KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

B2B SaaS marketers who follow best practices can still absolutely find the leads they need. Whether they do it via SEO and content marketing or many other strategies, SaaS B2B lead generation still has a ton of opportunities. Just take the shift towards prioritizing lead quality over lead quantity as an example.

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Stevens & Tate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

When it comes to building your audience and increasing your sales, there are two strategies that are vital to your success: demand generation and lead generation. Some people think that demand generation is part of lead generation, while others think that lead generation is a part of demand generation.

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Square 2 Marketing

MARCH 14, 2023

Want to generate more leads fast? One of the best ways is to turn your existing website visitors into new leads and potential sales opportunities by adding marketing tactics to your current efforts. Many of these tactics can rely on your marketing automation and customer relationship management (CRM) tools.

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New North

MAY 8, 2023

The primary metric of interest in any meaningful B2B marketing strategy effort will always be generating leads. But many B2B businesses struggle to find their momentum when it comes to successful lead generation via digital marketing. If you’re an MSP in the early stages of defining a lead gen strategy?

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Engagio

JUNE 21, 2017

Too often, Marketing passes leads, one-by-one, over to Sales with hopeful confidence that their counterparts in sales will follow up on-time, repeatedly, and appropriately. Unfortunately, studies show that upwards of 80 percent of leads generated by marketing are neglected or never acted upon by a sales rep.

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markempa

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Tweet Proactively building relationships with influencers and industry experts and is a powerful way to generate leads and positive word of mouth (WOM). Most of us know this as influencer marketing , aka influence development. You and your company could also be sales lead referral source for them as well.

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Brandpoint

JUNE 1, 2018

But you can’t get a customer without capturing them as a lead first. Demand generation and lead generation are marketing activities that help with this process. In this post, we’ll describe the difference between demand and lead generation, and what kind of content to create for each.

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Leading Results Rambings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Inbound marketing is a discipline, when used correctly, can solve your sales lead shortage, but by itself, it doesn’t solve the lead generation issue. Specifically inbound marketing and what a lead is. We’d tell our clients to think about conversions from their inbound marketing efforts as a clue.

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PureB2B

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

So, you’ve developed a solid marketing plan, and you’re feeling good about your strategy. You then meet two types of sales leads: the qualified and the non-qualified. The next step is pretty simple when it comes to marketing qualified leads , you either nurture them or try to close them. Leave it to the experts.

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DealSignal

OCTOBER 4, 2021

These critical success factors—which I’ll be sharing in this blog—ensured success with every demand generation program I launched. Best of all, it can be implemented by any marketing organization as long as the effort, determination, and consistency is there. What Is Demand Generation Marketing? Let’s get started.

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DealSignal

OCTOBER 4, 2021

These critical success factors—which I’ll be sharing in this blog—ensured success with every demand generation program I launched. Best of all, it can be implemented by any marketing organization as long as the effort, determination, and consistency is there. What Is Demand Generation Marketing? Let’s get started.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 10, 2016

According to Terry Flaherty, Senior Research Director, Demand Creation Strategies at SiriusDecisions in this blog, “Measuring the Impact of Successful Sales Handoffs” : “Organizations with a formal SAL stage in their lead management process generate 9.3 closed/won deals per 1,000 inquiries.

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Valasys

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Choosing the best lead generation company can be very daunting & tedious task. Investing in lead generation companies ensures that you have the required expertise needed to improve your sales. Investing in lead generation companies ensures that you have the required expertise needed to improve your sales.

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markempa

AUGUST 5, 2013

Tweet Content marketing is one of the most effective and widely used lead generation tactics, according to the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report. Content Marketing: Your questions on B2B online lead gen, metrics, content from SMEs and more.

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The Point

OCTOBER 29, 2021

However, chat is also a powerful tool that can integrate into virtually any type of B2B demand generation program, campaign or initiative. And now that chat is becoming a staple of the B2B tech stack, creative marketers are finding ever more innovative ways for leveraging their investment to drive engagement throughout the lead lifecycle.

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Fusion Marketing Partners

AUGUST 21, 2019

I talk about the concept of stopping “revenue leakage” a lot, and one of the biggest causes of revenue leakage […].

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 9, 2010

With sales organizations facing lower numbers, it seems logical to turn to volume lead generation to fill their pipelines with more and more sales leads in hopes that some will turn into sales. After all, shouldn't more leads deliver more opportunities?

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The ultimate goal of any sales and marketing team is to increase total sales volume by maximizing the number of lead conversions. Various processes of lead generation and lead nurturing are followed to aid in this process. Lead nurturing is a long-term process. Get Started.

