The ROI Guy

MAY 14, 2012

I am often asked what key workflow or functionality you can enable if you integrate Alinean tools with Marketing Automation (MAP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions. As you may also be aware, Alinean Value Selling & Marketing Tools do support robust integration with sales and marketing automation solutions and processes.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring CRM Eloqua 64

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Building a sales funnel that aligns with your business goals is essential. I’m the head of Product at Datanyze, specializing in sourcing up-to-date prospect contact info to keep your pipeline flowing and sales funnel fresh. What is a sales funnel? And then there’s the sales funnel. The 4 stages of a sales funnel.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 118

Pointclear

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Anthony is also the Managing Director of B2B Sales Coach & Consultancy, a boutique sales coaching and consulting company. In addition, he is author of The Sales Blog , where he writes about sales and selling, sales management, the sales process, and what it takes to succeed.

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Lead Rank Social Media Sales Qualified Lead Video 201

Nutshell

JANUARY 30, 2023

What is lead scoring: A beginner’s ultimate guide Every marketer knows that not every lead will turn into a paying customer. So how do you identify which leads will most likely convert? Moreover, how can you improve your campaigns so they generate high-quality and converting leads? Enter lead scoring.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Leads 62

The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s How Marketing Can Help Sales After the Handoff. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Guest Post , Lead Management , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , execution. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. December 2007. The Pipeline Guest Post – Jeff Erramouspe.

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Manticore Pipeline Marketing Lead Rank 217

Apptivo

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In this instance, the sales person is able to channelize his efforts towards a lead and is successful in turning a lead into a customer. Similar to this, every lead in marketing needs to be qualified, every lead needs to qualify in order to avoid wastage of effort and time.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 52

The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales And Marketing Alignment In Terms Of Lead Generation In A 2.0 Stored in BANTER , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Marketing , Proactive , Productivity , Sales 2.0 , execution. Sales and marketing lead generation tools follow this suit.

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Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring 266

LeadBoxer

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

As a sales team manager, you want to see your reps improve their close rates. This guide takes a deep dive into what sales AI is, how it aids your team’s success and 10 of the best software options for the job. Read on or jump ahead to these sections: What is Sales AI? 3 Ways AI Improves Sales Enablement.

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Sales Enablement Tools Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 74

LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Framework for Your B2B Marketing Plan (2022 Update). Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? LeadFuze gives you all the data you need to find ideal leads, including full contact information. Go through a variety of filters to zero in on the leads you want to reach.

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Paid Content Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel B2B 52

LeadBoxer

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

We all know that making a sale is the act of exchanging a product or service in return for cash, but there is far more to selling than what meets the eye. With B2B e-commerce sales predicted to exceed B2C e-commerce sales by 2020, B2B selling is constantly growing. How are B2B sales different from B2C sales?

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B2B Top of Funnel Decision Maker B2C 91

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 26, 2017

And from where I stand -- as the manager of an inside sales team -- one thing is clear. To be successful next year and beyond, sales development reps need to think outside the box. You're currently using a few different tools for your marketing -- A, B, C, D, and E. It no longer works well. Thanks in advance, Brandon.

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Hubspot Lead Rank Call-back Sales Qualified Lead 141

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 24, 2018

You’ve invested in interactive content and marketing tools for your website, helping prospects and customers assess their needs, size and price the right solution, and understand the business value and differentiating cost advantages of recommended solutions.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Eloqua Unica 45

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 17, 2012

But if you’re hoping the same strategy, “build it, they will come” will work for driving your value marketing tool campaign success, you will quickly find that hope as a strategy might work for Kevin Costner in a movie, but rarely works in the real world. So what are the secrets to the best value marketing tool campaigns?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Campaigns Lead Nurturing 69

Nutshell

AUGUST 17, 2018

MailChimp is a beloved staple in the email marketing world. Almost everyone has heard of the platform, and if you communicate with customers for a living, there’s a good chance that you’ve used MailChimp to send out email newsletters and marketing drip campaigns. Marketing Specialist at Fueled. Ciara Hautau. It’s that easy.

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Top of Funnel B2B How To Campaigns 72

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 9, 2020

Objections are a part of life in sales, but they can be especially difficult to deal with in B2B sales. The best thing you can do is handle objections early and often in your sales cycle. The best thing you can do is handle objections early and often in your sales cycle. Don’t shy away from them. The Price Isn’t Right.

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Objections B2B Case Study Face-to-face 72

LeadBoxer

AUGUST 15, 2020

If you spend more of your time scouring the internet for leads than actually closing deals, consider adding lead capture pages to your marketing strategy. Before you know it, you’ll find new leads for your business without lifting a finger. What is a Lead Capture Page?

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Lead Capture Paid Content Lead Rank Lead Scoring 135

Klozers

JUNE 10, 2014

Sales Leads continue to be followed up ineffectively by sales people despite surveys showing most B2B Sales Reps are struggling to hit sales targets. Surely when sales people are under pressure to hit targets, then logic would dictate following up on sales leads would be a priority.

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Follow-up Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 48

Nutshell

AUGUST 27, 2018

There are hundreds of different sales tactics that you can use to find prospects, qualify leads, and make a sale. To point you in the right direction, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best and most popular B2B sales tactics from general practices to specific sales techniques you can use to close more of your deals.

