markempa

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Tweet I was asked by a reader to provide some examples of what lead nurturing touches may look like. Lead nurturing is something that’s fairly easy to understand, but for many, it’s become a frustrating thing consistently execute for two reasons: Lack of content. No plan for consistency. What can you do via the phone ?

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The Point

OCTOBER 29, 2021

If you ask most B2B marketers how they use chat platforms like Drift , the immediate answer would most likely be: converting Web visitors. 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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NetLine

JUNE 21, 2022

Let’s establish what lead nurturing is and why staggering your initial follow-up message is crucial to your success. What is B2B Lead Nurturing? Markempa CEO and Founder Brian Carroll summarized the purpose of B2B lead nurturing quite well in an interview while acting as Marketing Sherpa’s CEO.

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Webbiquity

MAY 4, 2020

Businesses recognize the value of email marketing. It’s the most widely used tactic, and 59% of B2B marketers say email is their most effective channel in terms of revenue generation. But with so many different email marketing tools available, how do you pick the right one for your business? Constant Contact.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Marketing campaigns are fundamental to capturing leads on the internet and turning them into sales. If you don’t know how to run a marketing campaign, your business won’t grow. Some marketing campaigns are complex, utilizing multiple mediums and platforms to deliver an array of messages. Create Buyer Personas.

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markempa

MARCH 2, 2017

Lead nurturing is one of those things that’s easy to talk about but hard to do. In this article, I’ll share how to apply lead nurturing to help advance leads through three stages of your lead generation funnel to get more qualified opportunities. Don’t rely on just one primary lead source.

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Markempa

AUGUST 12, 2021

Marketing can take you on a long hike. The one thing I can guarantee you about the journey is that getting more leads is not better if you don’t know how to nurture them. The goal of lead nurturing is to help potential customers on their buying journey. leads) but not enough towards progression.

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BOP Design

MARCH 30, 2021

Email marketing continues to be a fantastic method for nurturing B2B marketing leads. In the first post of our four-part series on email marketing, we take a look at best practices for using B2B email marketing for lead nurturing. For B2B, Conversions Take Nurturing.

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markempa

APRIL 20, 2015

The goal of lead nurturing is to help progress leads from initial interest toward purchase intent. I define lead nurturing as consistent and meaningful communication with viable prospects (those that are “a fit” for your solution), regardless of their timing to buy. It’s about progression. Can we afford it?

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Act-On

APRIL 29, 2024

Lead scoring tools: lead enrichment Lead enrichment tools like ZoomInfo supplement your first-party data (like form fills and website tracking) with third-party information. And the more data you have, the more effective your lead scoring will be. If that sounds exactly like lead scoring, you’re onto something.

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ViewPoint

MAY 5, 2015

This year I've been talking a lot about Nurturing. It's a critical component in the sales and marketing process; yet, most companies aren't implementing it effectively—that is, if they are at all. To be clear, lead nurturing is not an isolated activity or stand-alone “campaign” as so many in the industry have described it.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 18, 2020

The question of why Sales and Marketing need to be in sync is a no-brainer. Studies have shown that companies with “good” sales-marketing alignment achieve. 108% more acceptance of Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). But how exactly can sales-marketing alignment benefit YOUR organization? Or so you think.).

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seo.co

JUNE 13, 2022

Do you collect email addresses, but struggle to turn your leads into sales through your email marketing campaign? If so, you need a solid lead nurturing strategy. Most leads won’t convert right away. What is lead nurturing? When a lead becomes a customer, it’s considered a conversion.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? Even with low conversion rates, you can increase lead volume at little cost.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. As bleak as this sounds for marketers, we remain hopeful. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. That won’t change. Keep reading.

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The answer lies in lead nurturing—a process that not only broadens your reach but also ensures that leads are continually engaged and guided through every stage, ultimately leading to higher conversion rates. The Importance of B2B Lead Nurturing Multiple decision-makers. Extended research phase.

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 30, 2022

After Implementing a B2B Content Marketing Strategy. You’ve established a B2B content marketing strategy. If you are doing it right, your content funnel probably looks something like this: Then you realize you aren’t converting your new contacts into new clients. These new contacts have already been to your website.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Manual sales prospecting and lead generation doesn’t get your sales and marketing teams where they need to be for their quotas — and it wastes time. However, when these teams are equipped with the right tools, such as sales intelligence, less important tasks can be automated so that reps can focus on lead strategies. InsideView.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 10, 2020

Times are difficult for digital marketing teams right now. Depending on the industry or organizations’ target markets, it won’t be surprising if traffic, lead generation efforts, or overall digital marketing performance is down when comparing year over year or period to period benchmarks. Dig Into The Details.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 29, 2025

CRM and marketing automation integration is a well-defined process that combines and improves the alignment between marketing and sales activities. Brands that automate their marketing tasks use specialized platforms to eliminate manual data entry, redundancies, data errors, and other risks associated with manual processes.

