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How to Uncover Buying Intent at Every Stage in the Buyer Journey

SnapApp

Marketers have more data than ever to study prospects and predict buying intent. But low MQL conversion rates suggest marketers haven’t turned that data into reliable intent predictions. Why behavioral data is only a proxy for buyer intent. Which approaches work to uncover buying intent at each buying stage.

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MQLs: The Beginning of the End and the End of the Beginning

Aberdeen

So why isn’t the MQL evolving to meet modern expectations? How can we get traditional market and sales organizations to start recognizing the EV equivalents of the MQL on our way to something better? Modern MQLs. Right now, the MQL is hurting organizations in many ways. They are about 50 – 70% into their buyer journey.

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Avoiding the Blind Spot for Marketing and Sales Qualified Leads

SalesIntel

Because of the fact that lead qualification – from marketing qualified lead (MQL) to sales qualified lead (SQL) – encompasses more than “fit.” We will dive into the difference between the MQL and SQL, focus on the lead qualification blockage, and how to find those lost leads. . SQL vs MQL: Who is at Fault for Lost Leads?

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Sending All Your Leads to Sales? These 3 Steps Will Boost Marketing ROI

SnapApp

High MQL targets force many marketers to send all of their leads to sales. But research from Gartner shows that buyer journeys are becoming more complex, and are no longer compatible with this model of early sales outreach. While this system is easy to manage with marketing automation, it doesn’t offer marketers the whole story.

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When Companies Research the Things That Need What You Sell (But Not the Things That You Sell)

Aberdeen

And while every company may behave differently at different times in their buyer journey, we can say definitively that, for the most part, companies don’t buy things, they solve business issues that require things. Are not even researching in the category of what your intent vendor thinks your product/solution represents.

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Marketing with Intent to Solve Problems, Not Just Sell a Product

Aberdeen

And while every company may behave differently at different times in their buyer journey, we can say definitively that, for the most part, companies don’t buy things, they solve business issues that require things. Are not even researching in the category of what your intent vendor thinks your product/solution represents.

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Using Buying Intent To Transform Marketing & Sales

Strategic-IC

But what many may not know, is that Behaviour Based Marketing (BBM); using the very latest predictive analytics, AI and machine learning techniques will increase typical digital ad CTR by 6x (from 0.06% to 0.38%), boost average MQL to sales pipeline conversion by x3.5 Ever more complex buyer journeys.

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