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Optimize your Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) Strategy and Close More Sales

Only B2B

MQL sits at the intersection of marketing and sales. These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team. But ignoring MQL altogether is a costly mistake. Let’s delve into the complexities of converting B2B leads into MQLs.

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Sales Qualified Lead vs Sales Accepted Lead: Distinguishing Sales-Ready Leads from Potential Sales Leads  

Only B2B

Ah, the never-ending quest for qualified leads! B2B marketers spend countless hours crafting campaigns, social media posts, and targeted ads, all in the name of capturing potential customers. Do all those website visitors and content downloads translate into sales conversations? Imagine your sales funnel as a pyramid.

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Marketing qualified lead: What is it really?

Rev

And every customer is a “converted” lead. But, not all leads will convert. That’s where marketing qualified leads, or MQLs, come into play. You might be asking, “What exactly is an MQL?” “How How do you identify an MQL?” and “Why do MQLs matter?” So, without further ado, let’s dive in.

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Key Differences Between MQL and HQL for B2B Lead Generation  

Only B2B

Did you know that only 5-10% of marketing qualified leads (MQLs) convert into paying customers? This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. But how do you identify leads ready to be handed off to your sales team?

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Marketing-Led COVID-19 Growth Strategies: 2022 and Beyond

This is your chance to create unprecedented brand awareness, bring in the best leads sales has ever seen, and play an instrumental role in generating new and existing business revenue. In this eBook, you’ll discover what it takes to develop and drive a successful marketing-led growth strategy.

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How to Use Intent Data to Identify Sales-Qualified Leads (SQLs) and Win More Deals  

Only B2B

You got it—Generating sales-qualified leads. According to a Gartner survey, a mere 34% of marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) progress to sales-accepted leads (SALs), and only 47% of these SALs become sales-qualified leads (SQLs) , with just over half culminating in successful deals.

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How To Nurture Marketing Qualified Leads Into Sales Qualified Leads

Stevens & Tate

Inbound marketing consistently helps organizations generate qualified leads. But if your company cannot convert these leads into customers, the leads you generated will go to waste. Define your qualified lead. Develop criteria for what you consider a qualified lead.

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Marketing-Led Post-COVID-19 Growth Strategies

Any return to normalcy may seem far-off, but sales and marketing are on the front lines of restarting the economy. When the dust settles, we have a responsibility to turn our shock and grief into fierce determination and lead the charge of responsible, strategic, and sustainable future growth.

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New Rules of Demand Gen for Mid-Market B2Bs

Speaker: Paul Slack - Vende Digital CEO

If you want to generate revenue as a marketer and not just leads. Producing leads your sales team will love to work with. Turning leads into opportunities into revenue. Then attend our Demand Gen Webcast on October 14th, and learn our framework for: Developing a winning strategy/playbook for your business.

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Win Sales Calls with Webinar Production

Speaker: Dawn Baron, President, Passion Profits Consulting, and Shelley Trout, Webinar Producer, Aggregage

As a B2B marketer in 2020, you are constantly asked to fight for attention in crowded markets with limited resources. Smart webinars are one of the best way to address these challenges, efficiently reach your target audience and generate highly qualified sales leads.

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7 Data-Driven Lead Generation Strategies That Drive Growth

Delivering sales-ready leads is a constant challenge for B2B marketers. Check out these 7 strategies to find and target high-value prospects who are ready to buy, and motivate them to act. Get the free guide.

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It’s Time to Stop Obsessing Over Leads

If leads are no longer the main goal for your marketing and sales teams, what should you focus on instead to measure success? And how can you optimize your program to create more qualified sales opportunities, faster?

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B2B Digital Marketing: What’s Working Now!

Speaker: Paul Slack - Vende Digital CEO

You’ll learn cost-effective digital tactics that are working right now to produce qualified leads. We’ll show you specific examples of how other B2B companies are crushing it with digital marketing. Generate leads more predictably at a lower cost. Develop lead magnets that your audience will love.

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Marketing and Sales Alignment for A Supercharged LinkedIn Strategy

Speaker: Candyce Edelen, CEO, PropelGrowth

It feeds a customer-centric sales process and enables a human-to-human interaction with very low cost compared to other prospecting methods. LinkedIn prospecting BLOWS AWAY the results from typical email marketing campaigns. You will receive far more positive replies from this than from any other outbound lead generation strategy.

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The Time-Saving Power of Intent Data for Sales

Read on to learn more about how intent data can save salespeople time -- while capturing more qualified leads in the process! Not only that, but using it will save immense time during your workflow; a win-win on all fronts.