Act-On

APRIL 18, 2018

Wondering what is a lead nurturing program, or how to create a lead nurturing program? Here are five foundational steps you can take to set up a successful lead nurturing program.

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ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

PointClear’s Kimmy Netterville has been nominated as one of the 40 Most Inspired Leaders in Sales Lead Management. The Sales Lead Management Association announced today that nominations are now closed, and voting is open until Dec. Look for Kimmy’s name in the “People in Lead Generation Companies” category.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

To do this well, we also needed to develop and execute the right programs to capture leads, place them in relevant lead nurturing campaigns, and ultimately pass them to Sales (at the right point in time). That’s a lot of work for a marketing team of three, but we managed it with speed and confidence with Marketo Engage.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Tweet If Sales and Marketing were a manufacturing operation starting with raw materials — leads — and ending up with 5% to 20% in deliverable product — won sales — it would soon be shut down to determine what is wrong. However, companies continue to spend untold dollars on lead generation efforts ultimately doomed to fail.

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NuSpark Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

This is the second video in an ongoing series on optimizing your marketing and lead management efforts. Called “Musings, Advice, and Tips” I will be providing ideas and strategies that contribute to successful funnel optimization, which also includes inbound marketing and demand generation efforts.

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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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The Point

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The lead nurturing program they implemented included 40+ (yes, forty) separate and distinct tracks of emails, tailored to different audience segments, product interests, and stages in the lead lifecycle. nurturing and cultivating contacts over time so those contacts remember the client’s brand when the need arises.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Tweet I’m at MarketingSherpa Lead Gen Summit 2013 in San Francisco on day one, live blogging the Lead Management Workshop that features a dive into larger topics including lead capture, lead qualification and lead nurture. The main principles of the Lead Management Workshop were pulled from that book.

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The Point

JUNE 11, 2010

Just getting started with lead nurturing? Concerned that your lead nurturing program isn’t everything it should be? Great lead nurturing starts with more than just software. 10 Best Practices for Lead Generation & Pipeline Acceleration. Recently invested in marketing automation software?

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ViewPoint

JULY 19, 2017

a prospect asked me, following our discussion about PointClear’s lead generation, qualification and nurturing services. We had just finished talking about the importance of marketing and sales coming together to mutually define a lead prior to starting a lead generation program.

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ViewPoint

JUNE 15, 2016

Sales Lead Management is a complicated process. Sales lead management is a tough subject to truly get your arms around. There are dozens of outside vendors who say they manage some portion of the sales lead process and more than two dozen internal departments that contribute to the process and the decision making.

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The Point

OCTOBER 30, 2013

A client asks: “I notice that you’re recommending we gate our offer content behind landing pages as part of the lead nurturing campaign. Why is that necessary when we already know who these people are? Aren’t we just making it more difficult for people to respond?”. Here’s why: 1. A click is not a response.

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Act-On

APRIL 29, 2024

And while it’s commonly used to determine MQL thresholds , lead scoring can also be used as a layer of segmentation to power marketing automation. What’s more, AI-driven lead scoring and AI-powered segmentation are pushing lead management into new, exciting directions. As Suzy Balk, Sr.

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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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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

But if there is a disconnect in the strategies that are used to reach these goals, it could badly affect the way leads are captured, nurtured, and converted. Misalignment negatively impacts lead generation. What lead scoring methods do you use? One for all and all for one. How do you attempt to resolve them?

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Markempa

AUGUST 12, 2021

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. It’s not just about converting leads to becoming “marketing qualified.”

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The Point

JANUARY 27, 2016

Demand Gen Report just published “ Top B2B Marketers Measure Lead Nurturing Effectiveness to Boost Performance ,” a special report in which they address the whys, whats, and how tos of measuring lead nurturing’s true impact. 1 is a top-of-the-funnel, lead generation problem. #2

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

One of the biggest advantages of lead management strategy and marketing automation is the ability to create a process that continuously manages leads at a bigger scale. We will not deny the fact that an acquisition of a new lead is expensive and by expensive we mean around 6 to 7 times more expensive as per research.

