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Key Differences Between MQL and HQL for B2B Lead Generation  

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Must Read: MQL vs. SQL: Which Lead Matterrs More and When? Defining MQLs and HQLs MQLs (Marketing Qualified Leads): These leads have shown initial interest in your offerings. MQL qualification criteria vary by industry and target audience, but common factors include: Downloading white papers or ebooks.

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4 Calls-to-Action Proven to Increase Lead Generation

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Well-crafted CTAs encourage prospects to click and convert to a marketing qualified lead (MQL), or possibly to a sales qualified lead (SQL), depending on which type of CTA you present. Are we targeting leads in the consideration-stage who are comparing and contrasting solutions and might benefit from downloading a case study?

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Is the MQL Dead? Nope.

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The phrase ‘MQL is Dead’ bubbles to the surface in marketing feeds. What Is an MQL? Marketing qualified lead (MQL) is the term marketers give prospects who interact with their brand’s content. MQLs are also critical to an organization’s lead generation marketing strategy. Here’s why.

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How to Measure the Success of Lead Generation

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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. But how do we distinguish good leads from bad leads?

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How to Measure the Success of Lead Generation

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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. But how do we distinguish good leads from bad leads?

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Lead Scoring: Tools and Tactics to Convert Customers

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Segmentation (the secret superpower of lead scoring) The whole practice of marketing automation depends on segmentation : automatically categorizing audience members based on demographics, firmographics, or behavior. If that sounds exactly like lead scoring, you’re onto something. Lead scoring is a type of segmentation.

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MQL Criteria: Identifying Potential Customers Effectively

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This means sifting through lots of leads and focusing on the ones that are most likely to become valuable customers. A super important tool for doing this is called Marketing Qualified Leads (MQL) criteria. This blog looks into what MQL criteria are and how they help us find potential customers that matter.