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Why Cost per Lead is a Bad Way to Measure Your Return on Lead Generation Efforts

Pointclear

While cost-per-lead measurement has been the de facto favorite for evaluating marketing programs, we are seeing radical and positive shifts in how marketing is evaluating qualified leads. Marketing must align its B2B lead generation activities and resources with deeper-in-the-funnel outcomes.

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The Cost-Per-Lead Fallacy in Measuring B2B Lead Generation Investments (Pt 3 of 3)

Pointclear

The introductory post in this series addressed the problems and costs of applying the cost-per-lead metric to measure the success of B2B lead generation investments. In the second post, we looked at elements of a complex sale that impact B2B lead generation costs. Not seeing the forest for the trees.

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Why ABS is Even More Critical During COVID-19

Crunchbase

In this approach, marketing and sales teams work hand in hand to identify target accounts and develop an integrated and personalized plan that thoughtfully leads each account through the sales cycle. Why is account-based selling more effective than other sales strategies in a fluctuating market?

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Best Sales Podcasts: An Ultimate List of 100+ Must-Listens

LeadFuze

Internet marketers, inbound fanatics, individual sales reps, team leads, founders and just about anyone else who is “sales facing” will enjoy so many of the episodes. Leading experts from the entire spectrum of sales in one place. Episode #051: How do you “Target” Your Target Market. The Gist: .

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The Definitive Guide to Sales Lead Qualification

SalesHandy

Lead Qualification is a very important part of the sales cycle. It is directly responsible for feeding your pipeline with high-quality leads that eventually close. It also happens to be the driving force behind conversions and productivity across the most successful sales teams we’ve seen.

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If You’re Building Your B2B Marketing Strategy, Start Here

Sales Hacker

For 13+ years in marketing, I’ve never seen a B2B company who’d say they don’t have a B2B marketing strategy framework or that their marketing strategy is ineffective. But at the same time 6200+ B2B marketers say that their biggest challenges are generating traffic and leads, and proving the ROI of marketing activities.

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The Definitive Guide to Sales Lead Qualification

SalesHandy

Lead Qualification is a very important part of the sales cycle. It is directly responsible for feeding your pipeline with high-quality leads that eventually close. It also happens to be the driving force behind conversions and productivity across the most successful sales teams we’ve seen.