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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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markempa

APRIL 29, 2010

The single biggest issue for B2B marketers is effective lead generation. I wrote an eight part series on building an effective lead generation program a while back. Ebook: Start With a Lead: Eight CRITICAL Success Factors for Lead Generation. View more presentations from InTouch.

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ViewPoint

MAY 7, 2015

This topic is of such importance, I reached out to fellow industry leaders and asked them to share their outlook on lead nurturing programs (and processes) and what to expect in the coming year. Email surfaced with the internet and the mixture of mail, calling and email became a standard for nurture models.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

For lead sources with lower-than-average conversion rates, such as whitepaper downloads, a higher qualification bar is required before passing the lead to sales. Additionally, data quality directly affects lead quality. Bad data leads to low contact rates and lower conversions. How did you fix it?

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 26, 2011

Lead management continues to be a hot topic in the world of B2B marketing as we turn the corner and head into the second half of 2010. As a leader in lead management process development, our firm has seen a lot of confusion in the market about what constitutes lead management. So what are these myths?

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Act-On

MAY 9, 2018

Wondering what is lead nurturing? Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with your buyers at every stage of their buying process (and your sales funnel). Ready to start lead nurturing? Find out how to engage your B2B buyers throughout their journey in 5 steps.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 8, 2012

One of the reasons that generating high quality leads continues to present itself as the top challenge (it took #1 honors in 2010 as well) is that marketers are focusing on the wrong thing – lead generation. However, lead generation is irrelevant in today’s b2b marketing climate.

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PureB2B

JUNE 17, 2018

When it comes to lead management, attracting potential buyers is only the beginning. Remember that for a lead to be considered successful, it must ultimately turn into a sale. To get there, you’ll need to be proactive about nurturing each step in the sales conversion process. Lead Nurturing Mistakes to Avoid.

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The Point

DECEMBER 14, 2012

One of the most frequent questions we’re hearing from clients during this planning season pertains to the balance between pure lead generation on the one hand, and lead nurturing on the other. Without new leads, the database would ultimately go stale and opportunities would be harder and harder to come by.

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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. What is lead management?

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markempa

MAY 22, 2017

Have you recently looked at your lead routing and assignment process? 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?

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

When it comes to improving sales lead generation results, using marketing technology without analytics expertise and business acumen results in a numbers glut devoid of action items. This process results in the identification of recommended courses of action that are likely to improve sales lead generation results.

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NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Lead Management is the process of generating, converting, qualifying, and closing sales leads. Lost in the shuffle of all of those marketing tactics you are trying to get a handle on for your business (Twitter, Facebook, Pay-per-click, SEO, email campaigns, website design) is the concept of Lead Management.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 20, 2009

It’s designed to address a specific business need: helping small to mid-size businesses use leads generated by their inbound marketing programs. The system does create emails for multi-step lead nurturing campaigns, although these are still sent by the external email serivce.

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NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2011

I thought I’d have fun with this post and attempt to explain key principles of lead generation and inbound marketing in an A-Z glossary format. All activity of the lead generation process needs to be measured via a robust analytics program. L- Lead Nurturing. Alright-a plug for my lead management firm. (o:

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 9, 2014

Last August I wrote a blog for Top Sales World titled “Lead Generation Hogwash: The Top 7 Lies.”. I detailed 7 lies to be aware of to avoid a lead generation disaster (read the blog for the specifics): Any list will do. Automated systems accurately score (prioritize) leads. Voicemails are a waste of time.

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BOP Design

JULY 15, 2022

Whether you are looking to overhaul your lead generation and nurturing or just looking to ensure your these processes are optimized, there are several steps you can take to get a better look at what is working and what needs to change. Next, look for areas to streamline the lead generation and nurturing process.

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NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2012

B2B lead generation and lead management is a complicated process that can’t be detailed all in one book. It’s easier said than done which is why firms like mine exist, to implement proper lead generation tactics that build revenue. General B2B Marketing & Lead Generation.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Online lead generation is one of the best ways to identify customers early in the journey and produce a solid and predictable return on investment. Why is this important?

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