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Reaping the Value of Long-term Leads

ViewPoint

Your sales team likes nothing better than getting leads with a high probability of closing soon. So much so that many reps often ignore every lead they don’t consider hot. Long-term leads often prove to be more valuable than those slated for a short-term decision. Here’s an example: Marketing spends $60,000 to generate 80 leads.

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How Top Brands are Accelerating SEO Content Creation with AI

Content Standard

The introduction of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into the search experience via Google’s SGE and Bing’s Deep Search has caused unprecedented search ranking volatility. Marketers producing AI-generated content at scale risk publishing low-quality content that damages their brand reputation and search authority scores.

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Long-Term Leads Demand Attention Now

ViewPoint

Your sales team likes nothing better than getting leads with a high probability of closing soon. So much so that many reps often ignore every lead they don’t consider hot. In reality, long-term leads often prove to be more valuable than those slated for a short-term decision. In many cases hot opportunities are already baked.

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Digital events platforms: Best of the Bot

Martech

RFI/RFP Process: Decide whether you need to engage in a formal Request for Information (RFI) or Request for Proposal (RFP) process. Strategic Goals and KPIs: Craft a comprehensive RFP that reflects your high-level strategic goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Set up demos with these vendors to make relevant comparisons.

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Ranking B2B Marketing Automation Vendors: How I Built My Scores (part 1)

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: The first of three posts describing my new scoring system for B2B marketing automation vendors. I’ve finally had time to work up the vendor scores based on the 150+ RFP questions I distributed back in September. The heaviest weight goes to lead generation and nurturing campaigns – a combined 40% across all buyer types.

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Moving From an Old-School Lead Gen Playbook to a Demand Gen Machine

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For many years, a focus on lead generation has led to seller-centric strategies and “a shitstorm of gated content.” But now, to borrow from Kaylee Edmondson’s DEMAND fireside chat, Moving From An Old-School Lead Gen Playbook to a Demand Gen Machine —“Lead generation’s just not hitting like it used to hit.” Out: gated content.

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Web Lead (Mis) Management: How to Excel in Biz Dev

BOP Design

At Bop Design, most of my day is spent working with clients on generating and nurturing leads from their B2B website so that they close more deals. When inbound leads come in through your B2B website , it is important to have a process to qualify and disqualify leads. Read more: why inbound leads should be your first priority.