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Enjoy A Demand Funnel Cocktail

Marketing Insider Group

At the time, I was leading a large online demand generation program and had some thoughts about the state of the marketing and sales funnel. The funnel is a useful way to analyze the rate at which we are capturing and managing demand. And customer lifetime values increase. To our customers there is no funnel.

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Defining Moments

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Despite the claim by some that automation is “floundering”, marketing automation is clearly gaining steam and poised for even more growth in 2011. He asked: “ What’s the difference between demand generation, lead management and marketing automation?” The end result of demand generation is leads. Lead Routing.

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Lead Generation Programs That Work

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During my presentation titled Lead Generation Programs That Work I walked through the 5 Steps to Achieve Lead Generation ROI. I defined the top tactics for driving leads in today’s environment and listed those that aren’t working as well as they used to. How do you balance the need for quantity of leads vs quantity?

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

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We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And when quality is required, you need to be able to deliver leads that convert. The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads. Sales says they want better leads. However, you must continue to nurture those leads that are not yet ready to buy.

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

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If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. So here are my 6 tips for creating content that drives the leads that sales wants… Define your audience on their terms not yours. Know how they rank.

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The New Marketing Accountability

Marketing Insider Group

You can review both How To Align Marketing With Sales and Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity for more detail on the emerging need for marketing to drive real sales and to quantify efforts. I think the main reason for the short-sightedness of the current demand gen models is partly skills and partly scope.

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5 Steps to achieve Lead Generation ROI

Marketing Insider Group

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Online lead generation is one of the best ways to identify customers early in the journey and produce a solid and predictable return on investment. Marketing needs to be the engine to identify qualified leads for sales.