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MQL vs. SQL: What Are They How Do They Help You Sell?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

An MQL is a lead that has shown interest in your brand and that marketing has deemed likely to become a customer based on preset criteria, like product-need fit and budget. They’ve shown some interest and likely engaged with your marketing content or visited your website a few times.

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The 3 Essentials of a Successful Qualified Leads Program

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Sales reps would get a good sense of how interested someone was in their company’s products or services by spending some time with them. That could mean when somebody begins following a social media account, subscribes to an email newsletter, or browses a product page on a website. A “cold” prospect is merely browsing inventory.

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What Is Sales? The Career of Champions

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

That’s because the journey from initial interest in a product to close can be windy and complex, often requiring a personal touch to make it complete. For this type of selling, reps typically train on a specific product and can take a prospect through all of the product’s features and benefits.

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The Ultimate Smarketing Glossary: 62 Common Sales Terms Explained for Marketers

Hubspot

" The stages a potential buyer goes through, from learning about a new product or service to either becoming a loyal customer or rejecting it. The potential buyer may or may not end up purchasing/adopting that product or service. The value of a product or service that a consumer of that product or service experiences.