ClearVoice

MARCH 29, 2021

What is bottom-of-funnel (BoFu) marketing? Bottom-of-funnel marketing is a strategy that aligns with the latest “decision” stage of the buyer’s journey. Funnels have become ubiquitous in a marketer’s day-to-day life. As much as we like to toy with the idea that we have evolved past marketing funnels, we haven’t.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Validation Marketing Funnels Purchase 98

ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Engagement and Conversion Issues Don’t rely on generic conversion funnels. You can invest in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software to track and score each lead’s interactions accordingly. Map out where they are in your funnel and decide the best content to push them to the next step.

Account Based Marketing 95

Account Based Marketing ABM Tactics Top of Funnel 95

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel.

Sales Management 240

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 240

Sharpspring

JULY 16, 2020

Creating an effective sales strategy requires you to know your customer journey inside and out. Using models like sales funnels and click funnels can help you build the path you want your customers to take on their way from prospect to buyer. What is a Click Funnel? Click funnels can be short or long.

Top of Funnel 68

Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Advertising Funnels Marketing Funnels 68

FunnelEnvy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence is the big news for B2B SaaS marketing and sales in 2024. Yet while generative AI is transforming B2B SaaS marketing, the other big news is not about tech disruption but about people – specifically about the sales experience buyers want now.

Marketing AI 62

Marketing AI B2B Sales Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies 62

Only B2B

APRIL 24, 2024

In the demand generation, marketers use a mix of active strategies (webinars, email marketing, paid ads) and passive strategies (content marketing, SEO, podcasting, social media marketing) to capture prospects’ interest in making a purchase. Contribution to pipeline and sales impact. But what truly sets them apart?

Demand Generation Agencies 71

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Inbound Marketing Top of Funnel 71

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Management 130

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Demand generation is the process of building awareness and interest in a brand’s products and services. Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 225

SalesIntel

JULY 10, 2023

Understanding buyer intent has become crucial to marketing, sales, and revenue operations (RevOps) strategies in the current competitive business climate. Why Intent Data is Crucial in Modern Marketing and Sales: Marketing and sales professionals face an uphill battle in reaching and converting potential customers.

Top of Funnel 71

Top of Funnel Intent Data Marketing Funnels Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Act-On

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Audit existing email nurture campaigns for performance Do you have engagement programs scheduled to kick off after a prospect attends a webinar, downloads content, or takes other actions with your brand? Did they download an eBook, attend a webinar, or do something else? Of course, this is a quick summary of the process.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 191

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A 2018 study by the University of Zurich found that even a small gift from a sales representative makes customers much more likely to make a purchase. In the study, reps gave customers six tubes of toothpaste — a trivial offering. As a rule, the gift increases and matches the opportunity value the further you go down the funnel.

Sales Management 130

Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 130

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. It’s not intuitive, then, that these two functions often exist in silos, each having their own systems and processes.

Sales Management 71

Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel.

Sales Management 177

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 177

Launch Marketing

JULY 6, 2022

From defining the target market to outlining marketing and sales tactics to reach the audience and more, a go-to-market strategy has it all. Here are four tactics for developing an effective SaaS go-to-market strategy. To purchase a new solution, every prospect goes through a buyer’s journey. Identify The Target Audience.

Tactics 118

Tactics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Webinar Metrics 118

Rev

JULY 12, 2023

Of course, this one-hour rule only really applies if your lead handoff process prioritizes highly-qualified leads that are, in fact, ready and able to buy. Low-quality leads make their way to sales, and some of the most qualified leads fall through the cracks. What is lead handoff between marketing and sales? Sound familiar?

Lead Ranking 78

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Qualified Leads 78

BenchmarkONE

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A marketing funnel is a visual representation of your customer’s journey from the moment they come in contact with your brand till they become a paying customer. Other marketers also refer to marketing funnels as purchase, conversion, and lead funnels, among others. Why Do You Need A Marketing Funnel?

Top of Funnel 74

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Marketing Automation Services High Quality Lead 74

Hinge Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Educational webinars have emerged as a powerful marketing tool for many professional services and B2B firms. But not everyone is on the same page… As someone who has organized, promoted, and produced over 100 webinars at Hinge, you can imagine that I hold some strong perspectives on webinars as a marketing strategy.

Webinar Metrics 98

Webinar Metrics Education Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 98

Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2023

Marketing to professionals, such as doctors or lawyers, will often involve tactics borrowed from both sides. Companies that are looking for products or services with which to assist their own operations will typically have or assign a “product champion” to conduct research on solutions and manage the sales relationship.

Work Management 217

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing B2B 217

Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

Longer sales cycles, complex technical products, and a highly analytical buyer persona are just a few factors that set it apart. Probably the most common complaint that I hear from Sales is that “Marketing just doesn’t understand engineering problems, and they generate ‘crappy’ leads that are not ready to buy.”

Tactics 75

Tactics B2B Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 75

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

To be actionable, your content must make tactical use of calls to action, offers, promotions, demos, and free trials that move prospects along the buyer’s journey. Additionally, you can produce webinars, workshops, seminars as well as facilitate virtual meetups and discussion groups that specifically serve your target audience.

Lead Generation 264

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Paid Content Lead Scoring 264

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Demand generation is the process of building awareness and interest in a brand’s products and services. Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omnichannel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. What is Demand Generation?

