markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

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Digital B2B Marketing

JULY 10, 2012

Lead generation continues to be a top objective for B2B marketers and content syndication is primary offering from publishers. Leads in this post refer to contacts captured through a registration form, in line with the way B2B publishers label their programs. Today many can also target specific companies and more granular titles.

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Excelsior Research

MAY 24, 2021

LEAD GENERATION. LEAD GENERATION. What is B2B lead generation, and how to get started? Lead Generation. B2B is a technique implemented by every organization to help them procure leads. It helps a company make sales and revenue; important aspects to growth, expansion, and success of your business.

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Excelsior Research

MAY 24, 2021

LEAD GENERATION. LEAD GENERATION. What is B2B lead generation, and how to get started? Lead Generation. B2B is a technique implemented by every organization to help them procure leads. It helps a company make sales and revenue; important aspects to growth, expansion, and success of your business.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Demand Generation Agencies Lead Ranking 52

Biznology

JUNE 4, 2019

I recently caught up with Dan McDade , longtime B2B practitioner in lead qualification and nurturing. You’ve been involved in the lead generation world for a long time. Certainly, technology lets us deliver more leads to sales, faster than ever before. But just as often these are bad leads. Your advice, please!

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Sungard AS runs a highly successful demand generation program, an integrated mix of both online and offline campaigns, to generate a consistent flow of leads to the company’s sales force. Sungard AS had solid creative in place and a very sophisticated nurturing program,” says Howard Sewell, Spear President. “Our

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Unbound B2B

JANUARY 10, 2023

Quick Summary: Outsourcing Lead Generation means hiring an external company to help you generate business leads. The cost-per-lead acquisition is different for every business based on size and market competition. Outsourcing lead generation services can save you time and money. Lead gen is not a simple exercise.

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markempa

OCTOBER 2, 2006

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ViewPoint

JUNE 9, 2017

While some sales people stop after placing one or two calls (if they don’t get the prospect on the phone or don’t get a call back, they deem the lead no good) our sales support associates keep trying. We persevered—and then turned over a Sales Qualified Lead which closed for $1,000,000,000 five months later. We didn’t stop.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Lead nurturing programs designed to convert trial users tend to focus, as they should, on the very front end of the trial period, when it’s critical to make sure the user is fully engaged with the product being tested. Speaking of which, should you integrate telemarketing into your free trial nurturing strategy?

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Biznology

JULY 31, 2015

Lead qualification is one of the primary jobs for B2B marketers, and a great deal of time and money is spent on this step of the sales cycle. Now that I’ve stated the obvious, I see both good and bad lead qualification processes in the market. Which leads me to 5 Do’s and Don’ts of B2B lead qualification.

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markempa

JULY 21, 2005

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markempa

OCTOBER 22, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! Dimensional mail was close behind at 5.28

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markempa

JULY 20, 2005

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 9, 2014

Last August I wrote a blog for Top Sales World titled “Lead Generation Hogwash: The Top 7 Lies.”. I detailed 7 lies to be aware of to avoid a lead generation disaster (read the blog for the specifics): Any list will do. Automated systems accurately score (prioritize) leads. More leads are better than fewer leads.

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Biznology

AUGUST 19, 2015

Following my last blog on lead qualification, I received some great comments and several questions as to whether lead qualification differs for trade show leads. Yes, it does, and here is a revision of my last blog specifically addressing trade show lead generation and qualification. Speed Kills The Competition.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 14, 2017

Last week I published a blog that provided five ways to avoid getting burned by outsourced B2B sales lead generation, qualification and nurturing. So, they settle for a cheap solution—which is how mediocre sales lead generation firms survive. The need for sales pressures the CMO to deliver leads fast.

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Valasys

MAY 8, 2019

While generating leads is important & most B2B companies nowadays are equipped with techniques to generate high-quality leads; it is astonishing that only 56% of them check the validity of their leads before passing them on to the sales department (Source: MarketingSherpa). Conclusion.

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markempa

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The phone is a powerful and effective lead generation tool and is an important "social media" platform. It is inarguably the human touch of a lead nurturing program.  That being said, the phone must be used as a part of a holistic lead generation strategy. Throw away the scripts: Telemarketers use scripts.

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The Point

OCTOBER 25, 2016

And so when martech companies come along promising instant answers to all our marketing challenges, we’re all ears. But no company that I know of paved their way to marketing success solely by buying software. But no company that I know of paved their way to marketing success solely by buying software. Ineffective Lead Response.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I only recently came across the results of research published late last year by Leads360 , a leading provider of hosted (SaaS) solutions for managing sales leads. Call me a data point of one, but the company that makes those phone calls to my desk is someone with whom I’d never want to do business. And therein lies my point.

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Valasys

JUNE 25, 2019

According to a report by Resourceful Selling, 91% of the top-performing sales organizations collaborate across all departments to close sales leads. On the flip side, a study from Marketing Sherpa shows that only 56% of the marketers check for the validity of their leads before passing them on to their sales teams.

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Crimson Marketing

JANUARY 28, 2015

HubSpot and Qualtrics recently conducted a survey of 900 management-level marketers in North America and Europe to determine how successful companies have been at demand generation for their respective brands. Here are the main stats from the survey: Companies exceeding their revenue goals: 70% attract more than 10,000 visitors per month.

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 20, 2010

Summary: A survey of business-to-business salespeople finds they (still) consider themselves their best source of qualified leads. But marketing-generated leads are gaining increasing respect and salespeople are increasingly looking for help from outside data vendors.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And when quality is required, you need to be able to deliver leads that convert. The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads. Sales says they want better leads. However, you must continue to nurture those leads that are not yet ready to buy.

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Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2016

Marketing automation software tools can be very helpful in making lead nurturing and sales acceleration efforts more effective—even if the category is badly misnamed. Recent research shows that 63% of B2B companies that are growing faster than their competitors use marketing automation. Marketing can’t be automated.)

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markempa

JUNE 28, 2007

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markempa

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

What do you wish companies would stop doing when you download a free white paper? There are some sites that he refuses to download from because not only was the prior information unhelpful, but he knows he will receive a call from a telemarketer - even after he's made it clear he's not interested. I bet I already know.

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markempa

JULY 27, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! Heres a link to her free articles.

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Televerde

JANUARY 30, 2018

If you remember from the first post, a Forrester survey attributes superior results to companies that employ modern marketing techniques: ? 44% of modern marketers say their companies exceeded revenue goals by 10% or more over the previous year. ? One medical company improved its “bedside manner” with inside sales.

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markempa

AUGUST 30, 2011

Use these three practices to convert more leads into revenue: Use Funnel-Specific Market Research. In many industries, for example, executives are scrutinizing much smaller transactions, so lead generation, lead nurturing and sales enablement tactics must address this shift in buying behavior.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

When I started the B2B Lead Generation blog back in 2003, my purpose was to have this blog be a launch pad for practical ideas, not commercials. I along with our executive team will stay intact and we will continue to focus on building the company. But today I'm making an exception. Read the press release.

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markempa

AUGUST 16, 2007

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The Point

JUNE 26, 2013

Some would argue: no, especially if those who register are net new leads, where the real value is simply getting the person to sign up in the first place. Anecdotally, our experience is that the difference in lead quality between Webinar registrants who show up on the day, and those who don’t, can be minimal at best. Comments welcome.

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markempa

MARCH 2, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! What are trigger events?

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markempa

MARCH 2, 2006

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