Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 26, 2024

Imagine the marketing team as the first runner. Next up is the crucial moment: passing the baton to the sales team, set to dash to the finish line, er, close. Fortunately, knowing the right strategies and a few expert tips will help ensure sales success. What you’ll learn: What is a marketing qualified lead (MQL)?

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Only B2B

MARCH 27, 2024

B2B marketers spend countless hours crafting campaigns, social media posts, and targeted ads, all in the name of capturing potential customers. Do all those website visitors and content downloads translate into sales conversations? Must Read: MQL vs SQL: Which Lead Matter More & When?

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Only B2B

APRIL 24, 2024

Among marketers, few topics spark as much debate as the comparison between demand generation and inbound marketing. Conversely, inbound marketing predominantly relies on passive techniques to draw in potential leads. Here are some metrics to consider: High-intent Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs).

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Smarte

JUNE 28, 2022

A Marketing Qualified Lead sits at the top of the funnel. MQLs are at an awareness and information gathering stage. These leads are exploring various solutions to solve their pain points by reading/ accessing your company’s content or responding to a cold email. A Sales Qualified Lead is further into the funnel.

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SnapApp

MAY 10, 2016

Do you have that right content for the bottom of the funnel? The sales funnel and content. Content and the sales funnel. The two marketing entities are more linked now than ever before, and their relationship is generally made of three different categories.

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Act-On

APRIL 10, 2024

But not entirely unlike when a colleague sends you a link to a gated ebook, you give your contact info to download it, and then get a phone call from a sales rep the same day. You don’t want a demo of their software — you haven’t even had time to read their content yet. Luckily for marketers, lead scoring exists.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A 2018 study by the University of Zurich found that even a small gift from a sales representative makes customers much more likely to make a purchase. At ZoomInfo, we use gift-giving with our customers no matter where they are in the demand generation funnel. What do we mean by “direct mail marketing”? The results?

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Metadata

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

According to Kim Roman , Senior Director of Global Campaigns and Programs at Okta, “Content is king, data is queen, and revenue is the royal family. So, what’s the opposite of tracking MQLs and holding on to demand gen tactics of the past? Introducing your company to revenue marketing. What’s revenue marketing?

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Unbounce

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Leads are potential customers that can turn into sales and profit for your business. They’re not always at the same stage of the buyer’s journey. Splitting your leads into marketing qualified leads (MQLs) and sales qualified leads (SQLs) helps you sort them so you can best nurture each relationship.

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PathFactory

MARCH 10, 2023

We sat down with Shelly Aufray , who leads Digital Marketing Campaigns & Lead Management at Siemens Industry Inc., Create a great content experience for your customer: A great content experience means avoiding dead ends in content journeys.

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Rev

JULY 12, 2023

Low-quality leads make their way to sales, and some of the most qualified leads fall through the cracks. If so, this blog post will give you 6 tips to optimize your lead handoff process by getting your marketing and sales teams working together more efficiently. What is lead handoff between marketing and sales?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Say you’re in a market for a new car.

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ClickDimensions

MARCH 7, 2023

We all know that closing deals requires input from different internal teams to make sure that your business is matching your prospect’s expectations, and also to ensure that you’re providing the best customer journey possible. These two teams are usually Marketing and Sales.

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Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

“The only metric that matters in marketing is how many qualified leads you generate every month.” ” – Seth Godin, Marketing Author and Entrepreneur Generating qualified leads is the heart of lead generation and contributes to your bottom line i.e. revenue.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Sales collaboration dramatically improves results, but bringing it to fruition can be more complex than it sounds.

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SalesIntel

AUGUST 15, 2022

In today’s fast-paced sales race, no matter how great your product or service is, your business will find it difficult to survive without high-quality leads. Defining Marketing Qualified Leads (MQL) and Sales Qualified Leads (SQL) for your company can be achieved through a collaboration between sales and marketing.

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SalesIntel

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Your sales and marketing teams spent a lot of time and effort answering this question. But even if your sales staff calls someone who precisely fits your buyer persona, they fail to close the deal. What is Marketing Qualified Lead. What is Sales Qualified Lead. SQL vs MQL: Who is at Fault for Lost Leads?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Whether your marketing department is a startup or well established, you should routinely assess which key performance indicators (KPIs) you’re tracking — and if you’re not tracking any, decide where to start. Every marketing team should have specific KPIs that align with their department’s goals and the organization’s goals at large.

