The Point

MARCH 22, 2019

Lead scoring – as a fundamental part of a company’s lead management strategy – has officially fallen out of fashion. Two reasons I can think of: One is that lead scoring is routinely set up as part of an initial implementation of a marketing automation platform. So, is lead scoring a dying art?

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Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Business process automation is, hands down, one of the best technological innovations to come along in decades. These tasks take time away from the value we could potentially be adding in our business. But how do make the best use of it (or get started, if you’re still stuck in manual processes)? Guest post by Eduard Klein.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

The middle of the demand generation funnel receives way less attention than it deserves. At the top of the funnel, marketing increases traffic and fills the database with new leads through paid ads, social media, search, referral programs, and a variety of other channels. What exactly is the middle of the funnel?

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The Point

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Should you allow prospects to enter a personal email address when they fill out lead gen forms? However, forcing that same individual to enter a business email address instead doesn’t change where that person is in the buying process; it simply creates more friction in the user experience. B2B marketers seem divided on the question.

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

One of the key aspects of gaining an edge is the efficient management of leads. This is where Automated Lead Qualification steps in as a game-changer. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the intricacies of Automated Lead Qualification, demystifying its key components, benefits, and challenges.

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The Point

JUNE 5, 2018

At face value, the results, due to be published in a report this June, paint a somewhat dim picture of the state of B2B marketing. LDW: Overall, the scores were quite low. The aggregate score overall was 2.71 (on a scale of 1-5), with individual scores ranging from 2.26 for lead management to 3.35

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LeanData

JANUARY 20, 2021

B2B marketers invest an extraordinary amount of time, energy and resources creating demand for their products and services. However, far too many fail to deliver those precious leads to the right team member for timely follow-up. Poor lead management contributes to a 25 percent reduction in potential revenue (Gartner).

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL ) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. No matter where the lead was sourced.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 10, 2020

This is particularly true for Demand Marketing, which today finds itself at a crossroads. Answering the question, “What is Demand Marketing,” requires some context – particularly given a substantial shift in its core mission over the past twenty years. What does Demand Marketing mean today? What does Demand Marketing mean today?

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Let’s talk about leads. Odds are, you’re having conversations about how to attract more leads, how to improve the quality of your leads, how to convert your leads, or all of the above. And in that conversation you might be wondering, “why are we getting bad leads in the first place?” .

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The Mx Group

JULY 25, 2018

B2B marketers are experiencing more pressure than ever to increase the quantity and quality of leads, outsmart the competition, and prove ROI in the process. If it’s demand generation vs. lead generation, which helps the most? Lead generation is the harvesting of that demand.

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ViewPoint

JULY 7, 2015

Marketing Automation makes it easier than ever to deliver more poor-quality leads to sales. A key to this trend is lead scoring. According to SiriusDecisions’ Research Brief 1 , the problem with lead scoring at many organizations is as follows: Lead scoring models are based on assumptions or inadequate sales input.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Customers are increasingly demanding more from B2B organizations. They no longer want to be treated just as “leads” in your system. This is where an advanced lead generation strategy comes in. The new generation of digitally savvy customers does a bulk of their product research online. And they have options.

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Albacross

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

When it comes to driving traffic and converting visitors to your site, there are two ways to do this: through lead generation and demand generation. Content is crucial in today’s marketing world and plays a vital role in both, lead and demand generation. How to utilize lead generation?

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ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2021

Marketing Automation Platforms (MAPs) are perhaps the most misunderstood component of the Demand Technology Stack. Too often MAPs are associated with tactical email nurturing and simple lead qualification — tactical use cases that dominate immature platform deployments. ADOPTING ENTERPRISE DEMAND PROCESS.

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The Point

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The analysts at Demand Gen Report just published their “ 2018 Lead Nurturing & Acceleration Survey Report ” and one conclusion is no surprise: many B2B companies are still really bad at lead nurturing. It’s not just that 44% of respondents said that their lead nurturing “needs improvement.” Think about that.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 26, 2011

Lead management continues to be a hot topic in the world of B2B marketing as we turn the corner and head into the second half of 2010. As a leader in lead management process development, our firm has seen a lot of confusion in the market about what constitutes lead management. So what are these myths?

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Zoominfo

JULY 28, 2022

In an ideal world, B2B revenue teams would run with lightning-fast lead response times, streamlined operations, and an aligned sales and marketing team. Intelligent lead routing is a key component of that effective, speedy sales motion. And if 10 minutes go by, the chance of qualifying the lead can decrease by as much as 400%.

