PureB2B

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Sales and Marketing are two pieces of the over-arching revenue powerhouse within all organizations. So, that being said, how can marketing make sure sales get’s the leads they want to work? How many times have you been told, “the leads aren’t qualified enough” or, “none of the leads are converting”?

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The Point

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Should you allow prospects to enter a personal email address when they fill out lead gen forms? B2B marketers seem divided on the question. Historically, the attitude towards personal emails in B2B marketing has been that they betray a lower level of intent.

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Martech

MAY 16, 2024

You want to capture more leads. But your marketing team is already running on fumes, attempting to drive results with limited resources. How can you use software to build a lead-generation engine that delivers big results? Are you ready to shift your team into high gear? Do you want me to send you directions?”

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Biznology

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Always on the lookout for new ways to identify prospects and generate leads in business markets? This year I’ve come across a handful of services and tools that demonstrate and welcome creativity and innovative by using digital marketing. Then it takes over the LinkedIn accounts of the client’s sales reps.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 13, 2023

It seems like all you have to do is think about marketing and you’ll start seeing endless ads for companies promising foolproof lead generation. The name of the game in marketing is fine-tuning your application of proven strategies through testing and reviews. To that end, one of the most critical metrics is cost per lead.

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Only B2B

JULY 28, 2023

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) has emerged as a powerful strategy to target and engage high-value accounts, resulting in Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). Unlike traditional marketing approaches, ABM focuses on individual accounts, personalizing campaigns and content to resonate with specific prospects.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The lead qualification process helps B2B marketing teams focus their efforts and resources on serious buyers and prospects that are likely to take the next step. It’s about prioritizing quality over quantity while delivering a personalized customer experience. The goal is to minimize your lead pool and maximize sales.

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Only B2B

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of B2B marketing, where competition is relentless, and digital marketing strategies continuously shift, the importance of Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) stands out like a guiding light. Maximized ROI: MQL-focused strategies translate into cost-effective endeavors.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 5, 2023

The main goal for Marketing in B2B companies is to generate leads for sales teams and increasingly to deliver direct revenue. Some marketers define anyone who fills out a form or attends an online or physical event as a lead. This continues to be one of the biggest mistakes marketing makes.

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Only B2B

JUNE 19, 2023

In the current highly competitive business environment, generating high-quality leads and expediting the sales journey is of utmost importance. BANT qualification, a well-established approach in lead assessment, has revolutionized the game by offering a framework to evaluate prospects and identify sales-ready leads.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

What happens when you turn suspects into prospects? There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? Plus, let’s not forget, every customer starts out as a lead. No matter where the lead was sourced. Leads are no different.

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Only B2B

MARCH 20, 2024

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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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2021

Calls-to-Action (CTAs) are everything in B2B marketing. Well-crafted CTAs encourage prospects to click and convert to a marketing qualified lead (MQL), or possibly to a sales qualified lead (SQL), depending on which type of CTA you present. 4 CTAs Proven to Perform.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? Every company has their own definition of a “good lead.”

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

What happens when you turn suspects into prospects? There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? Plus, let’s not forget, every customer starts out as a lead. No matter where the lead was sourced. Leads are no different.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions.

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Martech

APRIL 19, 2024

It’s one of the oldest debates in lead generation: quantity vs. quality. Marketers who are judged by the number of leads they generate will push for quantity. But big-ticket purchases in B2C and B2B will help marketers see ROI with a small number of wins, which pushes some marketers toward quality. Meta saw 16.6%

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Lead Liaison

JULY 15, 2020

Qualifying Leads by Lifecycle Stage. Defining Marketing Qualified Lead, or MQL, can be a slippery process because companies, departments and individuals can have very different viewpoints as to what really makes a prospect and MQL. This is the first status for any net-new person in the system.

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Engagio

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

They engage with companies on their own terms, conducting extensive research across various channels long before they want to engage with sales teams. That’s why lead nurturing remains such a key element of a good B2B go-to-market. OK, so now onto the core question: should lead nurturing come from marketing or SDRs?

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Only B2B

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In this comprehensive blog, we’ll unravel the transformative journey from SQL (Sales Qualified Lead) to loyal customer. To contextualize their significance, consider a report by Gleanster Research , which states that roughly 50% of leads are indeed qualified but aren’t quite prepared to make a buying decision.

