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The Marketing Book Podcast: “Forget the Funnel” by Georgiana Laudi

The Forward Observer

Forget the Funnel: A Customer-Led Approach for Driving Predictable, Recurring Revenue by Georgiana Laudi and Claire Suellentrop About the Book Your product is great. So why is marketing it so hard? Many SaaS companies struggle with marketing. Teams try everything they can to drive more traffic, leads, and signups.

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Chief Revenue Regrets – The Sales Leader Blindspot: Early Stage Funnel

InsightSquared

ABM is transforming marketing. Yet, we are still running forecast and funnel reviews just as we did decades ago … interrogating and inspecting deals to assess the quality of the funnel to meet the number. Forecast vs Funnel Review. It is a tactical inspection to determine confidence and identify risk in the forecast.

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Survey: How sales reps adapted to the pandemic

Zoominfo

The pandemic changed the day-to-day processes of the B2B sales organization practically overnight when the world went 100% digital. A recent ZoomInfo survey of about 600 sales and marketing professionals found that most sales reps said they relied on in-person events for prospecting before 2020.

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Lead Scoring: Tools and Tactics to Convert Customers

Act-On

Lead scoring is a process and a framework, not a tool — but technology makes it possible to implement at scale. And the more data you have, the more effective your lead scoring will be. Lead scoring tools for marketing can help you build better relationships with prospective cusotmers. As Suzy Balk, Sr.

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Creating B2B Engagement, Not Just B2B Content

Speaker: Kate Jacobsen, Marketing Programs Manager, BrightTALK

Marketers are generating more and more content to educate and nurture prospects through the sales pipeline. But for many, it’s becoming harder than ever to identify and implement effective methods to connect with the ideal buyer. The solution isn't creating more content—it’s getting the most out of what you have on hand.

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How Sales Funnel Management Is Changing

Lead Forensics

So how is the sales funnel – and the way it is formed, used, and managed – changing? And what are the most effective sales and marketing teams doing to optimize their chance of achieving success? Then during the final decision-making stage the sales pipeline will kick in.

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Why Marketers Should Prioritize Lower Funnel Keywords to Get Better Results

Act-On

With higher traffic and more page views, it’s only reasonable to expect a bump in conversions and sales. Lower funnel keywords are an often neglected SEO strategy for marketers. One thing is for sure, though: search intent isn’t aligned with marketing automation, which is what we do here at Act-On.

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The Revenue Leader's Guide to Prospecting

Speaker: Christopher Ryan, Founder and CEO of Fusion Marketing Partners

Chances are that if you ask your sales and marketing teams this question, you may open up a can of worms. When these two vital parts of your company’s generating program are at odds, it guarantees only one thing at the end of the day: fewer prospects, fewer qualified leads, and fewer sales.