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

Only B2B

You got it—Generating sales-qualified leads. According to a Gartner survey, a mere 34% of marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) progress to sales-accepted leads (SALs), and only 47% of these SALs become sales-qualified leads (SQLs) , with just over half culminating in successful deals. But how does it work?

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How We Rethought Our Email Marketing Automation Workflow and Nearly Tripled Email Open Rates

Act-On

Revisiting your email marketing automation workflow and automation should happen regularly. We’ve been running automated programs for many years here at Act-On, and eventually ended up with 37 different sequences running. They weren’t terrible, but they weren’t fantastic either. Average at best.

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64% of Marketers Have Only Been ‘Somewhat Successful’ with Marketing Automation

KoMarketing Associates

While many marketers have begun to leverage marketing automation to achieve their primary goals, new research suggests that not all are seeing success with it just yet. That being said, marketers are still acutely aware of the advantages of utilizing marketing automation.

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4 qualities of an intent-driven marketing automation email program

Martech

Much of the difference comes down to capturing, measuring and acting on intent. The perspective has been this: “We have this marketing automation platform. We’re going to build a few automations and then go on to something really challenging.” That’s where intent comes in.

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39% of Marketers Intend to Use Marketing Automation for Demand Generation

KoMarketing Associates

Although email has helped many marketers drive leads in recent years, new research indicates that marketing automation may become a more important tool for building a robust pipeline. The Difficulties of Leveraging Marketing Data.

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What is Lead Scoring for Marketing and What Are the Benefits?

Act-On

Luckily for marketers, lead scoring exists. Lead scoring helps organizations move prospects along their buying journey in a structured, strategic way — which is especially helpful considering how complex buying journeys have become. For marketing and sales teams, that handoff is a potential minefield.

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Intent Data: How to Generate Quality Sales and Marketing Leads

DealSignal

Table of Contents [Open] [Close] What is B2B intent data? Signs of buyer intent What types of intent data are there? The essence of B2B intent data is to proactively identify potential buyers searching online for similar products and services that your company is selling. Comparing vendors on a third-party review website.