Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. What will change, however, is this: Marketers who fail to adapt to the changing B2B landscape will fall behind. Strategic landing pages are used by 68% of B2B businesses to acquire leads ( source ).

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation?

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The Lead Agency

JUNE 7, 2023

Lead nurturing is a powerful B2B marketing strategy for companies to create meaningful connections and drive engagement with customers and prospects at every stage of the sales funnel. Almost 80% of marketing leads don’t actually convert into sales. What is lead nurturing?

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SalesGrape

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Understanding the Unique Challenges of B2B Lead Generation in the Pharmaceutical Sector Lead generation is a critical aspect of any business, and it holds particular significance in the pharmaceutical sector. However, generating high-quality leads can be challenging due to various factors unique to this industry.

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DealSignal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Did you know that, according to a study by HubSpot , 61% of B2B marketers rank lead generation as their number one challenge? With businesses constantly searching for new customers, it’s no wonder that B2B lead generation has become a top priority for marketers.

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Tiecas

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Generating Quality Leads : Generating high-quality leads is critical for driving business growth. Industrial marketing tactics such as content marketing, lead nurturing campaigns and targeted advertising help us attract leads that are more likely to convert into customers.

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Only B2B

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of B2B (Business-to-Business) sales and marketing, two critical strategies stand out as linchpins in driving growth and success: B2B Appointment Setting and Lead Generation. These leads may come from various sources—website inquiries, content downloads, social media engagement, or even referrals.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

There is no magic bullet for conversion, despite the many wild promises you may hear, but lead nurturing can drive huge improvements. In fact: 79% of marketing leads never convert to sales. Lack of lead nurturing is the common cause for poor performance ( MarketingSherpa ).

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Valasys

MARCH 21, 2023

What is Lead Nurturing? B2B lead nurturing builds relationships with potential customers and guides them through the sales funnel to ultimately become paying customers. However, there can be several bottlenecks that can hinder the lead nurturing process. Such nurturing helps them turn into paying customers.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2021

How to use intent data in lead generation campaigns. Improving lead quality and scoring. Using intent data for lead nurturing and content syndication. Highlights From This Episode: What is intent data. Examples of intent signals. Tracking and collecting intent data. Identifying a prospect's readiness to buy.

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markempa

JUNE 23, 2014

Tweet Marketing automation can help you manage lead nurturing efforts in a complex marketplace. As I mentioned at the start of this post, automation can help you manage lead nurturing, but you can’t automate trust. Lead Generation: 2 simple tactics to determine cost per lead [More from the blogs].

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SmartBug Media

JULY 22, 2020

Although there’s no silver bullet, marketing automation can be a senior care marketer’s best friend when it comes to increasing lead generation while saving precious time and effort. Why Use Marketing Automation to Increase Lead Generation in Senior Care? Clarify Your Lead Generation Goals.

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KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

B2B SaaS marketers who follow best practices can still absolutely find the leads they need. Whether they do it via SEO and content marketing or many other strategies, SaaS B2B lead generation still has a ton of opportunities. Just take the shift towards prioritizing lead quality over lead quantity as an example.

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The Point

OCTOBER 15, 2019

If your organization is generating plenty of leads but those initial inquiries aren’t converting to sales qualified leads, meetings, or pipeline, a myriad of things could be at fault: 1) sales follow-up may be sub-standard in either cadence, frequency, or message. 2) lead nurturing. Better Lead Nurturing.

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

B2B marketers are still turning to lead nurturing campaigns to drive sales and grow their customer base, but are their efforts paying off? The “2017 Lead Nurturing and Acceleration Survey Report” from DemandGen recently shed light on how lead nurturing strategies are helping marketers achieve their objectives.

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markempa

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Marketing gives us leads? Lead generation is an iterative process that requires consistent closed-loop feedback. Sales and Marketing often believe they are working together, but I’ve found collaboration takes more than annual, quarterly or monthly meetings. Centralize the lead qualification process.

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Scoop.it

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The process of lead generation is basically collecting contact details from prospective customers and building meaningful relationships with them. Knowing that today’s customer journeys get longer and more complicated, marketers like to see leads as new conversions. The answer to this question is yes, it can.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 28, 2020

For most inbound campaigns, success is measured by the number and quality of leads generated. Through extensive persona development and by building out a Buyer’s Journey, marketers can start identifying high-priority leads and begin forecasting lead generation metrics for the upcoming year.

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NuSpark Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Marketing these days is full of jargon, which can be confusing for senior executives and others who aren’t fully immersed in it on a daily basis. Inbound marketing strategies and key tactics include search engine optimization, social media marketing, content marketing, pay-per-click advertising and email marketing.

