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The Point
OCTOBER 25, 2018
The analysts at Demand Gen Report just published their “ 2018 Lead Nurturing & Acceleration Survey Report ” and one conclusion is no surprise: many B2B companies are still really bad at lead nurturing. It’s not just that 44% of respondents said that their lead nurturing “needs improvement.” For those companies, it makes no difference whether they nurture leads or not.
The Point
JULY 13, 2012
Which leads to another question: do certain types of campaigns even need an offer in the first place? Take lead nurturing : is it strictly essential that every lead nurturing touch include a specific, gated, call to action? As further context, the 4-1-1 Rule that Jon references is a principle intended for Twitter and credited to Tipping Point Labs and Joe Pulizzi of the Content Marketing Institute.
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The Point
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
A prospective client asks: “We’re just getting our demand generation programs ramped up, and I’m not sure I’m ready for marketing automation. Do I need it in order to do lead nurturing?”. My answer: “It depends how you define “ lead nurturing ,” but technically: no, you don’t need marketing automation in order to nurture leads. Marketing automation simply takes nurturing to a whole new level.
Act-On
MAY 9, 2018
Wondering what is lead nurturing? Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with your buyers at every stage of their buying process (and your sales funnel). Ready to start lead nurturing? Lead Generation Lead Management Lead Nurturing B2B marketing lead nurture nurturing program
The Point
DECEMBER 15, 2020
A client asks: How long should a lead be chronically non-responsive before they’re marked as “marketing suspended”? Over time, an accumulation of stale, non-responsive leads can bump you to a higher pricing tier for your CRM or marketing automation license.
The Point
AUGUST 15, 2012
You know that monthly newsletter you blast to your entire database under the guise of “lead nurturing”? And those Webinar invitations that you broadcast to every trade show lead you’ve generated since 2005? There was a time when lead nurturing was synonymous with simply staying in front of prospects. Call it “calendar-based” nurturing: a series of regularly scheduled emails, promoting different content, all to the same list.
The Point
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
A couple of months ago, in a respected marketing Webzine, there appeared a case study detailing a software company that had gone to impressive lengths to make the most of their investment in marketing automation. The lead nurturing program they implemented included 40+ (yes, forty) separate and distinct tracks of emails, tailored to different audience segments, product interests, and stages in the lead lifecycle.
The Point
OCTOBER 15, 2019
If your organization is generating plenty of leads but those initial inquiries aren’t converting to sales qualified leads, meetings, or pipeline, a myriad of things could be at fault: 1) sales follow-up may be sub-standard in either cadence, frequency, or message. 2) lead nurturing. may not be doing enough to educate the prospect , “warm up” the lead, or drive additional engagement, or. Here are four potential solutions when leads don’t convert: 1.
Fusion Marketing Partners
AUGUST 21, 2019
B2B Leads B2B Marketer Lead Generation Lead Management Lead Nurturing Sales Lead Generation Sales Lead ManagementI talk about the concept of stopping “revenue leakage” a lot, and one of the biggest causes of revenue leakage […].
The Point
NOVEMBER 15, 2010
Relevancy is one of the key factors in generating a consistent response from your lead nurturing emails: the more relevant your message to the reader’s job function, industry, interests, and stage in the selling cycle, the more likely he/she will be to respond. Sometimes all it takes is a few words in an opening paragraph to tailor an email to a different industry, or job title, or lead source. Lead source.
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 this presents real challenges for both demand generation and lead management. Custom workflow helps profile leads, identify high-potential opportunities.
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NuSpark Consulting
JUNE 24, 2011
You know what lead nurturing is… Here’s my definition. Lead Nurturing is the process of communicating to a lead on an ongoing basis in order to educate, inform, continue to qualify and build a relationship until the lead is sales-ready. Most importantly, a sound lead nurturing marketing program has proven to increase revenues for firms. It’s why I continually promote the entire lead management cycle, from email capture to sales.
NuSpark Consulting
JUNE 24, 2011
You know what lead nurturing is… Here’s my definition. Lead Nurturing is the process of communicating to a lead on an ongoing basis in order to educate, inform, continue to qualify and build a relationship until the lead is sales-ready. Most importantly, a sound lead nurturing marketing program has proven to increase revenues for firms. It’s why I continually promote the entire lead management cycle, from email capture to sales.
Markempa
AUGUST 12, 2021
Marketing can take you on a long hike. The one thing I can guarantee you about the journey is that getting more leads is not better if you don’t know how to nurture them. The goal of lead nurturing is to help potential customers on their buying journey.