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Sales Qualified Lead Closing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 126

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

Partners in Excellence

JULY 13, 2015

“Nurturing” has become the big buzzword of content marketing. Everyone is trying to nurture their prospects and customer. Marketing wants to develop a “relationship” with customers. Marketing wants to continue to “touch the customer” maintain contact and awareness.

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Buying Cycle Lead Gen Education Webinar Metrics 48

Jonathan Farrington

JULY 31, 2013

Top performing B2B sales organizations rarely employ just one lead generation tactic. According to recent research, B2B companies are using multiple lead generation tactics including, email marketing, search engine optimization, teleprospecting, inbound marketing, direct mail and trade shows.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead PointClear Leads 51

Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 2, 2013

Sales Training Article: Is Your Team Ready for 2014? By George de los Reyes, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Image courtesy of Danilo Rizzuti at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Have you started thinking about 2014? The best-in-class marketing leaders have already started planning for next year. The best marketers assess both.

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Outsourcing Services Training Lead Rank Buyer Persona 45

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

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

From our social media ROI studies, analyzing the investment, popularity, practices and results of social media marketing for the Fortune 500, and select small / medium companies, a key indicator to social media ROI success was level of engagement. the quantified return on investment (ROI) from social marketing efforts.

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Social Media ROI Media Webinar Metrics 58

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Today I received two emails that are a direct result of my attendance at the Sales 2.0 Supposedly, thought leaders in sales and marketing best practices. I’m still getting those emails from that marketing company—two a day. I may have asked for a white paper. Lead Nurturing Or Harassment?

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Cold Calling Prospecting Conference Jigsaw 94

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

Nutshell

JUNE 11, 2018

Over the years as a marketer, I’ve noticed a decent amount of animosity directed at marketing teams from sales teams. Maybe it’s because lead gen marketers take too much credit for the deals that the sales team closes. Maybe it’s because the leads coming in from marketing are totally worthless.

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Lead Rank Inbound Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 63

Nutshell

JUNE 11, 2018

Over the years as a marketer, I’ve noticed a decent amount of animosity directed at marketing teams from sales teams. Maybe it’s because lead gen marketers take too much credit for the deals that the sales team closes. Maybe it’s because the leads coming in from marketing are totally worthless.

Lead Rank 63

Lead Rank Top of Funnel Inbound Sales Qualified Lead 63

OnePageCRM

JUNE 20, 2017

The ultimate guide to planning, conducting and tracking your outbound sales calls. If you’re making a lot of prospecting calls, you might not have time to follow up immediately or as a sales development rep, your role ends at qualifying leads. Sales can be an expensive process with very profitable results. After the call.

Top of Funnel 41

Top of Funnel Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling 41

Nutshell

JUNE 11, 2018

Over the years as a marketer, I’ve noticed a decent amount of animosity directed at marketing teams from sales teams. Maybe it’s because lead gen marketers take too much credit for the deals that the sales team closes. Maybe it’s because the leads coming in from marketing are totally worthless.

Lead Rank 48

Lead Rank Inbound Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 48

Sales Hacker

APRIL 15, 2022

Time is precious and always in high demand, so naturally, time to revenue (TTR) is a crucial KPI for any sales team. Along with providing insights into efficiency and earnings, TTR sheds light on lead prioritization, cost reduction techniques, profit forecasting, and more. In simpler terms, you must know the number of sales per period.

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Sales Operations Revenue Scale B2B 88

OnePageCRM

JUNE 20, 2017

The ultimate guide to planning, conducting and tracking your outbound sales calls. If you’re making a lot of prospecting calls, you might not have time to follow up immediately or as a sales development rep, your role ends at qualifying leads. Sales can be an expensive process with very profitable results. After the call.

Top of Funnel 25

Top of Funnel Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling 25

Zoominfo

JULY 21, 2019

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. In comparison, 86% of B2C marketers use content marketing ( source ).

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Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Social Media 100

Nutshell

AUGUST 19, 2020

There are many ways to add new email contacts to your sales database, but it can be tough to convert those contacts into actual leads and customers. Luckily, email marketing automation is a very effective tool for nurturing new email subscribers and helping you close deals. Lead them to more content.

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Email Marketing Software Software Lead Rank 96

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Captures rich customer intelligence for superior lead nurturing and accelerated sales cycles Alinean introduced Interactive Content Connectors at the Eloqua Experience event, helping integrate Alinean-value sales / marketing tools with CRM / Marketing Automation solutions, including salesforce.com, Eloqua and more.

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Eloqua CRM Marketing Lead Nurturing 61

Sales Hacker

JULY 15, 2021

The prospects soak up everything your marketing team has to say. When marketing hands over the leads to the sales team , they have a field day and close most of them because they are highly qualified. That’s the tremendous power of account-based marketing (ABM). What is account-based marketing?

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Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel ROI Cost Per Click 107

OnePageCRM

MAY 25, 2017

The ultimate guide to planning, conducting and tracking your outbound sales calls. Prospecting is the most difficult part of the sales process for salespeople. The key to outbound sales is smart calling. However, it can also be the fastest way to build yourself a sales pipeline. Sales calls work. Making the call.

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Top of Funnel Cold Calling How To Sales Qualified Lead 20