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Webbiquity

MAY 9, 2017

It’s hardly news that B2B sales and marketing teams aren’t always on the same page. And it’s not just arguments over lead quality. According to research from IDC , over 40% of all marketing materials aren’t used by sales teams. But in top-performing organizations, sales and marketing are closely aligned.

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The Point

JANUARY 17, 2019

During the audit, it became quickly apparent that one of the major issues was at the very front end of the lead qualification process. At this particular company, all leads flowed first to a team of Sales Development Reps (SDRs), and were required to be contacted and qualified by that team before proceeding further along the funnel.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Image credit: Mikael Blomkvist on Pexels This also applies, of course, to B2B marketing. Ideally, marketers focus their time on performing high-impact tasks that need our knowledge, expertise, and experience. So, why not let B2B marketing automation take care of the rest? What is B2B Marketing Automation?

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The world of digital marketing is constantly changing. Whether it’s a global pandemic, racial unrest, political upheaval, new channels and apps, demographic shifts, or changing consumer dynamics – the job of today’s marketing leaders is not getting easier. Content Marketing Institute ). Marketing Charts ).

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 22, 2021

To build or grow a startup in 2021, you need to invest in tools that can help you optimize, automate, and improve every working part of your business – from sales and marketing to employees and customers. In marketing alone, you have over 8,000 tools to pick from. Marketing Tools for Startups. Kissmetrics . AnswerThePublic.

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markempa

MAY 22, 2017

If not, you could be leaking revenue and marketing ROI. LeadData’s new report, The State of Lead Management , based on a survey of 527 B2B sellers and marketers found an average 25.5 % of marketing-generated leads get assigned to the wrong account owner. Case in point. Did you catch that? Source: [link].

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Think about it: without accurate information, how can you market, sell, or provide customer service to your target audience? With turnover like that, it’s no wonder companies struggle to keep a clean marketing database. The Impact of Bad B2B Marketing Data. So, what does list churn have to do with B2B marketing data?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Marketing Funnel vs. Sales Funnel Resources. The traditional sales funnel is a stage-based approach to turning prospective leads into buyers. This is a perfect analogy to what actually occurs in the sales process, where information starts out broad in the beginning and gets incredibly granular towards the end.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The importance of lead generation is ingrained in the mind of every modern marketer— the more high-quality leads you bring in, the better. But, as the buyer’s journey becomes increasingly multifaceted, it’s now clear that lead generation is just one piece of the marketing puzzle. Fortunately, we’re here to help.

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The Point

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. In fact, a failure to align offers with ad groups can be a prime culprit in poor conversion (click-to-lead) rates.

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Zoominfo

MAY 2, 2018

Have you ever spent months planning a lead generation campaign, only to be disappointed by its results? In fact, generating high-quality leads is the biggest challenge for B2B marketers ( source ). Even the best B2B lead generation programs fall flat sometimes—regardless of planning, strategy, and effort.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Digital marketers invest in creating landing pages because of their higher conversion rates. Landing pages serve as a litmus test to digital marketing campaign success — you get to see who is interested in your content and how many. What is the Landing Page’s Importance in Digital Marketing? An example of a landing page design.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 5, 2023

The main goal for Marketing in B2B companies is to generate leads for sales teams and increasingly to deliver direct revenue. Some marketers define anyone who fills out a form or attends an online or physical event as a lead. This continues to be one of the biggest mistakes marketing makes. Why is this important?

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2021

Customer segmentation is a marketing strategy that organizes buyers into groups. The groupings allow marketing teams to nurture leads with personalized content and convert them to customers. Marketers then use this information to guide their lead nurturing campaigns and GTM strategies.

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Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. As bleak as this sounds for marketers, we remain hopeful. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. That won’t change. Ready to learn more?

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Just because your marketing team is sending a whole host of Marketing Qualified Leads down to the sales department, that doesn’t mean they are all ready and raring to buy. And if you have a hard time sifting through all of those leads, you might end up letting some sure-fire sales fall through the cracks.

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NuSpark Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Marketing these days is full of jargon, which can be confusing for senior executives and others who aren’t fully immersed in it on a daily basis. Inbound Marketing. While inbound marketing is no longer exactly new, it remains unique compared with traditional marketing methods. Lead Generation. Demand Generation.

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