Industrial Marketing Today
MARCH 16, 2012
Talking to manufacturers and industrial companies on a daily basis has convinced me that when they say they need help with their lead generation, they really want more RFQ (Request For Quote) opportunities. Generating new leads, qualifying and nurturing them until they turn into a RFQ is too much work for them. For a real-life example of this lead generation disconnect, read my post, Manufacturers: Don’t Start a Lead Generation Campaign without Sales.
Webbiquity
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
Effective lead nurturing is crucial to successful b2b marketing. Lead nurturing can help you improve your lead conversions over time. ” “ Lead nurturing will generate an increase in sale opportunities up to 20%. ” “ Lead nurturing can help you build a trusted relationship with your economic buyer.” Before starting with the execution of lead nurturing campaigns, you need to spend time planning.
B2B Lead Generation
MARCH 16, 2015
Without some of us even noticing, LinkedIn developed into a useful publishing platform and lead generation tool for marketers and sales people looking to build relationships with prospects. But if you’re looking for an easy lead source, you won’t find it here. Here are some ways to make the most of LinkedIn for lead generation: 1. Check out the B2B Lead Gen Roundtable Group on LinkedIn. Social Media content marketing lead generation Lead Nurturin
NuSpark Consulting
SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
Where Are Your Leads Going? It’s a little troubling that so many companies don’t have an optimal lead management process, and thus are losing quality sales-ready leads to their competition. Consider the following statistics: 80% of companies have not aligned sales and marketing; leads are lost through the funnel; they are not followed-up.
ViewPoint
MARCH 1, 2012
Lack of clarity and erroneous assumptions about demand generation, lead management and marketing automation are effectively addressed in two recent Software Advice whiteboard videos by Carlos Hidalgo, CEO, Annuitas Group , and Executive Director, Marketing Automation Institute. In part one , Carlos differentiates between demand generation strategies and lead management processes. Nonexistent lead management processes.
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. My response: There are merits to this approach, though it’s far from the only way to implement “traffic control” within your overall lead nurturing program.
Hubspot
MARCH 15, 2016
As companies adopt inbound marketing as a way to generate more leads, the importance of having an effective lead nurturing strategy becomes very clear. In most cases only a relatively small percentage of your inbound leads will be ready to make an immediate purchase, leaving upwards of 90% of your inbound leads on the table. Implementing an effective lead nurturing strategy can have a huge impact on the results of your inbound marketing strategy.
The Point
AUGUST 4, 2009
Do a quick Web search on “lead nurturing” these days, and you’ll find plenty of high-level, strategic content on the “whys” – how nurturing can improve demand generation ROI, increase conversion rates, accelerate sales cycles, recycle long-discarded prospects, etc. Tags: B2B Marketing Lead Management Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation marketo
B2B Lead Generation
JANUARY 15, 2012
Tweet In his most recent post , Dave Green pointed out how marketers invest most of their budget on trade shows even though it ranks fourth in effectiveness. He went on to explain how to get a better return on your trade-show investment through lead scoring. Now I’m going to share nine tactics that will drive those lead scores – and your ROI – even higher: Do thorough research. Find out which attendees fit your Universal Lead Definition.
B2B Lead Generation
AUGUST 4, 2016
Marketers spend a lot of time and effort generating inbound leads, but they often struggle getting those leads to convert into sales opportunities and customers after they hand them off to sales. . In this post, I’ll share 16 proven ways get better sales opportunities from your lead generation and account based marketing. Touch longer-term leads frequently and relevantly. . Educate and help with your lead nurturing. .
The Point
AUGUST 25, 2015
It’s important to recognize that content syndication leads are not like most sales leads. If you hand off content syndication leads to your sales force without setting these expectations, your program may be doomed to fail. And once your inside sales team or lead development group concludes that a set of leads aren’t up to snuff, forget it: you’ll have a very difficult time convincing them otherwise.
PureB2B
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
The method in which a prospect becomes a lead can feel like a mystery at times. Even if you’re tracking your lead generation metrics, it’s still somewhat daunting. All of this stress can be handled with a lead nurture and scoring process. In doing so, you limit the amount of time needed to track lead conversions, finding trends, and balancing messaging. These tactics will help you get started in creating a strong lead management process.
