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. It seems that this once-complex process can be distilled to an algorithm.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

As a result, it’s no wonder that most marketers emphasize only on generating as many leads as possible especially when it comes to lead generation rather than employing MQL. Soon after, the leads are forwarded to sales teams, who must sift through an excessive amount of low-quality leads. Must Read: Is MQL Dead?

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Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

As organizations tighten budgets and headcount, marketers tend to experience those downstream impacts as longer sales cycles and lower conversion rates. But when your prospects are moving more slowly throughout their buying journey, our marketing leaders advise their peers to prioritize full-funnel engagement. “We

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Martech

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite criticisms that it’s inefficient and ineffective, lead generation remains an important marketing tactic in B2B and in some B2C sectors, including high-ticket items like auto and home sales. Some lead gen strategies are more effective than others, which is why marketing organizations continue to spend on the tactic.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 19, 2015

I have a friend in sales who continuously argues with me over the definition of what a Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL). But calling for a change in the definition of MQL or calling it dead doesn’t solve your larger problem, which is that you still have a dangerous disconnect between sales and marketing.

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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. It seems that this once-complex process can be distilled to an algorithm.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 8, 2020

61% percent of businesses say that lead generation is their biggest marketing challeng e. There are many free lead generation tactics out there, but few will help you maximize your ROI. More significantly, B2B buyers consume at least three to five pieces of related content before contacting a sales person.

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The Point

MARCH 29, 2017

Earlier this year, I talked to a CMO at a B2B tech company whose sales counterpart was lobbying strongly for the company to adopt Account-Based Marketing (ABM) as part of their demand generation strategy. The lead funnel is obsolete. Inbound marketing doesn’t work, or at best is grossly inefficient. The reason?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 26, 2018

The other day I was talking to yet another marketing operations manager who has “a duplicate problem*” and “just needs a one-time dedupe job.” (“*Duplicates”—multiple records for the same person and/or company in CRM/Marketing Automation platforms.) Then, Ann replies to your sales rep’s email, and they schedule a demo.

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Martech Advisor

MARCH 5, 2020

“Marketing automation is defined as the process of using tools and technology to automate repetitive marketing tasks, track and measure campaign performance, improve productivity, and drive efficiency by minimizing manual actions.” What Is Marketing Automation? Let’s dive in!

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PureB2B

JULY 6, 2022

A common challenge in the B2B demand generation world centers around the balance of automation and reporting software. Both of which are tools used in conjunction with your marketing campaigns, meaning your day is mostly full of software management instead of strategic planning. Why Marketing Automation?

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Hubspot

MARCH 27, 2020

Having the best of both worlds is the feeling you have when your company's marketing automation software and CRM work in tandem. When the two software work together, your company will convert more MQLs to SQLs and make more sales. In fact, marketing automation software can increase sales productivity by 14.5%.

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Single Grain

AUGUST 6, 2019

Some business owners are moving away from the term “marketing funnel” because they think it’s too mechanical or simplistic to describe the lead nurturing sequence by which customers move from awareness to purchase. What Is a Marketing Funnel? Example 1 : A Not-so-effective Marketing Funnel.

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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. I sent an email to a marketing technology firm, one with whom I was vaguely familiar, about a client campaign for which I thought their technology might be useful. By my own reckoning, I’m an MQL (Marketing Qualified Lead).

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Unfortunately, as a result of this thinking, marketing spends a ton of money generating leads for sales that are never followed-up. Here are 5 things CEOs need to consider in order to fix what is broken: What is the CEO’s role as it relates to marketing and sales? What should I know about Account-Based Marketing?

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KoMarketing Associates

JULY 2, 2019

This post will provide some strategic tactics marketers can use to better measure B2B advertising effectiveness, and provide a list of KPIs expert marketers are measuring to help them hit their ROAS goals. That lead to lots of top-of-funnel effort: views, impressions, clicks, etc. So don’t stop at MQL.

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Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The topic: Let’s say in your next job, the CEO banished the venerable marketing qualified lead (MQL). You weren’t allowed to use it as a marketing metric. How would you create a marketing strategy and model that changed the way your team operated, prioritized tactics, and reported on their impact? Frighten you?

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Sales Engine

MARCH 30, 2016

That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a viable sales prospect or ready to buy. That way, when a salesperson does reach out, the MQL is ready to have a productive qualification conversation. Consider these research findings: Nurtured leads produce, on average, a 20 percent increase in sales opportunities versus non-nurtured leads.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Over a long time, the sales and marketing operations in B2B organizations were thought to be discrete. At some point throughout the sales cycle, marketers must transfer over marketing qualified leads (MQLs) to sales teams as sales qualified leads (SQLs). The Sales Funnel.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While business development representatives (BDRs) were always associated with sales, more and more companies have started integrating them into their marketing departments. A recent study found that such alignment brings 208% more value from marketing with 108% less effort. Marketing efforts also generate leads.

