The Point

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The analysts at Demand Gen Report just published their “ 2018 Lead Nurturing & Acceleration Survey Report ” and one conclusion is no surprise: many B2B companies are still really bad at lead nurturing. It’s not just that 44% of respondents said that their lead nurturing “needs improvement.”

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Oktopost

JULY 29, 2021

Lead generation is one of the most significant challenges faced by B2B marketers – and 61% of marketers agree. Lead generation is the “foot-in-the-door” that launches any potential customer’s path towards purchasing a business’ product or service. What is Lead Nurturing?

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

After navigating your complex conversion funnel filled with quality content, they purchase right there on the first visit. However, once you treat each piece of content like a new opportunity to inspire your target audience, you’ll be able to push them farther down your conversion funnel. . Why is Lead Nurturing Important?

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Position in the market. Describe your competitors’ market share and how your company compares, think about trends in your industry, and try to predict risks that come with your sales strategy. It shows how you’re going to generate qualified leads and what inbound and outbound methods your sales team will use. Pricing strategy.

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markempa

JULY 6, 2017

And average performers turn less than 0.75% of leads into closed deals. Source: Forrester US and Europe B2B Marketing Tactics and Benchmarks Online Survey. Also, marketers see generating high-quality leads as their number one business challenge according to The 2017 State of Digital Marketing Report published by DemandWave.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2020

Account-based marketing (ABM) offers a lot of benefits to most B2B organizations. All of these things can clearly lead to a more profitable company and a better customer experience, which is why many companies are allocating large sums of their marketing budget towards this strategy. Why Sales Marketing Alignment Matters.

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markempa

APRIL 27, 2017

People aren’t looking for a reason to read your email nurturing messages, they’re looking for a reason to delete them. This is important because marketers rely on email as the top lead-nurturing tactic and according to Econsultancy, it’s the best channel for ROI. So what can you do to improve your email nurturing results?

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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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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. Here’s the thing: Our customer’s don’t see our funnels.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 22, 2021

You expect to earn sustainable sales, traffic, and consistent ROI from content marketing. You need top-of-funnel content first. That’s why most B2B marketers say their main goals for content marketing include: Building brand awareness. Generating leads. That’s why top-of-funnel content is critical.

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Act-On

APRIL 29, 2024

While you don’t need lead enrichment tools to implement lead scoring, they can make it easier to gather and populate your records with clean, verified data about your prospects’ demographics and firmographics. And the more data you have, the more effective your lead scoring will be. As Suzy Balk, Sr.

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KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

It’s one of the best measurements of how well their marketing is run. And only 48 percent built a new landing page for each marketing campaign. Many companies and marketers still don’t use landing pages anywhere near enough. Perhaps instead they want to increase visitor traffic (half of all marketers do).

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Optinmonster

OCTOBER 30, 2024

If you overlook key steps in your lead nurturing process, you’ll miss valuable opportunities and see low conversion rates. In this post, I’ll share the 6 most common lead nurturing mistakes that could be holding you back, and I’ll explain how to avoid them to maximize your campaign’s success. Rocketbots.io

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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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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Automation is the future of marketing. The market is still in its growth phase, and highly fragmented among more than 200 software providers. For now, a study revealed that 49% of companies are currently using marketing automation tools , with 55% of B2B companies adopting this technology. Marketing trends have shifted.

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Unbounce

JUNE 3, 2021

Ever used a funnel while baking? A funnel directs things where you want them to go, and not somewhere else (like all over the counter, or the floor, or your sweater). Funnels guide flow. A conversion funnel is the same idea but applied to your marketing strategy. What Is a Conversion Funnel?

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Curious why the sales funnel is widest at the bottom yet tapers toward the top? If you focus solely on the bottom of the funnel, you may collect a substantial database but see fewer conversions. So, how can you expand the funnel while driving more conversions? The Importance of B2B Lead Nurturing Multiple decision-makers.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Even in an era of ABM, intent data, and AI-driven marketing, lead nurturing still has an essential role to play in helping B2B marketers drive revenue and maximize the ROI from their demand generation efforts. Nurture Programs Should Run Indefinitely A well-structured nurture program doesn’t have an expiration date.

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The Point

JANUARY 23, 2018

Many are competing in early stage markets and need to get in front of their competitors quickly before consolidation and attrition take their toll. This requires a constant re-loading of the sales funnel with new, expensive leads. And you’ll generate more qualified leads, at a lower cost, if you adopt a longer-term approach.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 30, 2023

Whether they’re building a brand, fueling revenue generation, or supporting the customer journey, marketers are constantly looking for ways to highlight their value and increase ROI. As accounts move further down the funnel, go-to-market teams often need to engage a growing cast of characters in order to close a deal.

