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Demand Gen vs. Lead Gen: Which is ‘Best’ for Startups?

Zoominfo

I spoke with Mitchell Hanson , ZoomInfo’s senior director of demand generation, to learn more about how startups can maximize the impact of their lead-generation initiatives and make every marketing dollar work harder. Demand-Gen vs. Lead-Gen: The False Dichotomy The debate between demand-gen and lead-gen has become quite polarized.

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Lead Generation Marketing 101: How to Find Leads Your Sales Team Wants to Close

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All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. But how do you find leads and prime them for buying? Welcome to lead generation marketing. What is Lead Generation Marketing? Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers. Take Twitter, for instance.

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The Risks of Over-Reliance on Late-Stage Content

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When planning campaigns or designing ads, it’s easy to gravitate towards late-stage content (Webinars, analyst reports, demos, case studies) on the assumption that such offers generate more “qualified” leads.

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Lead Gen: A proposed replacement for BANT

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We have all downloaded a white paper or attended a webinar. The questions for marketers is what they can do upstream of live conversations to tee up people and accounts that are more likely to convert into sales-ready leads. Related Resources: Lead Gen Summit 2013 in San Francisco (September 30 – October 3, 2013).

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How to Audit and Beef Up Your Lead Gen Strategy Using Content

SmartBug Media

Start with the buyer persona(s) you are targeting in your lead gen marketing, and ask yourself what that individual wants and needs from you. A key part of lead generation is limiting distractions for your leads and providing them with reasons to trust your brand as a future vendor or partner. Live and on-demand webinars.

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B2B Lead Generation: The Ultimate Guide

Zoominfo

B2B lead generation, often shortened to lead gen, is the lifeblood of a healthy business. A typical definition of a lead is any potential customer who has expressed interest in a company’s goods or services. Sales Input Large sales teams are typically divided into several sub-categories.

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Do You Want Intent Data with That?

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If you could layer third-party intent data into every lead gen program you run, would you do it? In other words, would you only ever want marketing leads from prospects pre-determined to be actively researching your category, solution, use case, etc.? My argument: no, you wouldn’t. . No, they won’t.