Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Kicking off 2024 with a bang, HubSpot’s January updates are all about enhancing your team’s capabilities in lead management, content strategy, and data analysis. Here are the January 2024 updates managers should take note of: Fast and easy compliance for new email requirements.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Let’s talk about leads. Odds are, you’re having conversations about how to attract more leads, how to improve the quality of your leads, how to convert your leads, or all of the above. And in that conversation you might be wondering, “why are we getting bad leads in the first place?” .

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’re familiar with the B2B buyer’s journey : moving prospects through the awareness, consideration, and decision stages of the buying process. Buyer intent comes down to understanding what makes an excellent lead for your business. Quick Takeaways: Customer experience is a leading priority for modern businesses. Source: G2.

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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. Nonexistent lead management processes.

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Markempa

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Salespeople often lack the support of a dedicated marketing team that does lead generation programs for them. So they do their own sales prospecting. In fact, they must generate their own sales leads and meet their revenue and targets with little marketing support. Call it prospecting, business development, or cold calling.

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Lead Liaison

JUNE 21, 2023

Modern Day Lead Capture for High Performing Exhibitors and ROI Calculator Events are a great opportunity for businesses to connect with potential customers. However, traditional methods of collecting leads at events can be time-consuming, inefficient, and prone to errors.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 8, 2019

A “hot” prospect is ready to buy. A “cold” prospect is merely browsing inventory. Qualified leads would ultimately receive more attention—the sales rep might play 18 holes with them to help close the deal. But successfully qualifying leads for sales means having three key fundamentals in place: 1. What’s a lead?

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 26, 2011

Lead management continues to be a hot topic in the world of B2B marketing as we turn the corner and head into the second half of 2010. As a leader in lead management process development, our firm has seen a lot of confusion in the market about what constitutes lead management. So what are these myths?

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 19, 2022

It means that relying on a salesperson to guide a lead through all stages of the lifecycle is no longer effective. That spells out two things: Your prospects are looking for ways to find solutions on their own. Your sales team has a limited window for meaningful conversations with your prospects.

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Welcome to a journey that unveils the transformative force within B2B lead management – the omnipotent power of lead enrichment. This blog embarks into the realm of lead enrichment, unraveling the secrets that propel businesses toward immediate discovery and qualification of their potential prospects.

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Anything Goes Marketing

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

In one of my meetings these past few weeks I was thinking of an analogy where I could break down the lead management process into much simpler terms so everyone could understand their roles - this is where football comes in. Think of the defense as anyone or anything that is hampering the lead management process.

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SalesGrape

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In the competitive world of medical device sales, lead generation is a crucial aspect of success. With advancements in technology, medical device telemarketing has become an effective strategy to reach potential customers and generate leads. A high contact rate indicates efficient targeting or accurate contact information.

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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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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

What is a lead? While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. Sales won’t spend the time it takes to cull through 100 so-called leads for 3 to 4 good ones. Which means those “leads” land in a black hole, and the money spent to generate them is wasted. Is this a person with authority to buy?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It’s important to follow through on leads. Upon receiving a new lead, it should be categorized, accessible, and tracked for the most relevant ongoing marketing campaigns. We know that lead management is defined as the process by which marketing acquires, evaluates, nurtures, and hands off leads to the sales team.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

For a long time, “ lead nurturing ” was thought of as something you did with the leads that sales didn’t want. The theory was: leads come in, the sales team gets the hot ones, and the rest go to lead nurturing. Today, of course, a comprehensive lead nurturing strategy is much more than that. Do you agree?”.

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The Point

JANUARY 17, 2019

Some years ago, our firm conducted a lead management audit for a technology client who was struggling to convert raw, inbound inquiries into sales qualified leads. During the audit, it became quickly apparent that one of the major issues was at the very front end of the lead qualification process. Click To Tweet.

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markempa

OCTOBER 19, 2006

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! But inquiries are not leads.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 8, 2022

Instead, your chat tool should be actively developing a relationship with your prospects. It should be listening to questions and replying with helpful answers, routing leads to the appropriate next step with each interaction. Is user behavior tracked, attached to a lead record, and used to influence next steps?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

According to a Gartner study, by the end of 2022, more than 70% of B2B marketers will utilize third-party intent data to target prospects. ZoomInfo’s Intent tool allows sales reps to narrow down ideal prospects with buying intent using filtered searching, notifications, and CRM integration. Refine Lead Qualification.

