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Lead Generation vs Lead Qualification: The Dynamic Duo of Sales Success

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.” – Seth Godin, Marketing Author and Entrepreneur Generating qualified leads is the heart of lead generation and contributes to your bottom line i.e. revenue. But there are a lot of factors littering the path of lead conversion [time, sales, team, and more].

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Sales Qualified Lead vs Sales Accepted Lead: Distinguishing Sales-Ready Leads from Potential Sales Leads  

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Do all those website visitors and content downloads translate into sales conversations? Must Read: MQL vs SQL: Which Lead Matter More & When? Imagine your sales funnel as a pyramid. They’ve reached a pre-determined score based on your lead scoring system.

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How to do lead management that improves conversion

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In this post, I’m going to focus on how to do lead management that increases sales conversion. Here’s why: First, B2B lead conversion to actual revenue conversion is low. According to Forrester, top performers convert 1.54% of leads to revenue. Where lead management often falls short.

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Using Buyer Intent to Drive Your Marketing Efforts

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With a holistic understanding of buyer intent, your business can improve the lead qualification process and enhance sales conversions. Buyer intent comes down to knowing what makes a great lead. Directly, it refers to the intention of a user (or buyer) during the process of purchasing a product or service.

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What’s Worth More?

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I’ve recently been involved in an ongoing online discussion regarding marketing automation, lead generation, and lead management (including lead nurturing). Should it be on lead generation, or lead management? Which of these processes should have priority? The Lead Management Framework TM.

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B2B Social Media Strategy and Executive Buy-in

Marketing Insider Group

I link to some of the latest research from firms like emarketer, Forrester, Morgan Stanley and the Altimeter Group and cite popular social media experts like Charlene Li, Shannon Paul, Jay Baer and Jason Falls. I explain the 5 steps required to gaining executive buy-in. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard!

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Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy October 14, 2010 16 Subscribe Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?! I hope this was helpful.