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As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. As bleak as this sounds for marketers, we remain hopeful. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. MORE
Tweet Effective content marketing starts with listening to customers to truly understand them, and then identifying the personas of your audience, according to Ninan Chacko, CEO, PR Newswire. The third step requires marketers to “map the content to the cognitive process of each persona.”. MORE
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. MORE
I was thinking about all the lead qualification criteria I’ve seen used in B2B lead generation programs and started listing them by category. Here’s what I came up with so far: The post A list of B2B lead qualification criteria by category appeared first on Sales Lead Insights. MORE
I am already getting questions from prospects about whether they should start a sales lead generation project now or wait until after the holidays. For every 1,000 suspects you disposition (complete contact with) between now and the end of this year you should expect (on average) the following results: 40 to 50 fully qualified sales opportunities (not lightly qualified marketing leads). Sales Leads MORE
Inbound marketing is a discipline, when used correctly, can solve your sales lead shortage, but by itself, it doesn’t solve the lead generation issue. Specifically inbound marketing and what a lead is. The short answer is no. MORE
Anytime a sales lead has an interesting moment, it’s an […]. CRM Intelligence customer intelligence Customer Success outbound prospecting prospect outreach Prospecting Relationship Management Sales 2.0 MORE
The next interview in the B2B Marketing thought leader interview series is with Aaron Ross, formerly with salesforce.com and founder of PebbleStorm:CEOFlow. I've long been a fan of his blog Build a Sales Machine and I learn something new every time we interact. Tell us a little bit about how you got into marketing, and what you like most about it. Getting into lead generation was an accident. Where better to learn that than doing sales at salesforce.com? MORE
Meryl is a professional writer and editor who specializes in online B2B lead generation and lead nurturing. B2B copywriting B2B email B2B Lead Generation B2B lead nurturing B2B marketing Sales lead generation email copywriting MORE
Tweet More often than not, there seems to be a disconnect between Marketing and Sales. How does your sales team perceive the leads Marketing produces? They complain about lead quality. They complain about lead volume. The say leads, what leads? MORE
We should relish objections,” says Steve Bryerton , DiscoverOrg’s VP of Sales. If you’re NOT getting objections, you’re probably not very close to a sale, because your pospect doesn’t have that uncomfortable feeling of taking a risk. So, how do you handle sales objections? MORE
Tweet Content marketing is one of the most effective and widely used lead generation tactics, according to the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report. Developing a content marketing strategy remains a big undertaking. MORE
Marketers and entrepreneurs focus much of their time and energy on growing their email list and generating leads. For any email marketer, the success of this strategy is determined by the number of subscribers and how well these subscribers are converted into actual sales. When creating signup forms, be it for your landing page, homepage, or blog posts, keep in mind that the primary purpose of this offer is to provide value to your sales prospects. MORE
The B2B lead handoff process is broken. Marketers invest a ton of time and resources to acquire leads using a variety of tactics, from data acquisition to SEO to trade shows to paid ads. Passing individual leads is ineffective. Working accounts, not leads. MORE
It’s a simple yet brilliant idea that could have broad consequences for email marketers. One, because the effectiveness of email as a tool for acquiring net new sales leads is already as bad as it’s ever been. Disclaimer: Google is a Spear Marketing Group client. MORE
We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And when quality is required, you need to be able to deliver leads that convert. The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads. So marketing sends more. Sales says they want better leads. MORE
Demand generation and thought leadership are both terms you need to know if you’re a B2B marketer. When I first got into the marketing game, I can honestly say I didn’t know the difference between the two. What Is Demand Generation? Create Gated Content to Capture Leads. MORE
Tweet Proactively building relationships with influencers and industry experts and is a powerful way to generate leads and positive word of mouth (WOM). Most of us know this as influencer marketing , aka influence development. MORE
Here’s the shocking reality of B2B lead generation – 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales opportunities. Source: Marketing Sherpa/ KnowledgeStorm). B2B marketing and lead generation experts point to a lack of lead nurturing as the primary cause of this poor performance. Why is lead nurturing important? Of the remaining 21%, 70% are discarded by sales as not being qualified. What is lead nurturing? MORE
