LeanData

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Now is the time to maximize what’s possible from every lead and account. In LeanData’s guide to lead management, we unpack exactly how B2B revenue teams are extracting value from revenue assets, and what great lead management looks like. 1 part lead routing . Here are 3 common traits we’ve found: 1.

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Martech

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Your revenue operations team can reliably get inbound leads into the hands of your sales representatives in roughly two minutes, executing every step of your lead management process along the way. Fast and reliable lead routing is extremely important for lead management.

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Valasys

MARCH 24, 2023

Lead Management Metrics in 2023 A new year means new objectives for the company. It might mean new workflows & new processes. So, before we introduce the Lead Management metrics you should be tracking in 2023, let us answer a very basic question: What are the Lead Management Metrics?

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Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2022

The faster you can connect with a lead the greater your chance of success. This makes routing marketing leads to your sales team a critical step for driving revenue growth. Without proper attention to your lead routing system, you’ll spend resources to generate leads that may not go anywhere.

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To skyrocket the numbers, sales reps make use of various sales tools available in the market. Some of them are free while others are paid – but all bring in enormous value to the sales process. Investing in a random sales tool is a waste of time, money and effort. What are Sales Tools?

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Now more than ever, trust is important in the buying process as prospects continue to carefully consider purchases. ANNUITAS Research conducted interviews with sales leaders across industries to see how this change has impacted both sales strategy and day-to-day life. 1: Hire and train more inside sales. Ease of scale.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 1, 2012

Lack of clarity and erroneous assumptions about demand generation, lead management and marketing automation are effectively addressed in two recent Software Advice whiteboard videos by Carlos Hidalgo, CEO, Annuitas Group , and Executive Director, Marketing Automation Institute. Nonexistent lead management processes.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 20, 2018

While its name implies marketing automation is strictly for marketers, sales teams can also use marketing automation to boost productivity and efficiency. Unfortunately, many sales reps are still in the dark when it comes to marketing automation and it’s easy to see why. increase in sales productivity ( source ).

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B2B Digital Marketer

APRIL 11, 2024

He brings a wealth of experience from the B2B enterprise sales space, having managed complex sales in the tens of millions of dollars. The conversation delves into the importance of processes in data-driven marketing and sales in the B2B realm. The impact of timely engagement on high-value B2B sales.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. It’s not intuitive, then, that these two functions often exist in silos, each having their own systems and processes.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Business process automation is, hands down, one of the best technological innovations to come along in decades. But how do make the best use of it (or get started, if you’re still stuck in manual processes)? Reduced costs: Automation reduces the need for manual efforts, cutting down on staffing costs and resource expenditures.

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ATAK Interactive

JULY 21, 2020

This is where sales enablement comes in. In fact, 74% of buyers choose to move forward with the sales rep that was the first to share value and insight. So with sales enablement, the marketing and sales teams are able to work together to deliver this value and convert their prospects into actual buyers.

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Capstone Insights

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In my last post , I framed out the three main lead management approaches in B2B SaaS. and CRM your sales team has ( Salesforce , Dynamics , Oracle Sales Cloud , GoldMine , etc.). Data management. Interaction management. In point of interest, a lead only shows the interaction (e.g. Choreograph Sales.

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ATAK Interactive

JULY 21, 2020

This is where sales enablement comes in. In fact, 74% of buyers choose to move forward with the sales rep that was the first to share value and insight. So with sales enablement, the marketing and sales teams are able to work together to deliver this value and convert their prospects into actual buyers.

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ViewPoint

JUNE 15, 2012

Jim is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association. SLMA is the sponsor of the yearly Sales Lead Management week and initiatives to identify both the Top 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management and 20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

We sat down with William Wright, Senior Account Manager, SMACT Works to talk through his experience with ZoomInfo Engage. . SMACT Works provides strategy, management, consulting and managed services for digital, data & analytics, Cloud and Enterprise Technologies. What is Sales Intelligence? The Transition to Engage.

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Markempa

APRIL 16, 2019

But, in reality, any marketing process can be optimized from demand generation, account-based marketing and, lead generation. I’ll review the basics of reviewing your demand generation funnel. We’ll provide a few back-to-the-basics tactics that you can consider as you work on planning your campaigns and budgets.

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BOP Design

JULY 27, 2021

A simple and effective rule of 3 to consider when leading prospects through your sales funnel to the finish line. What if I could give you a simple blueprint on how to effectively navigate a qualified lead through your sales funnel and across the finish line? Make it easy for the lead to click these links.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’re familiar with the B2B buyer’s journey : moving prospects through the awareness, consideration, and decision stages of the buying process. Buyer intent comes down to understanding what makes an excellent lead for your business. Quick Takeaways: Customer experience is a leading priority for modern businesses. Source: G2.

