Martech

MAY 16, 2024

You want to capture more leads. How can you use software to build a lead-generation engine that delivers big results? Marketing automations can help you streamline processes, increase productivity, and yes, capture more leads. Are you ready to shift your team into high gear? Is that music to your ears?

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Launch Marketing

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The line between lead generation and lead nurturing is often blurred. Before we delve into the differences and similarities between the two, let’s align on a common definition for what a lead is. So, what marketing efforts are key to lead generation and how can your organization turn these leads into buyers?

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Only B2B

MARCH 20, 2024

Did you know that only 5-10% of marketing qualified leads (MQLs) convert into paying customers? This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. But how do you identify leads ready to be handed off to your sales team?

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 5, 2023

The main goal for Marketing in B2B companies is to generate leads for sales teams and increasingly to deliver direct revenue. Some marketers define anyone who fills out a form or attends an online or physical event as a lead. And this problem drives a deeper wedge between marketing and sales. Why is this important?

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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.

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NuSpark Consulting

MARCH 3, 2016

You’ve written, designed and produced a white paper. Your objective was likely to establish thought leadership, generate leads and perhaps use it to nurture existing leads until they’re ready to buy. If you subscribe to the theory of “if you build it they will come,” your white paper is dead in the water.

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The Point

OCTOBER 15, 2019

If your organization is generating plenty of leads but those initial inquiries aren’t converting to sales qualified leads, meetings, or pipeline, a myriad of things could be at fault: 1) sales follow-up may be sub-standard in either cadence, frequency, or message. 2) lead nurturing. 2) lead nurturing.

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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.

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The Point

JANUARY 27, 2016

Demand Gen Report just published “ Top B2B Marketers Measure Lead Nurturing Effectiveness to Boost Performance ,” a special report in which they address the whys, whats, and how tos of measuring lead nurturing’s true impact. the company is generating the wrong type of leads.

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The Point

JUNE 8, 2016

Email may still be the workhorse in how B2B companies build relationships, maintain awareness, qualify leads and nudge prospects along the sales cycle, but these days, it pays to think about “lead nurturing” as more just an email campaign. That’s not because email is going away any time soon.

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The Point

MAY 23, 2017

There is a growing trend in the content syndication space, and among Cost Per Lead (CPL) programs in general, for media vendors to offer B2B clients the option of pre-qualified leads. However, over the long term, I’d argue that it’s almost always more cost-effective to qualify your own leads. Here’s why: 1.

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NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Well, your firm has written and produced a white paper. A quality white paper can one of the most important content marketing vehicles to generate leads within your internet marketing plan. Your ultimate goals with white papers are typically the following: . . Generate new leads. Now what?

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The Point

JANUARY 23, 2018

Prospects may simply not be ready to engage with sales because either 1) they don’t know such a solution exists, or 2) they may not be aware they have the problem in the first place. Focusing on only the most qualified prospects leaves many potential (albeit, more long term) deals on the table. Look, I get it.

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The Point

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A client asks: “I know the answer is probably “it depends” but curious if you think there’s a best practice for how many follow-up nurture emails to send TOFU content syndication leads before you stop due to non-engagement?”. When Should I Stop Nurturing a Lead? Click To Tweet. Photo by Who’s Denilo ?

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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. High-value content that speaks to your audience’s needs provides opportunities for sustained engagement, helping to build trust, establish a relationship, and ultimately increase conversions.

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The Point

APRIL 22, 2020

I posted recently on LinkedIn that, in the current climate, leads from content syndication and other CPL programs may be an ideal replacement for lost trade shows and other events, and indeed can be an effective way to stay engaged in the marketplace at a time when many buyers are laying low. Quality content = quality leads.

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The Point

APRIL 16, 2019

B2B clicks can be very expensive, but – depending on your product category and the cost of your solution – a high cost per click can actually be a bargain compared to the potential revenue that a new customer generates. Not Doing Everything Possible to Pre-Qualify Prospects. Failure to Nurture Leads Correctly.

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SnapApp

JANUARY 24, 2019

Finding quality leads is often easier said than done. Gone are the days of making a few phone calls and sending an email blast to catch the attention of interested—and high paying—prospects. Recently on the blog, we’ve been talking a lot about the quality vs. quantity debate around leads.

