ViewPoint

APRIL 25, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to interview Ardath Albee about the importance of lead nurturing and I think you’ll be interested to read some of the valuable feedback she provided. PC: Ardath, you’ve written a lot about the importance of using lead nurturing to engage leads across the entirety of the buying process.

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Pam Didner

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

One of the biggest challenges B2B marketers face is how to generate qualified leads with the most effective marketing channels. But there are a few great tips and tricks to facilitate an effective lead generation process, and I’m here to share them with you. #1 So, what’s the secret? Have points of view on what you do. #4

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markempa

JANUARY 26, 2009

B2B marketing efforts heavily rely on content as a lead generation incentive. To be effective in the lead gen cycle, this content has to be something your prospects yearn to read or view. You’ll want to create content that will actually help your sales team have a valid reason to follow-up.

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Smarte

JANUARY 8, 2022

Stop Wasting Time on Poor Leads: Get Access to Contacts and Companies That are Already in the Buying Cycle. As B2B marketers, our primary goal is to generate leads. To generate the best quality leads with the highest chances of conversion, it is important that we work only with good, targeted, and high-quality data.

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KoMarketing Associates

JULY 24, 2018

Compared to how much time we invest in every other element of a lead generation campaign – the advertising, the content download, the landing page – the opt-in form often just gets slapped in like an afterthought. They can – if optimized correctly – deliver more leads and better leads. 4 Lead Gen Form Strategies.

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ViewPoint

JULY 19, 2012

Brian is Executive Director of Revenue Optimization at MECLABS where he leads business units that include Applied Research, Strategy Group, Conversion Group, Leads Group, Agency Group, Technology Group and Training Group. Brian is also CEO of InTouch and author of Lead Generation for the Complex Sale.

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markempa

APRIL 6, 2015

Tweet Ask most executives and marketers what salespeople need to sell in this economy, and they will say one thing: more leads. That’s why many marketing and lead generation programs tend to focus on quantity. Unfortunately, as little as 5 to 15% of all marketing inquiries (aka leads) turn out to be truly sales-ready opportunities.

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Brandpoint

DECEMBER 27, 2018

While website traffic is a common success metric for B2B marketers, more and more marketers are responsible for reporting on marketing qualified leads and marketing-assisted sales through their content efforts. This post explains how you can turn your content into a lead-generating machine and see more meaningful results.

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Optinmonster

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Are you looking for the best lead generation tools to grow your business? Lead generation is more than just getting people to visit your site. And just like any tough job, lead generation requires the right tools–even for professional marketers. What Is a Lead Generation Software/Tool? Why is this important?

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Directive Agency

JUNE 10, 2020

Can you drive more leads at a lower cost?”. Those leads aren’t quality enough.”. As a SaaS marketing leader, it’s no easy task to generate leads that are worth your time, that are at a reasonable cost, and that can turn into potential customers. Answer: “It is critical to take time when building a lead generation strategy.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Lead generation in the world of b2b can be enhanced by social media, especially with early adopters, techies, and the net-gen crowd. Call it Lead Gen 2.0, but in my opinion it is just traditional lead generation, demand creation and marketing with some new twists. The data is outdated, inaccurate and incomplete.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Lead generation in the world of b2b can be enhanced by social media, especially with early adopters, techies and the net-gen crowd. Call it Lead Gen 2.0, but in my opinion it is just traditional lead generation, demand creation and marketing with some new twists. The data is outdated, inaccurate and incomplete.

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Martech

MAY 3, 2022

Integration between LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms and the Demand Acceleration Platform to validate and route leads to marketing automation and CRM systems. Enhancement of leads with firmographic data and (North America only) business emails. A full-service creative solution for LinkedIn ads. Cross-Channel Insights.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 4, 2019

Validate lists prior to dialing. If they are tip-worthy, I'll add them to the growing list of lead gen tips. These 5 points may get more Eureka's out of your outbound marketing efforts: List Hygiene - Keep lists clean and ready at all times for prime calling. Remove bad contacts, or research and replace them.

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markempa

JANUARY 19, 2015

Tweet For the new year, I’m sharing 15 ideas on how to make your lead management more effective. This post isn’t just about generating more leads; it’s about generating better and higher quality of leads. These 15 tips (across all three blog posts) will help make your lead management more effective.

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markempa

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Tweet We surveyed 1,915 marketers for the 2012 MarketingSherpa Lead Generation Benchmark Report , and asked them about their most widely used lead gen practices. Which of the following lead generation tactics does your organization currently use? Is email a lead gen tactic?” Here is what the data says….

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PureB2B

MARCH 12, 2021

As the need for more personalization in lead generation has arisen, so has the conversation around what proper lead development can look like. A couple key challenges that more than likely stick out when you look at your current lead generation strategy are scalability and conversions. Lead Development Defined.

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PureB2B

MARCH 12, 2021

As the need for more personalization in lead generation has arisen, so has the conversation around what proper lead development can look like. A couple key challenges that more than likely stick out when you look at your current lead generation strategy are scalability and conversions. Lead Development Defined.