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Oktopost

MARCH 23, 2020

B2B marketing and sales professionals are fighting a daily battle to convert a finite number of leads. This is why automation of B2B marketing and sales activities appears inevitable. It’s clear that organizations looking to scale up embrace automation tools and solutions to boost their marketing and sales operations.

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Full Circle Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Full Circle Insights today announced the Report Extender for its Response Management application on Salesforce AppExchange. Built on the Salesforce Platform, Response Management from Full Circle Insights for Tracking Lead Lifecycles is currently available on AppExchange. SAN MATEO, Calif. , Feb.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Over the past two weeks, we have covered the definition of strategic demand marketing and introduced you to the first phase in our process, the insights phase. Through the previously discussed Insights Phase, we gathered information on people, process, content, and technology through a myriad of sources to better understand your buyer.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There is a massive divide between what buyers want to discuss with sales vs. what sales wants to discuss with buyers. The data shows a clear pattern: sales is struggling to maintain an otherwise personalized buying journey. In other words: sales doesn’t know how to translate online behavior into meaningful conversations.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

We believe there are five main reasons that marketing teams are generating “bad” leads. To understand why it’s happening to you, you need to take into consideration the full buyer journey, starting with how to define a lead and evaluating how your lead management framework maintains sustainable lead sourcing, nurturing and conversion. .

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markempa

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Today I’d like to discuss the aspects of an effective lead management process. I’m not sure why many organizations think it’s acceptable to only get a return on about 20% of their leads when an optimized lead management process can tremendously help to convert more of those hard earned leads in the sales pipeline.

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Valasys

MAY 13, 2024

A good strategy that has proven to work for these businesses is the usage of sales automation apps. These apps have rich features and functionalities to process sales and productivity. This article will talk about the seven essential sales automation apps for B2B businesses that can be integrated with business operations.

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Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Most of the recommendations for improving Marketing and Sales alignment revolve around how these two organizations need to work together. Regardless of various approaches taken by companies to address this issue, the lack of alignment and collaboration between Marketing and Sales persists. Go-to-market strategy, process, and planning.

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Capstone Insights

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In my last post , I framed out the three main lead management approaches in B2B SaaS. and CRM your sales team has (Salesforce, Dynamics, Oracle Sales Cloud, GoldMine, etc.). Typically it’s not all of the records and it’s frequently the most recently updated one in the CRM and that leads to even more data quality issues.

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NetLine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In a previous post, we covered how to get the sales handoff right and why first-party and validated buyer data is essential in this process. It’s important to realize that although intent data has played a major role in discovering and nurturing leads before being handed over to sales, its job isn’t finished at that handover.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There is a massive divide between what buyers want to discuss with sales vs. what sales wants to discuss with buyers. The data shows a clear pattern: sales is struggling to maintain an otherwise personalized buying journey. In other words: sales doesn’t know how to translate online behavior into meaningful conversations.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 9, 2013

We’re nearing the last quarter of 2013, and another year of sales will soon be behind us. An important question all sales and marketing departments should be asking themselves is how they can better communicate in order to follow up on leads. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 1, 2013

In recent years, many sales reps have focused on getting new business, overlooking the importance of retaining the clients you already have, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Ardath Albee, a B2B marketing strategist and chief executive officer of Marketing Interactions Inc. A Move Toward Customer Retention. Twitter: @ardath421.

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Hubspot

MAY 20, 2022

The demand for sales roles only keeps growing. According to research published by HireDNA, sales roles shot up by 65% in 2021, totaling around 700,000 positions in the US alone. READY TO START A CAREER IN SALES? READY TO START A CAREER IN SALES? Be a Certified Professional HubSpot Sales Representative.

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Hubspot

JULY 27, 2023

This is a significant drop from just a year before when sales success reached around 26%. They need to achieve more with less, making sales enablement more important than ever. Companies have access to AI tools to support their sales efforts. In this post, you'll learn how AI can power your sales enablement strategy.

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B2B Digital Marketer

MAY 9, 2024

It sets the stage by highlighting the potential pitfalls of sticking to outdated sales and marketing approaches and the consequences this can have on the effectiveness of these functions. The core of this episode revolves around the need for collaboration and feedback loops between the sales and marketing departments.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 21, 2022

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Changing the dynamic of prospecting and lead management strategies.

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 1, 2011

As a sales and marketing thought leader with nearly 20 years experience, Tony has led the overall research function at SiriusDecisions since the company's founding in 2001. Getting b-to-b sales and marketing to align more closely has driven even the most capable business leaders crazy for years. The SLAs are built on three pillars.

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