Demand Generation Agencies 130

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 130

Only B2B

MARCH 20, 2024

But how do you identify leads ready to be handed off to your sales team? Optimizing your funnel based on this difference maximizes your ROI. They’ve downloaded content, attended webinars, or visited product pages, indicating potential customer status. Attending webinars or events. Signing up for your email list.

High Quality Lead 62

High Quality Lead Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL 62

FunnelEnvy

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

They are part of strategic SaaS marketing campaigns that understand the different stages of the sales funnel. This post explores landing pages in the context of the SaaS funnel buyer stages: Awareness, Activation/Purchase, and Expansion/Upsell. At Funnel Envy, we’re used to dealing with that complexity.

Landing Pages 62

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Practices Demand 62

seo.co

MARCH 28, 2021

Typically, you have to let them gently slide down the funnel. And though a bottom-of-the-funnel (BOFL) lead is the most fun kind of lead, every BOFL starts as a TOFL, or top-of-the-funnel lead. By learning how to generate and manage these leads, you can accelerate your results. Quick Funnel Primer.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Work Management 100

Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

To thrive, these companies must consistently attract qualified leads to fuel their sales pipelines. However, this sales-driven environment presents unique challenges for industrial and manufacturing marketers. For more on these challenges, see my earlier blog post, “Industrial Lead Generation for Sales – It’s Complicated!”

Lead Ranking 52

Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 52

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Looks like you’re ready to make a sales call. The most successful sales calls include tailored presentations and focus on building trust with prospects by addressing their unique pain points. As celebrated entrepreneur Siva Devaki noted, “Sales is not about selling, but about building trust and educating.”

Top of Funnel 69

Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring 69

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You manage a small business and its marketing. These digital experiences can result in prospects filling out a form to try your free demo or signing up for blog alerts. The leads’ information goes into your CRM then your sales team begins their sales process. On your website, they fill out the form to get a demo.

Small Business Marketing 145

Small Business Marketing Work Management Marketing Management Ideal Customer Profiles 145

The Point

MAY 17, 2021

When planning campaigns or designing ads, it’s easy to gravitate towards late-stage content (Webinars, analyst reports, demos, case studies) on the assumption that such offers generate more “qualified” leads. Use of very short-term metrics will almost certainly devalue those leads and the perceived ROI from the program.

Marketing Management 207

Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Buying Cycle Demand Generation Agencies 207

accelerate agency

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Like everything else, sales have gone online, and that’s especially true for the SaaS industry. In the following article, we’re going to give you all the details and tricks you need to finetune your SaaS sales game so you can make sure you’re selling your SaaS product in the best way possible. What Is the SaaS Sales Process?

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Process Paid Content Lead Ranking 52

NuSpark Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Lead generation is a process of identifying and attracting potential customers.Without the right strategy in place, it can use up a lot of your time and resources. Generating leads helps marketers to move customers along a “ sales funnel ” towards a purchase. What is a Sales Funnel?

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Lead Generation Tactics Generation 100

SendinBlue

APRIL 19, 2021

Successful B2B marketing automation requires thought and preparation but once up and running, can do serious heavy lifting for your sales funnel. What are the most effective B2B automation techniques and tactics for nurturing leads? lets you adjust your digital marketing tactics and messaging according to the different steps.

Marketing Automation Services 95

Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel Marketing Automation B2B Sales 95

Ledger Bennett

MAY 7, 2020

Have you ever wondered how sales and marketing fit together? What someone meant when they talked about the funnel? Well, we’ve put together a complete guide for you to learn all about the two different types of funnels we utilize daily. What is a Marketing Funnel? Marketing Funnel Stages: Top vs Bottom.

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 52

SmartBug Media

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Today's buyer is more informed than ever, and as sales and marketing professionals, it’s our responsibility to educate and provide relevant information at each step of the buyer’s journey. While the idea of a sales funnel isn’t new, the way we approach it has changed significantly over the years. Middle of the Funnel (MOFU).

Top of Funnel 94

Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Case Study Case Studies 94

Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 6, 2021

However, in today’s world, where we can utilize predictive analytics tools to create highly personalized experiences for customers, it’s critical to focus on delivering value over making a sale or focusing too much on cost. Focus on building value for customers over driving sales. Add more value, and the sales will come.

Top of Funnel 336

Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management Content Marketing 336

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

A jam-packed webinar is a beautiful thing. But you know what’s better than filling your funnel with webinar leads? The key to turning webinar leads into sales is giving your prospects a clear path forward. With this in mind, you don’t want to let these valuable leads languish in post-webinar purgatory.

Webinar Metrics 76

Webinar Metrics Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 76

Oktopost

MARCH 4, 2024

In this highly competitive and saturated market, SaaS companies must continuously meet their KPIs, drive customers down the B2B funnel, and ensure they stand out from their competition. The goal is to implement a range of top, middle, and bottom-of-the-funnel marketing activities covering every funnel stage.

Ideal Customer Profiles 62

Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Marketing & Strategy 62

Contently

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As your prospects move through the buyer’s journey, good storytelling helps ensure your brand is top of mind, especially when it’s time to make a purchasing decision. Regardless, fitting smaller stories into your larger brand narrative and defining where they fall within the funnel will drive a lot of your strategic decisions.

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Storytelling Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Conversion 135