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markempa

MARCH 2, 2017

Lead nurturing is one of those things that’s easy to talk about but hard to do. In this article, I’ll share how to apply lead nurturing to help advance leads through three stages of your lead generation funnel to get more qualified opportunities. Three Lead Generation Stages You Need to Nurture. Let me explain.

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markempa

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Tweet The ultimate goal of B2B marketing and lead generation is to help the sales team sell. Marketers spend a lot of time and effort creating inbound leads but struggle getting those leads to convert into customers after they hand them off to sales. The more you can humanize your lead follow-up the better. Serve them.

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Unbounce

APRIL 23, 2019

Lead generation is the number one challenge for marketers today. And it’s only going to get harder now that most Google search results pages have become saturated with promotional lead magnets masquerading as “great” content. Use these ideas as inspiration for your next lead gen campaign. Let’s get cooking.

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Semcasting

MAY 3, 2018

ABM systematically provides structure to the management and qualification of business leads. When consumer or business leads come from a conversion – a form fill, call center or direct mail – the action you need to take is clear. The post Omni-Channel Lead Generation from Your Website Traffic appeared first on Semcasting.

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Contently

JUNE 29, 2017

Instead, in the spirit of Contently’s accountable content series , let’s talk about something much more practical: how to use B2B content to drive leads. So, how do you—or others—use article content to influence leads in the B2B process? Shoutout to our content strategist Caerley Hill for leading the charge!)

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Unbounce

MARCH 8, 2023

Lead generation is the number one challenge for marketers today. Jessica Meher (@jessicameher) February 6, 2018 To generate leads, you need more than quality lead magnets and optimized lead gen landing pages. So: How do you come up with truly great ideas for lead generation campaigns? Let’s get cookin’.

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The Point

AUGUST 8, 2011

A recent industry study on Lead Management Optimization, conducted by CSO Insights and conducted in partnership with SMEI and Marketo , sheds insight on the relative budget marketing organizations are investing in areas such as lead nurturing, social media, and lead generation. I have two major issues with the analysis: 1. .&#

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Unbounce

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The AMP framework limits your HTML and JavaScript to only the essentials, and Google’s AMP Cache requires validation before it will ever serve up your pages. One validation error and poof… your page is worthless. Unbounce features ready-to-go templates that let you create an AMP-validated landing page in minutes.

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Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

In an online world, creating demand, generating leads and nurturing them through the sales funnel is critical to business success. Improving lead quality is a top priority for marketers More than half (58%) of marketers surveyed say that improving the quality of leads acquired through demand generation is a top priority for them.

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Hubspot

APRIL 2, 2012

Let’s face it: while most businesses have a website, more often than not, that site isn’t optimized to generate leads. How visitors are finding your website and where they are landing is an important part of this lead generation conversation. Is there validation to back up your story on your homepage?

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PureB2B

OCTOBER 6, 2014

This is especially true in the wild west of lead generation. In lead gen , companies can promise the world, but where the rubber really meets the road is in the quality of the leads and their ability to fulfill them in a timely manner. Most companies credit their lead generation success to pilot programs.

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PureB2B

OCTOBER 6, 2014

This is especially true in the wild west of lead generation. In lead gen , companies can promise the world, but where the rubber really meets the road is in the quality of the leads and their ability to fulfill them in a timely manner. Most companies credit their lead generation success to pilot programs.

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ClickZ

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This means seismic impacts to the tech stacks for lead gen powerhouses, SaaS giants, and traditional B2B firms alike. Features geared for sales leaders surface lead scoring metrics to feeding your funnel. Thoroughly test and validate your GA4 configuration to ensure data accuracy and integrity.

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sagefrog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In Sagefrog’s 2024 B2B Marketing Mix Report , we found that B2B marketers’ top objectives for the year ahead are brand awareness, lead generation, client retention, and sales support. This profile guides all aspects of your marketing strategy, from lead generation to customer retention.

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Metadata

APRIL 25, 2023

And how about that 75% Lead-to-MQL conversion rate after one year. When Evan started using Metadata, his cost per lead (CPL) dropped by 30%. Connect Metadata with your marketing automation platform: When Metadata connects to tools like HubSpot and Salesforce, you can start generating enriched leads that get routed to your sales team.

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Marketing Interactions

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Like Pillar content or content designed to drive “lead” gen. And the report found that only 19% of buyers appreciate content that validates their current thinking. Edelman and LinkedIn recently released the 2021 B2B Thought Leadership Impact Study. Their findings gave me pause. Read that again….

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

Demand generation marketers spend their careers building out complex lead acquisition and engagement engines, but sometimes it’s good to take it back to the basics—way back–as in, back to the things we learned in kindergarten that still hold true in today’s marketing landscape. What’s better than a cold lead? Use Your Inside Voice.

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Rollworks

MAY 8, 2019

When people think about account-based marketing (ABM) and lead-generation, they usually place them on opposite sides of the spectrum. A lot of marketing executives we speak to share their reservations about ditching their reliable lead-generation campaigns for a new and shiny ABM program. and add those actions to your lead score.

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markempa

AUGUST 16, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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