Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Marketing automation technology can help. If you’re new to our blog, read on; if you’ve been around a while, consider checking out one of our more advanced posts such as The ROI of Marketing Automation. Marketing Automation Enables Modern Business Processes. What You Can Do with Marketing Automation.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

For B2B software marketers, however, the top sources of new business are organic search, SEM/PPC advertising, and word of mouth referrals ( source ). 85% of B2B marketers say lead generation is their most important content marketing goal ( source ). Outbound leads cost 39% more than inbound leads ( source ).

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Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

As such, it’s important to stay up-to-date on the latest lead generation trends, technological advances, and- as always- your customer base. For B2B software marketers, however, the top sources of new business are organic search, SEM/PPC advertising, and word of mouth referrals ( source ). Ready to learn more? Keep reading.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And the conversation went way later than the restaurant manager and our wonderful server wanted it to. Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away.

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 21, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Marketing creates demand, finding interested people and companies, and gives these leads to Sales; 75% of which are ignored.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 18, 2014

Everyone in sales recognizes that there is an unfortunate gap between marketing automation and customer relationship management (CRM). When 80 percent of marketing-qualified leads fail to convert into sales-qualified leads, it’s time for the industry to reconfigure its thinking. Stay Tuned.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 18, 2014

Everyone in sales recognizes that there is an unfortunate gap between marketing automation and customer relationship management (CRM). When 80 percent of marketing-qualified leads fail to convert into sales-qualified leads, it’s time for the industry to reconfigure its thinking. Stay Tuned.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

by Jon Miller A common question I hear from marketers is “I already have a CRM system (e.g. salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM), so why do I need marketing automation ”? Many CRM systems have a module for marketing. Architecture of Marketing Automation versus CRM. Marketing Automation.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Finding leads isn’t the hard part, but unqualified leads are just “ash and trash”, according to my latest PowerViews guest, James Obermayer, sales manager extraordinaire. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc.

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The Point

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Over time, an accumulation of stale, non-responsive leads can bump you to a higher pricing tier for your CRM or marketing automation license. . * High bounce rates and low open rates can damage your email reputation, which in turn may impact overall deliverability.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 21, 2014

Which brings me to the topic for this month’s article, which follows up on the December topic entitled: " Taking away a salesperson’s excuses ," in which I wrote about the lack of sales lead follow-up. This month we tackle the issue of Marketing not delivering on an ROI responsibility. Here are some of the justifications.

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Biznology

JANUARY 6, 2016

Jim Obermayer, founder of the Sales Lead Management Association. I’ve known Jim for years as a consultant and author specializing in lead management—a generally under-appreciated subject that Jim uniquely understood to be a critical success factor in business selling. These people are making a welcome contribution.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

How do you know if your demand generation is good enough or when it's time to take your lead management processes to the next level? Here are 14 important questions that indicate whether or not you can benefit for more sophisticated marketing automation. Lead Generation. Is your sales team? Lead Follow-Up.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In order to provide a practical guide to generating real results, here are the B2B Marketing Insider 5 Steps to achieve Lead Generation ROI: Step 1: Set your objective. The metrics you chose should be quantifiable and aligned to your sales goals. Think sales, leads, pipeline. Thanks for your comment.

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PureB2B

APRIL 21, 2017

With buyer intent data, you can improve your marketing tactics in terms of content marketing, lead generation, copywriting, and keyword optimization to actively engage with prospects at the optimal time: Content Strategy. You have the information in your hands to decide the most effective way to pursue that particular lead.

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Hubspot

MARCH 15, 2016

Furthermore, the research also reveals that companies that excel at lead nurturing generate 50% more sales at a 33% lower cost (Source: Forrester, 2014 ). Of course, you then need to create an assortment of targeted content designed to nurture each of your personas based on their interests, goals, objectives, and marketing triggers.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

And a key part of delivering sales and marketing ROI is the ability to track the dispositions of all sales leads via a CRM system. Mine the Gold in Marketing Automation and CRM Systems. It directly impacts the level of effort sales reps dedicate to lead follow-up and helps keep companies top-of-mind.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

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. In addition to those techniques, I believe the secret to a truly high-performance revenue engine is the effective use of a Sales Development team.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2008

I can talk all day about anything (ask anyone who knows me about this), but my real expertise is the "top of the funnel" — that is, outbound marketing, lead generation, lead development, and inside sales. I can talk a mean game about B2B sales as well. All of it gets my blood flowing. Do this a lot.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 9, 2009

No patience for the ROI of Social Media discussion - Buzz Marketing for Technology , June 15, 2009. Sales Lead Management: Thought Leadership with Aaron Ross - Modern B2B Marketing , January 9, 2009. Facebook MythBusters - Buzz Marketing for Technology , March 23, 2009. Sales Lead Insights , April 13, 2009.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 9, 2009

Invest in sales lead generation. There are some great lead generation tools today for salespeople (like ConnectAndSell and Lead Insight for Sales ). What do you see as the biggest oversight by marketers with respect to sales and marketing alignment ?

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Ardath Albee's blog Marketing Interactions. Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Mac McIntosh's Sales Lead Insights: A B2B marketing Blog. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing. Content Strategy: The Future of Marketing (via Joe Pulizzi with Christine Halvorson). Number of leads?

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markempa

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. Jim: Those old leads are very valuable.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « We’re renaming the blog | Main | New networks in the news » April 16, 2008 Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Recently I saw a preview of Eloqua’s spring release and it got me thinking about the role lead scoring plays in determining campaign effectiveness.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 17, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Or it’s the manager who doesn’t enforce sales lead follow-up, probably on his or her way out the door. Marketing: lead generation.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

There is an amazing amount of great content about B2B marketing out there, ranging from trends in demand generation to best practices in lead nurturing, lead scoring, and landing page optimization to how to buy and select marketing automation systems. Five Lead Management Tools and Resources.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2012

by Kelly Waffle Being a successful B2B marketing professional today can be compared to being a successful race car pit crew chief. You are trying to make sure your lead generation vehicles are driven efficiently and effectively—with marketing automation as your engine—to beat your competitors to the finish line.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Main tips include going on sales calls and to provide them the “best possible leads (as defined by them)”. One of my most popular posts ever includes the big challenge all marketers face: Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity. Let’s start a discussion: what do you think? Why does the sun rise in the East?

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