Only B2B

AUGUST 31, 2023

This means sifting through lots of leads and focusing on the ones that are most likely to become valuable customers. A super important tool for doing this is called Marketing Qualified Leads (MQL) criteria. This blog looks into what MQL criteria are and how they help us find potential customers that matter.

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Only B2B

JULY 28, 2023

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) has emerged as a powerful strategy to target and engage high-value accounts, resulting in Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). Unlike traditional marketing approaches, ABM focuses on individual accounts, personalizing campaigns and content to resonate with specific prospects.

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Vision Edge Marketing

APRIL 30, 2024

At the heart of business value lies customer acquisition and retention. Dive into the essential metrics of brand equity and customer value to uncover the keys to long-term growth and lasting business value. It is the intangible value that a brand holds in the minds of your customers. It goes beyond mere monetary value.

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Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Marketing leaders are facing an unprecedented time with unprecedented demands: Wring every drop of value from generative AI. So let’s dive in — here’s what’s top-of-mind for these marketing leaders, along with some sage advice for their peers. Marketing — in this economy? Navigate ever-changing email privacy regulations.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It’s important to follow through on leads. Upon receiving a new lead, it should be categorized, accessible, and tracked for the most relevant ongoing marketing campaigns. We know that lead management is defined as the process by which marketing acquires, evaluates, nurtures, and hands off leads to the sales team.

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Martech

JANUARY 29, 2024

Lead generation for B2B has undergone quite a transformation. Gone are the days when gating all content to meet quarterly MQL KPIs was effective. But have we deviated too far from sustainable lead generation practices and become too reliant on pay-to-play databases to fuel outbound initiatives? Contradiction?

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

MAY 31, 2023

Sales may blame marketing for poor lead quality, while marketing blames sales for not following up on marketing-qualified leads from their latest campaign. I say it’s all about avoiding judgment and tapping into your natural curiosity with the following sales and marketing alignment best practices.

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Zoominfo

MAY 14, 2018

In marketing, it’s common knowledge that lead quality is generally more important than lead quantity. And yet, marketing lead qualification remains a sticking point for many organizations. In fact, 61% of B2B marketers send all leads directly to sales, but only 27% are sales qualified ( source ).

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The Point

MAY 19, 2020

It wasn’t that long ago, when marketing automation first burst on the scene, that the height of lead nurture sophistication was the simple, automated sending of multiple, sequential emails. Today, advances in marketing technology make such “automation” seem laughably basic. How does your current lead nurturing.

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The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

Content marketing is dead. * The MQL is dead. Change in marketing is an evolution, not a coup. Email, as one example, plays a very different (and less dominant) role in the marketing mix than it did only a few years ago, having migrated from acquisition to nurture and customer marketing. Cold-calling is dead.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

One of the biggest advantages of lead management strategy and marketing automation is the ability to create a process that continuously manages leads at a bigger scale. We will not deny the fact that an acquisition of a new lead is expensive and by expensive we mean around 6 to 7 times more expensive as per research.

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PureB2B

APRIL 11, 2019

The sales and marketing landscapes are evolving, especially with regard to lead and demand generation. Surprisingly, a successful lead generation marketing campaign may not equate to strong sales conversion rates. Today, much of the pressure to reach these vital sales goals falls to the marketing team.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 11, 2021

To create the best possible buyer’s journey for your target audience, you must first know them well and understand their behaviors and actions at different touch points. Only then can you create truly personalized, seamless experiences to guide your leads through the sales funnel successfully. What is Predictive Marketing Analytics?

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 4, 2020

Today, PDCA is a valuable practice that’s part of both Agile and Lean methodologies. Now, let’s delve deeper into how exactly each of these stages manifests in our daily marketing work. Yet, the method relies on widely applicable practices and, in many ways, common sense. The PDCA model consists of the following steps: Plan.

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In today’s fiercely competitive business landscape, converting leads into loyal customers is the goal. Lead scoring, a critical component of any successful sales and marketing strategy, can be the bridge that guides your leads towards conversion. This is where lead scoring enters the picture.

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SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Whether you are merging databases, implementing a new system, or simply looking to improve the quality of your data, following a set of data hygiene best practices will help you optimize your database, enhance efficiency, and unlock your business’s true potential. What Is Data Hygiene?

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DealSignal

JANUARY 30, 2024

Lead generation is an essential step in any B2B sales process. But it’s not enough to simply have a list of leads: To truly succeed, businesses need to understand the needs and pain points of their target market and tailor their messaging accordingly. This is where lead enrichment tools come in.

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Rev

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The real key to accessing the benefits of RevOps is in the execution—and that means knowing and implementing best practices. In this blog post, we’re going to give you an overview of 27 RevOps best practices that can help drive growth for B2B companies.

