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How to Capture Buyer Intent in B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

The digital era has led to changes in the way brands market their products and services. With a holistic perception of buyer intent in your business, your marketing and sales teams can improve the lead-qualification process and enhance sales conversions. The Shift to Customer-Centric Marketing. Source: SuperOffice.

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What Is a Sales Cycle and How Do You Optimize It for Consistent Sales?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Think of it like the structure of a deal — the building blocks, like lead qualification and sales calls, that need to be stacked in a specific order so it’s possible to drive deals to close. This vetting process is commonly referred to as lead qualification. This is called a discovery call. What’s the financial impact?

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Sales Prospecting for “In-Market” Buyers

PureB2B

Finding in-market leads for B2B businesses is crucial to achieving revenue goals. The problem is that the B2B market is enormous. In this guide we’ll outline some proven lead qualification frameworks and practices to find in-market buyers that can improve your conversions. Defining “In-Market” Buyers.

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7 Things Every Discovery Meeting Template Must Have [Free Template Inside]

Oktopost

Only 5-10% of qualified leads end up successfully converting for marketers – and the right discovery call can help make all the difference in qualifying those leads. A discovery meeting is an initial sales call between a B2B vendor and a prospective client. They aren’t exactly marketing, but they also aren’t sales.

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How to Choose the Right Predictive Analytics Tool for Account-Based Marketing

NuSpark Consulting

As account-based marketing (ABM) gains momentum, companies clearly see the value of identifying high-value prospects and targeting them with customized content. In the B2B marketing environment, successful ABM is the gold standard companies aim for. Evaluating new market opportunities. More successful lead qualification.

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What is a Sales Pipeline: How to Build a Strong Foundation

Outreach

A sales funnel revolves around leads, operates from the prospect’s perspective, and illustrates conversion rates at each stage of the sales process. To accurately predict future revenue , understand lead conversion ratios, and make smart decisions that improve your team’s performance, you need both a pipeline and forecast.

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Power Opinions - BANT is BUNK … Revisited

ViewPoint

Ginger Conlon (Editor-in-Chief, Direct Marketing News). "I Think: lead nurturing. I believe that this is market dependent. If the right person has the right pain and is in your target market, work the deal.". Marketers and salespeople waste too much time selling to top executives who can’t be reached in the first place.".

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