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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

Both our sales and marketing teams live and breathe this ideology. Why Generating Sales-Ready Leads Is a Challenge. You want to assume that those 60 people have raised their hand, and therefore, are ready to speak to sales and explore a purchase. Or, maybe a sales rep who wants to sell your company on their product.

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41 Execs Discuss Key B2B Marketing Metrics to Watch in 2018

SnapApp

This is amplified in the B2B marketing arena where longer sales cycles and multiple touchpoints across a range of different channels make KPI selection and attribution much more complex. . This is evident by the number of B2B companies who are still unable to answer the most critical sales and marketing performance questions. . .

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How To Enable B2B Content Bingeing

PathFactory

In this post, I specifically address the love/hate relationship marketing teams typically have with their sales counterparts–and how to make it more of a love/love one by enabling content bingeing. The power of the binge: Empowering BDRs and Sales. And trust me, only a true nerd would call these things cool.) And that’s a big problem.

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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% The data is a couple of years old but still valid.

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Growing B2B Sales with Trust and Empathy interview with Steve Woods, Founder & CTO at Nudge

Markempa

We have more sales and marketing technology and channels to reach our customers, but they’re increasingly tuning us out. So, my history before Nudge was Eloqua, in the marketing space, obviously, it’s a space you’re very familiar with, you’re working a lot with marketers. Something is missing. Sure thing.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

ViewPoint

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force.