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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. For example: * Lead Scoring.

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DealSignal

OCTOBER 4, 2021

These critical success factors—which I’ll be sharing in this blog—ensured success with every demand generation program I launched. What Is Demand Generation Marketing? A common misconception about B2B demand generation is that it’s the same as lead generation for a particular product or service.

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DealSignal

OCTOBER 4, 2021

These critical success factors—which I’ll be sharing in this blog—ensured success with every demand generation program I launched. What Is Demand Generation Marketing? A common misconception about B2B demand generation is that it’s the same as lead generation for a particular product or service.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

As we go into event season-it’s good to remember that building a Demand Generation Strategy isn’t easy. Attend workshops, sessions and learn from industry experts and peers and keep in mind this is a complex process that won’t be solved immediately.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 27, 2014

In reading many of the blogs and listening to some of the webinars and speeches that have been given about Demand Generation one would think that the path to Demand Generation is just a few simple step away. Is success on impacting pipeline and generating demand really just a few simple steps away?

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Markempa

APRIL 16, 2019

But, in reality, any marketing process can be optimized from demand generation, account-based marketing and, lead generation. I’ll review the basics of reviewing your demand generation funnel. What type of leads works best for Sales in their opinion?

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Tomorrow People

MARCH 8, 2018

It is more time consuming, more demanding and more of a drain on your resources. Content marketing is the approach of fitting your content within a structured and measurable process to create better results in attracting leads and transforming them into customers — and increasing revenue. But what exactly is content marketing?

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Those other vendors could easily see marketing automation as a natural line extension, since it would help their clients make better use of the traffic those vendors generate. Each category kicks off its own stream of messages (to the leads) and alerts (to company users), which can be spaced over time.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 1, 2012

I wrote last week about the difficulty of linking marketing leads to sales results. One reason the topic was on my mind is I’m also thinking a lot these days about lead scoring. But the ultimate goal is to identify the leads most likely to generate revenue. .*

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PureB2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Understandably, B2B marketers are hard-pressed to recalibrate their lead generation strategies in this ever-shifting landscape. Based on this, here are 10 B2B lead generation strategies that should help you navigate the shifting sands of lead generation in 2018: Ramp Up Social Networking and Personalize Connections.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 17, 2009

Earlier this year I downloaded Silverpop’s lead management workbook , and I planned to write about it. Unfortunately, not enough time… Last week I received a copy of Marketo’s Lead Nurturing workbook. Both books show how you can increase sales by nurturing all leads, from inquiry to opportunity.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The speed at which your buyers move through their buying process has a big impact on the results your program can post. It’s not enough to know your buyer, create content that maps to their buyer’s journey and create lead management processes to regulate all the moving parts of your demand generation program.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 25, 2008

But I recently spoke with on-demand business intelligence vendor LucidEra , who also said they had found that demand generation systems could not integrate such information. They even cited one demand generation vendor that had turned to them for help. (In

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Anything Goes Marketing

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

In one of my meetings these past few weeks I was thinking of an analogy where I could break down the lead management process into much simpler terms so everyone could understand their roles - this is where football comes in. Think of the defense as anyone or anything that is hampering the lead management process.

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Valasys

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Introduction The importance of having an effective CRM system in today’s digital age cannot be overstated, as it can make all the difference in how you manage your sales leads and ultimately close deals. What features do you think are essential in a CRM system for sales leads? But don’t just take my word for it.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 18, 2015

The speed at which your buyers move through their buying process has a big impact on the results your program can post. It’s not enough to know your buyer, create content that maps to their buyer’s journey and create lead management processes to regulate all the moving parts of your demand generation program.

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SnapApp

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Marketers often see disqualification as a negative part of sifting through to find the best leads: unsubscribes from email nurtures are hard losses, and an uncovered mismatch in company size or revenue means marketers have one less lead to count toward their monthly goals. . How marketers win by disqualifying leads.

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Modern B2B

APRIL 18, 2024

The key behind their success lies in optimising processes, scrutinising data and redefining your target audience, all with the help of technology to enhance your strategy and do more with less. In particular, the lead management process can often be neglected over time. In Modern’s Digital Connections 3.0

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 28, 2009

Summary : a small survey of demand generation users shows that more than half deployed basic demand generation features within one week , and about 75% within one month. More complicated features take longer, but in general, 80% of the features ever deployed are in place by the end of two months.

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