The Point

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

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. Comments welcome.

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

But content can do more than generate demand; the right content can also be invaluable to a successful lead nurturing campaign. When you’re creating content with lead nurturing in mind, focus on delivering the most value to active leads. Content and Marketing Automation. What are they confused about?

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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? I have my concerns, however, about extending it to lead nurturing and the email medium.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 4, 2016

That's where lead nurturing comes in : It's a way to stay connected to the leads you collect that aren't ready to buy from you yet, and build up trust until they are ready. If you want to learn more about lead nurturing in general, you can check out this guide. And many of these folks just aren't ready to buy yet.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 6, 2010

When you think of lead nurturing platforms you typically think of firms like Eloqua, Marketo, Aprimo, LeadLife, Market2Lead, Silverpop, even Salesforce.com is getting into the lead nurturing space. Element #2 – Email – the most critical element of a lead nurturing platform is email. But Facebook? Tweet This!

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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-hands discovery session yields important insights, priorities.

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markempa

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. Relevancy is the key.

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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.”

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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. Implementing an effective lead nurturing strategy can have a huge impact on the results of your inbound marketing strategy.

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Industrial Marketing Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Lead nurturing plays an important role in industrial lead generation programs because it is rare that an industrial sale is completed on the first call or the first visit to the manufacturer’s website. Forrester, CSO Insights and Marketo reported that lead nurturing produced much better results.

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B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Howard closes his post with the emphatic statement: "Get your salespeople out of the lead nurturing business." Howard Sewell is one of the B2B marketing thought leaders that I pay close attention to, and I always find his views insightful. However, I don't agree that sales reps should stay out of lead nurturing.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Sales leads are the cornerstone success point to any business-to-business (B2B) industry. If you know when someone is looking to buy a product or service that you offer, you can contact them directly, pitch your service, and spell out their return on investment to secure the sale.

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BOP Design

OCTOBER 11, 2017

We’ve seen a lot of success, both internally and in our clients’ organizations, for nurturing leads along to customer acquisition. As such, we are sharing our top tips for nurturing marketing leads, especially with the help of content marketing pieces. They are also great lead nurturing tools.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

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. There will always be prospects who need B2B products or services. Healthcare leads rank highest ($60) followed by business/finance ($43).

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markempa

APRIL 27, 2017

People aren’t looking for a reason to read your email nurturing messages, they’re looking for a reason to delete them. This is important because marketers rely on email as the top lead-nurturing tactic and according to Econsultancy, it’s the best channel for ROI. Think about it. You probably do this with your inbox too.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Don’t let last-minute security protocols prevent you from getting a campaign in market. * If you’re strapped for marketing resources, ask your BD rep if the vendor has a marketing concierge service (as many do) or if they have a list of approved agencies who are authorized to work with partners and through whom MDF funds can be spent.

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KEO Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

After surveying 130 B2B marketers from small- to medium-sized organizations, the study found 84% of participants agreed on the importance of using inbound and outbound marketing services in tandem. Regarding revenue generation, the study concluded outbound marketing generates 43% of a B2B company’s annual revenue.

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ClickDimensions

JANUARY 9, 2024

Prospect Qualification Identifying high-quality leads is a crucial but often challenging aspect of managing a sales pipeline. Ensuring that leads are a good fit for your product or service can be time-consuming and may lead to wasted resources on unqualified prospects.

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Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

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. There will always be prospects who need B2B products or services. Healthcare leads rank highest ($60) followed by business/finance ($43). Keep reading.

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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.

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KEO Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2017

While many of today’s tech companies have amazing technology products and services, some are not quite sure how to market their solutions effectively. At KEO Marketing, we believe one of the keys to a successful marketing strategy involves developing an organic and meaningful connection with prospective customers.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 22, 2013

In this blog, discover the who, what, when, how and why of lead nurturing through webinars and videos so you can take your buyers on a more engaging (and fun) journey. Anyone involved in marketing knows the importance of generating quality leads for their sales team. Event Marketing Lead Nurturing Modern B2B Marketing'

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KEO Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Digital marketing services continue to evolve at a rapid pace. Content marketing, social media, search engine optimization, analytics, and other online activities are vastly different today than they were just a few years ago. Top strategic priorities include digital advertising and social marketing.

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KEO Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

It also can lead to higher sales and profits, and boost your brand awareness. Enlisting the help of a dependable SEO consulting services firm is a smart idea. For starters, a smart SEO consultant should exhibit strategic, tactical, and analytical skills, as well as have a firm grasp on content marketing and social media.

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KEO Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Account based marketing (ABM) services involve implementing a strategic approach to business-to-business (B2B) marketing. Put another way, account based marketing uses a “one-to-one” versus a “one-to-many” approach. B2B organizations can reap many benefits from account based marketing services.

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The Point

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Additionally, we’ll see Account-Based Marketing (ABM) move on a path toward ubiquity, eventually morphing into use case strategies, tactics and best practices analogous to demand generation, inbound marketing, lead generation, and lead nurturing.”. – Tom Meriam, Vice President, Business Development.

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Tiecas

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Table of Contents The Power of Industrial Email Marketing Tip 1: Maintaining email list hygiene: an essential prerequisite for effective industrial email marketing Tip 2: Rented email lists vs. in-house lists: which performs better in industrial email marketing? There are plenty of list cleaning service providers available.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

These comments align with industry studies (most recently: Forrester ) bemoaning the inability of B2B marketers to fully leverage marketing automation to its full capability, most specifically in areas like lead nurturing and customer marketing. (Our Customers need a plan.

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DealSignal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By providing valuable information, whitepapers can help establish your company as a thought leader in your industry, while also generating leads by requiring the reader to provide their contact information to access the content. Case studies are another effective form of content for email marketing B2B lead generation.

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Valasys

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Nowadays, the definition of marketing has been changing consistently with growing company density in the market. The idea of marketing is not limited to boost brand awareness. It has shifted towards lead generation, lead nurturing, and lead conversion. Mix of Marketing Elements-.

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NuSpark Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

It begins with the initial prospect interest and underpins lead generation, nurturing and sales fulfilment, taking the prospect through the entire funnel into a customer relationship. These activities take place on a broader scale than lead generation, but in a more targeted environment than inbound marketing.

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

They look at stages and lead scoring, but are they looking at the value of a lead and a demand generation/lead nurturing program? As a lead moves through the process, it picks up overall investment value - call it "lead equity" (am I coining a phrase?).

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

They look at stages and lead scoring, but are they looking at the value of a lead and a demand generation/lead nurturing program? As a lead moves through the process, it picks up overall investment value - call it "lead equity" (am I coining a phrase?).

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SmartBug Media

MAY 11, 2022

The CliffsNotes version of why: In order to stay top-of-mind with existing customers, you must deliver your service or product exceptionally. HubSpot makes it super simple by starting with either a template or from-scratch option for those initial form fills or lead captures on your site. If you don’t have one, get one.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. Contacts from companies that are qualified as leads but not yet passed to sales can end up landing in the target list for an email blast or an event invitation. In other companies lead nurture is a very formal and well-defined process. So if you: a.

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The Point

JULY 8, 2014

In early 2014, Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS), a leading provider of managed IT, cloud, and recovery services, announced that it was splitting off as a separate company from SunGard Data Systems Inc. Typically, best practice frowns upon large images in emails, so this approach was a significant departure.).

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markempa

MARCH 3, 2014

What difference have we made for our customers because they bought our product or service? Stop marketing, start conversing. The best marketing and sales doesn’t feel like marketing and sales at all. Our lead nurturing needs to be built on this concept. Do we know why our customers say “yes”?

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