Act-On

APRIL 10, 2024

Luckily for marketers, lead scoring exists. Lead scoring helps organizations move prospects along their buying journey in a structured, strategic way — which is especially helpful considering how complex buying journeys have become. Score those strong purchase indicators highly and send these white-hot leads to sales.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Tweet If Sales and Marketing were a manufacturing operation starting with raw materials — leads — and ending up with 5% to 20% in deliverable product — won sales — it would soon be shut down to determine what is wrong. However, companies continue to spend untold dollars on lead generation efforts ultimately doomed to fail.

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LeanData

APRIL 11, 2023

When purchasing lead management software, you’re typically looking to eliminate pain points like lead leakage, unmanageable Apex code, unwieldy CSV spreadsheets, manual triage, poor handoffs between Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success departments, and sometimes, an entirely broken sales process.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

At the top of the funnel, marketing increases traffic and fills the database with new leads through paid ads, social media, search, referral programs, and a variety of other channels. But in between, marketing needs to nurture and qualify leads by encouraging them to engage with content until they’re sales-ready.

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The Point

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Should you allow prospects to enter a personal email address when they fill out lead gen forms? However, forcing that same individual to enter a business email address instead doesn’t change where that person is in the buying process; it simply creates more friction in the user experience. B2B marketers seem divided on the question.

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The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

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.) Report: Why Demand Marketers Should Expand their Focus Beyond the Lead Click To Tweet. Even cynics like me will find the argument convincing.

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Scoop.it

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Regardless of your industry, finding and nurturing the right leads is crucial. Therefore, it makes sense to sharpen the focus on your lead management and optimize it at every stage. In fact, research shows that automating your lead management process can increase sales revenue by 10% in just six months.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 22, 2018

I practice it every day in my role as lead salesperson for the company. (We See this blog for a build vs. buy analysis that takes that argument off the table.). The challenge is that lead generators with happy ears don’t ask the questions that might effectively disqualify an account. We are not the low-price leader.)

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 26, 2011

Lead management continues to be a hot topic in the world of B2B marketing as we turn the corner and head into the second half of 2010. As a leader in lead management process development, our firm has seen a lot of confusion in the market about what constitutes lead management. So what are these myths?

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The Effective Marketer

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Last week Carlos Hidalgo , CEO of the Annuitas Group , shared on the Software Advice blog a nice video explaining two basic concepts that are often used interchangeably by vendors and even analysts in the Marketing Automation space but should in fact be treated as separate concepts: Demand Generation and Lead Management.

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The Point

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A client asks: “I know the answer is probably “it depends” but curious if you think there’s a best practice for how many follow-up nurture emails to send TOFU content syndication leads before you stop due to non-engagement?”. When Should I Stop Nurturing a Lead? The post When Should I Stop Nurturing a Lead?

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ViewPoint

JUNE 15, 2012

Jim is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association. SLMA is the sponsor of the yearly Sales Lead Management week and initiatives to identify both the Top 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management and 20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? Plus, let’s not forget, every customer starts out as a lead. No matter where the lead was sourced. But how do we distinguish good leads from bad leads? How do you define a lead?

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Chris Koch

OCTOBER 22, 2010

We should care more about lead management automation in B2B marketing. And that is a huge change in the buying process. In our research we’ve also seen consistently over the past few years that two-thirds of buyers prefer to research their buying options themselves rather than waiting for vendors to contact them.

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Inbox Insight

APRIL 22, 2024

One strategy has proven to be a game-changer – lead generation. This blog explores the significant benefits of lead generation, highlighting its importance and role in modern business. Understanding the significance of lead generation in B2B Lead generation is the backbone of any successful marketing strategy.

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ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

There’s plenty of mediocrity in lead generation—both in-house and outsourced. However, there are a lot of things good insourced operations and lead generation companies do well. While lead generation (or teleprospecting) is not rocket science, there are a lot of moving parts in a well-run lead generation machine.

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The Point

MAY 19, 2020

It wasn’t that long ago, when marketing automation first burst on the scene, that the height of lead nurture sophistication was the simple, automated sending of multiple, sequential emails. How does your current lead nurturing. 18 Common Features of a Best-in-Class Lead Nurture Program #leadnurturing Click To Tweet.

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LeanData

MARCH 26, 2024

The post 9 SaaS Tools You’ll Have to Buy if You Don’t Have LeanData appeared first on LeanData. If you had the option to consolidate 9 SaaS tools in your tech stack into one platform, would you do it?Learn Learn the 9 SaaS tools available within the LeanData platform.

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Capstone Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

That said, it’s foundational in lead management and everything from data management, measurement, and reporting, to scoring and routing leads is based on this one boring decision that no one talks about. It’s an organization’s lead management method. What is a lead management method?

