Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2016

My last two posts covered my most important lessons for attracting your webinar audience and engaging your webinar audience. Let’s now complete the arc with how to convert your webinar audience into customers and future advocates. Coach your speakers to connect with and inspire your audience.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Tweet At MarketingSherpa Lead Gen Summit 2013 , I had the privilege of sitting in on a session with Todd Wilms, Head of Social Strategy, and Adriel Sanchez, VP, Demand Generation, both of SAP , as they discussed how they use a business model called “social business” to help their teams across the globe engage local audiences.

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Strategic-IC

MAY 29, 2018

A considered lead nurture strategy is important to support your sales and marketing activities and ensure prospects keep moving through the funnel. We explore 5 lead nurture tips to consider for an effective process. Why is Lead Nurturing Important? 5 Lead Nurturing Strategy Considerations.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Tweet Earlier this week, I had a call with a CEO of a small technology company who was wondering how to optimize his lead generation. He called me after two salespeople quit, and he said, “I’m about to give up on cold calling and start doing inbound marketing. This type of interruption marketing no longer works.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2020

By Stephanie Carrillo , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. The inbound methodology is creating and distributing content utilizing marketing channels like organic search, social media, blogging, lead nurturing, and live chat, to name a few. Why is Inbound Marketing important to B2B marketing?

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The Point

APRIL 22, 2020

Content syndication CAN generate qualified leads – much of it has to do with the type of content (see below) – but it’s more likely that the majority of leads will need more education and nurture before they’re ready to engage with sales. Quality content = quality leads. Place leads immediately into nurture.

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Valasys

APRIL 15, 2020

B2B lead nurturing is all about engaging with a targeted group of prospective customers by providing hyper-tailored solutions to their pain-points according to their specific stages in the buying cycles. Read more on How to Build Customer Loyalty with Content Marketing. Ways to Excel Effective Lead Nurturing.

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Tiecas

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Industrial marketing for manufacturers is complicated, with many moving parts that must mesh together to produce measurable and sustainable results, i.e., generate better quality leads that turn into sales opportunities. Industrial marketing for manufacturers offers solutions that allow us to maximize our resources.

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Rev

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Getting them there is all about nurturing the relationship. A nurture cadence. Lead nurture can transform budding relationships into bonafide partnerships. But, successfully nurturing a relationship from early prospect to ready-to-buy client takes the right tone, content, and timing. The best way to do this?

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Sharpspring

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Good marketers know that not every strategy is created equal. Sure, many strategies are effective across industries, such as social media and email marketing. But marketers still need to understand their audience and which strategies work for them. B2B Marketing vs B2C Marketing.

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The Point

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. The Risks of Over-Reliance on Late-Stage Content Click To Tweet.

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Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Sales and marketing team alignment makes a lot of sense, and in most small-sized professional services firms, they go hand-in-hand. But as companies continue to grow, it’s not uncommon for sales and marketing to fall out of sync, and this can lead to significant losses in visibility, profitability, and growth. .

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Lead Liaison

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Lead Nurturing is dying quickly, and marketers are to blame. People are overwhelmed by massive amounts of email; and even your biggest fans are starting to see “educational” materials as being spam. And, your lead nurturing efforts are going out the window. Your contract is up for renewal.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In these situations, if a potential customer is interested in your brand, the best outcome is for them to subscribe to your email list. Here’s where the power of lead nurture strategies comes into play. What Is Email Nurturing? Post-purchase emails are a great opportunity to build loyalty.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2014

.’ Buyers are not linear in their progression often times so we really believe that to focus on any one area upstream which is Engage, midstream which would be nurture or Conversion, if you just focus on any one of those areas, you’re missing a good part of the buying process.”. How can we STOP DOING lead nurturing campaigns?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. 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.

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BOP Design

JUNE 8, 2021

Wondering what types of content to include in your B2B content marketing strategy ? Here is what we recommend to consider including in your content strategy. Read more: SEO for B2B marketers. Instructional/Educational. Read more: How to create a human connection in marketing. Thought Leadership.

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NetLine

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We love webinars. But while we love webinars, we need to acknowledge something about the format. They’re not a lead volume driver. If you’re expecting your webinars (specifically Live Webinars) to be your volume workhorse, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Webinars Are Bottom of Funnel Content Format.

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DealSignal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Did you know that, according to a study by HubSpot , 61% of B2B marketers rank lead generation as their number one challenge? With businesses constantly searching for new customers, it’s no wonder that B2B lead generation has become a top priority for marketers.