If you are an industrial or a manufacturing marketer, you know all about the constant pressure of generating high-quality sales leads. There are three key ideas in the headline of my post – 1) Industrial blogs, 2) Lead generation and 3) Inbound marketing. MORE
The point being made by the article’s author, Jill Stanek, was that Marketo’s acquisition enables that company to extend dynamic, personalized marketing conversations from their current domain (email campaigns) all the way to the Website. MORE
I thought that as reader of this blog you might be interested in hearing more about a new resource for helping you drive more leads and sales, more efficiently and at lower cost, by leveraging the power of marketing automation: AcquireB2B – Driving leads & sales with marketing automation™ Three Ways to Learn More. However, many of our clients have also been having us help implement their marketing-driven lead generation programs for them. MORE
Both have their place in sales and marketing. Which style works best for qualified lead generation and provides a lower cost per lead? They often bypass the shotgun blasted leads generated by broadly targeted campaigns, like webinars and direct marketing campaigns. MORE
One of the goals of marketing is to generate leads. What is the next logical step once you have managed to get high quality leads? Yes, getting those leads into the sale pipeline. How do marketers overcome this roadblock? Marketing Edge podcast. MORE
The biggest disconnect between marketing and sales is the hand-off of marketing qualified leads (MQL’s) to sales and the acceptance of those leads (SAL’s) by sales. My solution to this is having a lead definition agreed upon by marketing and sales, and the establishment of a judicial branch to evaluate leads that are not accepted and passed back to marketing or dead in the funnel. MORE
by Katie Byrnes Marketo CEO, Phil Fernandez, had the chance to interview the CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association, James Obermayer at Dreamforce 2010. Technologies like marketing automation are taking things to a whole new level. MORE
During my presentation titled Lead Generation Programs That Work I walked through the 5 Steps to Achieve Lead Generation ROI. I defined the top tactics for driving leads in today’s environment and listed those that aren’t working as well as they used to. MORE
It’s just another way we can look at trying to increase revenue and possibly generate more leads at the same time. Digital Marketing: How to craft a value proposition in 5 simple steps. Email Marketing: Writing powerful email copy boosts CTR 400%. MORE
by Jon Miller The Definitive Guide to Sales Lead Qualification and Sales Development. This is especially true in the handoff between marketing and sales. Put simply, SDRs pass the baton from marketing to sales. The human touch enhances lead nurturing. MORE
What is Lead Generation? lead generation ? If you’re a sales rep or a founder of a B2B company, you probably already have at least some experience generating leads. But contrary to popular belief, lead generation isn’t just about cold-calling or ? MORE
Today’s marketers are faced with similar challenges to California’s gold-seekers. Marketers need to be able to quickly sift through incoming leads, identify those ready for sales, and have a plan in place to nurture the rest. Brian Carroll, B2B Lead Roundtable Blog. MORE
Needless to say, industrial and B2B marketers are constantly looking to improve the relevance of their content but are not always successful, as recent studies have shown. This is true no matter where the content is used – Websites, email campaigns, webinars or marketing collateral. And I have used some of these tactics to help my industrial clients make their content more relevant in engaging with their target audience and converting more of them into qualified sales leads. MORE
Persona-based marketing goes beyond simple demographic data Persona-based marketing describes who a prospect or customer is, by also answering questions about their behavior such as: what keeps this person awake at night? MORE
Thomas Edison brings up a good point that even B2B marketers struggle with today. After the effort and time you put into generating sales leads and closing them, it’s only impactful to the bottom line if the customer remains a customer. by Andrew Spoeth. MORE
This is the latest in our ongoing series of tips from some of the experts who provide our sales lead management consulting and training services and our marketing automation and lead-generation agency services. MORE
Tweet In the 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report , 1,745 marketing organizations revealed that trade shows took up the biggest chunk of their marketing budget – over 21%. Yet, they only ranked fourth in marketing effectiveness, under websites, SEOs, and emails. MORE
Sales Lead Insights
JUNE 30, 2018
Meryl is a professional writer and editor who specializes in online B2B lead generation and lead nurturing. B2B copywriting B2B email B2B Lead Generation B2B lead nurturing B2B marketing Sales lead generation email copywriting
B2B Lead Generation
OCTOBER 6, 2014
Tweet More often than not, there seems to be a disconnect between Marketing and Sales. How does your sales team perceive the leads Marketing produces? They complain about lead quality. They complain about lead volume. The say leads, what leads?