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Biznology

JUNE 4, 2019

I recently caught up with Dan McDade , longtime B2B practitioner in lead qualification and nurturing. Having sold his call center business to a colleague and started a new venture, Dan offered me some fresh ways of thinking about how to treat top prospects. His new business is called Prospect Experience. Your advice, please!

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BOP Design

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As B2B marketers, we are tasked with attracting ideal prospects to our B2B website, educating them to build trust in the products or services we provide, and then getting those prospects to take the first step – make contact with us via a website form, phone call, or email. Qualify Your Leads.

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Qualifying a sales lead has grown into a more complex task than simply checking boxes off of a customer profile. Sales is more than a transaction; it is a process and an increasingly personalized one. Qualifying leads can feel like a tightrope walk. What is a Qualifying Question.

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Optinmonster

MARCH 2, 2023

If you want to improve your conversion rates, one important thing to know is how to qualify leads. When your leads are qualified for marketing and sales, you’ll be more likely to convert them into paying customers. What Does It Mean To Qualify Leads? What Does It Mean To Qualify Leads?

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Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

These tasks take time away from the value we could potentially be adding in our business. Image credit: Mikael Blomkvist on Pexels This also applies, of course, to B2B marketing. Ideally, marketers focus their time on performing high-impact tasks that need our knowledge, expertise, and experience.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The biggest mistake you can make in the B2B world is one that is all too common—chasing the wrong leads. You know the feeling—you schedule numerous calls, send emails, and hold meetings only to learn that the person on the other line isn’t interested in your product or service. Sounds obvious, right?

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PureB2B

APRIL 26, 2022

Finding in-market leads for B2B businesses is crucial to achieving revenue goals. The problem is that the B2B market is enormous. Locating the right person worthy of your outreach efforts can feel like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Defining “In-Market” Buyers.

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BenchmarkONE

AUGUST 18, 2021

Creating this relationship is crucial for any business – and lead generation is an essential part of this process. Using the terms ‘lead’ and ‘prospect’ interchangeably defeats their purpose. Leads vs. Qualified Leads. Leads are people whose contact information you have. Capture Leads.

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Zoominfo

MAY 14, 2018

In marketing, it’s common knowledge that lead quality is generally more important than lead quantity. And yet, marketing lead qualification remains a sticking point for many organizations. In fact, 61% of B2B marketers send all leads directly to sales, but only 27% are sales qualified ( source ).

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Contently

JANUARY 11, 2023

Today’s consumers expect personalization at every touch point. As countless marketing messages flood email inboxes, McKinsey research suggests 71% of customers expect the messages they receive from brands to be personalized—and 76% are frustrated when they’re not. Personalization takes many forms.

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Just because your marketing team is sending a whole host of Marketing Qualified Leads down to the sales department, that doesn’t mean they are all ready and raring to buy. And if you have a hard time sifting through all of those leads, you might end up letting some sure-fire sales fall through the cracks.

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The Point

MAY 19, 2020

It wasn’t that long ago, when marketing automation first burst on the scene, that the height of lead nurture sophistication was the simple, automated sending of multiple, sequential emails. Today, advances in marketing technology make such “automation” seem laughably basic. How does your current lead nurturing.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Let’s be honest, your lead generation strategy might need some work if it’s not producing ROI. The whole point of lead generation is to generate leads that close! In modern times, B2B and B2C consumers are overwhelmed by sales, advertising and marketing teams vying for their attention. In-person events.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? Every company has their own definition of a “good lead.”

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 8, 2019

A “hot” prospect is ready to buy. A “cold” prospect is merely browsing inventory. Before the internet, this heat check was usually performed in person. Sales reps would get a good sense of how interested someone was in their company’s products or services by spending some time with them. A solid definition of “lead”.

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SnapApp

AUGUST 9, 2018

But often overlooked in the world of sales is the critical part the right sales-qualifying questions play in getting you to that coffee. The literally hundreds of blogs offering sample qualifying questions all boast anywhere from the 10 to the 70 questions everyone should be asking. Buyer persona: domain of marketers.

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SnapApp

JANUARY 24, 2019

Finding quality leads is often easier said than done. Gone are the days of making a few phone calls and sending an email blast to catch the attention of interested—and high paying—prospects. Recently on the blog, we’ve been talking a lot about the quality vs. quantity debate around leads. The Power of Personalization.

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