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The Point

JULY 13, 2012

Which leads to another question: do certain types of campaigns even need an offer in the first place? Take lead nurturing : is it strictly essential that every lead nurturing touch include a specific, gated, call to action? I have my concerns, however, about extending it to lead nurturing and the email medium.

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The Point

OCTOBER 22, 2020

My response: We typically design nurture programs for inbound leads like content syndication in 2 stages, as follows: 1) quickly determining if the person has an immediate need or otherwise merits sales follow-up; and then. Focus on information that delivers real value vs. emails that ask: “are you ready to buy yet?”.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Demand generation marketing (or “demand gen,” for short) means finding, learning about, and winning over potential customers. There are plenty of obstacles between you and good demand generation marketing, but fortunately also plenty of ways to conquer them. Well, it’s now reality – and something marketers need to do.

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Delivra

JANUARY 17, 2019

One of the easiest ways to engage with leads and nurture them to the point of conversion is by using email drip campaigns. This article will explain why email drip campaigns are vital for lead nurturing. Why you should be using email drip campaigns. Webinar campaigns.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Digital marketers invest in creating landing pages because of their higher conversion rates. As opposed to whole blog posts, webinars, eBooks, and other digital content, the landing page is a simple design to bring the reader to a call to action. What is the Landing Page’s Importance in Digital Marketing? Simpler design.

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Sharpspring

JANUARY 17, 2019

Webinar marketing is a key inbound tactic for many businesses. The amount of time, resources, and money you spend in creating a webinar can have a big impact on its success. But hosting a great webinar is only the first step. Read on for 7 ways to get the most out of webinars for lead nurturing.

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Only B2B

MARCH 20, 2024

Did you know that only 5-10% of marketing qualified leads (MQLs) convert into paying customers? This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. But how do you identify leads ready to be handed off to your sales team?

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SmartBug Media

JULY 22, 2020

Without traditional lead sources like in-person events, many marketing and sales professionals are facing a shortage of leads and rising concerns about meeting revenue targets and occupancy goals. Why Use Marketing Automation to Increase Lead Generation in Senior Care? Scale Your Marketing.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 30, 2012

If you ever hired a recent college graduate for a marketing position at your company, odds are you were amazed at their lack of knowledge. Not of basic marketing concepts like the 4 P’s , advertising , or branding but their utmost ignorance of modern marketing tactics and tools like webinars, marketing automation, and even CRM software.

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Mailmunch

APRIL 26, 2021

When you consider that 80% of marketers have seen an increase in email engagement in the past year, it’s pretty clear that email marketing is a powerful tool that you can use to reach your audience. Email marketing and content marketing aren’t mutually exclusive — they go hand-in-hand.

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Only B2B

MARCH 27, 2024

Ah, the never-ending quest for qualified leads! B2B marketers spend countless hours crafting campaigns, social media posts, and targeted ads, all in the name of capturing potential customers. Marketing casts a wide net at the top, attracting potential customers. Utilize targeted advertising platforms to reach the right audience.

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LeadSloth

APRIL 15, 2010

If you want to make a start with Lead Nurturing, what are the right questions to ask? In this post I present a short checklist of questions to ask before you get started with lead nurturing: Do you want to nurture new leads, existing leads or both? How do you to segment your audience?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 22, 2013

Kathryn is a senior marketing manager at BrightTALK , a webinar and video solution for professionals and their communities. In this blog, discover the who, what, when, how and why of lead nurturing through webinars and videos so you can take your buyers on a more engaging (and fun) journey.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 7, 2013

Following is a step-by-step list of how to host a memorable, interesting, and useful webinar. Of course, this list may change, depending on your business and your industry, but it provides a good place to begin thinking about how to generate good, qualified leads from content. For instance, we did a webinar about Google analytics.

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Rev

MARCH 8, 2023

In fact, all departments—including marketing, customer success, revenue operations and even finance—play a role in driving the growth of your business. So, if you want to ensure that your B2B company is profitable, it’s essential to have a strong revenue generation strategy that empowers each department to contribute to the bottom line.

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Only B2B

DECEMBER 10, 2020

With the conferences and shows canceled due to global pandemic, we should understand the content marketing is very prominent and every business should implement it strategically. . Many businesses who yet have not adopted content marketing have found themselves between the rock and a hard place. What Is Content Marketing? .

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 8, 2023

So, in order to efficiently guide prospects to closed-won, nurturing relationships is key. In this article, we’ll explore four strategies to effectively nurture prospects through the sales cycle so you can close more deals. In fact, you should avoid outright selling on social media.

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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?

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