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Sales Qualified Lead vs Sales Accepted Lead: Distinguishing Sales-Ready Leads from Potential Sales Leads  

Only B2B

B2B marketers spend countless hours crafting campaigns, social media posts, and targeted ads, all in the name of capturing potential customers. Do all those website visitors and content downloads translate into sales conversations? Must Read: MQL vs SQL: Which Lead Matter More & When?

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4 ways marketing is different from sales

MKT1

Marketing gets a bad rap. Many founders, sales leaders, product leaders, and even marketers themselves think B2B marketing teams are just a service organization to salesmarketing only exists to generate leads this quarter. And that’s partially because it’s incredibly misunderstood.

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Does Your Sales Team Know How to Follow-Up on a Lead?

ViewPoint

Nurture leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales is the sixth of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Set sales straight—it’s a win win.

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Bolster your Go-to-Market plans by prioritizing the metrics that matter

Tomorrow People

As you organize and implement your Go-to-Market plan, you must: Find a real market problem that your product or service will solve. Marketing leaders have always been expected to do a lot. Ask yourself, "Would it be fair for a CEO to judge my performance as a marketing leader based on this metric?"

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Measuring Success: 12 Key Demand Generation Metrics in B2B

Inbox Insight

Understanding the key performance indicators (KPIs) or metrics associated with B2B demand generation can be a pivotal factor in the success of your marketing efforts. It encompasses a vast range of marketing activities to create awareness and build interest in your product or service. Why should B2B marketers focus on demand gen KPIs?

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Inbound Marketing in B2B: How to Calculate ROI

Inbox Insight

79% of B2B marketers say that improving ROI of marketing activities is a key focus for 2020. And when it comes to inbound marketing specifically, proving ROI isn’t so straightforward. Why you need to measure your inbound marketing efforts. Successful inbound marketers don’t make decisions based on gut feelings.

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Growing Your B2B Professional Services Firm: Marketing Qualified Leads

Meerkat Marketing

Generating leads is always a hot topic at the leadership table for B2B professional service firms when it comes to marketing. That means that the marketing department is tasked with “generating leads”. . A Common Pitfall: Focused on Generating Leads instead of Marketing Qualified Leads & Converted Revenue.