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The Risks of Over-Reliance on Late-Stage Content

The Point

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. Another channel where a healthy content mix is vital is paid search (SEM).

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Do You Want Intent Data with That?

The Point

If you could layer third-party intent data into every lead gen program you run, would you do it? In other words, would you only ever want marketing leads from prospects pre-determined to be actively researching your category, solution, use case, etc.? My argument: no, you wouldn’t. . Effective demand generation.

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10 Ways to Optimize Your Lead Conversion Rate

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Tweet The ultimate goal of B2B marketing and lead generation is to help the sales team sell. Marketers spend a lot of time and effort creating inbound leads but struggle getting those leads to convert into customers after they hand them off to sales. Does this sound like you or someone you know?

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How Technology on the Trade Show Floor Can Help Your Sales Team Work Smarter and Sell More

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Yet, many companies still measure marketers on cost-per-lead metrics when such metrics are inadequate for measuring face-to-face interactions at trade shows. The real value of trade show interactions. One or two qualifying questions, such as the size of the account. Lead Generation: Trends in 2012 marketing budgets.

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Should You Prioritize Lead Generation for Your B2B Content Marketing Goals?

Content Standard

For B2B marketers, qualified leads look like the panacea for every corporate campaign. The thinking goes that if you deliver leads to sales, then you’ve made your company more money and justified your budget in the process. Setting Content Marketing Goals You Can Achieve.

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Should You Prioritize Lead Generation for Your B2B Content Marketing Goals?

Content Standard

For B2B marketers, qualified leads look like the panacea for every corporate campaign. The thinking goes that if you deliver leads to sales, then you’ve made your company more money and justified your budget in the process. Setting Content Marketing Goals You Can Achieve.

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Don't Count on Marketing Automation to Solve All Your Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

Of course, Marketing Automation alone cannot live up to those hyped up expectations and has to take the brunt of the blame. Let’s get one thing straight from the get go, if you are in a declining market with low demand for your products and services, no amount of automation will help you generate new leads.