Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

The top findings I got out of the release were: 47% of the sales professionals reported a slight increase in the size of their B2B pipelines this year as compared to last year. However, the sales cycles have also become longer, making it much harder to close deals. This one caught me by surprise.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The best sales funnel is one that works for your business and your sales team — all the sales funnel diagrams in the world and definitions of the KPIs that make a funnel work won’t matter if they’re not customized to fit your sales goals. Free Trial A Sales Funnel Has Four Stages: 1. Awareness Stage 2.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Work Management 130

Engagio

JANUARY 14, 2021

Success in Sales can only be achieved by first understanding the challenges we face in our industry. So what’s the new reality of Sales? 2020 was a particularly difficult year for our teams to push their accounts through a Sales cycle and hit the revenue goals they had in front of them. And we’re in good company.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important. Lead gen occurs within the second stage of a marketing funnel—meaning it happens after marketers have attracted an audience and are ready to hand them over to the sales team. B2B Lead Generation Sources. Outbound Prospecting.

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Content4Demand

AUGUST 11, 2021

With so much B2B marketing energy focused on metrics, metrics, metrics, it’s no wonder that plenty of marketing pros are throwing lots of energy into obsessing over the data. Pump Up the Pipeline When qualified opportunities offer a better-than-20% chance of converting to customers, you’re feeding your marketing-sourced pipeline.

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Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Intent Data 110

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important. Lead gen occurs within the second stage of a marketing funnel—meaning it happens after marketers have attracted an audience and are ready to hand them over to the sales team.

Sales Management 177

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 177

markempa

MARCH 2, 2017

At this stage, you’re moving them from being a lead to a sales qualified opportunity. This is where the hand-off from marketing to sales takes place and where people ultimately make the buying decision. Enable sales and inside sales during lead nurturing. Top of the Funnel: Use a Portfolio Approach.

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