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Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

So the waterfall concept is Inquiry > MQL > SAL > SQO > Close. Given the current state of the economy, I find companies in the industrial sector only recognizing SAL’s and SQO’s.

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The Marketing Revenue Accountability Roadmap

Ledger Bennett

Data, technology and buyer demand for personalized digital and self-serve experiences drive home this point: Marketing needs to function further down-funnel with Sales moving further up-funnel on the path from Attention > Interest > MQL > SQO > Closed Won. Is the sales cycle shortening? Refocus from ABM to URM. Is ACV going up?