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The Lead Generation Strategy Guide

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For example, a lead with a profile that matches a company’s buyer persona should not only be rated higher than a lead who is outside the typical customer profile; in many cases, the ideal prospect should be required to take less action in order to meet lead qualification criteria. The interactive nature of the channel?—it’s

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Ultimate Guide to the Data-Driven Sales Funnel

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Sales Funnel: a Metaphor for Finding and Winning Customers The sales funnel a visual metaphor for the process of gathering prospects and turning them into customers: start with a large group at the top, and winnow it into a smaller group as they reach the bottom and buy. Has your prospect followed you on social channels?

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The Lead Generation Strategy Guide

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For example, a lead with a profile that matches a company’s buyer persona should not only be rated higher than a lead who is outside the typical customer profile; in many cases, the ideal prospect should be required to take less action in order to meet lead qualification criteria.

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Ultimate Guide to the Data-Driven Sales Funnel

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The traditional sales funnel is a stage-based approach to turning prospective leads into buyers. Picture a real funnel into which you pour liquid; capturing a lot of material on top in order to direct it into a narrow, specified location at the bottom. Has your prospect followed you on social channels? Consideration Stage.

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Lead Nurturing: A Step-By-Step Guide

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At this stage, you’re moving them from being a lead to a sales qualified opportunity. This is where the hand-off from marketing to sales takes place and where people ultimately make the buying decision. The following mind map shows some of the channels can use in your lead generation portfolio. One last thing.