SBI Growth

AUGUST 30, 2013

Step #1 – Define Your Prospect Universe. Account segmentation involves: Defining the prospect universe - who is best fit to be your customer. Account segmentation involves: Defining the prospect universe - who is best fit to be your customer. Don’t skip this step or you’ll build your lead gen engine in the dark.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 306

The Digital Sales Institute

JUNE 30, 2022

Lead gen media software is now an important tool in digital selling, Lead generation tools don’t only gather and generate leads. Scoring, qualifying, and nurturing leads helps turn prospects into customers. Do you find it challenging for your company to get new leads? Keep on reading.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Software 52

Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. But how do you find leads and prime them for buying? Welcome to lead generation marketing. What is Lead Generation Marketing? Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers.

Lead Rank 246

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profile 246

SalesProInsider

APRIL 10, 2019

Generate more leads and then convert them. Lead gen and lead conversion both need effort, time, confidence, resources, and skill. While my focus is on equipping people to increase their conversion rates with collaborative conversations that sell*, that doesn’t matter if you don’t have enough leads or prospects to convert.

Lead Gen 113

Lead Gen Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 113

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

10 Reasons Why a B2B Lead Generation Department Should Report to Marketing and Not to Sales. As a consultant, I regularly advise that appointment setting Lead Generation Departments report to Marketing and not to Sales. Marketers typically are more available than sales road warriors, when answers are needed.

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Lead Gen Report Lead Rank Lead Scoring 75

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s most effective go-to-market teams are increasingly embracing signal-based selling , a strategy that leverages real-time data and unique insights about promising prospects to gain a crucial edge in intensely competitive markets. Funding Funding rounds are among the strongest signals for both sales and marketing teams.

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Hiring Data Prospecting Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2022

Sales intelligence uses data and sophisticated software for lead generation , creating an ideal customer profile , data quality management, and more. Ideal sales intelligence tools supply your team with up-to-date information about your prospects and addressable market — and how you can reach them.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Intent Data 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? The Lead Generation Process. Lead Scoring.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

How can your organization build a lead generation strategy that gives your team of closers a consistent flow of qualified leads? This guide answers the 6 most pressing questions about lead gen, so you can implement a process that keeps your pipeline full — and your salespeople busy closing deals. But have no fear.

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Lead Gen Paid Content Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead 83

Crunchbase

JULY 31, 2019

How do you build a B2B lead gen strategy? As the founder of a B2B sales intelligence product , I work with sales & marketing leaders every day that are creatively answering this question. How Sales Teams Should Build Their B2B Lead Generation Strategy. Align Sales and Marketing. The answer? It depends.

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Lead Gen Lead Generation Lead Rank B2B 64

SalesProInsider

JULY 10, 2019

In marketing and lead generation, or in stronger lead conversion? This question is tough because the best results will likely come from a combination of sales and marketing, or “Smarketing” to use a funny, mashed up term. You can’t grow at the desired level if you don’t have prospective clients to talk with— marketing.

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Lead Gen Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Conversion 100

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2020

Marketing and sales intelligence data is dynamic, which is to say frequently and continuously refreshed. But a lot of marketing, sales, and recruiting professionals don’t know how much data has changed over the past few years! Time to plan your next marketing campaign or start prospecting into your top accounts!

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Trade Show 189

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The challenge with prospecting is that it takes place between two human beings, and as with anything human, subjectivity instantly and permanently plagues it. I recently read a piece presenting the case as to why prospecting should be automated. The author gave some valid arguments as to why elements of prospecting should be automated.

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Prospecting Cold Calling Lead Gen Inbound 262

Nutshell

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

You’ve heard marketers talk about landing pages and how important they are as part of a holistic marketing plan. In fact, one of the most effective ways to generate leads is through a landing page. So, what is a landing page, and how do you incorporate it into your overall marketing strategy?

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Campaigns Lead Gen Marketing Webinar Metrics 71

Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2020

Traditionally, marketing plans lay out these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

Ideal Customer Profile 246

Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Strategy Marketing 246

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 30, 2021

Do Your Leads Suck? You have to decide what you’re looking for in the perfect mate (or prospect), and then figure out the best way to meet that person (or sales qualified lead). If you have a big-deal prospect or client, you’d better jump on a plane, catch a train, or take a road trip as soon as possible. That’s a fact.

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Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Lead Gen Ideal Customer Profile 257

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? Pretty simple, right?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Two colleagues complained they were so involved in their work, they didn’t have time to prospect. One guy even said he was thinking of cold calling (shudder) and doing more marketing. People are so focused on their projects, and they don’t make time to prospect. The first step is to stop expecting digital lead gen miracles.

