NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 24, 2011

You know what lead nurturing is… Here’s my definition. Lead Nurturing is the process of communicating to a lead on an ongoing basis in order to educate, inform, continue to qualify and build a relationship until the lead is sales-ready. That means more intricate lead nurturing towards more stakeholders.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

A couple of months ago, in a respected marketing Webzine, there appeared a case study detailing a software company that had gone to impressive lengths to make the most of their investment in marketing automation. nurturing and cultivating contacts over time so those contacts remember the client’s brand when the need arises.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

In an exclusive online event, discover how to get the most from your lead nurturing program, and how to plan for success if you’re just getting started. Join me on Wednesday, December 7 as I present a Webinar on “ Top 10 Tips for Lead Nurturing Success ,” hosted by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA).

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The Point

JANUARY 24, 2013

Key to designing an effective lead nurturing program is taking stock of your current lead management process. Giving sales a voice in the process will help ensure that, as an organization, they feel they have a stake in the new lead management program and won’t feel it’s being foisted upon them by marketing.

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The Point

JULY 13, 2012

Which leads to another question: do certain types of campaigns even need an offer in the first place? Take lead nurturing : is it strictly essential that every lead nurturing touch include a specific, gated, call to action? I have my concerns, however, about extending it to lead nurturing and the email medium.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Relevancy is one of the key factors in generating a consistent response from your lead nurturing emails: the more relevant your message to the reader’s job function, industry, interests, and stage in the selling cycle, the more likely he/she will be to respond. To download your free copy, click here.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 1, 2012

Lack of clarity and erroneous assumptions about demand generation, lead management and marketing automation are effectively addressed in two recent Software Advice whiteboard videos by Carlos Hidalgo, CEO, Annuitas Group , and Executive Director, Marketing Automation Institute. Nonexistent lead management processes.

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The Point

AUGUST 4, 2009

Do a quick Web search on “lead nurturing” these days, and you’ll find plenty of high-level, strategic content on the “whys” – how nurturing can improve demand generation ROI, increase conversion rates, accelerate sales cycles, recycle long-discarded prospects, etc.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

When marketers embark on a formal lead nurturing strategy, opportunities for process improvement can arise in unexpected ways. That was the experience for iDirect , a leading provider of satellite IP communications based in Herndon, Virginia. All-hands discovery session yields important insights, priorities.

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The Point

MAY 18, 2010

That conclusion was prompted by this question, posed on Focus : “We want to start doing more lead nurturing with our leads, and really aren’t quite sure how to go about it. Do you use a specific software for lead nurturing? If so, what do you use, and how does it help build your pipeline?&#. It won’t.

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The Point

AUGUST 15, 2012

You know that monthly newsletter you blast to your entire database under the guise of “lead nurturing”? And those Webinar invitations that you broadcast to every trade show lead you’ve generated since 2005? There was a time when lead nurturing was synonymous with simply staying in front of prospects.

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Where Are Your Leads Going? It’s a little troubling that so many companies don’t have an optimal lead management process, and thus are losing quality sales-ready leads to their competition. Tags: Lead Nurturing Marketing Strategy Retention Lead nurturing marketing.

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markempa

JANUARY 4, 2010

To help you start the New Year, I’d like to wrap up my Lead Generation Checklist Series with the secret to successful lead generation – and, for that matter, marketing in today’s B2B space: lead nurturing. At it's core, B2B lead generation is about building relationships. Relevancy is the key.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Verifying business leads before passing it to the sales team is conducted by only 56% of B2B companies ( source ). 22% of B2B businesses reach out to prospects with lead nurturing on a weekly basis ( source ). 37% of B2B marketers are using marketing automation to generate leads ( source ).

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Hubspot

MARCH 15, 2016

As companies adopt inbound marketing as a way to generate more leads, the importance of having an effective lead nurturing strategy becomes very clear. Implementing an effective lead nurturing strategy can have a huge impact on the results of your inbound marketing strategy.

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Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

As such, it’s important to stay up-to-date on the latest lead generation trends, technological advances, and- as always- your customer base. Verifying business leads before passing it to the sales team is conducted by only 56% of B2B companies ( source ). Ready to learn more? Keep reading.

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Act-On

APRIL 10, 2024

Luckily for marketers, lead scoring exists. Lead scoring helps organizations move prospects along their buying journey in a structured, strategic way — which is especially helpful considering how complex buying journeys have become. You don’t want a demo of their software — you haven’t even had time to read their content yet.