PureB2B
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
The method in which a prospect becomes a lead can feel like a mystery at times. Even if you’re tracking your lead generation metrics, it’s still somewhat daunting. All of this stress can be handled with a lead nurture and scoring process. Email Nurture Tracks.
B2B Lead Generation
JANUARY 4, 2010
To help you start the New Year, I’d like to wrap up my Lead Generation Checklist Series with the secret to successful lead generation – and, for that matter, marketing in today’s B2B space: lead nurturing. At it's core, B2B lead generation is about building relationships. In today’s commoditized business climate, the one thing that sets apart companies with a complex sale is how well they build and nurture long-term leads.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
NOVEMBER 2, 2010
We are excited to have Jep Castelein of popular lead management and marketing automation blog, Lead Sloth , contribute a guest blog post. Read below to find out the best ways to optimize your conversion rates using lead nurturing: A lot of early adopters of Marketing Automation systems are in the technology industry. For many of them, product trials are an important lead generation tactic. Lead Nurturing for Trials.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2011
by Liz Smyth Last month at Cloudforce London, Henry Seddon of QlikView wowed the audience in his presentation entitled “Sales and Marketing Alignment: Drive Revenue and Achieve Explosive Growth”. Henry, who is the VP of Global Field and Industry Marketing, opened with an explanation of why QlikView needed marketing automation and why they chose Marketo. A way to leverage global marketing campaigns and a faster, easier way to create and change landing pages and capture leads.
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? Market your Website’s resource center.
Martech Advisor
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
Lead management software track, manage and nurture prospective customers. And, there are new software innovations emerging every day to help you manage your leads better. In this article, we discuss: What is lead management, and how technology can help. Questions to consider before purchasing lead management software. This is why lead management software is so important. Marketing Automation
B2B Lead Generation
AUGUST 16, 2016
What are the five ways you can immediately improve your account based marketing (ABM) and selling? I recently did an interview on CRMRadio.today with Jim Obermayer founder of Sales Lead Management Association and Funnel Media Group. In the interview, we talk a little shop about the fundamentals of account based marketing, what’s new (and unchanged) in the world of the complex sale, and how empathy marketing is the way forward. Was it re-engaging past leads?
B2B Lead Generation
DECEMBER 29, 2011
Tweet I can’t stress this enough: when it comes to marketing, if we’re not constantly learning, we’re going to find ourselves left behind faster than ever. Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago.
The Point
MARCH 18, 2011
Late last year at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco I was fortunate enough to chat with Maria Pergolino , Marketing Director at Marketo (and renowned all-around Content Marketing Queen.) In an engaging 15-minute discussion, we touched upon topics including: • striking the balance between demand generation and lead nurturing. • ideas for weaving social media into lead generation and lead nurturing programs.
The Point
OCTOBER 8, 2009
Except awareness and thought leadership represent only a fraction of the potential return from social media, and in fact (I would argue) place well behind the windfall that social media makes possible in the areas of lead generation and lead nurturing. If I were to have written the plan, the primary objectives would have read: * drive search-generated traffic and net new sales leads. * expand company’s leads database and community of followers.
The Point
AUGUST 17, 2010
Yet many B2B marketers continue to be allergic to the idea of using direct mail, simply because it seems such a throwback in our mobile-social-online era. Old fashioned, yes, but used smartly and effectively, direct mail can play a vital role in a well-rounded, integrated marketing plan. Here are 5 areas that make ideal candidates for including direct mail in the marketing mix: 1. Lead Nurturing. Top Management. Customer Marketing. Pop Quiz!
The Point
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Lead nurturing programs designed to convert trial users tend to focus, as they should, on the very front end of the trial period, when it’s critical to make sure the user is fully engaged with the product being tested. However, that doesn’t mean that your nurturing program should end just because the trial period expired and you didn’t get the sale. Speaking of which, should you integrate telemarketing into your free trial nurturing strategy?
The Point
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Recently I was asked to contribute some thoughts to Marketo’s new ebook, “ The Definitive Guide to Marketing Automation.” You can download a free copy of the ebook – 100 pages on everything you need to know about marketing automation – what it is, how it’s different from CRM, common features, keys to success, and more – by clicking here. What are the most important things to look for in a marketing automation vendor?
Inbox Insight
DECEMBER 4, 2019
So cosy up with a cup of cocoa and let’s think about what matters most this holiday season – just how effective is your lead management process? But if the right lead management process is not in place, all your best efforts could be leaking right out of your lead generation pipeline….
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