Biznology

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Over the past few months, I have gotten a number of calls from individuals who are seeking new sales leads for their company. They range from marketing managers to sales managers, and even presidents of smaller firms. The start of the process is targeting who is likely to want your product or service.

Direct Marketing 80

Direct Marketing Marketing Management B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency 80

The Point

MAY 30, 2014

Over at the IDC Technology Marketing Blog , analyst Sam Melnick posted an article recently with the intriguing title: “Are Ad Agencies Keeping Pace with the Marketing’s (sic) Massive Digital Uptake? Helping clients achieve closed-loop demand generation. Hint: Maybe Not)”. Providing fresh ideas, new insights, and proven best practices.

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Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Ad Agencies 100

markempa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

She works with Research Partners to develop teleprospecting programs where precisely the right people are given the right message to quickly convert them to leads. Staley is a program manager. He develops and guides lead generation program that efficiently and effectively drive revenue for MECLABS Research Partners.

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing SIC 120

SalesIntel

MAY 17, 2023

By generating qualified leads , marketers engage with prospects, build relationships, and ultimately increase sales. When you find your ideal client profile , you want to feed as many of them as your sales team can handle into your pipeline.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Zoominfo B2B Marketing Marketing Analytics Tools 52

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

Too often we grab the latest product brochure, sales presentation or case study and post it online. But customers are looking for you to demonstrate an understanding of their needs before they are ready to engage in the sales process. Stay away from arbitrary boundaries like SIC codes and Revenue range or employee size.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 100

Biznology

JULY 31, 2015

Lead qualification is one of the primary jobs for B2B marketers, and a great deal of time and money is spent on this step of the sales cycle. Now that I’ve stated the obvious, I see both good and bad lead qualification processes in the market. Which leads me to 5 Do’s and Don’ts of B2B lead qualification.

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Lead Qualification Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 80

SWZD

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Demand units – not accounts – are usually the true targets that Marketing (and Product and Sales) should have in mind when thinking about buyers”, noted SiriusDecisions in their May release announcement. Let’s look at the common marketing data fields that make up B2B lead and account profiles. Audience – Who do your clients target?

Demand 48

Demand Marketing Budget Account Based Marketing Marketing Management 48

Biznology

AUGUST 19, 2015

Yes, it does, and here is a revision of my last blog specifically addressing trade show lead generation and qualification. Lead qualification is one of the primary jobs for B2B marketers, and a great deal of time and money is spent on this step of the sales cycle. We all know this! Here’s a best practice to institute.

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Trade Show Lead Qualification Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 80

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

The top findings I got out of the release were: 47% of the sales professionals reported a slight increase in the size of their B2B pipelines this year as compared to last year. However, the sales cycles have also become longer, making it much harder to close deals. This one caught me by surprise.

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Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Go beyond the high-level demographics of SIC/NAICS codes and company size. Are you interested in lead generation, lead nurturing and/or building authority and brand awareness? WHEN : When on the sales cycle do you expect to engage with your prospects? They are: WHO : Who are the intended recipients of your emails?

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

As part of a broader lead generation, on-demand platform, Demandbase offers a free, downloadable Web application built on Adobe AIR (one of 3 investors in an $8M round they also announced.) Demand Stream™ includes a Web widget that shows sales and marketing the names of companies visiting the Web site in near real-time.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

MAY 24, 2009

Do Psychographics work in B2B Marketing & Sales? ► February ( 5 ) What’s a VP/Director/Manager of Sales & Marketing? I see an over-reliance by B2B marketers on industry classifications (SIC, NAICS, NACE, etc.) Breathing our own exhaust? Are you Inside-out or Outside-In?

Psychographics 40

Psychographics Work Management B2B Sales B2B Marketing 40

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Six months later, very little traffic, even fewer leads and no sales > The new web site sucks, hasn’t done anything for our business. Our sales people will tell them everything they need to know when they talk to them on the phone or set up a face-to-face meeting. How hard can it be to write some words?

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Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

ViewPoint

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Although correcting basic data fields is an ongoing commitment of time and resources, it’s critical to lead generation success that marketers execute data segmentation and prioritization activities on an ongoing basis as well. The process doesn’t end with a single round of data cleanup, segmentation and prioritization.

B2B Sales 120

B2B Sales PointClear SIC Lead Ranking 120

markempa

OCTOBER 21, 2012

An ICP is the foundation of your entire lead generation program. It helps you narrow your lead generation universe and provide a standard against which you can prescreen opportunities. Buying processes, influencing roles and decision-making roles. We then conducted a lead generation campaign.

Ideal Customer Profiles 120

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Generation Profiling Lead Scoring 120

ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Keeping data clean is critical to lead generation success. To reveal segments with higher probability of generating leads, compare your marketing database, which could number thousands of contacts, to your customer database. The process doesn’t end with a single round of data cleanup, segmentation and prioritization.

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PointClear SIC Cost Lead Ranking 120

markempa

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

In this final blog post in the series (check out the previous posts here: “ List Buying: 3 reasons why this tactic can be deadly for marketers ” and “ Buy, Build or Both Part 2: The basics of list building ,” Brian Carroll provides tips for effective list buying if you choose to go that route. Number of employees. Decision-maker roles.

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Buy Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

B2B Digital Marketer

OCTOBER 5, 2020

My story kind of begins and I’m going to date myself right here, Jim, but I got into technology sales back in 1990. I found myself as the national account manager for a large storage company with a $21 million quota. And there was licensing and things like that, that we were managing. And so I kind of grew up in that.

Sales Management 52

Sales Management B2B Marketing Top of Funnel Planning 52

Single Grain

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Examples of Instagram posts without likes are easy to spot, thanks to the mysterious “…and others” at the end of a post: Related Content: 7 Dead Simple Social Media Marketing Tactics That Still Work Today. During this test, only the person who share [sic] a post will see the total number of likes it gets.'”. Agorapulse.

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Social Media Paid Content Social Marketing Paid Search Agency 141

Choozle

JANUARY 20, 2020

B2B (also known as business-to-business) marketing reaches individuals at a business that is making a logical process-driven purchasing decision. Whether it’s relationship building, branding, or digital advertising, marketers must take diverse approaches to maximize their marketing tactics, especially with B2B marketing.

Enterprise Management 53

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 53

PureB2B

MAY 22, 2018

But while generating hundreds or even thousands of leads is a good thing, it doesn’t always translate to sales and profit. Your website may be getting a high volume of traffic, but only a small percentage of them are qualified as engaged leads, and even a smaller percentage might convert into paying customers.

Sales Management 62

Sales Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 62

PureB2B

MAY 22, 2018

But while generating hundreds or even thousands of leads is a good thing, it doesn’t always translate to sales and profit. Your website may be getting a high volume of traffic, but only a small percentage of them are qualified as engaged leads, and even a smaller percentage might convert into paying customers.

Sales Management 48

Sales Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 48