The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2014

They are doing what they do until they are approached by the seller, which by definition means that the seller is likely about 20% – 25% through their sales cycle when they talk to a potential buyer who they are looking to convert to a prospect; and that potential prospect is at 0%, because their journey start when the seller calls.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Sales Cycle Comparison 295

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

Your demand generation team may be high-fiving themselves for activity, not results. It’s easy to pad demand generation numbers with bulk buys. Active’ interest is the fuel that feeds an effective lead generation program. The key is that a prospect is actively engaged with your company.

Sales Qualified Lead 239

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. And this is what this prospecting guide is all about.

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Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. Every company has their own definition of a “good lead.”

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Every once in a while, the conversation with a prospect is going to die down and never pick back up — but you don't have to take those fizzle-outs lying down. There are some strategies you can leverage to give yourself a fighting chance at re-engaging a prospect who seems like a lost cause. Let's see what they had to say!

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Demand Generation Agencies Prospecting Strategy Follow-up 115

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

What happens when you turn suspects into prospects? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. The tricky part about leads and lead generation is that marketers and salespeople don’t necessarily share the same definition.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 246

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 23, 2019

Even so, trade-show events are still one of the best ways to get your solution in front of a crowd of likely prospects: 41% of companies consider event marketing to be their top channel for lead generation. Trade shows are an expensive way to generate leads, even if you don’t have a booth. SEGMENT CUSTOMERS VS. PROSPECTS.

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Trade Show Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 227

Pointclear

JULY 21, 2011

In the most straightforward terms, the risk is that letting high-value prospects progress that far without proactive engagement—and instead relying too heavily on inbound marketing and marketing automation to find, nurture, and convert them—can result in losing deals to the competition. Complex internal buying landscapes.

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Inbound Outbound Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 184

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What Is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. Every company has their own definition of a “good lead.”

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2012

Fire everyone in your pipeline that you thought definitely close by year end 2011. Demand Generation. Prospecting. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Forget the stories, forget the hope and the hype, and forget the “oh it’s this one is different”, it’s not.

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Pipeline Hiring Cold Calling Top of Funnel 219

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

First thing we need is a definition of value. Lets start with the definition: Buyers will see value in those things that eliminate barriers and gaps between where they are now, and their objectives. Demand Generation. Prospecting. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Lead Rank 225

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 8, 2017

I’ve been involved in sales enablement and lead generation since the term was just getting popularized in the B2B tech sector around 2006. And more than ten years later, the definition of what sales enablement actually is has yet to be nailed down. Marketing-generated awareness. Marketing-generated demand.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank 194

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

What happens when you turn suspects into prospects? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. The tricky part about leads and lead generation is that marketers and salespeople don’t necessarily share the same definition.

Lead Rank 195

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

Stored in Business Acumen , Buying Process , Guest Post , Productivity , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , execution. Definitely the era of Mr & Mrs “Know it all” has begun! LinkedIn is a two way street, now your prospects know your background. Demand Generation. Prospecting.

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Pipeline Twitter Small Business Small Business 313

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2017

You’re working through the sales process with a prospect, and all of a sudden a competitor you’ve never heard of surfaces and you’ve lost the deal. The first two forces – dissatisfaction with the current solution and the pull of an alternative – are standard demand generation catalysts. Confused, you check out their site.

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Hiring B2B Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 189

The Pipeline

JANUARY 27, 2012

Ah, value, the ever-present and undefined term in sales, so before going further let’s define value right here: Definition of Value: Those offerings that remove barriers, obstacles, or helps bridge gaps present between where the buyer is now – and – their objectives! Demand Generation. Prospecting. Next Steps.

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Pipeline Negotiation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 236

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If your sales and marketing teams are not aligned, it’s going to be much more difficult to hit your number,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. The goals: deliver a seamless experience for the prospect or customer, increase conversion rates, and ultimately boost revenue. Share definitions and goals.

Lead Rank 130

Lead Rank Paid Content Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 130

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started. Demand Generation.

Lead Rank 104

Lead Rank Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 104

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 19, 2011

First discipline is to understand the average length of your sales cycle, and by definition the average and optimal length of each stage of the sale. That is an active prospect, if they are not actively engaged; they are not and should be removed. Demand Generation. Prospecting. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success.

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Pipeline Closing Top of Funnel Hiring 222

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Stored in Cold calling , Planning , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Success , Video , execution. In and of itself, cold calling, like referrals or other prospecting methods is not the end all and be all. I most definitely agree with all that was declared concerning cold calling.

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Cold Calling Pipeline Twitter Call-back 201

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Recent research from The Aberdeen Group and Docurated indicate good salespeople today spend less than a third of their time selling, while increasingly more time is spent managing various administrative tasks surrounding sales and demand generation. This is what causes the chaos and confusion I shared above. Playbooks are powerful.