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Only B2B

APRIL 30, 2024

As prospects search the internet for data-driven insights and practical strategies, you can produce valuable content such as blog posts, white papers, case studies, and webinars. Align with Goals: Ensure your chosen channels support your business objectives, whether it’s brand awareness, lead generation, or customer acquisition.

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The Point

AUGUST 15, 2012

You know that monthly newsletter you blast to your entire database under the guise of “lead nurturing”? And those Webinar invitations that you broadcast to every trade show lead you’ve generated since 2005? There was a time when lead nurturing was synonymous with simply staying in front of prospects.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

At some point throughout the sales cycle, marketers must transfer over marketing qualified leads (MQLs) to sales teams as sales qualified leads (SQLs). A large percentage of marketing efforts and resources are wasted when sales and marketing teams are not synchronized. The Sales Funnel.

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SnapApp

JANUARY 22, 2019

We tend to get caught up focusing on more: More sales, more traffic, more leads. And having more leads is also not necessarily better, but having better leads? That’s the key message of a webinar we did about qualified leads recently, and it speaks to a lot of what’s going on in marketing right now.

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Sales Engine

MAY 17, 2016

Marketing automation and lead management systems have allowed for a near-scientific breakdown of the sales funnel. Leads in each stage of the buying process meet very specific criteria and behave in certain predictable ways. After this digital dialogue however, a sales rep still must fully qualify the lead and close the sale.

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The Point

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. Use of very short-term metrics will almost certainly devalue those leads and the perceived ROI from the program.

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Sales Engine

JUNE 20, 2017

MARKETING AUTOMATION AND LEAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS have allowed for a near-scientific breakdown of the sales funnel. Leads in each stage of the buying process meet very specific criteria and behave in certain predictable ways. After this digital dialogue, though, a sales rep still must fully qualify the lead and close the sale.

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The Point

MARCH 29, 2017

Though the marketing team was doing a great job generating raw inquiries at the top of the funnel, the sales reps weren’t receiving the number of “sales ready” leads they needed to hit their pipeline targets. The lead funnel is obsolete. Heck, you can pick up the phone and buy hundreds of leads on a Cost Per Lead basis.

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The Point

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Bear with me as I relate a quick story about lead nurturing: A few months back I became a sales lead. A question: at this point, what kind of lead am I? By my own reckoning, I’m an MQL (Marketing Qualified Lead). I’m also a perfect candidate for lead nurturing.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Marketing automation provider Marketo has just published The Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing , a white paper that provides real value, covering the lead nurturing process from the basic how and why through ROI measurement.

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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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The Point

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A qualified agency can advise on the best use of funds and provide the expertise (strategy, creative, media, marketing ops) to maximize results. The sales team may want demo requests but the best option may be a content asset (say, an ebook) that appeals to someone with the problem that your solution can solve. Be realistic.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Relevancy is one of the key factors in generating a consistent response from your lead nurturing emails: the more relevant your message to the reader’s job function, industry, interests, and stage in the selling cycle, the more likely he/she will be to respond. Lead source. Take advantage of it. Job function.

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markempa

AUGUST 26, 2009

While chatting with a client recently, she told me that she had just met with her third new boss this year to explain the company’s new lead nurturing process. The problem was that her boss felt their current integrated marketing campaigns qualified as lead nurturing. Giving them information that sticks with them.

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The Point

APRIL 19, 2017

(Tip: make sure that the title of the content communicates that unique value.). Does the topic help to qualify the prospect as someone suffering from a problem or pain point your product/service can solve? Personally, I’ve seen some white papers continue to generate leads year after year with only minor updates.

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Launch Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2020

One way to ensure that marketing delivers quality leads to sales is to implement a lead scoring methodology. This is a process used by marketing and sales teams that determine how likely prospects are to buy your product or service. Why is it important to have a lead scoring model?

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NuSpark Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Understanding the differences between demand generation, lead generation and inbound marketing is paramount for business leaders to make logical decisions about where best to apply marketing dollars. Demand generation is the lynchpin supporting the overall marketing and sales cycle. Lead Generation. Demand Generation.

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markempa

AUGUST 23, 2006

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

It’s often referred to as if it was the same as lead generation. Demand generation includes lead capture, lead nurturing and pipeline acceleration.”. If we botch the customer experience in demand gen, all the other good things that are supposed to happen after it (lead nurturing, sales, etc) may not happen.

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