The Digital Sales Institute

JUNE 30, 2022

Lead gen media software is now an important tool in digital selling, Lead generation tools don’t only gather and generate leads. Scoring, qualifying, and nurturing leads helps turn prospects into customers. Do you find it challenging for your company to get new leads? Keep on reading.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Media 52

SBI Growth

AUGUST 30, 2013

Determining the size ($) of the market potential – Total Available Market for your products & services. Don’t skip this step or you’ll build your lead gen engine in the dark. The key to successful marketing is influencing the buyer early in the journey. It fuels the marketing machine. Content is king.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 306

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Thinking back on my career, I realized early on that marketing spending of any sort, whether for people or programs, must be rooted in my ability (and our marketing department’s ability) to justify the expense. Naturally, not every lead gen program will be a success. Nothing else made sense to me then or now.

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Lead Gen ROI Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 184

Nimble - Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We live in a world driven by marketing, and as the internet plays a larger part in our daily lives, we will continue to see innovative and inventive ways that companies and brands increase lead generation. Below is a list of the top five effective tools for lead generation. Website optimization If your business is […].

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Lead Gen Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Strategy 65

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

10 Reasons Why a B2B Lead Generation Department Should Report to Marketing and Not to Sales. As a consultant, I regularly advise that appointment setting Lead Generation Departments report to Marketing and not to Sales. Marketers typically are more available than sales road warriors, when answers are needed.

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Lead Gen Report Lead Rank Lead Scoring 75

SalesProInsider

APRIL 10, 2019

Generate more leads and then convert them. Lead gen and lead conversion both need effort, time, confidence, resources, and skill. While my focus is on equipping people to increase their conversion rates with collaborative conversations that sell*, that doesn’t matter if you don’t have enough leads or prospects to convert.

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Lead Gen Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 113

Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. But how do you find leads and prime them for buying? Welcome to lead generation marketing. What is Lead Generation Marketing? Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profile 246

SBI Growth

MAY 11, 2014

CMO’s are on a crusade to increase marketing contribution to revenue. Lead Generation is the path and their Marketing Automation system is the engine. However, 75% of CMO’s are not accomplishing what they expect from Marketing Automation (Frost & Sullivan report).

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Vendor Lead Gen Marketing Lead Generation 263

SalesProInsider

JULY 10, 2019

In marketing and lead generation, or in stronger lead conversion? This question is tough because the best results will likely come from a combination of sales and marketing, or “Smarketing” to use a funny, mashed up term. You can’t grow at the desired level if you don’t have prospective clients to talk with— marketing.

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Lead Gen Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Conversion 94

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? Stages of Lead Qualification. Pretty simple, right?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Green Lead's B2B

AUGUST 6, 2021

There are so many demand gen vendors out there, and if you are a demand gen professional in sales or marketing, we've probably called you. Outsourcing some or all of your appointment setting or lead generation activity to a third party vendor is a task that shouldn't be undertaken by responding to one cold call.

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Outsourcing Services Lead Gen Cost per Lead Vendor 46

Force Management

JANUARY 25, 2024

This includes Lead Gen, Pre-Sales, Sales, Post-Sales, Channel, Marketing, and Product roles. Today’s top enablement teams are expanding their efforts to a wider set of roles to ensure new strategies permeate into the daily sales motion.

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Lead Gen Face-to-face Direct Sales Team Channels 114

Cience

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Clutch is a B2B research, ratings, and reviews platform of in-depth client reviews, data-driven content, and vetted market leaders based in Washington, D.C. They collect client reviews and analyze tonnes of data to offer the best market research there is. It’s a win-win! Eric Quanstrom, CMO of CIENCE.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring B2B 52

Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2020

Traditionally, marketing plans lay out these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

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Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Strategy Marketing 246

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

B2B lead generation, often shortened to lead gen, is the lifeblood of a healthy business. A typical definition of a lead is any potential customer who has expressed interest in a company’s goods or services. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 130

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Marketing leaders must prove their contribution to Sales Revenue. Marketing must produce leads that generate new business. In this environment, many of your peers have turned to marketing automation as the solution. The conventional wisdom says the technology will solve the lead gen deficiency. OUTSOURCING.

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Outsourcing Services Lead Gen Marketing Webinar Metrics 316

Zoominfo

JANUARY 26, 2021

Your typical lead gen strategy may not be enough when targeting the biggest fish. So if you want to grow your leads, it’s time to grow your strategy. . What Is Enterprise Lead Generation? Enterprise prospects are what salespeople and marketers like to refer to as “the whale” of all leads.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Enterprise 189

SBI Growth

MARCH 8, 2013

Based on the closure rate of the current sales process, how many sales qualified leads (SQL) do you need to make your number? Download the Lead Gen Calculator to determine how many leads you need. We see more and more marketing executives carrying a bag (quota) these days than ever before. Is my team good enough?