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Rev

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That’s where marketing qualified leads, or MQLs, come into play. You might be asking, “What exactly is an MQL?” “How How do you identify an MQL?” and “Why do MQLs matter?” This blog post covers all you need to know about MQLs—from definitions to strategies for converting leads into paying customers.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The disconnect between marketing and sales is an age-old story. Research shows that 90 percent of sales and marketing professionals believe their strategy, processes, content, and culture are not aligned. This has major consequences for both the marketing team and their sales counterparts. “If

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Say you’re in a market for a new car.

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Zoominfo

MAY 14, 2018

In marketing, it’s common knowledge that lead quality is generally more important than lead quantity. And yet, marketing lead qualification remains a sticking point for many organizations. In fact, 61% of B2B marketers send all leads directly to sales, but only 27% are sales qualified ( source ). Let’s get into it!

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DemandBase

AUGUST 21, 2020

What do the most successful B2B companies that sell into mid-market and enterprise accounts have in common? Is there a singular trait that unifies their go-to-market and determines their outsized success? At the heart of every successful B2B business is a truly unified Sales and Marketing engine that drives growth.

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The efficiency and effectiveness of your sales team directly reflect on the success of your company. To counteract this problem, sales leaders need to find ways to identify possible sales challenges and their solutions quickly before your next sales meeting. Long sales cycles. Sales demos are failing.

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SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Whether you’re just starting out with video marketing or you’re a seasoned video marketing pro, there are always ways you can improve your strategies for demand generation. A creative video strategy will keep your brand and products top of mind as video becomes a more popular platform. Utilize structured data.

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Directive Agency

JULY 23, 2020

Through paid channels, marketers are able to segment and target audiences more precisely, leading to higher conversion rates and ultimately, more sales. As the SaaS space becomes increasingly crowded, marketers are tasked with creating contextual ad experiences that can cut through the noise. Awareness.

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Lake One

JULY 27, 2023

Most companies measure the success of their marketing efforts by how prospects move through the funnel. But between awareness and a signed deal, prospects take several more actions that move them from one stage in their journey to the next. But that changed when HubSpot introduced its new Customer Journey Analytics tool.

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Launch Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2020

One way to ensure that marketing delivers quality leads to sales is to implement a lead scoring methodology. This is a process used by marketing and sales teams that determine how likely prospects are to buy your product or service. Do they click the link to download a piece of content?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Marketing mistakes are costly. If you get one variable wrong — the audience, the content offer, or even the channel — you can waste thousands of dollars. Top Display Advertising Targeting Mistakes Getting your audience right is paramount to increasing conversion rates and spending efficiently. The C-suite will come later.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Whether you’re pursuing an inbound or outbound marketing strategy, lead generation is a constant struggle. In fact, 37% of B2B marketers rank it as their number one challenge. Any good B2B marketing campaign will attract the attention and leads but at different stages of the funnel.

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Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing. If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Matt : All right.

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PureB2B

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

You’ve done the job- built up a solid marketable database and an awesome nurture with great content and scoring. The MQL’s are FINALLY flowing. This is a story we’ve all heard before and you probably know the ending- sales leadership is still unhappy with the results. What’s the SLA for MQL follow up?

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Valasys

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

79% marketing leads never convert to sales. Picture this: Your marketing team generates vast quantities of leads while operating under a set of ambiguous and vague lead qualification procedures. This will lead to an inevitable conflict between the sales team and the marketing. Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL).

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

We recommend that every quarter you pick one thing to improve about your sales process. If you improve the conversion rate during each key moment in your sales process by just a small percentage, you can end up doubling your revenue or more. Conversion rates (output / input i.e. MQL rate). Your field sales team is not very busy.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2022

If you’re in marketing, you might think of search engine advertising platforms as your “frenemy.” You’re in a constant tug-of-war with the search engine — and your competitors — to ensure your ads are showing up at the top of the search results page and driving the highest quality traffic possible.

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SnapApp

OCTOBER 17, 2019

High MQL targets force many marketers to send all of their leads to sales. But this approach ultimately drives down conversion rates, and teaches sales not to follow up on marketing leads that are likely to be dead ends. . Recognize that not all leads are created equal. Set up nurture campaigns.

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The Point

MARCH 29, 2017

Earlier this year, I talked to a CMO at a B2B tech company whose sales counterpart was lobbying strongly for the company to adopt Account-Based Marketing (ABM) as part of their demand generation strategy. The lead funnel is obsolete. Inbound marketing doesn’t work, or at best is grossly inefficient. The reason?

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