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4 Ways to Optimize the Middle of the Funnel | Lead Management

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According to SiriusDecisions Demand Waterfall , the middle of the funnel is the area where the marketing to sales hand-off (MQL to SAL) and the sales development representative (SDR) to account executive (AE) hand-off (SAL to SQL) happen. In most B2B organizations, marketing focuses on facilitating a successful hand-off to sales.

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How to Assess the Relevancy of 3rd Party Intent Data

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As Steve Lucas, Marketo CEO, said, to win in the Engagement Economy, marketers must listen and learn before they engage. In this post, I will share some thoughts on how you can assess the relevancy of intent data by asking three questions. Company websites, B2B publishers, business or technology-focused online communities.

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Is Your Lead Really Sales Qualified? Here’s How To Tell

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According to MarketingSherpa, 61% of B2B marketers send all of their leads to sales even though only 27% are actually qualified. Customer Qualification Cycle: MQL vs. SQL. MQLs show repeated interest in your website content (not necessarily your product or services) and are likely to become your customer. Sound familiar?

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How to Leverage Social Intent Data for Email Marketing

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Since we adopted Marketo in 2015, we’ve been nurturing our leads with weekly emails that provide educational content. At this time, there are a handful of companies in the B2B space (known as third-party intent data providers ) that can provide you with data on what your prospects are learning and talking about online.

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Marketing Automation for Sales Development: An Essential for Revenue Success

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In my experience as the Director of Enterprise Sales Development at Marketo, I’ve seen firsthand how marketing automation generates more quality leads and contacts that turn into great sales opportunities. Once a specific score has been reached, it triggers a new MQL and an email alert is sent to sales.

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4 Ways All Marketers Can Use Facebook’s Offline Conversions API to Optimize Campaigns

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As a Facebook marketing partner, Marketo was excited to be a part of their launch announcement. Even more exciting is that our integration enables an expansion of this offline conversion concept to a much broader set of use cases that apply to all marketers , B2B marketers included. Increase MQLs. SQL (sales qualified lead).

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Dynamic Duo: Close More Deals with Sales and Marketing Alignment

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Author: Stacey Thornberry A joint Marketo and Reachforce research piece found that businesses are 67% better at closing deals when sales and marketing work together. According to MarketingSherpa, 61% of B2B marketers send all leads directly to sales; however, only 27% of those leads will be qualified (aka in that “right time” window).