Only B2B

AUGUST 31, 2023

This means sifting through lots of leads and focusing on the ones that are most likely to become valuable customers. A super important tool for doing this is called Marketing Qualified Leads (MQL) criteria. This blog looks into what MQL criteria are and how they help us find potential customers that matter.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Leads are critical for every B2B marketer, but according to the HubSpot’sReport in 2018 , driving traffic and leads is the biggest difficulty for 61 % of marketers. The attention is on number of leads rather than quality leads when it comes to lead generation. What Are The Various Sources Of Leads?

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

By Lisa Heay, Marketing Planning Manager at Heinz Marketing. Lead scoring is defined as a shared sales and marketing methodology for ranking leads in order to determine their sales-readiness. Organizations who implement lead scoring often experience lower marketing costs and higher conversion rates.

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Act-On

MAY 1, 2018

What is a Marketing Qualified Lead really depends on each organization. Basically, it is when a prospect is ready to be handed to sales from marketing based on their level of engagement with your company. Engagement could be content downloads, webinars, or a badge scan at an trade show or event.

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Only B2B

JULY 28, 2023

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) has emerged as a powerful strategy to target and engage high-value accounts, resulting in Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). Unlike traditional marketing approaches, ABM focuses on individual accounts, personalizing campaigns and content to resonate with specific prospects.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 19, 2022

Research shows that 99% of B2B buyers would both make a new purchase and complete a renewal in an end-to-end digital service model. It means that relying on a salesperson to guide a lead through all stages of the lifecycle is no longer effective. This is how you contact leads at the right point in their journey.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Generating and acquiring leads can be really simple for most businesses. However, getting MQL marketing leads, the ones that are most likely to convert, are far more difficult since it requires you to put in a lot of research and develop a complex funnel. What is MQL Marketing? Plausible Content.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

A marketing qualified lead (MQL) is one who has acquired a piece of content or connected with your marketing team but has not yet approached your sales funnel. A Sales Qualified Lead (SQL) is a lead that has been verified as a possible customer by your sales team. What Exactly Is A MQL?

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Contently

APRIL 20, 2023

Content value is a superpower — and it’s not just because superpowers are few and far between. When you find the right metrics to prove the value of your content, you can showcase how important your work is to the organization. The analytics are crucial for providing insight into the value of your production.

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ABM in Action

MAY 18, 2023

There are some rivalries that are just legendary: The Hatfields and The McCoys, Biggie and Tupac, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates… and in the marketing world, the rivalry is between MQL deniers and apologists. Are leads alive, are they dead or do they just need some life support?

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Martech

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It seems that brands are starting to take this to heart in a big way, so much so that according to Reuters, “lifetime value” is Silicon Valley’s next buzzword. Today, the marketing technology industry focuses on providing solutions for leading brands to measure and capture greater customer value over the long term.

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Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Marketing leaders are facing an unprecedented time with unprecedented demands: Wring every drop of value from generative AI. So let’s dive in — here’s what’s top-of-mind for these marketing leaders, along with some sage advice for their peers. Marketing — in this economy? Navigate ever-changing email privacy regulations.

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Martech

JANUARY 29, 2024

Lead generation for B2B has undergone quite a transformation. Gone are the days when gating all content to meet quarterly MQL KPIs was effective. But have we deviated too far from sustainable lead generation practices and become too reliant on pay-to-play databases to fuel outbound initiatives? Contradiction? Let’s explore.

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SmartBug Media

JULY 26, 2019

How do you know when a lead is ready to be handed off to sales? What makes the difference between a marketing qualified lead (MQL) and sales qualified lead (SQL)? An MQL is primarily a contact that is sales-ready, but is not yet ready for direct, personal attention from sales. Create an SLA.

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Contently

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Content marketing ain’t easy… but isn’t that why it’s so valuable? Organizations are taking a more proactive approach to content these days as it relates to audience engagement, lead funnel growth, prospect nurturing, customer loyalty, and strong brand affinity. Does your content alleviate a pain point?

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Marketing Interactions

AUGUST 15, 2021

Which, as a marketer, I found disappointing—and yes, a bit maddening—until I stopped to think about it. Shouldn’t sending people who actively engage and show interest in solving the problem be the core qualification for a marketing qualified lead (MQL)? And arguably for a marketing qualified account (MQA).

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Televerde

APRIL 26, 2021

Despite all the sales strategy, planning, technology, and analysis, many companies still struggle to nail down concrete cost and value per lead. Below you’ll find a few solutions to calculate the value of leads — whether MQL or SQL —based on things like cost, quality, source, and more. Data must come first.

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B2B Digital Marketer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Introduction Welcome to another episode where today we delve into the critical world of Cost Per Closed Lead (CPCL) and how you can drive your CPCL down while maximizing lead value. As the lifeblood of any B2B marketing strategy, leads represent potential revenue ; but not all leads are created equal.

