Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2011

As we wind down 2011, this is a good time to review all the industrial marketing posts that I have published here and been viewed by you, my readers, during the year. Not all the posts were written in 2011, one was way back from 2008. B2B Lead Generation without Lead Nurturing is Doomed to Fail.

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markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago.

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markempa

OCTOBER 21, 2010

When I asked members of the B2B Lead Generation Roundtable on LinkedIn how companies can improve alignment between sales and marketing, our discussion board was inundated with keen insight and brutal honesty. For sales and marketing teams to truly align, they need a mandate from the executive team.”.

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markempa

OCTOBER 21, 2010

When I asked members of the B2B Lead Generation Roundtable on LinkedIn how companies can improve alignment between sales and marketing, our discussion board was inundated with keen insight and brutal honesty. For sales and marketing teams to truly align, they need a mandate from the executive team.”.

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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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Rev

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Scott , the VP of Platform Ecosystems at Hubspot and the editor of chiefmartec.com, has been categorizing marketing technology since 2011. I talk to people like David Lewis who brings considerable perspective to B2B martech used for demand generation and lead management. Lead scoring. Lead nurturing.

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markempa

AUGUST 6, 2010

One of the greatest challenges marketers continue to face is converting leads to pipeline revenue which could actually be the result of a bigger problem — marketers not generating high-quality leads in the first place. Take MarketingSherpa's 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Survey here.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 29, 2011

by Carol Fox CSO Insights just released the results of its annual Lead Management Optimization (LMO) Study. The results were encouraging in that marketing seems to be shifting more and more toward alignment with sales objectives. The chart below shows how funds were allocated for 2011 among companies surveyed.

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

I was reading with interest recently the results of a study from sales organization Miller Heiman called Sales Strategies for Thriving in a Post-Recession Economy, a 2011 Best Practices Study. The focus of the study was to determine what activities and approaches separated Word Class sales organizations versus the rest.

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

I was reading with interest recently the results of a study from sales organization Miller Heiman called Sales Strategies for Thriving in a Post-Recession Economy, a 2011 Best Practices Study. The focus of the study was to determine what activities and approaches separated Word Class sales organizations versus the rest.

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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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The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing Content That Sells When talking with lead nurturing and marketing automation vendors they all make it seem very easy. In the B2B marketing space this is notorious. United States License.

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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

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It only recently added standard B2B marketing automation features including a customer-level marketing database, outbound email, landing pages, lead scoring, Web behavior tracking, reporting, and Salesforce.com integration. I profiled them in a February 2011 post.) The acquisition is significant on several levels.

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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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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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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 25, 2011

B2B and industrial marketers are usually tasked with two main responsibilities: Fill the top of the sales funnel (ToFU) with high quality leads. Maximize the middle of the funnel (MoFU) for converting more leads into sales opportunities. See my earlier post, “Inbound Marketing Must Set the Table for Industrial Sales.”.

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NuSpark Consulting

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

So I was reading with some interest the 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report from Marketing Sherpa because I always like to see B2B marketers’ top challenges in their businesses, which not surprisingly, is generating quality leads. 78% of their biggest challenge is generating quality leads. Generate Leads: 46%. . Of course! .

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 18, 2010

Telemarketers often regret the call because the passionate marketer keeps analyzing their sales pitch instead of buying something. Outside work they don’t want to check out a blogabout the newest lead nurturing technology, or fly out to attend a marketing conference. Job Marketers are, unfortunately, the majority out there.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 23, 2009

Class: Inbound Lead Nurturing (CV201) Professor: Brian Carroll, MECLABS, InTouch The Lead Nurturing presentation followed the same format I had seen before from previous webinars presented by Brian Carroll, presenting the case for why would you want to “nurture” your leads. United States License.

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markempa

JUNE 17, 2012

Tweet CSO Insights , which interviews thousands of chief sales officers to benchmark B2B sales best practices, has tracked an alarming trend. Jim Dickie, CSO Insight’s managing partner, says this should make any sales leader cringe. No deal = broken sales cycle. And your sales cycle must take that into account.”.

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 30, 2012

Through two recent client presentations, users accessing their websites via mobile devices had increased 50% and 33% respectively between Q4 2011 and Q1 2012. From a strategic perspective , how will mobile marketing impact lead generation, the sales pipeline, brand visibility, etc.

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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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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

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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SnapApp

JULY 26, 2018

role marketing as a department in modern businesses — we need to be able to generate leads, improve brand awareness, increase customer retention, build content, optimize websites for search engines, and more. Demand generation marketers have become a hot commodity as companies are all striving to generate qualified leads at scale.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3). Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3). Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

Effective marketing is about generating sales. Sure, leads and nurturing and all of that are all good but the reality is that unless a sale is made, all that money was spent without any return. We send it along to the sales reps so tat they can chase these “leads&# like eagles diving for their prey.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

by Maria Pergolino B2B sales forces have multiple challenges to contend with in today’s digital marketplace. Lead generation now requires an understanding of new channels and changing buyer behavior. Better communication between departments, means less leads left sitting on the table because they were marked as ‘not a fit’.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

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 complains that the quality stinks. Sales says they want better leads.

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MLT Creative

JANUARY 20, 2012

WEEK OF JANUARY 16-20, 2011 This week in B2B marketing the B2B blogosphere is buzzing about mirroring leadership, mastering new innovation, and building relationships via new means. Don't ignore lead nurturing in the complex sale. It's time to start listening to your sales team. How to lead like MLK, Jr.

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Belkins

MARCH 12, 2020

How does it impact the world of B2B sales? From SARS in 2003 to the H1N1 epidemic in 2011, it’s not the first time countries and economies were threatened by a new virus strain. Damage control for demand shocks in the marketing and sales departments. We’re not trying to be Captain Obvious here. However, we made it.

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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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MLT Creative

JANUARY 17, 2011

2011 Goal: Reach a grade of 100 by improving our on-page SEO and inbound links. We know that constant attention to filling the funnel increases opportunity for lead generation and new business. 2011 Goal: Increase our visits by 50% by offering more advanced content, publishing more blogs per week and widening our social media reach.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

by Bill Binch B2B companies don’t have the same luxury that businesses had in former years, when sales controlled consumer behavior. Now the digital marketplace has put the buyer in the driver’s seat and some sales forces behind the eight ball to keep up with consumer habits. Consider these 5 ways sales will continue to evolve: 1.

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