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Inbox Insight

AUGUST 12, 2019

Lead generation is an essential element of demand generation but if you think the work stops there, here’s some bad news…. 79% of marketing leads don’t convert ( HubSpot). But before you hang up your coat, here’s a collection of lead nurturing best practices worth exploring. Reading time: 4 minutes.

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Valasys

APRIL 15, 2020

B2B lead nurturing is all about engaging with a targeted group of prospective customers by providing hyper-tailored solutions to their pain-points according to their specific stages in the buying cycles. Read more on How to Build Customer Loyalty with Content Marketing. Ways to Excel Effective Lead Nurturing.

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markempa

JANUARY 4, 2010

To help you start the New Year, I’d like to wrap up my Lead Generation Checklist Series with the secret to successful lead generation – and, for that matter, marketing in today’s B2B space: lead nurturing. At it's core, B2B lead generation is about building relationships.

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Stevens & Tate

MAY 27, 2021

Most of the leads you generate will need to be nurtured before they’ll convert into customers. As such, no inbound marketing campaign is going to be complete if you don’t implement a comprehensive lead nurturing strategy. What Is Lead Nurturing? The Benefits Of Lead Nurturing.

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MarketJoy

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

You could be doing everything right — using content marketing and engaging with your audience — but if you’re not seeing the results you want, you might be making some mistakes with your lead generation strategy. In this blog post, I’m going to show you the 5 biggest lead generation mistakes businesses need to stop making.

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PureB2B

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

The lead nurturing process walks a prospect through the stages of the sales funnel and continues through the sale. Proper execution requires knowing what to send when and ensuring that you’re adequately meeting your target market’s needs. The biggest contribution of personalization in lead nurturing is revenue and ROI.

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Act-On

MAY 9, 2018

Wondering what is lead nurturing? Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with your buyers at every stage of their buying process (and your sales funnel). Ready to start lead nurturing? Find out how to engage your B2B buyers throughout their journey in 5 steps.

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The Point

AUGUST 20, 2015

Results are in from a recent survey on B2B Lead Generation by the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn ( free report download here ), and the numbers tell a disheartening story. Marketing automation has yet to solve the reporting issue. No wonder lead quality is such a pressing issue. Why is that?

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BOP Design

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As B2B marketers, we are tasked with attracting ideal prospects to our B2B website, educating them to build trust in the products or services we provide, and then getting those prospects to take the first step – make contact with us via a website form, phone call, or email. What happens to your B2B marketing leads after they are qualified?

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Sales leads are the cornerstone success point to any business-to-business (B2B) industry. If you know when someone is looking to buy a product or service that you offer, you can contact them directly, pitch your service, and spell out their return on investment to secure the sale. However, too much focus is placed on these quick win sales.

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markempa

MAY 12, 2014

You can watch the entire presentation, ” Lead Nurturing: How solving the marketing automation and autonomy paradox increased lead volume 200% ,” in the MarketingSherpa video archive to learn more about Keith’s lead gen efforts.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Here’s the shocking reality of B2B lead generation – 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales opportunities. Source: Marketing Sherpa/ KnowledgeStorm). B2B marketing and lead generation experts point to a lack of lead nurturing as the primary cause of this poor performance.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 28, 2020

For most inbound campaigns, success is measured by the number and quality of leads generated. Through extensive persona development and by building out a Buyer’s Journey, marketers can start identifying high-priority leads and begin forecasting lead generation metrics for the upcoming year.

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Biznology

JUNE 4, 2019

You’ve been involved in the lead generation world for a long time. The big changes have been in the use of marketing technology. Certainly, technology lets us deliver more leads to sales, faster than ever before. But just as often these are bad leads. His new business is called Prospect Experience.

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NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 24, 2011

You know what lead nurturing is… Here’s my definition. Lead Nurturing is the process of communicating to a lead on an ongoing basis in order to educate, inform, continue to qualify and build a relationship until the lead is sales-ready. That means more intricate lead nurturing towards more stakeholders.

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Inbox Insight

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Effective lead generation comes down to both B2B lead quality and quantity. But with mounting pressure to demonstrate impact through hitting MQL targets, it’s easy for B2B marketers to overlook quality and become fixated on the latter. The next step is to nurture early engagers into high converting SQLs.

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DealSignal

DECEMBER 28, 2021

These disciplines can include brand storytelling, differentiated messaging and positioning, account-based marketing, content marketing, digital marketing, lead-to-revenue processes, and the tracking of key metrics for ongoing optimization. What Is Lead Generation? Lead Generation Strategy and Tactics.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

A couple of months ago, in a respected marketing Webzine, there appeared a case study detailing a software company that had gone to impressive lengths to make the most of their investment in marketing automation. Yes, you can tailor emails to fit every possible unique combination of demographic and behavioral criteria. Not really.

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