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Strategy Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Lead Scoring 143

Sales Hacker

JUNE 11, 2020

Many companies wrongly think they have to either build an inbound prospecting strategy or an outbound one. Prospecting is something every sales organization needs to master. And yet, while many sales teams celebrate closing deals , very few spend time defining, experimenting, and executing on a quality prospecting strategy.

Inbound 102

Inbound Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel 102

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

We won’t go so far as to say you should skip important meetings or spend half of your day reading blog posts—but we definitely recommend that you spend a few minutes every day catching up on industry news and sales blogs. If you’re in need of some prospecting tips, motivation, or leadership advice, Mark has your covered. Sales Gravy.

Top of Funnel 206

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics 206

Pointclear

JUNE 10, 2016

Brian Carroll, chief evangelist at MECLABS and Marketing Sherpa agrees : “Still, most of the companies I meet with do not have a Universal Lead Definition (ULD). CMOs are also tasked with growth and demand generation, while finding ways to deliver a cohesive story in a multi-channel environment. Are these truly leads?

Sales Qualified Lead 160

Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Face-to-face Inbound 160

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

We won’t go so far as to say you should skip important meetings or spend half of your day reading blog posts—but we definitely recommend that you spend a few minutes every day catching up on industry news and sales blogs. If you’re in need of some prospecting tips, motivation, or leadership advice, Mark has your covered. Sales Gravy.

Top of Funnel 170

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics 170

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Note the ways you can make your staff, customers, prospects, and other business associates aware of each of your strengths. Customers and prospects become frustrated when they can’t get answers to their questions. Make sure that anyone who may be representing your company to prospects understands this message. Demand Generation.

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Small Business Small Business Pipeline Marketing 253

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Visitor identification software offers a powerful solution, helping your go-to-market team transform anonymous website visitors into qualified prospects, leads, and revenue. Koala Koala is a pipeline generation engine that combines real-time visitor tracking with account prioritization tools. What is Visitor Identification Software?

Sales Qualified Lead 130

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Software 130

Hubspot Sales

JULY 2, 2020

LinkedIn videos can reach prospects, current customers, executives, decision-makers, and followers interested in your company. Once you've established the general nature of your objective, you can start to hone in on more specific goals with definitive, quantifiable metrics. Image Source: HubSpot. Image Source: LinkedIn.

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LinkedIn Video Cost Per Click Campaigns 134

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The ability of generative AI to automate routine tasks, analyze data, and generate content is already freeing up valuable time that entrepreneurs, executives, and individuals can use to instead focus on more strategic decision-making. Marketers are definitely at the forefront of experimenting with GenAI.

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Data Lead Rank Scale Marketing 130

Hubspot Sales

JULY 28, 2021

That can mean anything from your customer experience to the way that your sales team generates interest and reaches out to prospects to the nuances of your sales funnel. Work with marketing to create a demand generation plan. Without leads and prospects to work with, your sales team can’t meet their sales goals.

Top of Funnel 124

Top of Funnel Churn Face-to-face Pipeline 124

A Sales Guy

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Simply put, marketing by definition puts itself closer to revenue by owning inside sales. It’s not just he who is directly managing the team, but also the creative and content needs to support their prospect follow-up, the CMO or VP who needs to tighten coordination across a broader swath of the demand generation waterfall, etc.

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Inside Sales Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Lead Qualification 118

Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 24, 2011

Ride-Alongs – Marketing leadership, demand generation, product marketing, sales enablement, business development, and product management should each go on at least 6 sales calls a quarter. Common Vocabulary – Too often people assume everyone is using the same definition when the complete opposite is happening.

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Marketing Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Territories 67

Pointclear

JULY 9, 2015

I recently read a quote by Jon Miller (Marketo founder and now the founder of the new company to watch called Engagio): "Demand generation [via marketing automation] is a highly efficient model for certain kinds (emphasis added) of businesses." Most sales and marketing teams just assume that certain prospects are good targets.

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 100

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. B2B lead generation, often shortened to lead gen, is the lifeblood of a healthy business.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 130

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 8, 2018

Maybe… Is it the announcement of new marketing initiatives to support lead generation and demand generation efforts? When someone says discovery, here’s how you uncover the gold: “That’s great, but let me ask you something, can you provide me with your definition of discovery as it relates to your organization?

How To 99

How To Demand Generation Agencies Coaching Demand Generation 99

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

What happens when you turn suspects into prospects? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. At ZoomInfo, we require sales to follow up on all prospects who hit our MQL threshold within 90 seconds of the conversion.

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 100

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

According to the most basic definition, a buyer persona is a profile of your ideal buyer. Consider the following statistics ( source ): Companies who exceed lead and revenue goals are 4 times as likely to use personas for demand generation compared to those who missed lead and revenue goals. What is a buyer persona?

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Buyer Persona Buyer B2B Company 100