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Leads 310

Sales Evangelist

MAY 13, 2017

But of course, you want to have quality leads and you want to make sure you’re being strategic about it. Who doesn’t want to get more leads? But of course, you want to have quality leads and you want to make sure you’re being strategic about it. You can’t just wing it! You can’t just wing it!

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Lead Gen Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing 40

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? Pretty simple, right?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 26, 2018

Author: Stephanie Kidder, Chief Marketing Officer, Azalead You Could Do With Less Leads, But You Do Need to Reach More People. When it comes to effective B2B marketing, sometimes less is more, and sometimes more is more, but it may not always be so obvious. Why shouldn’t marketing do the same?

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Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing Buying Cycle 236

Openview

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Note: NetSuite has an inbound marketing engine and grew to an almost $200M/year company with no outbound prospecting. But there’s one really important thing you need to understand in all of this – lead gen was not our our goal. They were promoted ahead of schedule and pulled into all areas of the sales and marketing orgs.

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Scale Lead Gen NetSuite Lead Rank 73

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

One guy even said he was thinking of cold calling (shudder) and doing more marketing. It will take more than two minutes to read this month’s posts from No More Cold Calling, but consider doing it anyway: Without Call-Backs, Your Lead Gen Is Dead in the Water. That’s a problem because the best lead gen strategies aren’t digital.

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Referrals Lead Gen Social Media Cold Calling 233

SBI Growth

JANUARY 26, 2013

You’re the newly minted marketing leader. Every marketing leader in similar circumstances asks themself these two questions: What do I need to accomplish in year 1? There are four fundamental steps to developing and executing your Year 1 marketing strategy: Develop a Lead Generation Strategy. All eyes are on you.

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Ideal Customer Profile Demand Generation Agencies Promotion Demand Generation 300

SBI Growth

JUNE 28, 2013

Every Marketing Leader wants to avoid getting labeled that they deliver poor leads. Meet Kathy, a VP of Marketing whose team supports a 25+ sales rep company. She had believed her sales & marketing organization was perfectly aligned until a problem occurred. Marketing proves to be an effective scapegoat.

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Lead Gen Marketing Social Media Banking 319

Pointclear

APRIL 25, 2011

PC: Ardath, you’ve written a lot about the importance of using lead nurturing to engage leads across the entirety of the buying process. Yet B2B marketers seem to be more focused on lead generation than the rest of the process. This is why so much lead wastage is going on. Is that a problem? AA: Absolutely.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 197

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

There’s no denying how influential account based sales and marketing have become over the past few years. Making the Business Case to Eliminate Lead Gen Forms. The post Making the Business Case to Eliminate Lead Gen Forms in Your ABS/ABM Strategy appeared first on Sales Hacker. I know, I know. But hear me out.

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Lead Gen Account Based Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 71

Zoominfo

JANUARY 26, 2021

Your typical lead gen strategy may not be enough when targeting the biggest fish. So if you want to grow your leads, it’s time to grow your strategy. What Is Enterprise Lead Generation? Enterprise prospects are what salespeople and marketers like to refer to as “the whale” of all leads.

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Lead Generation Enterprise Enterprise Lead Rank 130

Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2016

As a business-to-business marketing or sales leader you have numerous options for lead generation tactics and tools. Top choices include teleprospecting, direct marketing, search engine marketing, website, and trade shows.

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Lead Gen Telemarketing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 113

Sales Lead Management Association

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

How do you know,” I asked the marketing manager, “how much money to spend on marketing, and how many inquiries and leads to produce?”.

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Lead Gen Quota Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 67

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

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Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Top of Funnel Marketing 147

SBI Growth

AUGUST 3, 2013

She’s a Marketing VP at a B2B logistics company. The former leader never fully supported or appreciated Kathy’s marketing team efforts. The sales force neglected to utilize marketing developed sales support materials. The sales force neglected to utilize marketing developed sales support materials. Meet Kathy.

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Meeting Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Gen 303

Accent Technologies

JUNE 12, 2018

There are so many facets of marketing that have a direct impact on revenue. It's important as a marketer to know the tools that are available to in order to track your contribution to revenue lift. One of the most fulfilling aspects of a career in demand gen is that you can directly impact revenue generation.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Gen Revenue 61

SBI Growth

JUNE 24, 2013

You’re the CMO and you’re doing everything world class marketing organizations do. You’re fighting the classic finger pointing between sales and marketing. It’s not us it’s them; I could make the number if marketing provided better leads. If the sales talent could evolve with the market; they would make the number.

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Lead Gen Churn Lead Rank Lead Scoring 320

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 25, 2017

The tug of war between sales and marketing is real, and it cripples productivity. At the same time, marketing and sales are ultimately after the same thing, and each side often looks to the other to help meet mutual objectives: business growth and ROI, to name a couple. Author: Anna Fisher There’s no going around it. Cue the “Aha!”

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Marketing Lead Gen Data Construction 174

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. Marketing Automation.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 276

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona 201