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Key Differences Between MQL and HQL for B2B Lead Generation  

Only B2B

This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. But how do you identify leads ready to be handed off to your sales team? The answer lies in understanding the crucial distinction between MQLs (Marketing Qualified Leads) and HQLs (Highly Qualified Leads).

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Optimize your Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) Strategy and Close More Sales

Only B2B

MQL sits at the intersection of marketing and sales. These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team. But ignoring MQL altogether is a costly mistake. Let’s delve into the complexities of converting B2B leads into MQLs. Benchmarking Your Success: Where Do You Stand?

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Report: Why Demand Marketers Should Expand their Focus Beyond the Lead

The Point

The MQL is dead. When Account-Based Marketing (ABM) first arrived on the scene, vendors were quick to pronounce traditional, funnel-based marketing obsolete. One fixture of B2B marketing for more than a decade is the lead funnel, brought to prominence by the analysts at SiriusDecisions (now part of Forrester.)

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How to fix the broken sales-marketing lead funnel

Martech

Once your suspects have become prospects who’ve finally reached the scoring threshold, you toss the leads over the proverbial wall for sales to work. This is because sales prioritized their list over the leads you sent to them. It’s an illustration of the kind of scenario that can cause a deep divide between sales and marketing.

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Lessons in Buying Group Marketing – Learning to dance with your sales team

Martech

Driven by this holistic approach, Forrester proclaims in its New Tech: Account-Based Marketing Q1, 2022 report that “the term Account-Based Marketing will disappear by 2025 as B2B organizations focus on the entire customer lifecycle.”. As part of this evolution: Buying Group Marketing (BGM). How BGM sales-marketing alignment works.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 248: Q & A with Kelley Hippler @forrester

Heinz Marketing

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We talk to some of the best leaders in B2B sales and marketing every day.

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Escaping The B2B Customer Data Swamp: How To Measure And Mitigate The Impact Of Dirty Data

Leadspace

Being bogged down in bad data can also lead sales reps down a rabbit hole, making for an elongated sales cycle. While data management can be a complicated, time-consuming process, regular data cleansing is core to successful B2B sales and marketing. Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). Average: 3.9%