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Outbrain

JANUARY 13, 2020

For B2C and B2B organizations, a working lead generation process is a must, and when done right, it can become the main driver of new business. That explains why 63% of companies consider generating traffic and leads as their most important challenge. What is the lead generation process?

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Launch Marketing

MAY 15, 2024

Are you looking for ways to boost your marketing efforts to deliver more valuable B2B leads to your sales team? Hitting lead generation targets is important and converting those leads to sales opportunities is even more critical. A defined buyer’s journey can help strengthen lead generation efforts.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. When they ask for better leads. Give them leads they can close and then we can all share in the success of hitting the numbers. All the other responders will need to be nutured until such time as they are ready to engage in a sales process.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

During my presentation titled Lead Generation Programs That Work I walked through the 5 Steps to Achieve Lead Generation ROI. I defined the top tactics for driving leads in today’s environment and listed those that aren’t working as well as they used to.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If (as is likely) the concept catches on and extends in one form or another to other email clients, notably Microsoft Outlook , Priority Inbox could sound the beginning of the end for email as a lead generation tool. One, because the effectiveness of email as a tool for acquiring net new sales leads is already as bad as it’s ever been.

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Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 21, 2010

One of the goals of marketing is to generate leads. What is the next logical step once you have managed to get high quality leads? Yes, getting those leads into the sale pipeline. How do marketers overcome this roadblock? Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. MarketingSherpa.

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markempa

AUGUST 8, 2016

They expect their marketing leaders to provide clear metrics and be accountable to meeting their numbers just like their sales leaders. These CEOs get frustrated because their marketing leaders share metrics like sales lead activity KPIs, engagement reports, and some squishy metrics around a brand that aren’t tied directly to revenue.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 7, 2011

Marketers need to be able to quickly sift through incoming leads, identify those ready for sales, and have a plan in place to nurture the rest. Also, marketers need to evaluate which techniques are producing the highest quality sales leads so they will know where to continue panning.

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The Point

APRIL 22, 2020

I posted recently on LinkedIn that, in the current climate, leads from content syndication and other CPL programs may be an ideal replacement for lost trade shows and other events, and indeed can be an effective way to stay engaged in the marketplace at a time when many buyers are laying low.

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

I am already getting questions from prospects about whether they should start a sales lead generation project now or wait until after the holidays. 40 to 50 pipeline accounts (from which 20% to 30% will become fully qualified sales opportunities this quarter or next). 250 to 300 qualified with no immediate interest.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. Think sales, leads, pipeline.

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Engagio

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

They engage with companies on their own terms, conducting extensive research across various channels long before they want to engage with sales teams. That’s why lead nurturing remains such a key element of a good B2B go-to-market. The Rise of SDRs in Lead Nurturing SDRs are essential for efficient pipeline generation.

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Full Circle Insights

JANUARY 16, 2024

While the marketing department doesn’t close deals, it does tee up opportunities for the sales team and influences deals through ongoing campaigns throughout the sales cycle. Similarly, the sales department also sources deals through marketing-lead call-down campaigns or special customer engagements.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Sales leads are the cornerstone success point to any business-to-business (B2B) industry. If you know when someone is looking to buy a product or service that you offer, you can contact them directly, pitch your service, and spell out their return on investment to secure the sale.

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Belkins

JULY 16, 2020

Leads, leads, leads…it seems that there is no end to searching and gleaning high-value lead data that keeps your business afloat. In B2B sales, leads are like fuel. If you’re running a business, you must calculate how many leads you need at the current stage of your growth. “Wait!

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 26, 2018

Some people ask if voicemail and email should be part of the sales lead generation cadence. Many of the leads we generate for clients are the result of a call back or email reply. In fact, some years ago a client closed a $1 billion deal when the prospect called us back after the 42nd touch and became a lead.

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Binary Demand

MAY 4, 2023

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]B2B lead generation is tricky but not impossible today! Marketers use PPC ads, social media, email marketing, and other methods to deliver many leads to their sales team. However, the actual task begins when you have to turn those leads into paying customers.

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markempa

APRIL 13, 2015

Tweet The management of sales leads is critical to generating marketing ROI. Sadly, sales leads often land on the scrap heap because marketers throw leads over the wall and then expect salespeople to catch them. Many of you reading this post do not have a choice of who you distribute leads to.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Everywhere you look, inbound marketing is identified as the ultimate lead generation tool. While its popularity isn’t without merit, this marketing strategy is not the end-all for lead generation. Where will the remaining 65% of your leads come from? Inbound Helps Fill Your Revenue Gap, But How Much?

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