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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. Many marketers view MQL as flawed because less than 1% of these leads typically reach the final stage of the buying process, and even then, there’s no guarantee they’ll convert.

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Inbound vs. Outbound Lead Generation: Finding the Right Mix for MQLs

Only B2B

In this comprehensive blog, we will explore the differences between Inbound and Outbound lead generation, and how to find the right mix to maximize MQL generation. According to Sales Hacker , 78% of decision-makers in companies have scheduled an appointment or attended an event based on a cold email or call.

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From SQL to Loyal Customer: The Journey of Nurturing Leads 

Only B2B

By understanding the significance of SQLs, the mechanics of the sales funnel, strategies for building customer relationships, and the art of nurturing, converting, measuring, and optimizing, you’ll grasp the critical role of lead nurturing in long-term customer engagement and loyalty.

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Please Don’t Let Your Sales Reps Nurture Leads

The Point

Bear with me as I relate a quick story about lead nurturing: A few months back I became a sales lead. A question: at this point, what kind of lead am I? By my own reckoning, I’m an MQL (Marketing Qualified Lead). Perhaps I was an SQL (Sales Qualified Lead) at one point in the conversation, but no longer.

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Is Your Marketing Team a Cost Center or a Revenue Center?

BOP Design

However, when you consider that the marketing department oversees inbound marketing, content marketing and key messaging that drives leads and conversions directly on the website, the marketing team is often generating revenue as well. There are a number of ways that a B2B marketing team generates revenue, including: Driving Leads.

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Four Reasons Your B2B Inbound Marketing isn't Working

Golden Spiral

Then it happened… you lost that deal from an inbound lead. Should you just drop everything and go back to cold calls and restroom stall advertising? Conversions are the key to getting new leads into your pipeline organically. Without them, we might as well just revert back to cold calling.

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The Benefits of Lead Generation Outsourcing

Single Grain

This process of lead generation involves various tactics — including content marketing, SEO, email marketing, PPC, trade shows — to bring your lead down the sales funnel until they make a sale: While businesses can handle these tactics in-house, hiring an agency is another option. How far will you handle the lead nurturing process?