ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Sponsoring SLMA’s Top Twenty Women in sales lead management got me to thinking about the top 20 women of all time. I bet you use some of these very traits to describe a woman you know doing extraordinary work in sales and marketing today. Nominating is open now and runs to March 16.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 10, 2011

Happy 2011! As we exited 2010, there were a lot of predictions for what’s in store for B2B Marketing in 2011. In your view what will 2011 bring for B2B Marketers? Many vendors and organizations are using the terms “marketing automation” and “lead management” interchangeably.

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ANNUITAS

JULY 7, 2011

USA Financial recognized by DemandGen Report in 2011 Sales & Marketing Alignment Awards. USA Financial was one of 10 companies recognized for deploying marketing automation tools and re-engineering internal processes in order to drive new revenue growth, produce quality leads and improve campaign results.

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

This is the question I posed: According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. Click here for part 1 & part 2.). Less than 50 beds. 50-250 beds. 250-500 beds.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 8, 2012

According to a 2011 study by MarketingSherpa , 74% of B2B marketers stated that their biggest challenge was generating high quality leads. The next biggest challenge was a distant second: 49% cited “generating a high volume of leads”. However, lead generation is irrelevant in today’s b2b marketing climate.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 4, 2012

The list of independent marketing automation systems shrank by one yesterday when Leadformix was purchased by sales enablement vendor CallidusCloud for $9 million. While its feature list covers all the usual marketing automation categories, the company's real focus was always on providing the most useful information to sales people.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 26, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Ten Universal Principles, A Brief Philosophy of Life Issues, Ignatius Press,San Francisco,CA, 2011, page 9. A little leadership also helps.

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The Point

AUGUST 8, 2011

A recent industry study on Lead Management Optimization, conducted by CSO Insights and conducted in partnership with SMEI and Marketo , sheds insight on the relative budget marketing organizations are investing in areas such as lead nurturing, social media, and lead generation.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 17, 2010

A few years ago that simply meant generating some leads and some new names for the sales team to pursue, but we are now seeing marketing teams play an active role on engaging prospects at each stage of the buying cycle. This requires new discipline in lead management, which many B2B marketers are still getting their arms around.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 28, 2012

Online tracking of web visitors has taken on added importance for sales and marketing. While web analytics software tells us important metrics like how many visitors we have, which pages they visit and for how long, sales and marketing need more leads. About the Author.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 10, 2011

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 Planning.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 30, 2011

Relationship expands end-to-end demand generation and lead management service offerings for clients. Grand Rapids, MI – August 30, 2011 – The Annuitas Group, an expert provider of lead management process services, today announced that it has formalized an alliance with Harte-Hanks, Inc. About Harte-Hanks ®.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

According to the SiriusDecisions B-to-B Marketing Automation Study from 2014, there are nearly 11 times more B2B organizations using marketing automation now than in 2011. When determining the best emails and content to send to whom and when, your Sales organization is your biggest ally. Things couldn’t be better.

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The Point

OCTOBER 26, 2010

lengthening sales cycles during a down economy and the desire to support sales reps who are reluctant to dedicate their valuable time to nurturing buyers throughout that process. converting more existing leads over time to new, qualified opportunities. which leads merit sales investment and which don’t.)

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 4, 2012

2011 is history, and we embark on another year. At the end of 2011, I resisted the temptation to become a prognosticator, figuring that I didn’t want to deal with the ramifications of my predictions potentially not coming true. In most of these cases, I’ve never spoken with the sales rep. Well here we are. They’re right.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 10, 2011

His forthcoming book (December 2011, Wiley), The Marketing Agency Blueprint , serves as a guide for building tech-savvy, hybrid agencies. This is a guest post by Paul Roetzer , founder and CEO of PR 20/20 , a Cleveland-based marketing agency and HubSpot VAR.

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The Point

MARCH 12, 2012

I’ve made the case previously in this space how one of the easiest way to gain a quick return from any investment in marketing automation is to apply the technology towards more efficient and systematic follow-up to inbound leads. The odds of contacting a lead if called within five minutes versus even 30 minutes are 100x greater.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Carlos is a recognized thought leader in B2B marketing and known for his keen insights on the development and implementation of lead management processes, as well as marketing automation. 2012 Trending: Marketing Is Ahead of Sales in Understanding Buyer 2.0. 2012 Trending: Marketing Is Ahead of Sales in Understanding Buyer 2.0.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Yet budget is what is going to enable marketing and sales to adapt to the changing buyer, move them faster through the buying cycle, and ultimately drive revenue. Earlier in my career, I was asked to begin developing a lead management process for my employer, a $1 billion software company. Where are we with sales?”.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2011

You may be sitting on uncommitted budget, facing a ‘use it or lose it’ scenario; which if left unspent, can lead to lower budgets in future quarters. This type of situation usually leads to wasteful spending, but using Q4 funds to purchase valuable infrastructure proven to generate a nice return kills two birds with one stone.