The Point
DECEMBER 16, 2013
The point being made by the article’s author, Jill Stanek, was that Marketo’s acquisition enables that company to extend dynamic, personalized marketing conversations from their current domain (email campaigns) all the way to the Website.
Sales Lead Insights
JULY 22, 2011
This is the latest in our ongoing series of tips from some of the experts who provide our sales lead management consulting and training services and our marketing automation and lead-generation agency services.
ViewPoint
OCTOBER 10, 2016
The biggest disconnect between marketing and sales is the hand-off of marketing qualified leads (MQL’s) to sales and the acceptance of those leads (SAL’s) by sales. My solution to this is having a lead definition agreed upon by marketing and sales, and the establishment of a judicial branch to evaluate leads that are not accepted and passed back to marketing or dead in the funnel.
Modern B2B Marketing
MARCH 9, 2011
by Jon Miller The Definitive Guide to Sales Lead Qualification and Sales Development. This is especially true in the handoff between marketing and sales. Put simply, SDRs pass the baton from marketing to sales. The human touch enhances lead nurturing.
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Industrial Marketing Today
FEBRUARY 21, 2011
Needless to say, industrial and B2B marketers are constantly looking to improve the relevance of their content but are not always successful, as recent studies have shown. This is true no matter where the content is used – Websites, email campaigns, webinars or marketing collateral. And I have used some of these tactics to help my industrial clients make their content more relevant in engaging with their target audience and converting more of them into qualified sales leads.
B2B Lead Generation
DECEMBER 15, 2014
Tweet Proactively building relationships with influencers and industry experts and is a powerful way to generate leads and positive word of mouth (WOM). Most of us know this as influencer marketing , aka influence development.
PureB2B
JULY 23, 2017
Marketers and entrepreneurs focus much of their time and energy on growing their email list and generating leads. For any email marketer, the success of this strategy is determined by the number of subscribers and how well these subscribers are converted into actual sales. When creating signup forms, be it for your landing page, homepage, or blog posts, keep in mind that the primary purpose of this offer is to provide value to your sales prospects.
Industrial Marketing Today
DECEMBER 7, 2010
Here’s the shocking reality of B2B lead generation – 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales opportunities. Source: Marketing Sherpa/ KnowledgeStorm). B2B marketing and lead generation experts point to a lack of lead nurturing as the primary cause of this poor performance. Why is lead nurturing important? Of the remaining 21%, 70% are discarded by sales as not being qualified. What is lead nurturing?
Modern B2B Marketing
JULY 7, 2011
Today’s marketers are faced with similar challenges to California’s gold-seekers. Marketers need to be able to quickly sift through incoming leads, identify those ready for sales, and have a plan in place to nurture the rest. Brian Carroll, B2B Lead Roundtable Blog.
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Engagio
JUNE 21, 2017
The B2B lead handoff process is broken. Marketers invest a ton of time and resources to acquire leads using a variety of tactics, from data acquisition to SEO to trade shows to paid ads. Passing individual leads is ineffective. Working accounts, not leads.
B2B Lead Generation
JANUARY 27, 2014
It’s just another way we can look at trying to increase revenue and possibly generate more leads at the same time. Digital Marketing: How to craft a value proposition in 5 simple steps. Email Marketing: Writing powerful email copy boosts CTR 400%.
Marketing Insider Group
AUGUST 12, 2010
We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And when quality is required, you need to be able to deliver leads that convert. The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads. So marketing sends more. Sales says they want better leads.
Leading Results Rambings
DECEMBER 7, 2013
Inbound marketing is a discipline, when used correctly, can solve your sales lead shortage, but by itself, it doesn’t solve the lead generation issue. Specifically inbound marketing and what a lead is. The short answer is no.
Industrial Marketing Today
JUNE 4, 2011
If you are an industrial or a manufacturing marketer, you know all about the constant pressure of generating high-quality sales leads. There are three key ideas in the headline of my post – 1) Industrial blogs, 2) Lead generation and 3) Inbound marketing.
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.
B2B Lead Generation
DECEMBER 29, 2011
Tweet In the 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report , 1,745 marketing organizations revealed that trade shows took up the biggest chunk of their marketing budget – over 21%. Yet, they only ranked fourth in marketing effectiveness, under websites, SEOs, and emails.
Sales Lead Insights
JULY 2, 2019
Persona-based marketing goes beyond simple demographic data Persona-based marketing describes who a prospect or customer is, by also answering questions about their behavior such as: what keeps this person awake at night?
