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Nurture – Lead Score

PathFactory

Lead Score. A scoring methodology used to determine when a potential prospect is engaged enough to be considered a “marketing qualified lead” (MQL) so this can be passed along to sales for further follow up. Marketing Ops team creates or updates the lead scoring model in the MAP based on these new requirements.

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Quality Matters – Analyzing the Effect of Quality on the Lead Handoff Process

ANNUITAS

We are glad to have Steve Woods, CTO of Eloqua as a guest contributor to The Annuitas Group blog. Steve is a thought leader in the world of marketing automation and lead management and is also a prolific writer on topics related to demand generation and the current transitions within the marketing profession.

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Sales Lead Generation: 8 Tips to Sharpen Your Strategy

SnapApp

If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you know that lead generation is a frequent topic of discussion. At SnapApp, we live by a very simple motto: More leads aren’t better—better leads are better. Why Generating Sales-Ready Leads Is a Challenge. But you don’t really know what those leads want, or who they are.

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How to Measure Email Success in 2015: A Call to ROI

The Point

Improving email campaign measurement won’t generate more leads or better leads, in and of itself, but it will help accomplish both those goals by providing the data necessary to identify what’s truly working. Leads/Response Rate. Leads are at least a measure of genuine interest. However, not all leads are created equal.

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Hard Data to Justify Your Marketing Automation Investment

Customer Experience Matrix

The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% Statistics include: • 16.5%

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How To Enable B2B Content Bingeing

PathFactory

This concept is supported by numerous reports that have shown that connect rates are highest when you follow up on hot leads immediately after they interact. This empowers them to have more productive conversations and move leads through the funnel faster. Traditional lead scoring models don’t take time into account.

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Getting Started Guide for Marketing Automation

The Effective Marketer

So here’s a quick “getting started” guide that looks at the marketing automation implementation process from a 10,000 foot view and gets you ready to used what will become your most important lead generation engine. How and in which stage will marketing hand leads off to sales? Getting Started with Marketing Automation.