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Report: Why Demand Marketers Should Expand their Focus Beyond the Lead

The Point

The MQL is dead. Today, ABM is a very real and effective way of driving demand, but even its most fervent disciples would acknowledge that, at most companies, ABM co-exists with other strategies rather than having replaced them altogether. Report: Why Demand Marketers Should Expand their Focus Beyond the Lead Click To Tweet.

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Industrial Lead Generation – MQL vs SQL

Industrial Marketing Today

Even though “Generate demand/leads” is at #4, generating high quality leads is. Read more The post, %Industrial Lead Generation – MQL vs SQL% by %Achinta Mitra% was originally published on %Industrial Marketing Today%. This is only a content summary. Please click on the headline to read the full article.

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How to Calculate Demand Gen Budget: A Rough Guide

The Point

Budgeting season is here again, and demand marketers are not immune. How big does your demand gen budget need to be in order to support your organization’s revenue goals in the new year? The calculator uses industry standard figures for conversion rates (Lead to MQL, Close Rate, etc.),

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What Is an MQL? Your Definition Will Determine Your Direction

Sales Engine

I have a friend in sales who continuously argues with me over the definition of what a Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL). But calling for a change in the definition of MQL or calling it dead doesn’t solve your larger problem, which is that you still have a dangerous disconnect between sales and marketing. Is it a qualified lead?

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B2B Demand Generation Predictions for 2021

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Will B2B marketing, and demand generation in particular, revert to “normal” once the pandemic subsides and economic recovery kicks in, or are recent trends destined to become staple tactics in the months and years to come? These will become incorporated into lead and account scoring, perhaps as criteria for what can become an MQL.

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Even great demand gen can’t overcome a lack of brand marketing

Martech

For more than a decade of my career, I held various demand generation titles at multiple companies, and the function has evolved greatly in that time. The watering down of the MQL, and adding low-intent lead-scoring prospects to hit targets, results in lower and lower SQL conversion rates.

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Who should own lead generation for a complex sale?

markempa

Companies don’t typically call what salespeople do “lead generation” or “demand generation.” According to Ahuvah Berger-Burcat , “Marketing owns lead gen/demand gen. But an MQL is not an SQL…and there must be an agreement between marketing and sales when the lead moves from a marketing lead [MQL] to a sales qualified lead [SQL].