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Zoominfo

MAY 14, 2018

In marketing, it’s common knowledge that lead quality is generally more important than lead quantity. And yet, marketing lead qualification remains a sticking point for many organizations. In fact, 61% of B2B marketers send all leads directly to sales, but only 27% are sales qualified ( source ).

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PureB2B

APRIL 11, 2019

The sales and marketing landscapes are evolving, especially with regard to lead and demand generation. Surprisingly, a successful lead generation marketing campaign may not equate to strong sales conversion rates. Today, much of the pressure to reach these vital sales goals falls to the marketing team.

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ClickDimensions

MARCH 28, 2022

Here’s an age-old point of friction between marketers and salespeople: marketers are typically evaluated on the volume of leads they generate, but often don’t receive much meaningful feedback from sales on what constitutes a “winning” lead. Step 1 : Establish a scoring committee. But why all the fuss?

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 2, 2017

Most marketing and sales leaders in the business-to-business world know that nurturing leads is important. In this article, we look at a case study of lead nurturing that finds that nurtured leads were three times more likely to convert to sales-accepted leads than traditional marketing-qualified leads.

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Aberdeen

APRIL 13, 2020

In a previous post, I gave a few examples of how to optimize the use of MQL’s as a starting point for qualifying opportunities. Now, for those of you with a taste of adventure, we move beyond the MQL and look at other ways to determine how an account’s behavior can be the equivalent or better of what an MQL represents.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Whether you’re pursuing an inbound or outbound marketing strategy, lead generation is a constant struggle. In fact, 37% of B2B marketers rank it as their number one challenge. Nestled within that challenge is an even more daunting task: finding enough qualified leads. What are qualified leads?

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Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Taking steps to track and grow the value of your SEO efforts is not easy, but it is very much worthwhile. Here, we’ll shine a spotlight on value-based measurement methods that can help demonstrate the bottom-line impact of a high-performing SEO strategy. It can lead to substantial revenue impact!

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Vision Edge Marketing

APRIL 4, 2023

With this level of investment, it’s becoming increasingly important to be able to measure the value of your data analytics investments. Let’s explore two measures any size company can employ, and some examples of how tracking and improving each measure benefits your business and proves the value of existing and new investments: Cycle time.

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Act-On

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

We’ve highlighted 10 simple SEO tips to help improve rankings and get on the right side of Google and other search engines. But for those who need a quick primer, here’s a basic SEO definition in marketing. And that’s our second tip for improving your rankings. (We’re looking at you Google 2023 core update !) What is SEO?

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In today’s fiercely competitive business landscape, converting leads into loyal customers is the goal. Lead scoring, a critical component of any successful sales and marketing strategy, can be the bridge that guides your leads towards conversion. This is where lead scoring enters the picture.

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The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

Content marketing is dead. * The MQL is dead. Change in marketing is an evolution, not a coup. Email, as one example, plays a very different (and less dominant) role in the marketing mix than it did only a few years ago, having migrated from acquisition to nurture and customer marketing. Cold-calling is dead.

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Metadata

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Budget allocation, resources, and measurement all seem to stop at opportunity creation, if not even sooner, with some Marketing teams stopping at the MQL.” Conversely, revenue marketing focuses on the customer journey and long-term goals such as retention, customer lifetime value (CLTV), and expansion. You may not be.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 2, 2022

It appeared just last year in the article that claimed marketers continue to remain under pressure to deliver results. How well are Marketing organizations able to measure and demonstrate their value? Sales Enablers who see themselves in service the Sales team and primarily focus on lead generation. Sadly no.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 13, 2020

We are keenly aware that one of the biggest struggles any company deals with is generating more organic traffic. In our experience, it comes down to ranking and winning without spending. To achieve high organic rankings, you must commit to content marketing and writing customer-centric content.

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Martech

OCTOBER 6, 2023

New martech tools focus on measuring marketing impact, tracking customer journeys and analyzing sales funnels. Organizations are also adopting data warehouses and CDP structures for data aggregation and analysis using tools like Tableau and Power BI. They shape lead scoring, lifecycle models and campaign success metrics.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

The world has been stirred up by a global pandemic, most of us are still working from home, and digital marketing strategies have become a critical part of every company’s survival. One thing is clear — lead generation has never been more central to a business’ success. Content is an essential pillar of any lead generation strategy.

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PureB2B

APRIL 11, 2019

The sales and marketing landscapes are evolving, especially with regard to lead and demand generation. Surprisingly, a successful lead generation marketing campaign may not equate to strong sales conversion rates. Today, much of the pressure to reach these vital sales goals falls to the marketing team.

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