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Why Sales Shuns B2B Marketing Qualified Leads

Marketing Interactions

Shouldn’t sending people who actively engage and show interest in solving the problem be the core qualification for a marketing qualified lead (MQL)? So, let’s look at a few reasons why sales reps shun marketing leads and what (most of) you can do about it. Most Marketing Qualified Leads Are Viewed as Imposters by Sales.

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The Value of ABM Goes Beyond Marketing

Marketing Interactions

We need a campaign for Q2 to generate #X leads/demands for product A. Marketing no longer needs to toss leads over the wall to an uninterested sales team. When you’re not focused on marketing to the total addressable market – just the market that’s ideal for your company—you’re marketing to fewer leads. We’re in the same boat.

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Why B2B Marketers are Critical to Revenue Operations

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Given the above, combined with intent data, analytics, lead/account scoring and feedback loops from sales and customer success, they’re best suited to make strategic adjustments to messaging and content to engage customers and in-market and potential in-market buyers with a continuous storyline. The value they recognize and receive.

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The Value of Content Operations for Committed B2B Marketers

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Clarity leads to consistency. Where the demand generation team may need a white paper to generate leads, the sales team may need parts of it to support crucial conversations at specific stages in the buying process. Consistency produces the guard rails you need to stay on track which leads to control. Consistency.

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The Gap Between Interest and B2B Intent Data in Marketing

Marketing Interactions

One of the things that confused me when I first started working with intent data is how the platform algorithm calculated the intent score. In the earlier stages, the score is all about them—their searches and activity without you. And my inbox reflects that interpretation. Unfortunately.

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Do Your B2B Buyers Understand the Problem?

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Ranking it less important than another priority, delaying direct response. Part of the reason lead scoring and using intent data goes wrong is that it’s focused on the number and timing of activity, more than the context of the engagement. Soliciting internal ideas about response. Nor do your buyers want it that way.

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Closing the Gap Between B2B Buying and Selling

Marketing Interactions

It’s akin to filling out a form to get a paper making them a lead, instead of just a contact interested in the topic. A case also exists for how we develop our lead scoring schemas. I’ve been struggling with this one ever since I started working with intent data platforms. What context does that content indicate?

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