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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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markempa

APRIL 13, 2015

Tweet The management of sales leads is critical to generating marketing ROI. Sadly, sales leads often land on the scrap heap because marketers throw leads over the wall and then expect salespeople to catch them. I was recently asked by someone how to utilize lead distribution to gain the best results.

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Lead Liaison

OCTOBER 10, 2017

If you look at most major CRMs like Microsoft Dynamics or Salesforce.com , you’ll notice a few different objects: Leads, Contacts, and Accounts. But then look at marketing automation like Lead Liaison and you’ll see one object: Prospects. Leads are people that you think might be your entry point to an account. Not at all.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 22, 2018

That takes more persuasive skills, better navigation of the prospect organization, a broader understanding of strategic objectives - and frankly a likable demeanor - to convince your target of the value you offer. I practice it every day in my role as lead salesperson for the company. (We We are not the low-price leader.) Dave Kurlan.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Tweet According to the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report , 24% of marketers ask a timeline-to-purchase question on their lead capture forms. Q: Please select the most important fields that you need to collect from your leads on the lead generation form. Lead qualification in a post-BANT world.

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Sales tools are software and technology solutions that help sales teams automate and streamline various tasks and processes, such as lead generation, customer relationship management, and sales forecasting. Difficulty prioritizing leads and managing a large volume of prospects and customers. What are Sales Tools?

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Lead Liaison

JULY 15, 2020

Qualifying Leads by Lifecycle Stage. Defining Marketing Qualified Lead, or MQL, can be a slippery process because companies, departments and individuals can have very different viewpoints as to what really makes a prospect and MQL. People progress through Lifecycle Stages at Lead Liaison as we sell and market to them.

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Lead Liaison

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Businesses can use Lead Liaison’s GoExhibit!™ ™ is an event lead management solution, powered by a slick mobile app, aptly named GoCapture!™. If you’re using an event lead management solution like ours, this article will help you explore the other ways you can use the system and/or mobile app to capture leads.

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Hubspot

JUNE 30, 2021

Similarly, every prospect has their own interests and needs, informing the nature of how they like to be sold to. In many cases, those " how's " between reps and prospects can align — naturally making for smoother, more amicable sales efforts. Well, the answer might lie in a practice known as lead distribution. Leads are unique.

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markempa

APRIL 8, 2010

Recently, I've been having more conversations with marketers about what is lead scoring and how they can use it as a part of the overall lead qualification and nurturing process. The question "what is lead scoring?" also came up during the "Broad Reach + Intelligent Lead Nurturing = Increased Revenue" webinar.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 9, 2014

Last August I wrote a blog for Top Sales World titled “Lead Generation Hogwash: The Top 7 Lies.”. I detailed 7 lies to be aware of to avoid a lead generation disaster (read the blog for the specifics): Any list will do. Automated systems accurately score (prioritize) leads. More leads are better than fewer leads.

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ViewPoint

JUNE 15, 2017

Some companies have several inside departments to take in, qualify, nurture, and filter sales leads to such a finite extent that few leads go to anyone. If the raw lead count is high but there is a mere trickle going to the salespeople, you have a substantial problem. Starving the pipeline of new prospects.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 12, 2012

Contrary to popular belief, reps don’t need more sales leads. They need fewer leads—or more accurately, fewer raw, unfiltered, unqualified leads. Good sales reps are by nature hunters, eager to close in on highly qualified leads for the kill. Most of the others had little or no pre-qualification information.

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LeanData

JULY 6, 2022

The better your data, the better equipped your revenue team is to personalize, segment and automate — all key factors in maximizing engagement with prospects on modern, digital-first buying journeys. Data enrichment completes the entire picture of your lead, allowing you to prioritize and budget your resources accordingly.

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LeanData

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Leads are coming in. Every organization needs a sales playbook, a set of motions and best practices that help move a prospective customer through various stages of the buying journey. Great playbooks are the foundation of an efficient sales pipeline, keeping marketing and sales aligned on converting leads into customers.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 13, 2013

These products address several interrelated challenges: distributing leads to partners without losing track of performance; distributing partner-customized versions of company-created content; and helping partners run their own marketing campaigns. did they eventually buy? is there someone else at their company to talk to?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

According to a Gartner study, by the end of 2022, more than 70% of B2B marketers will utilize third-party intent data to target prospects. ZoomInfo’s Intent tool allows sales reps to narrow down ideal prospects with buying intent using filtered searching, notifications, and CRM integration.

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