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Optimize your Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) Strategy and Close More Sales

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MQL sits at the intersection of marketing and sales. These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team. But ignoring MQL altogether is a costly mistake. Let’s delve into the complexities of converting B2B leads into MQLs.

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Key Differences Between MQL and HQL for B2B Lead Generation  

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Did you know that only 5-10% of marketing qualified leads (MQLs) convert into paying customers? This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. But how do you identify leads ready to be handed off to your sales team?

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What is Lead Scoring for Marketing and What Are the Benefits?

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Luckily for marketers, lead scoring exists. Lead scoring helps organizations move prospects along their buying journey in a structured, strategic way — which is especially helpful considering how complex buying journeys have become. For marketing and sales teams, that handoff is a potential minefield.

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Mastering MQL Lead Nurturing: A Comprehensive Guide 

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In the ever-evolving world of B2B marketing, mastering the art of MQL (Marketing Qualified Lead) lead nurturing is akin to harnessing the wind – it propels your business forward. In this blog, we’ll embark on a profound exploration of MQL lead nurturing.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

Leveraging leading industry research from industry analysts, this eBook explores how your sales team can gain back valuable time with the following: Conquering the most difficult pain points in your CRM. Leading integrations that fit directly into your CRM and workflow. The result?

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Lead Scoring Model: Building a Framework to Drive Conversion

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Designing a lead scoring model seems like a complex proposition. There are clear steps you need to take to build and implement a lead scoring model: Assemble your cross-functional squad As we mentioned earlier, lead scoring is a team sport. In addition to marketing and sales, Suzy Balk, our Sr. So let’s break it down.

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Sales Qualified Lead vs Sales Accepted Lead: Distinguishing Sales-Ready Leads from Potential Sales Leads  

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Ah, the never-ending quest for qualified leads! B2B marketers spend countless hours crafting campaigns, social media posts, and targeted ads, all in the name of capturing potential customers. Must Read: MQL vs SQL: Which Lead Matter More & When? But what happens after that initial spark of interest?

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks.

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Mapping Personas in Your Marketing to Maximize Value

Speaker: Samantha Stone, author of “Unleash Possible: A Marketing Playbook that Drives Sales”

Marketers sink time into primary research, testing and documentation. It’s a fatally flawed approach that leads to lackluster results. We use Personas for messaging but then lose steam and focus regarding the segmentation part of our strategy.

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How COVID-19 is Impacting B2B Marketing Plans

Speaker: Tom Pick, Chief Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity

You'll come away with an understanding of what other B2B marketing professionals are doing and actionable insights such as: How marketers in your industry and company size are adjusting marketing budgets and event plans to drive lead generation in spite of COVID-19.

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How Product Managers Can Shape Inclusive Futures with UX

Speaker: Bronwen Rees, Author and Lead Product Designer at Xero

Join Bronwen Rees, Author and Lead Product Designer at Xero, for a conversation that digs deeper than the recycled buzzwords. But in a world where profits often matter more than people, how can we personally build a nuanced understanding of inclusive design and get our teams to commit to it? What biases are and how to avoid them.

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How Product Managers Can Define a Product Vision to Guide Their Team

Speaker: Christian Bonilla, VP of Product Management at UserTesting

In this webinar, you’ll learn: Steps to creating a product vision that leads to better outcomes. He will discuss how a strong product vision informs your strategy and roadmap, common traps to avoid, share real-life examples, and show ways to reinforce the product vision into your team’s day to day.

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Building a Research Flywheel: A Helpful Guide for Product Managers & Their Teams

Speaker: Jessica Hall, Product Strategy & Design Leader and Co-Author of The Product Mindset

Every step of the product journey is informed by research: what works, what doesn’t, what customers want, what they need. But no one tool or method can create a thriving research practice for product managers. This, ultimately, will lead to more value, more growth, and a greater understanding of what your customer’s need.

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Forrester Research Report: How Sales and Marketing Intelligence Drive Improved Business Outcomes

Those implementing a B2B sales and marketing intelligence solution reported that they have realized 35% more leads in their pipeline and 45% higher-quality leads leading to higher revenue and growth. However, organizations are fighting back - and winning.

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The Critical Role of the Front Line Sales Manager

Internal Showpad research reveals a day in the life of today’s sales managers and how they can lead more effectively with the right tools and support. However, they often face a number of challenges, starting with a lack of training and preparation for their responsibilities to overseeing large, globally-dispersed teams.