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Referrals Lead Gen Social Media Cold Calling 233

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I was surprised by some of the discussions from sales and marketing professionals. There are too many–and too many that should know far better–that define “nurturing” as a daily pummeling of emails (some of the marketing automation and email marketing companies are the worst offenders).

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 96

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline, and provides important context to future sales conversations. What is B2B Sales Prospecting? Let’s start at the beginning.

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B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel Prospecting 212

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. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 26, 2021

Your typical lead gen strategy may not be enough when targeting the biggest fish. So if you want to grow your leads, it’s time to grow your strategy. . What Is Enterprise Lead Generation? Enterprise prospects are what salespeople and marketers like to refer to as “the whale” of all leads.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Enterprise 189

SBI Growth

MARCH 8, 2013

Based on the closure rate of the current sales process, how many sales qualified leads (SQL) do you need to make your number? Download the Lead Gen Calculator to determine how many leads you need. We see more and more marketing executives carrying a bag (quota) these days than ever before. Is my team good enough?

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Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Leads 310

Openview

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Note: NetSuite has an inbound marketing engine and grew to an almost $200M/year company with no outbound prospecting. But there’s one really important thing you need to understand in all of this – lead gen was not our our goal. The post Scaling Lead Gen: Growing NetSuite’s BDR Team to 170 People in 3.5

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Scale Lead Gen NetSuite Lead Rank 73

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

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Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 147

Pointclear

APRIL 25, 2011

PC: Ardath, you’ve written a lot about the importance of using lead nurturing to engage leads across the entirety of the buying process. Yet B2B marketers seem to be more focused on lead generation than the rest of the process. This is why so much lead wastage is going on. Is that a problem? AA: Absolutely.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 197

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

There’s no denying how influential account based sales and marketing have become over the past few years. Making the Business Case to Eliminate Lead Gen Forms. These days, intelligent chat bots can answer product questions, help prospects schedule meetings with their account owners, and even ask qualifying questions (e.g.

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Lead Gen Account Based Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 75

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For individual contributors, it may be prospecting, admin tasks, researching our customers, managing our pipelines, dealing with all the minutiae of moving deals forward, and on and on For managers, it may be hiring, coaching, dealing with poor performers, understanding performance data, and on and on. They vary for each of us.

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Outsourcing Services Lead Gen Revelation Analysis 112

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. They believe a call isn’t cold because it’s a marketing-qualified lead, because the prospect downloaded a whitepaper, or because they have a mutual connection on LinkedIn. I blame outdated lead-gen strategies, metrics, and leadership.

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Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. Your marketing and sales teams need both. Let’s break that down. How to spot buying signals.

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Lead Rank Intent Data Closing Buyer Intent 309

Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2016

As a business-to-business marketing or sales leader you have numerous options for lead generation tactics and tools. Top choices include teleprospecting, direct marketing, search engine marketing, website, and trade shows. Your revenue results will be directly affected. In fairness, our industry has created the image.

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Lead Gen Telemarketing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 113

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 7, 2019

Marketing and sales intelligence data is dynamic, which is to say frequently and continuously refreshed. A lot of marketing, sales, and recruiting professionals don’t know how much data has changed over the past few years! This is an introduction to the use and impact of marketing and sales intelligence data on business decisions.

Ideal Customer Profile 150

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Trade Show 150

Zoominfo

JANUARY 26, 2021

Your typical lead gen strategy may not be enough when targeting the biggest fish. So if you want to grow your leads, it’s time to grow your strategy. What Is Enterprise Lead Generation? Enterprise prospects are what salespeople and marketers like to refer to as “the whale” of all leads.

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Lead Generation Enterprise Enterprise Lead Rank 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 2, 2017

Sales and marketing teams operate on two sides of the same coin. As job discipline lines continue to blur , sales departments have discovered a few ways marketers can help them do their jobs even more efficiently. A marketer’s job isn’t done once awareness has been created. Sales enablement content need to be customizable.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Rank Hiring 175

SBI Growth

AUGUST 3, 2013

She’s a Marketing VP at a B2B logistics company. The former leader never fully supported or appreciated Kathy’s marketing team efforts. The sales force neglected to utilize marketing developed sales support materials. The sales force neglected to utilize marketing developed sales support materials. Meet Kathy.

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Meeting Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Gen 303

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona 201

Zoominfo

APRIL 21, 2021

Familiarizing yourself with the industry by learning about the core metrics and pain points is the key to filling your sales pipeline with qualified medical and healthcare leads. Understanding hyper-specific terms and key performance indicators is the first step — then you should incorporate prospects’ pain points into your sales strategy.

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Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 246