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Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

So the waterfall concept is Inquiry > MQL > SAL > SQO > Close. Given the current state of the economy, I find companies in the industrial sector only recognizing SAL’s and SQO’s. Wait a minute, isn’t that what Content or Inbound marketing is all about?

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Forrester Report: The Birth Of The B2B Consumer

PathFactory

When it comes time to research a B2B purchase, they are faced with experiences that aren’t personalized to their needs, fail to keep them engaged, and ultimately make it very difficult to find and consume the information they need to make decisions. As a result of this approach, they saw a 30% lift in MQL to SQO conversion rates.