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Televerde

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

One I enjoyed working with was Televerde , a company headquartered in Phoenix AZ that combines lead generation and corporate social responsibility with an outstanding business model with proven results. In fact, we focused upon sales and marketing alignment and the importance of data for marketing in a recent webinar.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

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. ROI” and “Sales” are the 4 th and 5 th most important metric according to Chief Marketer April 1, 2010 study.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2011

by Liz Smyth Last month at Cloudforce London, Henry Seddon of QlikView wowed the audience in his presentation entitled “Sales and Marketing Alignment: Drive Revenue and Achieve Explosive Growth”. In August, QlikView was awarded the “Most Successful Global RPM Execution” at the 2011 Revenue Performance Excellence Awards.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And the conversation went way later than the restaurant manager and our wonderful server wanted it to. 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.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 7, 2011

by Bill Binch To create the best lead generation process, you’ve got to keep sales and marketing on the same page. There is a continuing challenge for marketing to fill the sales lead coffers. There are three truths behind sales and marketing agreements that must be recognized for effective alignment: 1.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 3, 2011

by Maria Pergolino It’s one thing to generate leads. The industry wide statistic of 70% of leads never receiving effective sales follow-up is astounding. With the mass amount of resources devoted to lead generation, the act of following up on leads has to be improved to experience growth in conversion rates.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 18, 2011

by Bill Binch As the economy improves, more companies will start to add to their B2B sales forces. Many companies will be expanding into and testing new markets by adding remote sales people. While adding remote salespeople is a lower-cost way to enter a new market, it does come with its share of management challenges.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

In the stampede to corral leads, B2B marketing efforts can lose momentum as soon as the prospects have moved into their sales cycle. Once you’ve got them in, how do you establish a lead management cycle that nurtures the leads you worked so hard to get? Does Your Drip Marketing Leak Leads? Actually not true.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 4, 2011

Compatibility with Outlook and Salesforce CRM mean sales people don’t have to learn any new tools while they speed up their response time. Jumping faster on qualified leads equals higher conversion rates. In-house Communication is enhanced as well, because automated reports keep both sales and marketing updated on latest email results.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The B2B marketing automation industry will reach $325 million in revenue by the end of 2011. 50% of respondents to a 2011 Focus survey stated they have not realized the full value of their marketing automation investment, and less than 25% use their platforms to their full potential. higher sales quote achievement rate.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 18, 2012

As a result, B2B marketers sometimes overlook the professional social media site’s ability to support lead generation and qualification. As of July 2011 , when the network had 119 million members worldwide: 58.5% How have you used LinkedIn content to support your firm’s lead generation and qualification efforts? were female.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 6, 2011

Today’s marketers need to factor this into their lead generation tactics in order to attract and convert these prospects into qualified leads. Here are five key areas leading marketers are paying attention to now. Without it, most marketers would quickly see a drop in engagement and the number of leads they generate.

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Hubspot

MARCH 8, 2012

According to Unica's State of Marketing in 2011 report , 57% of marketers cited "measurement, analysis, and learning" as the biggest bottleneck they face within their organizations. For instance, let's say you did an email send to a segment of your leads. Did that email generate more leads than the blog post you published yesterday?

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

When it comes to improving sales lead generation results, using marketing technology without analytics expertise and business acumen results in a numbers glut devoid of action items. Embedded in every client program, they help us identify the right prospects and convert them to qualified leads. Segmentation and testing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

by Maria Pergolino As marketing and sales teams align, both become more accountable to effectively managing leads within the pipeline. The ongoing changes in lead generation can overwhelm marketing and sales teams if it’s not organized and each team is unclear of its role. Invaluable Lead Tracking Capability.

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Allocadia

APRIL 5, 2019

Since 2011, Anna Soo has led the Marketing Operations function at Commvault. Anna Soo: When I first started at Commvault back in 2011, there wasn’t really a Marketing Operations team as such. Webinar: How Marketing Operations Leads the Annual Planning Process. About Anna: “The Lighthouse that Keeps Everyone on Target”.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

says Debra Beagle, co-owner and Managing Broker of the #1 RE/MAX team in the world. In fact, sales for high-ticket products (think above $10,000) require a minimum of eight touches to convert. There's just no way around it: the more expensive the product, the more complex the sale. Set up a solid sales process.

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