The Point

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Do I need it in order to do lead nurturing?”. My answer: “It depends how you define “ lead nurturing ,” but technically: no, you don’t need marketing automation in order to nurture leads. Marketing automation simply takes nurturing to a whole new level. What other differences did I miss?

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The Point

AUGUST 15, 2012

You know that monthly newsletter you blast to your entire database under the guise of “lead nurturing”? And those Webinar invitations that you broadcast to every trade show lead you’ve generated since 2005? There was a time when lead nurturing was synonymous with simply staying in front of prospects.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 24, 2010

On Thursday I’m presenting a webinar with Treehouse Interactive , called “Lead Nurturing 101″ One of the registrants sent me the following question: How much of this webinar will be about content, i.e. exactly what to say in each subsequent email in a series designed to move someone from prospect stage to buying stage?

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The Point

DECEMBER 14, 2012

One of the most frequent questions we’re hearing from clients during this planning season pertains to the balance between pure lead generation on the one hand, and lead nurturing on the other. Even the most sophisticated lead nurturing program, however, depends on a stream of new leads entering the top of the sales funnel.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

Use your defined buyer personas and ideal customer profiles (ICPs). Warm leads have shown interest by interacting with content or form fills. Help build email sequences for lead nurturing — the ones that don’t respond to initial prospecting. Build a list of lead qualifying questions (i.e., Engagement.

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LeadSloth

JULY 23, 2010

Segmentation of your database and development of personas allow you to develop the right messages, content and offers. This will dramatically increase the effectiveness of your lead nurturing campaigns. The following questions will be addressed: Do segmentation and personas really increase conversion?

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The Point

JUNE 5, 2018

for lead management to 3.35 However, when you consider that, in our model, a 5 represents the most advanced state of practice from a business theory perspective, and a 1 represents basic control and management of a process, you recognize how difficult the transition from 1 to 5 really is. for organization.

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Tomorrow People

MARCH 8, 2018

Instead of sending out untargeted, generic content, a content marketing strategy allows you to manage and track the progress of your prospects through the three key buying stages: Awareness, Consideration and Decision. Your marketing personas Your marketing personas are your customer archetypes or profiles of your ideal type of client.

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The Point

DECEMBER 15, 2020

If you’re delivering the same messages to multiple buying personas, or treating warm leads the same as cold names (third-party lists), that’s very likely a prime culprit for the lack of response. Segmentation and relevancy (or lack thereof) has a significant impact on engagement.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 7, 2016

Simply look at the search difference between “lead generation” and “lead nurturing” and you’ll quickly see what I’m talking about. So, while lead generation is certainly important, investing in generating more leads without building an effective lead management process is simply, well, foolish.

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Hubspot

MARCH 15, 2016

As companies adopt inbound marketing as a way to generate more leads, the importance of having an effective lead nurturing strategy becomes very clear. In most cases only a relatively small percentage of your inbound leads will be ready to make an immediate purchase, leaving upwards of 90% of your inbound leads on the table.

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Hubspot

MARCH 14, 2012

According to Forrester Research , companies that excel at lead nurturing generate 50% more sales ready leads at a 33% lower cost. If this is the case, then why are only 49% of marketers taking advantage of lead nurturing tools , as evident by Loopfuse's Marketing Automation Study ? Identify Your Personas.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

We are excited to have Jep Castelein of popular lead management and marketing automation blog, Lead Sloth , contribute a guest blog post. Read below to find out the best ways to optimize your conversion rates using lead nurturing: A lot of early adopters of Marketing Automation systems are in the technology industry.

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Rev

OCTOBER 13, 2018

I talk to people like David Lewis who brings considerable perspective to B2B martech used for demand generation and lead management. In the book, David covered five areas of demand generation and lead management: Buyer personas. Lead scoring. Lead nurturing. Nurtures aren’t just emails anymore.

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BOP Design

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

What happens to your B2B marketing leads after they are qualified? Go into an automated lead nurturing process that hasn’t been updated in years? If you aren’t sure the answer to the above, it’s likely those hard-earned leads aren’t getting the love and attention they so rightly deserve. Qualify Your Leads.

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Zoominfo

MAY 19, 2017

46% of marketers with mature lead management processes have sales teams that follow up on more than 75% of marketing-generated leads ( source ). 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales. This is often due to a lack of lead nurturing ( source ). 60-70% of B2B content created is never used.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2020

Curious what they are and how your marketing team can use them in their lead nurturing strategies? Quick Takeways: Personalize your content for leads based on their intent and the stage of the funnel they’re currently in. Email marketing is still the best channel to reach your leads at the right times.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 23, 2014

Featuring questions covering a variety of B2B marketing topics, including content strategy, lead management, lead nurturing, buyer persona development, and the marketing technology stack the survey has already garnered interest from a variety of places.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 8, 2017

While some marketers may use the term to refer to a series of “drip” emails that a group of leads receive in a row, it can also be used to describe a perpetual engine serving up relevant content based on a lead’s persona and their place in their buyer’s journey.

