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Making Sense of Marketing Acronyms: Part 1

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CPM (Cost Per Mille) The cost of showing off your ad to 1,000 people! CPL (Cost Per Lead) The cost of finding your next potentially viable lead. MQL (Marketing Qualified Lead) A lead that your marketing team has deemed likely to convert into a customer based on their engagement with your marketing efforts.

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42 B2B Marketing Acronyms and Abbreviations

Digital B2B Marketing

May also refer to media buys that are paid for based on the number of clicks (as opposed to CPM). CPM : Cost per 1,000 Impressions. CPL : Cost per Lead. MQL : Marketing Qualified Lead. Generally used for paid media programs and calculated media cost divided by clicks. CPN : Cost per Name. CPA : Cost per Action.

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The Big List of Content Marketing Acronyms

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CPL: Cost-per-Lead. Calculate how much it costs to secure a new lead by using a simple formula: marketing spend / total new leads = cost-per-lead (CPL). You can determine the CPL for each of your marketing campaigns including webinars and events, display ads, paid media, paid social and more. MQL: Marketing Qualified Lead.