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The Point

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A successful lead nurturing program builds a relationship over time to where you’re the company that individual thinks of when the need occurs. For more nurture tips, see our earlier post: “ 18 Common Features of a Best-in-Class Nurture Program ”. That could be months, or even years down the road.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

We are excited to have Jep Castelein of popular lead management and marketing automation blog, Lead Sloth , contribute a guest blog post. Read below to find out the best ways to optimize your conversion rates using lead nurturing: A lot of early adopters of Marketing Automation systems are in the technology industry.

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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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Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 16, 2012

Step 3: Plant the idea of creating a structured lead management program that objectively scores leads, get sales and marketing to agree on the definition of a qualified lead before sales will take follow up action. Read my post, SAL is the Glue that Binds Sales and Marketing in Lead Generation.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2011

He went on to describe how their lead scoring and lead management processes have evolved since that initial campaign. Check out the slides to learn more about results Henry and his team have been able to improve their sales and marketing alignment. A lot has happened in a short time!

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 10, 2011

The three things Carlos Hidalgo recommends to someone getting started with lead management include: Conducting an audit. Go though your lead management steps and determine where you are with you data, lead planning, metrics, etc. Doing some kind of lead nurturing. To learn more, watch the video below.

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Anything Goes Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Matt Heinz has brought us probably the most practical book out there for the more advanced B2B marketer - the modern marketer. The Modern Marketer''s Field Guide is a must read for any marketer that is looking to.

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Hubspot

MAY 28, 2012

So once you start attracting thousands of prospects and leads, you can focus on creating lead nurturing campaigns to cultivate the quality of these new connections. Tip #2: Nurture Leads That Aren't Sales-Ready. Study after study shows that email response rates decline over the age of the lead.

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The Point

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Maybe prospects are just tired of the same emails and messages over and over again, but might respond to a creative spark.

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The Point

APRIL 8, 2015

It serves as a handy benchmark for companies that might be looking to gauge how their use of marketing automation measures up against their peers. The report is available as a free download from the Spear Website.

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Zoominfo

MAY 19, 2017

Companies with poor sales and marketing alignment have a 4% revenue decline ( source ) Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between their sales and marketing departments ( source ). 46% of marketers with mature lead management processes have sales teams that follow up on more than 75% of marketing-generated leads ( source ).

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Hubspot

JANUARY 18, 2012

This means that, in order to be a truly effective inbound marketer, you'll need to continue talking to, sharing content with, and engaging those leads who may be stuck in the middle of your funnel -- caught between their first conversion and a sales call. Let's face it: those middle child leads deserve some attention, too!

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LeadSloth

JANUARY 14, 2010

Marketing Automation. These posts are about Marketing Automation and Lead Management: Lead Management Introduction. Lead Management Features. Are You Ready for Marketing Automation? Not Ready for Marketing Automation. Lead Nurturing and Lead Scoring.

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Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2016

Marketing automation software tools can be very helpful in making lead nurturing and sales acceleration efforts more effective—even if the category is badly misnamed. Marketing can’t be automated.) Here are 14 of the best marketing automation tools based on their popularity with reviewers. 1) Marketo.

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markempa

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Qualify leads with teleprospecting to help maximize the sales team’s effective selling time. 80% of marketing leads are lost or discarded, according to a MarketingSherpa presentation delivered at B2b Marketing Summit 2009. Invest as much in creating creative and content for lead progression as you do for lead capture.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

by Dayna Rothman IDC recently released their 2012 CMO Advisory Service Best Practices Series: Realizing the Vision of the 21st Century Lead Management. Here are some questions that IDC sought to answer with their survey: How do leading companies staff and organize teams for effective lead management?

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And the conversation went way later than the restaurant manager and our wonderful server wanted it to. Contacts from companies that are qualified as leads but not yet passed to sales can end up landing in the target list for an email blast or an event invitation.

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SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 30, 2019

But first, it’s important to consider your overall marketing goals. You may just be looking for an automation solution to help follow up after an event or your needs might require in-depth lead nurturing campaigns with complex integrations. Strong emphasis on email marketing, SEO, and lead management tools.

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Only B2B

JANUARY 17, 2018

Always keep in mind that demand framework is just like a factory – it needs to have a framework in place, a sales and marketing lead management process and a closed-loop reporting system that improves conversion rates. Lead Nurturing that Maps to the Buyer’s Journey.

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BOP Design

JANUARY 4, 2019

If revenue is the vibrant plant flourishing, leads are the seeds nourished to grow. Effective management of leads is the critical indicator of increasing revenue. In this post, I explore why lead management is so crucial and how it directly affects annual revenue. Sifting Through a Sea of Website Leads.

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