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Integrating Social Leads into the Demand Generation Funnel

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Precious few B2B marketers can show true ROI from organic social activity, and even less are using organic social media in a systematic way to either generate social leads or drive those leads through the demand generation funnel. I spoke to Daniel Kushner, CEO of B2B social media management platform company Oktopost , for his perspective. (HS)

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Sales Engagement: Here’s What You Need to Know Before Buying

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It wasn’t long ago that sales as an industry was driven largely by volume — more leads meant more prospects, which sometimes translated into more revenue. This process was inefficient, time-intensive, and unpredictable. Today, sales is driven by insights. Why Do You Need a Sales Engagement Platform?

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The B2B Sales Role in the New Buying Process

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I recently had the opportunity to attend the Sales 2.0 The conference was full of great content and information on the state and the future of B2B Sales. It also allowed me the opportunity to mingle with many great B2B sales people, which is a departure from my norm of usually interacting with B2B Marketers. the sales person).

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Sales and Marketing: The technology behind CRM

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Tweet Customer relationship management (CRM) is defined a number of different ways. With a complex sale, many personal touch points in customer relationship management are present – such as directly answering a question posted on social media or an online forum. Marketing, Sales (and IT) alignment.

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Making Social Engagement Data Work for You: How to Nurture Leads Effectively

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Getting social right so your sales teams can use social engagement data to personalize their conversations with their prospects. Resources mentioned: In any B2B sales cycle, knowledge equals power. The Definitive Guide to Social Engagement Data Inside of Eloqua. Meet Jennifer. And on Spotify. ??Keep

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The Buyer is Always the Main Character in the B2B Sales Story

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Everyone has a hot take on how the traditional B2B sales model has died, changed, morphed, or remains relevant – alive and kicking. The first is “ Traditional B2B Sales and Marketing Are Becoming Obsolete ” posted on The Harvard Business Review by Brent Adamson, Vice President at Gartner.

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Why Is Marketing Automation Maturity Still Woeful?

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The conclusion: most B2B companies were failing to follow even the most basic lead management best practices, even in areas that one would assume were a primary business case for purchasing marketing automation in the first place. Reduced sales cycle? Lead to sale conversion rates? Click To Tweet. Pipeline acceleration?