The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

What you should do: Nothing new here — keep your crew well-trained in professionalism, product, and market. I do believe salespeople can and should write blog posts about their market or selling in general if they are thoughtful and articulate. Those are as much for sales as they are for marketing. PointClear PD.

Report 244

Report Pipeline Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics 244

Pointclear

OCTOBER 1, 2015

There’s no doubt that Account-Based Marketing is on the up-and-up. What are sales and marketing leaders saying about it? Is ABM the Holy Grail for lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Account Sales Qualified Lead 100

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

I consider SiriusDecisions to be the gold standard when it comes to best practices in B2B marketing and sales processes. Is ABM the Holy Grail for lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Lead Rank Account 100

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MAY 14, 2013

My guest today is Michael Brenner, Vice President of Marketing and Content Strategy at SAP and Managing Editor for the SAP Business Innovation site. At SAP, Michael’s challenge is to transform social business and content marketing to reduce cost-per-acquisition of new customers. Sales and Marketing Need to Speak a Common Language.

Top of Funnel 260

Top of Funnel SAP Cost per Acquisition Customer 260

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MAY 29, 2012

Rich Eldh kicked off the general sessions at 1:00 on Tuesday, May 22 stating that marketing and sales aligned companies enjoy 5.3 The new demand waterfall recognizes several new sources of opportunity: inbound AND outbound, rep generated, multi-touch nurture programs. Marry the art and science of marketing.

Revenue 174

Revenue Demand Generation Agencies SAP Webinar Metrics 174

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Andy Gray is a senior marketing professional with proven expertise in directing, centralizing, and strengthening how customers are acquired and retained as well as how companies are positioned through marketing strategies, demand generation, sales support and enablement programs, market research and product development.

Trade Show 154

Trade Show Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Webinar Metrics 154

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AUGUST 23, 2012

Tim has more than 20 years experience in marketing and sales. Tim is also co-author of Conversations that Win the Complex Sale: Using Power Messaging to Create More Opportunities, Differentiate your Solution, and Close More Deals and Customer Message Management: Increasing Marketing's Impact on Selling. I think I’m OK.’

Demand Generation Agencies 124

Demand Generation Agencies Prospecting Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 124

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AUGUST 18, 2015

In today’s B2B companies, marketing and sales alignment is critical to success. Unfortunately, few B2B organizations focus on creating, implementing and executing a defined marketing and sales process. Unfortunately, few B2B organizations focus on creating, implementing and executing a defined marketing and sales process.

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Revenue Leads 100

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MAY 5, 2011

In a recent article on Revenue Performance Management in Marketing Automation Software Guide, Lauren Carlson does a nice job of providing a context for the RPM discussion by differentiating it from marketing automation, reviewing the factors motivating its advancement, and raising good questions.

Revenue 150

Revenue Eloqua Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Targets 150

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JUNE 7, 2011

There are some big reasons why lead generation campaigns fail that must be dealt with at the outset, before sweating the small stuff. Here are my 5 reasons your lead generation campaigns may not be working: No start-to-finish process: The best lead/demand generation programs are "always-on," systematic processes.

Lead Generation 229

Lead Generation Campaigns Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 229

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

Chris Selland is CMO at Terametric , a company focused on maximizing marketing ROI by helping marketers capture and measure all their channel marketing data. However, that difficulty does not absolve marketers from making an effort.

ROI 178

ROI Demand Generation Agencies Salary Demand Generation Targets 178

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AUGUST 20, 2015

I challenged marketing and sales leadership involved in 2016 planning to pause and consider conducting the assessment before making any decisions for next year. These include: Lead and demand generation: How are we attracting and engaging the target audience in building a consistent flow of prospective buyers?

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Revenue 100

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

Debbie Qaqish is Principal Partner and Chief Revenue Marketing Officer for demand generation agency, The Pedowitz Group. A nationally recognized thought leader and innovator in revenue generation, Qaqish has over 30 years of experience helping organizations connect marketing to revenue.

Demand Generation Agencies 219

Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Top of Funnel How To 219

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JULY 7, 2015

Marketing Automation makes it easier than ever to deliver more poor-quality leads to sales. One of the funniest but also most illustrative responses came from The Bridge Groups’ Trish Bertuzzi who nailed it when she said: Companies are still thinking marketing automation (MA) is the silver bullet. The No Marketing Strategy Approach.

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 100

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APRIL 18, 2012

His focus in the Marketing Effectiveness and Strategy practice helps his clients achieve extraordinary results. Video Marketing - A Surprising Trend. He adds that this is part of a larger, content-driven marketing trend that includes rich media. The Marketing Automation Learning Curve. The Impact of Mobile.

Trends 157

Trends Social Media Top of Funnel Lead Rank 157

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MAY 5, 2015

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. Rather, nurturing is a key stage in the overall progression of a holistic Demand Generation Program. It’s good to think outside of marketing automation. The impact?

Lead Nurturing 100

Lead Nurturing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 100

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JULY 9, 2015

Because it has become clear that marketing automation is making it easier than ever to generate poor quality leads. Miller compares marketing automation to fishing with a net and account based marketing automation to fishing with a spear. Align sales and marketing objectives. Why did we ask? Here's the problem.

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 100

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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. SQLs and closed deals) at risk.

Inbound 184

Inbound Outbound Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 184

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MAY 16, 2011

I will leave the Science of Lead Generation tactics to David Zarrella, Social Media Scientist in his recent HubSpot Webinar. Let me tell you a story about a Marketing-Lead-Generation-Wizard* and How He Created Demand. The company was growing, but it had little or no lead generation marketing. The Result.

Direct Mail 150

Direct Mail Territories Lead Generation Social Media 150