Valasys

AUGUST 18, 2020

LinkedIn, besides, being a popular professional networking website can also be used as an effective tool to generate leads for B2B companies. According to LinkedIn, 80% of B2B leads coming from social media are generated by LinkedIn. Steps to Use LinkedIn Effectively for Lead Generation.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

When marketers embark on a formal lead nurturing strategy, opportunities for process improvement can arise in unexpected ways. That was the experience for iDirect , a leading provider of satellite IP communications based in Herndon, Virginia. All-hands discovery session yields important insights, priorities.

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The Point

DECEMBER 15, 2020

And non-responsive leads – i.e., valid email addresses that simply aren’t responding to content – are very different from leads that generate hard bounces or otherwise appear to be non-existing or invalid data. * At whatever interval you elect to define a lead as “non-responsive,” put in place a multi-step, triggered lead nurture campaign (sometimes (..)

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore what B2B marketing personalization entails, the undeniable benefits it offers, and a step-by-step guide on how to integrate personalization seamlessly into your strategy. Better Lead Nurturing: Personalized content can guide leads through the sales funnel more effectively.

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The Point

AUGUST 17, 2010

Here are 5 areas that make ideal candidates for including direct mail in the marketing mix: 1. Lead Nurturing. Direct mail is tangible, personal, and gives you a measure of creative license that’s increasingly difficult with email, where even minor graphics can be a sure-fire trigger for spam filters.

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The Point

JUNE 29, 2009

Here’s an interesting post by Mike Damphousse of Green Leads that I found through Funnelholic (thanks Craig) on how lead nurturing impacts the effectiveness of calling campaigns designed to secure qualified sales appointments.

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The Point

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The clients we work with are concerned with more basic, day-to-day issues: enhancing sales productivity, converting more inquiries to sales-ready leads (or trial users to paying customers), better leveraging their marketing database, and increasing demand generation ROI. You can’t nurture people exclusively through email.

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The Point

MARCH 18, 2014

If those purchased lists, as is often the case, filter into the company’s demand generation engine, the result is the kind of indiscriminate, untargeted campaigns that are the topic of Phil’s rant. I’m old enough to remember when list-based marketing was the workhorse of B2B demand generation (or, as we called it back then, “direct marketing.”)

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The Point

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

A client asks: “Now that we have our marketing automation system in place, is it really necessary to use registration forms in our lead nurturing (follow-up) campaigns? After all, we already know who these people are, correct?

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The Point

MAY 6, 2010

Or even if the processes with which those leads are shepherded along the sales cycle are woefully inadequate, a company may not generate the volume of inquiries necessary in order for marketing automation to make a difference. Does most of your business come from leads generated in the last 30 days?

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The Point

JANUARY 24, 2013

Key to designing an effective lead nurturing program is taking stock of your current lead management process. Here are the top 5 questions to ask about your current lead management process: 1. How many leads do you generate each month and what is the source of those leads?

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The Point

JULY 15, 2010

Salesforce.com is a dominant player in the CRM category and an integral part of many companies’ lead management, database marketing, and demand generation programs. The most important principle in using marketing automation is to keep it logically separate from the CRM system, yet synchronized with it.

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The Point

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It works in tandem with inside sales by eliminating the chance that new leads will go without follow-up due to issues of bandwidth or lack of profile data (i.e. which leads merit sales investment and which don’t.) The reason?

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The Point

MARCH 27, 2013

A client writes: I attended a Webinar recently at which one of the speakers prescribed scheduling lead nurturing emails on different days of the week – for example: newsletters on Mondays, product announcements on Tuesdays, Webinar invitations on Wednesdays, etc. Certain days of the week may generate better email response.

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The Point

JUNE 27, 2012

For today’s B2B marketer, content is the fuel that feeds the demand generation engine. But when lead generation, lead nurturing , customer marketing and social media programs all require a constant feeding of new, compelling content, what do you do when the pace of new programs outstrips your ability to generate that content?

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Tweet According to the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report , 24% of marketers ask a timeline-to-purchase question on their lead capture forms. Q: Please select the most important fields that you need to collect from your leads on the lead generation form.

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The Point

JULY 19, 2010

The article contains some valuable insights on where Webinars fit in today’s B2B demand generation mix, and is definitely worth a read. Tags: B2B Marketing Database Marketing Demand Generation Webinar Invitations Webinars direct marketing email marketing webinar strategy. that appeared online today.

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The Point

JUNE 1, 2010

HS: What objectives do marketers typically have in mind when developing games for advertising purposes? Demand generation? How should B2B companies consider incorporating games into their marketing mix? Brand awareness? Customer loyalty? Build traffic, members, and recommendations for a Facebook fan page. Any other suggestions?

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MarketJoy

JUNE 25, 2018

The primary aim of outbound marketing is to reach prospective industries/sectors, apprise them of their products & services, and convince clients to buy these services. The key intent is to produce higher demand for services & products that generate enough ROI. How Outbound Marketing Boosts Inbound Sales.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

This eliminates wasted time – and the sales dissatisfaction that results – when reps follow up on junk leads and other inquiries that never convert to opportunities. Increased demand generation ROI due to improved conversion of leads to sales opportunities.

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The Point

JANUARY 6, 2014

It’s a new year, so what better time to get your demand generation strategy “in shape” for improved performance? Measuring opens and clicks may tell you something about email performance, but it says nothing about the impact that email campaign had on qualified leads, or opportunities, or revenue. Improve campaign measurement.

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Oktopost

JULY 20, 2023

The introduction of CRM happened way back in the 1980s, when databases were just starting to make the rounds in the corporate world. These days, very few salespeople can do without a CRM to track every phone call, email, or chat between the business and a promising lead as it moves through the funnel.

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The Point

APRIL 30, 2012

I’ve written previously in this space about how to reduce unsubscribes by giving prospects and customers the option to update their contact information rather than forcing them to opt out of email entirely.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. Yesterday, Demandbase announced a new software suite to help marketers harvest passive traffic visiting Web sites. Synchronizing prospect and opportunity databases is key. Among other stuff.

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Lead Liaison

APRIL 15, 2016

Wistia-hosted videos embedded into a company’s website get additional perks with Lead Liaison’s marketing automation. Video analytics, such as who played the video, who engaged, and who converted, get saved into the marketing automation database. Karl Wierzbicki Director of Marketing – InFlight Corporation.

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Content Standard

JANUARY 9, 2015

But do you know how to get the most out of your MAP to generate more leads and use content to make them more sales-ready? If so, read on to learn how you can pair your MAP knowledge with your content marketing strategy to get the most out of your creative assets. Lead Nurturing with Emails.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

They have added new capabilities for delivering highly personalized direct mail, SMS/voice reminders, and on-demand fax and RSS delivery – interesting stuff that, while I’d need to talk to a client or two to be convinced of their specific usefulness, show that Eloqua is delivering a broader range of lead nurturing, drip marketing capabilities.

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 13, 2011

ReadyContacts is a provider of role-based contact lists for targeted demand generation campaigns. Garbage In Garbage Out: Why Focus Is Critical In Marketing Campaigns 2000+ Virtual Iron Customers Are Waiting For Help. Garbage In Garbage Out: Why Focus Is Critical In Marketing Campaigns 2000+ Virtual Iron Customers Are Waiting For Help.

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