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Case Study: How Aqua Security Reached 24% Conversion to MQL

Envy

When Aqua launched its security platform back in 2016, the competition was fierce from day one. Lead scoring - how to determine who is a relevant lead or an MQL? Social Media Skyrocketing with Overall 15% conversion to MQL. x20 growth in leads Q1 2016 to Q1 2017. Overall 24% conversion to MQL.

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4 Revenue Sources Most ROI Calculators Miss (Part 1 of 2)

ViewPoint

Test your estimates for 2016 by going back to the end of 2015 and compare actual retained revenue with your estimates. In January, 2016 Julie Schwartz of ITSMA stated: “It’s widely believed that 60-70% of the buying process is over before prospects want to engage with a salesperson. If you didn’t make an estimate, start doing so now.

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6 Key Lessons that Will Change How You Market in 2016

Vidyard

Hopefully they’ll inspire you as well with new ways to kick your marketing efforts into hyperdrive in 2016! The possibilities are amazing and I’m pumped to see how marketers use these new technologies to blow the doors off in 2016 (and blow some minds while they’re at it). Video Marketing, The Final Frontier – Michael Litt.

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The Why, What & How of a Lead-to-Revenue Assessment, Part 2 - The How

ViewPoint

I challenged marketing and sales leadership involved in 2016 planning to pause and consider conducting the assessment before making any decisions for next year. In part one , I provided insight into the why and what of a lead-to-revenue assessment. I like to use specific criteria for each component and then grade my findings against that.

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Map Lead Generation Targets to Financial Goals For Campaign Success

Strategic-IC

A marketing qualified lead (MQL) is a good-fit business lead. A sales qualified lead (SQL) is a sales-ready opportunity - an MQL who has been nurtured through the conversion funnel to the purchase stage. Note that your channel mix will also influence your promotion strategy for the campaign’s content.

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A Framework for Optimizing Personas

Cintell

71% of companies who exceed revenue and lead goals have documented personas vs. 37% who simply meet goals and 26% who miss them Source: Understanding B2B Buyers 2016 Benchmark Study. Yet, there is ample evidence that investing in persona research is well worth the effort.

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How the CEO Can Enhance Sales, Marketing, and the Executive Branch

ViewPoint

From Julie Schwartz, ITSMA, January, 2016: "It’s widely believed that 60-70% of the buying process is over before prospects want to engage with a salesperson. From Aberdeen Group: "Tele-prospecting is a valued complement to content marketing and inbound marketing and should be a component of any MQI-to-MQL Nurturing program.