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How to Use Intent Data to Identify Sales-Qualified Leads (SQLs) and Win More Deals  

Only B2B

According to a Gartner survey, a mere 34% of marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) progress to sales-accepted leads (SALs), and only 47% of these SALs become sales-qualified leads (SQLs) , with just over half culminating in successful deals. Email campaigns: Leads exhibiting strong purchase intent can trigger automated email sequences.

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Optimize your Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) Strategy and Close More Sales

Only B2B

MQL sits at the intersection of marketing and sales. Many marketers view MQL as flawed because less than 1% of these leads typically reach the final stage of the buying process, and even then, there’s no guarantee they’ll convert. These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team.

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Going back to basics: Marketing as a conversation

Martech

Marketing is the same. At the core of all good marketing is a great conversation. Yet, too much of the marketing we see today talks at people. Marketing is not advertising. Advertising can be a part of a marketing strategy, but it is just that, a part. Marketing today is about engagement. Let me explain.

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Mastering B2B Marketing Automation: A Definitive Guide to Skyrocketing Your Business Growth

SmarkLabs

Marketing tasks are increasingly complex, and the need for B2B marketing automation is more critical than ever. Let’s break down what B2B marketing automation is, why it’s crucial, and how it can transform your business operations. What is B2B Marketing Automation? Why B2B Marketing Automation?

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Applying B2B Buyer Journey Insights to Drive Higher Marketing ROI?

Walker Sands

Executing a B2B marketing strategy without first understanding the audiences you’re targeting can feel a lot like this — frustrating, overwhelming, confusing and, ultimately, a waste of resources. In the era of content overload, only marketing strategies that reach buyers at the right time with the right message and approach will drive ROI.

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Why Marketing Automation Does Not Work

NuSpark Consulting

In a nutshell, marketing automation often comes to a grinding halt because of the lack of people and processes to support it. If you choose and implement your marketing automation before defining your processes and the roles of individuals, you cannot move forward. Lack of planning for marketing automation is widespread.

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What every marketer needs to know about programmatic advertising

Martech

Ad network vs. ad exchange Types of programmatic advertising How big is the programmatic advertising market? It does this by taking a variety of factors into account, including location, demographics, user behavior and online activity. How big is the programmatic advertising market? How does programmatic advertising work?