Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 22, 2014

Teaser: SnapRetail, a marketing automation solution provider for independent store owners, struggled with what many companies face – a sales and marketing disconnect. SnapRetail, a marketing automation solution provider for independent store owners, struggled with what many companies face – a sales and marketing disconnect.

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Case Study Study Lead Nurturing Face-to-face 250

SBI Growth

JANUARY 14, 2014

The new informed buyer has made email prospecting unproductive. Most b2b companies have plans in place for new prospects. There are demand gen tactics, content marketing strategies, lead nurturing paths, etc. A new prospect or lead has several touch points for your business. And marketing can help.

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Marketing Decision Maker Lead Nurturing Account 300

SBI Growth

MAY 28, 2013

B2B Chief Marketing Officers are enthusiastic about sharing tangible results. There is a strong desire to connect marketing spend to revenue. Lead Generation is the surest way to drive tangible return on marketing investment. The decks show a healthy growth curve of leads being generated for Sales.

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Top of Funnel Pipeline Opportunity Demand Generation 325

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 3, 2012

World Class Lead Generation. Every marketing leader wants it. Not every marketing leader has it. I have not worked with one that doesn’t have a lead generation problem. In every instance, it’s the same issue: one or more of the (4) critical elements of Lead Gen are missing. To do this you need marketing automation.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 276

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 16, 2013

At a high level, your marketing strategy must be driven by the stated corporate goals. Once the corporate vision has been established, your marketing plan must align itself completely. Additionally, there must be 100% synergy between the sales and marketing strategies. Too often, the sales and marketing leaders work in siloes.

Outsourcing Services 281

Outsourcing Services Strategy Buyer Persona Lead Rank 281

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Chances are a marketing leader will engage with a new head of sales at some point. Most Sales Leaders are ill-versed in marketing. The changes in buyer behavior have placed a heavy burden on marketing departments. Consequently, marketing plays a huge role in hitting the growth number. Think like a VP of Sales. You should.

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Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Marketing How To 267

Crunchbase

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Lead nurturing is widely recognized as a valuable marketing technique that can help teams drive an increase in sales. Implementing a successful lead-nurturing plan can significantly influence your marketing campaign’s outcomes, as well as customer loyalty, retention, revenue and more. Search less.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 98

SBI Growth

MAY 14, 2013

That’s a question I often hear from marketing leaders. The one thing the best marketers are doing is Contextual Content Marketing. CONTEXTUAL CONTENT MARKETING. Enter Contextual Content Marketing. Most marketing departments are replete with content. Lead Nurturing – Contextual content enables lead nurturing.

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Buyer Persona Lead Nurturing Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 314

Highspot

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The digital marketing space is incredibly crowded, and it’s only getting busier. To succeed through digital channels, marketers must make intelligent decisions and leverage sophisticated technology to stay ahead of the crowd and ensure they’re converting every lead they can. The Benefits of Nurturing Leads.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 105

SBI Growth

MARCH 4, 2013

Insufficient Marketing-Provided Leads. Sales Reps depend on a continual flow of quality leads to work as opportunities. They find leads themselves through prospecting. The Marketing department is also supposed to provide leads. They lack a lead nurturing program. Call to Action.

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Hiring Outsourcing Services Lead Nurturing Demand Generation 326

Apptivo

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In other words, marketers have to utilize every opportunity to nurture every lead and to nudge them to becoming a customer. Here are some key details that will make lead nurturing as easy as pie. What exactly is lead nurturing? It is a process – like nurturing a seedling into a tree.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 96

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

This post is written for Marketing Leaders who describe themselves as students of the craft. These tips represent best practices from leading Sales & Marketing organizations. These tips represent best practices from leading Sales & Marketing organizations. 50 Tips to Make it Rain Quality Leads.

Ideal Customer Profile 327

Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 327

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 3, 2018

There’s no way around it – prospect and customer data is one of the most valuable assets a B2B organization has access to. Think about it: without accurate information, how can you market, sell, or provide customer service to your target audience? The Impact of Bad B2B Marketing Data. The short answer—everything.

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B2B Data Churn Marketing 223

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. As bleak as this sounds for marketers, we remain hopeful. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. That won’t change.

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Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 243

Pointclear

MAY 7, 2015

The marketing word of the year is Nurture. Nurturing is one of the most effective, yet underutilized, activities in the sales and marketing process. Of the few companies that do try to incorporate nurturing programs—well, let’s just say they could use some help. This is part two of a two-part blog.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 100

Zoominfo

JULY 11, 2018

When executed correctly, content marketing can attract, engage, and retain new customers– Yet, despite the various benefits of content marketing, many B2B organizations have miles to go before they can build a successful content marketing program. The Importance of Content Marketing. B2B Content Marketing Strategy.

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Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Social Media 255

Pointclear

MAY 5, 2015

This year I've been talking a lot about Nurturing. It's a critical component in the sales and marketing process; yet, most companies aren't implementing it effectively—that is, if they are at all. To be clear, lead nurturing is not an isolated activity or stand-alone “campaign” as so many in the industry have described it.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 100

LeadBoxer

JULY 11, 2020

Engaging with a sales rep may be the core of a B2B or high-ticket item buyer’s journey, but lead nurturing is what moves the process along. Without a personalized marketing experience filled with carefully timed emails and retargeted ads to keep you top of mind, many of your leads could stall out or fall through the cracks.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Software 88

Zoominfo

JULY 6, 2020

Retaining unconverted leads comes at no cost, but the ongoing obsession with adding more prospects to the funnel can undermine the value of lead nurturing. Inbound marketing is worth it in the long run because it provides higher quality leads for sales compared to outbound marketing tactics.

