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Persistence Pays—How 42 Lead Qualification Touchpoints Won a $1 Billion Deal

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While some sales people stop after placing one or two calls (if they don’t get the prospect on the phone or don’t get a call back, they deem the lead no good) our sales support associates keep trying. One opportunity we turned over to a client took 42 touchpoints across 3 months to nurture to sales-qualified status. Case-in-Point.

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How to Use Email Automation to Nurture Prospects

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Compared to B2C marketing strategies, B2B marketers and sales professionals rely on educating their audiences to gain more leads and conversions. B2B business is also solution-based instead of problem-based (compare household cleaning commercials to an industrial cleaning advertisement). What are the Benefits of Email Automation?

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How to Reach Decision Makers Every Time

No More Cold Calling

He explains: “When salespeople successfully reach the actual decision makers, opportunities move through the pipeline and reach the closable stage, often resulting in a win. However, MOST salespeople are NOT reaching the actual decision makers and those are the opportunities that lose traction and/or result in a loss.”.

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The Lead Generation Strategy Guide

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For example, a lead with a profile that matches a company’s buyer persona should not only be rated higher than a lead who is outside the typical customer profile; in many cases, the ideal prospect should be required to take less action in order to meet lead qualification criteria. Stages of Lead Qualification.

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How to Use Email Automation to Nurture Prospects

Zoominfo

Compared to B2C marketing strategies, B2B marketers and sales professionals rely on educating their audiences to gain more leads and conversions. B2B business is also solution-based instead of problem-based (compare household cleaning commercials to an industrial cleaning advertisement).

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The Lead Generation Strategy Guide

Zoominfo

For example, a lead with a profile that matches a company’s buyer persona should not only be rated higher than a lead who is outside the typical customer profile; in many cases, the ideal prospect should be required to take less action in order to meet lead qualification criteria.

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SMB Customer Experience Best Practices

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It hardly requires reminding anyone that there are significant opportunities in selling to the massive (but fickle) small and medium-sized (SMB) market; by some accounts there are as many as 30 million SMBs operating in the US and perhaps another 75 million on a global basis. Always stay aligned to the actual needs of your SMB customers.