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SalesIntel

MAY 31, 2021

You do a lot of hard work to get a high-quality lead and turn them into qualified prospects. When it comes to the marketing funnel of the B2B business model, lead tracking becomes more important. The road between leads and deals is long in B2B compared to B2C. What is a Sales Lead?

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Act-On

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

We’ve highlighted 10 simple SEO tips to help improve rankings and get on the right side of Google and other search engines. But for those who need a quick primer, here’s a basic SEO definition in marketing. And that’s our second tip for improving your rankings. We love this example from the Content Marketing Institute.

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Only B2B

AUGUST 2, 2023

In today’s competitive business landscape, lead generation is crucial for driving growth and revenue. There are two main approaches to generating Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) : Inbound and Outbound lead generation. However, it can also be intrusive and sometimes lead to low response rates.

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Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

“The only metric that matters in marketing is how many qualified leads you generate every month.” ” – Seth Godin, Marketing Author and Entrepreneur Generating qualified leads is the heart of lead generation and contributes to your bottom line i.e. revenue.

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Optinmonster

DECEMBER 26, 2022

You need some organic lead generation strategies! Organic lead generation can boost both your website traffic and business revenue, all without costing you anything. In this article, we’ll go over some tried and true organic lead generation techniques that you can start using today. Audience Research.

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PureB2B

APRIL 11, 2019

The sales and marketing landscapes are evolving, especially with regard to lead and demand generation. Surprisingly, a successful lead generation marketing campaign may not equate to strong sales conversion rates. Today, much of the pressure to reach these vital sales goals falls to the marketing team.

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LeanData

MARCH 3, 2021

In your go-to-market (GTM) motions, speed-to-lead has become a type of currency; the quicker you engage your lead, the better. For inbound inquiries, like demo requests, best practices include a five-minute or less response time in following up. This article will show you the best practices on how to do just that.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Done the right way, commissions can be a powerful incentive to give your best and go beyond your comfort zone. In my 20-plus-year career, and as founder of the Harris Consulting Group, I’ve learned some valuable lessons, tips, and best practices when it comes to structuring sales commissions. 1 x $5,000) = $100,500.

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Lake One

OCTOBER 13, 2023

When you combine the resources of your entire organization and give them the same allure as a “ mom and pop ” shop, your brand identity and client loyalty will surely skyrocket. If you want to target high-value accounts using the transformative power of ABM, then this is the guide for you.

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Content4Demand

APRIL 9, 2021

With this abundance of signals (often mixed with faulty information), how can companies improve their lead scoring efforts to determine the signals that indicate action? AI-powered lead scoring is the practice of ranking leads by the propensity to convert and, ideally, turn them into a customer.

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Brightedge

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

We put together this list of international SEO best practices to equip you with what you need to know about driving qualified, high-intent global traffic to your organization. Google is the largest search engine globally, with a market share of nearly 90%. Know the search engines used in your target countries.

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MarketJoy

AUGUST 18, 2022

Every organization has its own approach to sales pipeline growth. Increase prospect influx with lead generation. Acquiring better leads and carefully guiding them along your sales pipeline to ensure maximum conversion will increase your results. There are several ways you can generate high-quality leads.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 2, 2022

It appeared just last year in the article that claimed marketers continue to remain under pressure to deliver results. Their work, our work, and that of others helped spark the Marketing Performance Management (MPM) discipline. How well are Marketing organizations able to measure and demonstrate their value?

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SalesIntel

AUGUST 18, 2021

To increase your chances of winning these valuable contracts, one of the main strategies is to make your team focus heavily on converting leads into customers. For those who are not aware, leads are potential buyers. Your company needs to be in constant contact with warm leads to show value and persuade them to buy your solution.

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PathFactory

MARCH 10, 2023

We sat down with Shelly Aufray , who leads Digital Marketing Campaigns & Lead Management at Siemens Industry Inc., Whether you choose to limit tracks to key themes, clone tracks to optimize by channel, or even create new experiences, remember to stay organized. Learn more about Path Analytics HERE.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

At the top of the funnel, marketing increases traffic and fills the database with new leads through paid ads, social media, search, referral programs, and a variety of other channels. But in between, marketing needs to nurture and qualify leads by encouraging them to engage with content until they’re sales-ready.

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DivvyHQ

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Discover the 5 best practices to unlock the benefits of international search engine optimization, such as improved local search appearances, increased organic traffic, and qualified leads. With so many technical and SEO implications, it's important to have the right strategies in place.

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Vision Edge Marketing

AUGUST 22, 2023

When it comes to lead generation and new customer opportunity qualification, many businesses have traditionally relied on the waterfall approach which leverages the concept of a Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL).

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore best practices for honoring Black History Month and feature stand-out brands who champion and celebrate all year long. DEI as a business best practice So why should brands be cautious of withdrawing their previous DEI commitments and embrace celebrating cultural heritage months like Black History Month?

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