Ambal's Amusings
JANUARY 21, 2010
One of the goals of marketing is to generate leads. What is the next logical step once you have managed to get high quality leads? Yes, getting those leads into the sale pipeline. How do marketers overcome this roadblock? Marketing Edge podcast.
Zoominfo
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. As bleak as this sounds for marketers, we remain hopeful. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct.
B2B Lead Generation
AUGUST 5, 2013
Tweet Content marketing is one of the most effective and widely used lead generation tactics, according to the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report. Developing a content marketing strategy remains a big undertaking.
ViewPoint
AUGUST 22, 2018
Both have their place in sales and marketing. Which style works best for qualified lead generation and provides a lower cost per lead? They often bypass the shotgun blasted leads generated by broadly targeted campaigns, like webinars and direct marketing campaigns.
Albacross
APRIL 24, 2019
What is Lead Generation? lead generation ? If you’re a sales rep or a founder of a B2B company, you probably already have at least some experience generating leads. But contrary to popular belief, lead generation isn’t just about cold-calling or ?
DiscoverOrg
JULY 10, 2018
We should relish objections,” says Steve Bryerton , DiscoverOrg’s VP of Sales. If you’re NOT getting objections, you’re probably not very close to a sale, because your pospect doesn’t have that uncomfortable feeling of taking a risk. So, how do you handle sales objections?
Modern B2B Marketing
MARCH 1, 2019
Demand generation and thought leadership are both terms you need to know if you’re a B2B marketer. When I first got into the marketing game, I can honestly say I didn’t know the difference between the two. What Is Demand Generation? Create Gated Content to Capture Leads.
The Point
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
It’s a simple yet brilliant idea that could have broad consequences for email marketers. One, because the effectiveness of email as a tool for acquiring net new sales leads is already as bad as it’s ever been. Disclaimer: Google is a Spear Marketing Group client.
Sales Lead Insights
JUNE 19, 2010
I thought that as reader of this blog you might be interested in hearing more about a new resource for helping you drive more leads and sales, more efficiently and at lower cost, by leveraging the power of marketing automation: AcquireB2B – Driving leads & sales with marketing automation™ Three Ways to Learn More. However, many of our clients have also been having us help implement their marketing-driven lead generation programs for them.
Marketing Insider Group
JULY 15, 2010
During my presentation titled Lead Generation Programs That Work I walked through the 5 Steps to Achieve Lead Generation ROI. I defined the top tactics for driving leads in today’s environment and listed those that aren’t working as well as they used to.
Modern B2B Marketing
JANUARY 27, 2011
by Katie Byrnes Marketo CEO, Phil Fernandez, had the chance to interview the CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association, James Obermayer at Dreamforce 2010. Technologies like marketing automation are taking things to a whole new level.
Sales Lead Insights
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
I was thinking about all the lead qualification criteria I’ve seen used in B2B lead generation programs and started listing them by category. Here’s what I came up with so far: The post A list of B2B lead qualification criteria by category appeared first on Sales Lead Insights.
B2B Lead Generation
APRIL 28, 2014
Tweet Effective content marketing starts with listening to customers to truly understand them, and then identifying the personas of your audience, according to Ninan Chacko, CEO, PR Newswire. The third step requires marketers to “map the content to the cognitive process of each persona.”.
Modern B2B Marketing
JANUARY 9, 2009
The next interview in the B2B Marketing thought leader interview series is with Aaron Ross, formerly with salesforce.com and founder of PebbleStorm:CEOFlow. I've long been a fan of his blog Build a Sales Machine and I learn something new every time we interact. Tell us a little bit about how you got into marketing, and what you like most about it. Getting into lead generation was an accident. Where better to learn that than doing sales at salesforce.com?
Modern B2B Marketing
MAY 11, 2011
Thomas Edison brings up a good point that even B2B marketers struggle with today. After the effort and time you put into generating sales leads and closing them, it’s only impactful to the bottom line if the customer remains a customer. by Andrew Spoeth.
ViewPoint
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
I am already getting questions from prospects about whether they should start a sales lead generation project now or wait until after the holidays. For every 1,000 suspects you disposition (complete contact with) between now and the end of this year you should expect (on average) the following results: 40 to 50 fully qualified sales opportunities (not lightly qualified marketing leads). Sales Leads
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