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Top of Funnel Inbound Lead Nurturing Outbound 264

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2018

A successful traveling salesperson wields the ability to take in their surroundings and use contextual clues to glean what they can about each prospect they interact with. Using these clues, the salesperson then tailors their sales presentation to each prospective customer’s particular wants and needs. The same goes for marketers.

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Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Lead Nurturing Marketing 150

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 8, 2017

By understanding the discipline of sales enablement and how to prioritize tactics based on marketing and sales objectives, companies of all sizes can reap the rewards. Successful sales enablement starts with ensuring marketing and sales are aligned , which isn’t always easy, but pays its dividends many times over.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank 194

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The events of 2020 changed the customer buying journey, so we must change our prospecting tactics. Or rather, change them back —from digital marketing to relationship building. Sales leaders have an ongoing challenge to get more qualified leads in the pipe, but seller access has evaporated. Unless … Breaking News.

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Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 323

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

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

There are the four essential elements to World Class Lead Generation : Content, Process, Technology and People. If you are a marketing leader and you’re missing or deficient in one of these, there’s a problem. According to the study, a CMO's number one success measure is marketing ROI. Lead Development Rep. ROI came up.

Lead Rank 288

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 288

Pointclear

MARCH 12, 2013

I had the great the opportunity to interview Lori Wizdo , B2B marketing analyst at Forrester Research. Lori is a senior analyst with extensive marketing, sales, and operation experience in the information systems and software industries. Some sales professionals even believe that they can't get qualified leads from marketing.

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Research B2B Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 253

SBI Growth

MARCH 5, 2013

Your background is in operations, not sales and marketing. When you ask why the number is getting missed: Sales tells you they aren’t getting enough leads from marketing. Marketing says sales can’t convert leads to orders. Have your marketing leader fill it out and send it to you. Few people opened it.

Education 320

Education Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation 320

SBI Growth

APRIL 26, 2013

Yes… we better know our customer”, was the response from the head of marketing. The burden of “selling when a rep isn’t present” has shifted to the marketing department. Marketing not only has to stimulate demand, it has to nurture buyers until they are ready to engage with a rep. The answer that followed wasn’t so crisp.

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Customer Buyer Persona Survey Demand Generation 316

Pointclear

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Lead nurturing triples marketing's ROI, but only if done properly. I propose that nurturing is the most underutilized marketing activity at a marketer’s disposal. Advanced lead-generation programs (which include nurturing) produce an average 15% lead rate—three times higher. I can help.

Top of Funnel 157

Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing B2B Epiphany 157

SBI Growth

APRIL 29, 2013

Marketing has plans to help with better Demand Generation and Lead Management. To this end, sales leaders have reached across the aisle and engaged Marketing. Marketing has big plans. Dollars are being allocated for things like marketing automation tools and lead development reps. Leverage Linkedin.

Hiring 276

Hiring Demand Generation Agencies LinkedIn Sales Qualified Lead 276

SBI Growth

JANUARY 6, 2014

They follow a Buyer Process Map in order to better help their prospects discover the best solution. Social Prospecting. Leverages SoLoMo (social, local and mobile), SFA and marketing automation tools. Creates and curates valuable lead nurturing content and syndicates it across social connections. Lead Management.

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Hiring Social Media Networking Referrals 316

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2024

This is the value of marketing account intelligence software. By leveraging the power of data and advanced analytics, marketers are able to develop targeted lists of accounts that perfectly align with their ideal customer profiles. This not only maximizes ROI, but also minimizes wasted time and resources on low-potential prospects.

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Account Software 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Digital marketers invest in creating landing pages because of their higher conversion rates. Landing pages serve as a litmus test to digital marketing campaign success — you get to see who is interested in your content and how many. What is the Landing Page’s Importance in Digital Marketing? They both need this engagement!

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Prospecting Marketing Top of Funnel Segment 130

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? Even with low conversion rates, you can increase lead volume at little cost.

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Prospecting Scale Lead Nurturing Campaigns 130

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

This post is written for Marketing Leaders who describe themselves as students of the craft. These tips represent best practices from leading Sales & Marketing organizations. These tips represent best practices from leading Sales & Marketing organizations. 50 Tips to Make it Rain Quality Leads.

Ideal Customer Profile 244

Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 244

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Manual sales prospecting and lead generation doesn’t get your sales and marketing teams where they need to be for their quotas — and it wastes time. However, when these teams are equipped with the right tools, such as sales intelligence, less important tasks can be automated so that reps can focus on lead strategies.

Hoovers 264

Hoovers Campaigns InsideView Tools 264

SBI Growth

JULY 25, 2013

The best-in-class marketing leaders have already started planning for next year. They follow an annual planning process that starts in July with a Marketing Productivity Benchmark. A productivity benchmark assesses the marketing organization’s capabilities – its strengths and weaknesses. The best marketers assess both.

Outsourcing Services 257

Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Buyer Persona Lead Scoring 257

Nutshell

MARCH 15, 2024

Qualifying leads before sending them through to your sales team lets you learn more about your prospects and build deeper connections with them, which often results in more deals. We’ll also delve into the best practices associated with nurturing leads to give you the edge. Table of Contents What does lead nurturing mean?

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Lead Nurturing Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 71