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The Point

APRIL 8, 2015

. • More than two-thirds (68%) employ both behavioral and demographic lead scoring ( tweet this ). • 85% of those surveyed said they currently segment email campaigns based on persona ( tweet this ). • 40% employ no type of immediate autoresponder (follow-up email) to new leads ( tweet this ).

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

In early 2014, Sungard AS hired B2B demand generation agency Spear Marketing Group to audit their current lead nurturing programs and to recommend improvements, with two main objectives: • Increase the rate at which new leads and existing prospects convert to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). Re-posted with permission.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 3, 2021

Use your defined buyer personas and ideal customer profiles (ICPs). Warm leads have shown interest by interacting with content or form fills. Help build email sequences for lead nurturing — the ones that don’t respond to initial prospecting. Build a list of lead qualifying questions (i.e.,

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Markempa

APRIL 16, 2019

Break down your pipeline by marketing tactic used, and determine: Total marketing qualified lead volume – How many leads does each channel/tactic generate? Percentage of sales qualified leads per marketing channel – Determined using the above numbers Cost per marketing qualified lead – How much did these leads cost?

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Only B2B

JANUARY 17, 2018

Always keep in mind that demand framework is just like a factory – it needs to have a framework in place, a sales and marketing lead management process and a closed-loop reporting system that improves conversion rates. Lead Nurturing that Maps to the Buyer’s Journey. Think from a Buyer’s Perspective.

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markempa

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It’s critical in lead nurturing to know where a prospect is in their buying cycle so that helpful information relevant to the need at a specific point in time can be delivered. Knowing when to provide a case study versus a technical white paper versus a product demo can make a huge difference in converting a lead to a sale. .

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

by Dayna Rothman IDC recently released their 2012 CMO Advisory Service Best Practices Series: Realizing the Vision of the 21st Century Lead Management. Here are some questions that IDC sought to answer with their survey: How do leading companies staff and organize teams for effective lead management?

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Welcome to a journey that unveils the transformative force within B2B lead management – the omnipotent power of lead enrichment. This blog embarks into the realm of lead enrichment, unraveling the secrets that propel businesses toward immediate discovery and qualification of their potential prospects.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Lead nurturing is a hot topic right now. It seems that most of my recent conversations with prospects, customers and others in the B2B marketing industry are centered on lead nurturing. My personal experience is that marketers definitely want to (and in some cases, are planning to) deploy lead nurturing of some kind.

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The Point

OCTOBER 14, 2010

As a Marketo agency partner, I attended along with colleagues from Spear Marketing Group to greet clients, talk shop, and hear how other companies – including Marketo themselves – are putting technology to use in the service of improved lead management. Including the recipient’s company name in subject lines increases response.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 11, 2010

Adam Needles, Why ‘Personas’ Are the Key to Achieving a ‘Mass One-to-one’ Strategy. Adele Revella, How Kristine Developed a Great Buyer Persona. Tony Zambito, 10 Rules for Buyer Persona Development. Steve Woods, The Content Gap – Lead Nurturing and Content Creation. Content Planning. Register today: [link].

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Valasys

JUNE 26, 2019

The marketers are asked to enter the details about their target audience (the persona they want to target). Features such as ‘Trending Topics & Buyer Research Stream’ provide information about the type of content being consumed by a specific persona in real-time.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Marketing wants sales to call all of the leads they're delivering. How do you improve lead management so leads aren't wasted or contacted before they're ready, and both sales and marketing can live together in harmony? With or without a lead management system, you likely still face these types of problems.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Persona Qualification. The first point of phone qualification is making sure the person is one of the buying personas you hunt for. The prospect-level value proposition frames your value proposition from a buyer-persona perspective. With this new approach, companies are seeing 30% to 40% increases in lead conversion.”.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 12, 2022

Here are some things to consider to ensure your blogs are optimized for SEO: Choose a topic aligned with your persona(s). Lead management. If you need to convert more visitors to leads, consider creating CTAs to serve as a point of conversion on the most popular website pages. Which persona is it for?

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Pam is a marketing communications/social media manager and freelance blogger who loves Boston, photography, charity events, sushi, wine, and the Red Sox. Lead management bridges the gap between marketing and sales. Is your business following an organized and effective lead management process?

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BOP Design

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Depending on the Buyer Personas, you may need anywhere from 3 to 12 touchpoints before a decision is made. Utilizing a CRM like Pardot or HubSpot ensures you are on task with prospecting, communication and follow up with your leads. Touchpoints. Curious whether automation, personalization or a mix of both is right for your company?

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NuSpark Consulting

JULY 4, 2011

As they should… because without a sound lead nurturing process your firm suffers and those leads you worked so hard to generate will likely do business with competitors. Remember, content attracts prospects, and content nurtures leads into sales. Key industry stats on the benefits of lead nurturing.

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