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PowerOpinions: Making Lead Scoring a Success Part 1 [Expert Advice]

ViewPoint

Marketing Automation makes it easier than ever to deliver more poor-quality leads to sales. A key to this trend is lead scoring. According to SiriusDecisions’ Research Brief 1 , the problem with lead scoring at many organizations is as follows: Lead scoring models are based on assumptions or inadequate sales input.

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Predictive Marketing Vendors Look Beyond Lead Scores

Customer Experience Matrix

It’s clear that 2015 has been the breakout year for predictive analytics in marketing, with at least $242 million in new funding, compared with $366 million in all prior years combined. The past week brought three more announcements about predictive vendors expanding beyond lead scoring.

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The Top 5 SERP Features & How to Rank for Them with SEO

Conductor

With Google constantly updating its search algorithm and how it ranks content, it can be difficult to keep up and ensure your content marketing strategy remains aligned with the latest best practices. Instead, they are ranked by Google based on the value and information they provide related to the user’s given keyword or search phrase.

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PowerOpinions: Making Lead Scoring a Success Part 3 [Expert Advice]

ViewPoint

This is the final installment of a three-part series in response to the following question: As we enter the second half of 2015, have companies made the adjustments necessary to utilize lead scoring or is the status quo killing results? Because we care about quality leads. Lead scoring models are: Based on assumptions.

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Demand Gen Report Uncovers Value of Marketing Automation in B2B Lead Scoring

SugarCRM

Demand Gen Report, a lead publication for B2B marketing professionals, recently released a special report on strategies for improving lead scoring. Automation and Predictive Analytics Fuel B2B Lead Scoring Success reveals how marketing automation helps to maximize the overall effectiveness of lead scoring.

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Marketing and Sales: Done Well (2015) Do Better (2016) - Part 3 of 3

ViewPoint

This is the third in a series of three blogs about what experts feel companies did well in 2015 and what they would do better in 2016. What B2B Companies Did Well in 2015? To create lasting and sustainable sales performance improvement, sales managers need to free time up to invest in higher-value sales leadership activities.

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User Engagement Is the New SEO: How to Boost Search Rank by Engaging Users

Hubspot

Many businesses aim for their websites to rank highly in search engines, but it's a moving target. You might remember when Google's featured snippet addition disrupted the numbered ranking system of search pages. With this in mind, here are a few user engagement metrics that Google and other engines seem to value as priorities.