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Lead Generation vs Lead Qualification: The Dynamic Duo of Sales Success

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“The only metric that matters in marketing is how many qualified leads you generate every month.” ” – Seth Godin, Marketing Author and Entrepreneur Generating qualified leads is the heart of lead generation and contributes to your bottom line i.e. revenue.

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Key Differences Between MQL and HQL for B2B Lead Generation  

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This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. MQL qualification criteria vary by industry and target audience, but common factors include: Downloading white papers or ebooks. Attending webinars or events. Signing up for your email list.

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How Virtual Events Can Outperform In-person Events to Drive Sales

Biznology

Still, according to a 2021 Forrester study , most marketers admit to having a tough time replicating the “compelling storytelling and lead-generating aspects” of in-person events. Greater flexibility to attend multiple sessions. Much lower production costs. Little or no T&E expense. Better audience analytics. Well, of course.

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

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You got it—Generating sales-qualified leads. It analyzes diverse online behaviors, including content downloads, registrations for white papers, visits to solution-related webpages, and even interactions with competitor content. What’s the perpetual challenge in every sales funnel? billion (Polaris).

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

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Usually, MQLs are the leads that have shown interest in various ways, like downloading content like ebooks, white paper, signing up for a company newsletter attending a webinar or online event. It means missing out on important buying signals, wasting money on generating leads, and ultimately losing out on potential sales.

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How to Market an Analyst Report

The Point

By which I mean that most analyst reports – Gartner Magic Quadrants, Forrester Wave Reports, and the like – are marketed as press announcements vs. information of value that might attract prospects actively evaluating your type of solution. However, in my experience, most tech companies don’t know how to market them.

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3 innovative ways to structure video content to support sales engagement

Biznology

That is, instead of producing videos that stand on their own, make video snippets that amplify or explain specific features and benefits featured on web pages, in white papers, slideware, or webinars. The “basic” requirements, as depicted by Forrester ’s Lori Wizdo , are shown below. You can animate diagrams and timelines.