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5 do’s & don’ts of B2B lead qualification

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Lead qualification is one of the primary jobs for B2B marketers, and a great deal of time and money is spent on this step of the sales cycle. Now that I’ve stated the obvious, I see both good and bad lead qualification processes in the market. Which leads me to 5 Do’s and Don’ts of B2B lead qualification.

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5 Best practices of trade show lead qualification

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Following my last blog on lead qualification, I received some great comments and several questions as to whether lead qualification differs for trade show leads. Yes, it does, and here is a revision of my last blog specifically addressing trade show lead generation and qualification. Speed Kills The Competition.

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Building Your B2B Marketing Database

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SIC or NAICS. Qualification questions (from lead qualification processes). Database marketing companies will sell you data elements that may be missing, most important among these being industry (in the form of SIC or NAICs codes), company size (revenue or number of employees, or both) and title or job function of contacts.

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4 Elements that drive B2B direct marketing results

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Over the past few months, I have gotten a number of calls from individuals who are seeking new sales leads for their company. The 4 Elements of a B2B Lead Generation Campaign: Much like a golf swing – if you don’t know the basics (stance, backswing, and downswing) you won’t hit the ball, and even if you do, it won’t go straight or far.

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What is user intent?

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1] As an Example [sic.], The bot is successful to the extent that it satisfies her user intent, or answers her questions in a way that leads to her success. the goal of a user, can be fact-checking, comparison shopping or filling downtime. This captures the basic meaning.

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5 B2B data trends

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This has lead to 5 significant trends in B2B database marketing. Take marketing for example; it is common to find lead generation, outbound telemarketing, trade show, and inbound lists all in separate software systems. But, in fact, there are also silos within silos.

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Content meets the B2B buying process (part 2 of 2)

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First, many companies are in two or more industries, and their primary SIC or NAICS code only represents the dominant one. Secondly, most response or survey forms only list 2-digit description, and that is too broad Enhance your database to the 4-digit SIC or 6-digit NAICS definition. LexisNexis is another source. Food for thought!

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