the Nerdy Whitepaper » Speaking at MarketingSherpas B-to-B Demand Generation Summit 2006 Im speaking at MarketingSherpas Demand Generation Summit being held in Boston and SF this fall.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Matt was one of SLMA’s 40 Most Inspiring Leaders in Sales Lead Management in 2015 , and his Seattle-based marketing company’s involvement with many CMOs around the country certainly qualifies him for this topic. Storytellers must be able to write with the intention of driving results from their target audience.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

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.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

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?”. Ensuring that inbound sales leads are all followed up with promptly and personally, independent of sales bandwidth.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Efficient lead management: Leads are scored and segmented automatically, ensuring timely follow-ups and higher conversion rates. You can segment your leads and tailor the automated communications to address their specific pain points. This is one of the best ways to deliver value and build trust over time with your leads.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Last week Focus.com’s Mastering Lead Management Virtual Event brought some of the leaders of B2B Demand Generation and Sales 2.0 Some of the tweets from his session include: ardath421 : How sales wants to sell has little impact on how buyers want to buy . build a lead mgmt platform. virtual event.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 20, 2009

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 is still available on the SLMA Web site.) It contained 10 questions, which is about as many as I can easily grasp.

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ViewPoint

MAY 21, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. How can marketing communications managers know how much interest to generate if they don’t know their salespeople’s quotas? Is that you?'

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 3, 2009

I think one mistake many marketers make is to think of their lead management requirements too narrowly — and to be honest, quite a few demand generation vendors make this mistake as well. However, achieving the full benefit of lead management requires much more than just nurturing and scoring.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2014

Take a look at an excerpt from a Leadspace Radio via Sales Lead Management Association with Carlos Hidalgo , CEO and founder of ANNUITAS. How can we STOP DOING lead nurturing campaigns? It’s not perpetual -which demand generation should be. We eat it up. Listen to the full interview here.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 10, 2014

Here are five common mistakes organizations make when automation their marketing and how they can fix them to get more value from their technology investment, as well as a better return on their demand generation. Carlos Hidalgo is CEO of ANNUITAS and has been named to the Top 50 Most Influential in sales lead management.

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The Point

JULY 23, 2012

In an ideal world, all B2B sales leads would be pre-qualified and ready to buy. Some of the main reasons are these: • It’s difficult if not impossible to target a message exclusively to those prospects that are ready to buy. This requires a constant re-loading of the sales funnel with new, expensive leads.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If (as is likely) the concept catches on and extends in one form or another to other email clients, notably Microsoft Outlook , Priority Inbox could sound the beginning of the end for email as a lead generation tool. One, because the effectiveness of email as a tool for acquiring net new sales leads is already as bad as it’s ever been.

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The Point

OCTOBER 14, 2010

As a Marketo agency partner, I attended along with colleagues from Spear Marketing Group to greet clients, talk shop, and hear how other companies – including Marketo themselves – are putting technology to use in the service of improved lead management. I’m just not sure the rest of us are quite there yet.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Yes, effective lead nurturing can educate, cultivate, and maintain brand awareness over time with a group of prospects that aren’t quite ready to talk with a rep. It’s when a prospect first expresses interest that nurturing can help highlight hot leads, filter out the junk, and increase the rate at leads engage with sales.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 21, 2022

This week’s show is called “ The (Surprising) State of B2B Lead Engagement “ My guest is Doug Bell , CMO at LeanData. Changing the dynamic of prospecting and lead management strategies. The ability to capture a lead and create a new compelling experience. Like who’s going to get this lead.

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The Point

MAY 6, 2010

Not everyone is able to measure the precise ratios at which sales leads currently convert to sales. Or even if the processes with which those leads are shepherded along the sales cycle are woefully inadequate, a company may not generate the volume of inquiries necessary in order for marketing automation to make a difference.

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The Point

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Except awareness and thought leadership represent only a fraction of the potential return from social media, and in fact (I would argue) place well behind the windfall that social media makes possible in the areas of lead generation and lead nurturing. expand company’s leads database and community of followers.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 1, 2013

Lead generation is the highest ranked goal (82%) for software marketers, according to the report findings. Lead management/nurturing (66%). Perspective on the B2B Demand Generation Benchmark Survey Report. Software marketers also consider the following to be top priorities: Brand awareness (80%).

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 1, 2009

It can also import a client’s list of target accounts from Salesforce.com and issuing alerts when those companies visit. According to the company, it typically finds that 50-60% of the Web site visitors come through a generic Internet Service Provider connection and thus can’t be traced to a particular company.

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Cintell

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Erika has over 15 years of B2B marketing, public relations and demand generation expertise. At ANNUITAS Erika manages all aspects of marketing including demand generation, content marketing, social media and public relations helping to build pipeline and drive results for the ANNUITAS team.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. In order to provide a practical guide to generating real results, here are the B2B Marketing Insider 5 Steps to achieve Lead Generation ROI: Step 1: Set your objective. Think sales, leads, pipeline.

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The Point

AUGUST 8, 2011

A recent industry study on Lead Management Optimization, conducted by CSO Insights and conducted in partnership with SMEI and Marketo , sheds insight on the relative budget marketing organizations are investing in areas such as lead nurturing, social media, and lead generation.

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The Point

JULY 14, 2015

In an era when “demand generation” and “content marketing” are virtually synonymous, most B2B sales leads are the result of a prospect downloading or requesting content.

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markempa

JANUARY 12, 2015

It’s not about more leads; it’s about doing better with the ones you already have. In this extended post, I’ll share 15 ideas on how to make your lead management more effective. Create a marketing funnel, not just a sales funnel. Then, there is the hand-off process between Marketing and Sales to consider.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 20, 2009

T he High-Tech Direct Marketing Handbook is packed with 65 tips and techniques on demand generation strategy. CDI ), a full-service agency with offices in Seattle and Silicon Valley specializing in demand generation and lead management for high-technology companies. We have invited Howard J.

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