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Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2022

The faster you can connect with a lead the greater your chance of success. This makes routing marketing leads to your sales team a critical step for driving revenue growth. Without proper attention to your lead routing system, you’ll spend resources to generate leads that may not go anywhere. They become reality.

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Martech

MARCH 29, 2022

As part of this evolution: Buying Group Marketing (BGM). It does this through carefully crafted buying group personas and delivering custom campaigns to buying team members. As Forrester reinforces in the New Tech report, “sales and marketing must come together to identify and prioritize buying groups for effective ABM.”.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? Plus, let’s not forget, every customer starts out as a lead. No matter where the lead was sourced. But how do we distinguish good leads from bad leads? How do you define a lead?

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Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 195

Lead Liaison

JUNE 14, 2023

17 Opportunity Costs of Not Having a Universal Lead Capture Strategy It’s easy to look at the price of something and consider it a “cost”. Universal Lead Capture is a Strategy, not Software Universal lead capture is often confused as being a software solution; instead, it’s a business strategy. Should this be a deal killer?

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Welcome to a journey that unveils the transformative force within B2B lead management – the omnipotent power of lead enrichment. This blog embarks into the realm of lead enrichment, unraveling the secrets that propel businesses toward immediate discovery and qualification of their potential prospects.

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Anything Goes Marketing

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

In one of my meetings these past few weeks I was thinking of an analogy where I could break down the lead management process into much simpler terms so everyone could understand their roles - this is where football comes in. Think of the defense as anyone or anything that is hampering the lead management process.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 17, 2009

Earlier this year I downloaded Silverpop’s lead management workbook , and I planned to write about it. Unfortunately, not enough time… Last week I received a copy of Marketo’s Lead Nurturing workbook. Both books show how you can increase sales by nurturing all leads, from inquiry to opportunity.

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Capstone Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

That said, it’s foundational in lead management and everything from data management, measurement, and reporting, to scoring and routing leads is based on this one boring decision that no one talks about. It’s an organization’s lead management method. What is lead management method?

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The Point

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A client asks: How long should a lead be chronically non-responsive before they’re marked as “marketing suspended”? Over time, an accumulation of stale, non-responsive leads can bump you to a higher pricing tier for your CRM or marketing automation license. . How Quickly Should I Suspend or Delete Non-Responsive Leads?

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ViewPoint

MAY 16, 2017

When it comes time to exploring how you can increase lead generation ROI, that is, produce better leads more cost effectively, move "technology" to the bottom your to-do list. So start by engineering your processes to focus on lead quality not quantity. That is, by not using a cost-per-lead metric.) More about this.

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Valasys

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Introduction The importance of having an effective CRM system in today’s digital age cannot be overstated, as it can make all the difference in how you manage your sales leads and ultimately close deals. What features do you think are essential in a CRM system for sales leads? But don’t just take my word for it.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

They no longer want to be treated just as “leads” in your system. This is where an advanced lead generation strategy comes in. At the same time, the goal of lead generation has evolved to meet these changing customer habits. Now, lead generation is less about finding new customers than about making sure new customers find you.

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Optinmonster

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Are you looking for the best lead generation tools to grow your business? Lead generation is more than just getting people to visit your site. And just like any tough job, lead generation requires the right tools–even for professional marketers. What Is a Lead Generation Software/Tool? Why is this important?

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markempa

APRIL 7, 2008

What do you do with leads or inquires once you generate them? This basic question is overlooked by so many and yet it's the leading cause of failure in what would otherwise be effective lead generation programs. The ones that aren't qualified yet (but are a fit) you put into a lead nurturing process. Database services.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 8, 2019

A “hot” prospect is ready to buy. Qualified leads would ultimately receive more attention—the sales rep might play 18 holes with them to help close the deal. Qualified leads would ultimately receive more attention—the sales rep might play 18 holes with them to help close the deal. A solid definition of “lead”.

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ClickZ

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It’s software that makes it easier to manage marketing-related tasks—launch campaigns, generate leads, keep track of ad creative, and monitor results (to name a few examples). Typical features include: Lead management tools to help identify prospects, capture leads, and track potential buyers. Industry case study.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Effective lead nurturing is crucial to successful b2b marketing. Lead nurturing can help you improve your lead conversions over time. ” “ Lead nurturing will generate an increase in sale opportunities up to 20%. ” “ Lead nurturing can help you build a trusted relationship with your economic buyer.”

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 20, 2009

Summary: Active Conversion helps marketing and sales departments make the best use of leads they’ve generated outside the system. Leads can enter from channels other than email. Information can come from sources beyond the lead itself. Filling out a Web form may also contribute to lead scoring.

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