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The Marketing Blender

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The 11 undeniable benefits of marketing automation for B2B sales and marketing teams. How automation can transform your B2B marketing effectiveness and results. These days, when most consultants and gurus talk about technology transforming marketing, automation is what they’re referring to.

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Coordinate with Sales and Other Key Players from the Beginning. You’ve probably seen plenty of articles about Marketing and Sales team alignment. B2B firms no longer have room for Sales and Marketing to be out of sync. Without Sales, your ABM program may well fail. So try to think of ABM as a partnership.

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Full Circle Insights

MAY 20, 2022

to continue nurturing leads through the funnel. Predicting Behavior Through an Account-Based Management Role Lens. They want to control the process, which often means doing their own research. Marketing Attribution and Funnel Metrics Are Still the Key. Velocity & Shortening Your Sales Cycle.

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Hubspot

JULY 22, 2018

If you don't have any automated email workflows set up, your answer is probably the latter -- which means you're missing out on some major opportunities to nurture and engage your existing contacts. Lead nurturing campaigns aren't the only type of email marketing automation you can use to get more out of your contacts database.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Marketers around the globe have issues aligning with their sales teams to create a true partnership. At our recent Marketing Nation Engage event, marketing leaders gathered to learn. One of the most significant opportunities we found was in creating a sales and marketing partnership to better facilitate alignment.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 7, 2023

Doing this upfront work will save you from one of the biggest mistakes marketers make when it comes to ABM: targeting broad groups of people in a large company. When it comes to target account selection, the best approach marketing should take isn’t to decide on behalf of sales, but rather to guide.

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InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Below are a few tips I’ve learned to ensure I’m tracking meaningful metrics throughout the customer lifecycle and I can confidently say which marketing programs are driving real business for my organization’s bottom line. . But today, technologies give us visibility into marketing’s impact throughout the entire customer journey.

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The Point

JANUARY 19, 2021

Will B2B marketing, and demand generation in particular, revert to “normal” once the pandemic subsides and economic recovery kicks in, or are recent trends destined to become staple tactics in the months and years to come? These will become incorporated into lead and account scoring, perhaps as criteria for what can become an MQL.

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Envy

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Everyone wants to bring about world peace and recent efforts to unite sales and marketing teams by sharing the same goals and KPIs with processes and technology are a good step in the right direction. It was my opinion that merging sales and marketing into a single unit has, at best, a slim chance of succeeding.

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SnapApp

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Marketing and sales teams used to have separate responsibilities. Marketing teams were responsible for generating leads, and sales teams converted those leads into customers. But these days, the lines between marketing and sales teams’ responsibilities have blurred. Start by Aligning Marketing and Sales.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2023

Those rapidly evolving challenges are only exacerbated by a long-standing problem among sales and marketing teams: misalignment. Limited automation means many RevOps tasks are still done manually. Inaccurate data means leads aren’t routed properly to sales. And disjointed platforms are painful to integrate and manage.

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Lusha

JULY 21, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of sales and marketing, qualifying leads is crucial for maximizing your ROI. Enter the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL). This article provides a detailed guide on nurturing high-quality leads and boosting sales. They need further nurturing to become sales-ready.

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Only B2B

MARCH 27, 2024

Do all those website visitors and content downloads translate into sales conversations? Must Read: MQL vs SQL: Which Lead Matter More & When? Imagine your sales funnel as a pyramid. Marketing casts a wide net at the top, attracting potential customers. Let’s delve into the enigmatic world of SQL’s and SAL’s.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The past six months have challenged companies in many ways, but perhaps the greatest challenge has been a precipitous drop-off in sales and the resultant impact on the ‘top line.’. It is equally rare, however, that these established personas actually dig into the customer journey and subsequent content consumption during a buying process.

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SnapApp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

A lead generation funnel. . . What is a lead generation funnel? . Think of it in terms of a real funnel. As things enter the funnel they get whittled down into a more purified/clean form. A lead generation funnel is no different. Despite this, 68% of B2B organizations have not mapped out a lead gen funnel! .

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Curious why the sales funnel is widest at the bottom yet tapers toward the top? If you focus solely on the bottom of the funnel, you may collect a substantial database but see fewer conversions. So, how can you expand the funnel while driving more conversions? Automation is the solution. Extended research phase.

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Only B2B

APRIL 10, 2024

MQL sits at the intersection of marketing and sales. These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team. But ignoring MQL altogether is a costly mistake. Let’s delve into the complexities of converting B2B leads into MQLs.

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