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Act-On

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

To paraphrase an old saying: You can lead a prospect to your website, but you can’t make them buy. On the other hand, you can improve your chances considerably with a lead nurturing campaign, helping your prospects every step of the way. Almost two-thirds of leads aren’t sales ready. Take it slow!

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Stevens & Tate

OCTOBER 14, 2022

That differentiation starts with a shift in your marketing towards your potential buyers in the form of lead nurturing : granular, tailored messages focused on the information you’ve gathered through them during the awareness stage. Lead Nurturing Campaigns. Drip Emails.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 16, 2020

If you ask most sales and marketing teams what their ultimate goal is, you can pretty much guarantee that they will say it is generating more leads and conversions. And many of them make the mistake of keeping their primary focus on the top of the sales funnel. This is why a good lead scoring system is so important.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Does your (sales) funnel have flow? Learn data-driven strategies that support each stage of the sales funnel, along with key performance indicators (KPIs). Contents What is a Sales Funnel? What Tools Do People Use for Sales Funnels? Marketing Funnel vs. Sales Funnel Resources. What is a Sales Funnel?

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The Point

MARCH 18, 2020

Most B2B marketers we talk to are continuing to plan, develop and execute campaigns and other initatives, for the time being at least. Inbound marketing increases the chances of reaching the companies who, despite everything, are actively looking for answers to business challenges. If nothing else, lead nurturing.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 11, 2020

Lead generation and nurturing often take center stage for digital marketers. They are commonly the top goal for most businesses, with the majority of their budget being funneled in this direction. But when the numbers at the bottom of the funnel refuse to budge it can be incredibly frustrating.

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Only B2B

OCTOBER 9, 2024

They are the bubbles on the surface of your marketing feed. Unlike general leads, MQLs are more engaged and significantly more likely to convert. Unlike general leads, MQLs interact with your marketing efforts in a meaningful way, such as clicking on an ad , filling out a form , or attending a webinar. MQL is dead.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Social media may be a hot topic in B2B marketing circles, but most of that buzz focuses on the role of social media advertising. Are B2B marketers ignoring a huge opportunity? So yes, paid social media can be an effective demand gen channel. Integrating Social Leads into the Demand Generation Funnel via @spearmktg.

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The Point

APRIL 16, 2019

Because costs per click in B2B search campaigns can often be extremely high when companies compete the for same keywords, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) for B2B advertisers offers its own very unique challenges. However, it’s not always, or even often, that those highly coveted keywords will be the most effective in the long run.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Case studies are one of the most powerful forms of content to have in your marketing repertoire. Case studies can help your business generate leads, educate consumers, boost your credibility, and display your success. You can incorporate case studies in content marketing in a myriad of ways. Generate quality leads.

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The Point

APRIL 23, 2020

There’s plenty of debate online about the merits of marketing spend in a recession, but the reality is that many B2B firms are currently cutting back on large-scale investment. Audit your existing content library and map each asset by form factor, persona, vertical and funnel stage (early, mid, late). Here are 10 ideas to consider.

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Tomorrow People

MARCH 8, 2018

If you wanna be the best marketer with the greatest content marketing strategy in town, you should get a load of this. What’s this content marketing strategy thing all about? The missing element is a clear content marketing strategy. But what exactly is content marketing? Reduce your marketing budget.

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Top Rank Marketing

JULY 17, 2024

The concept of a marketing funnel is one of the core differentiators between B2B marketing and B2C marketing. This audience-centered model creates a tangible and visual depiction of the long and complex nature of B2B purchase cycles, while also providing a framework for marketing teams to build their strategies around.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It starts with defining product-market fit. Then we have to hire and scale sales and marketing pipeline to acquire new customers. Companies have embarked on a content-based B2B digital marketing strategy in order to find, win, and retain new clients. Simply put, the market potential is huge. We provide the roadmaps.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The past two decades have brought disruptive technological change and radically reshaped B2B marketing practices. Traditional B2B marketing strategies relied heavily on direct and outbound methods. Cold calls, trade shows, direct mail, and print ads were the primary forms of marketing. Market size analysis.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 19, 2020

According to a study by LinkedIn , 68% of B2B marketers want to increase their lead quality and 55% want to see a growth in lead volume. However, a shocking 80% of B2B marketers are not very satisfied with their generation efforts. Only 16% can claim with confidence that their current strategies are totally effective.

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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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