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The New B2B Marketing Reality: More Touches Are Required To Close The Deal - Forbes

The New B2B Marketing Reality: More Touches Are Required To Close The Deal - Forbes | The MarTech Digest | Scoop.it
In 2015, BrightFunnel released a host of statistics that show marketing must work harder than ever and that its efforts span the entire buyer’s journey, from lead to sale.

It takes 52% more marketing touches to close a deal.
The total number of touches are evenly split between pre-sales (53%) and the sales cycle (47%).
The average path to sale for “high growth” tech companies is 512 days from lead to revenue.
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Boost Conversions with These 8 SaaS Funnel Tweaks - Kissmetrics

Boost Conversions with These 8 SaaS Funnel Tweaks - Kissmetrics | The MarTech Digest | Scoop.it
Top of the Funnel Tweaks
1. Use a Pre-Signup Form
2. A/B Test Content Hierarchies
3. Use Remarketing Alongside Your Content Marketing
4. Use Behavioral and Exit-Intent Popups


Middle of the Funnel
5. Create Separate Auto-Responder Campaigns Based on User Stage
6. Offer a Free Trial Only If a Visitor Doesn’t Subscribe to Your Service
7. Send Summary Reports


Bottom of the Funnel
8. Consider Support Chat Widgets
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Why important?: These are excellent tips that can add to your conversion rate. But as usual...TEST!!

 

RYZZ is coming. It’s a new approach to MarTech for B2B Marketers.

 

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Which websites influence B2B Purchase decisions? - Smart Insights 

Which websites influence B2B Purchase decisions? - Smart Insights  | The MarTech Digest | Scoop.it
Offline information sources remain important, supplemented by new online sources High-value B2B purchase decisions are typically complex, involving multipl. Marketing topic(s):B2B strategy. Advice by Dave Chaffey.
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RYZZ is coming. It’s a new approach to MarTech for B2B Marketers.

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It’s About Revenue: Marketers Head Directly Into The Sales Funnel - Demand Gen Report

Before the hand-off to sales: 
  • Which marketing activities generate the most leads?
  • Do you have content aligned to the buyer’s journey?
Sales hand-off:

  • Has sales and marketing agreed upon a definition for good lead? Are those the types of leads being handed to sales?
  • Which pieces of content produce the most qualified leads? Why?
The sales process: 

  • Does your content align to your sales stages?
  • Do your sales reps have the right amount of content for each sales stage?
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How to Build a High-Converting Marketing Funnel [Infographic] - Profs

How to Build a High-Converting Marketing Funnel [Infographic] - Profs | The MarTech Digest | Scoop.it
Sales - Follow these seven steps to consistently attract and convert more customers by building an automated marketing funnel.
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101 Lead Magnet Ideas For Every Stage Of Your Marketing Funnel - CopyMonk

101 Lead Magnet Ideas For Every Stage Of Your Marketing Funnel - CopyMonk | The MarTech Digest | Scoop.it

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Quick exchange of your email address and you'll receive this one page list. A bit of a stretch to reach 101, but you get the idea.

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How to Get More Customers in Your Sales Funnel with Engaging Lead Generation - Kissmetrics

How to Get More Customers in Your Sales Funnel with Engaging Lead Generation - Kissmetrics | The MarTech Digest | Scoop.it

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Moral of the story: always match your content to the stages of your buyer's journey.

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B2B Sales Benchmark Research Finds Some Pipeline Surprises [INFOGRAPHIC] - Salesforce

B2B Sales Benchmark Research Finds Some Pipeline Surprises [INFOGRAPHIC] - Salesforce | The MarTech Digest | Scoop.it

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Missing: the quantity of opportunities, or the relative percentage to each other. I don't doubt the percentages, but the number of email campaign leads usually far exceed the number of social leads.

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Marketing & Sales Performance: The Roadmap to Revenue & Its Tollgates - Aberdeen

Marketing & Sales Performance: The Roadmap to Revenue & Its Tollgates - Aberdeen | The MarTech Digest | Scoop.it

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The report associated with the adjacent infographic. It's free, but requires registration.

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B2B Leads: Once Again, Speed-to-Call Counts - Marketing Charts | #TheMarketingAutomationAlert

B2B Leads: Once Again, Speed-to-Call Counts - Marketing Charts | #TheMarketingAutomationAlert | The MarTech Digest | Scoop.it

Last year, a study from Leads360 (now Velocify) found that speed-to-call is the single largest driver of lead conversion, with the headline result being that a phone call to a new prospect within a minute of lead generation improves conversion rates by 391% compared to later times making the first call. Now new data from Software Advice supports the importance of calling leads quickly, finding that qualification rates fall with each passing second.

 

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My gosh, are you kidding? It falls off that quickly? Unbelievable! Does this data impact your thinking at all?

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