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Account-Based Marketing vs. Lead Generation: Which is Right for You?

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Account-based marketing (ABM) and lead generation both offer a way to do this. Done right, both can help attract the kind of high-quality leads that become long-term customers and advocates. Templafy generated 475% ROI with lead generation. DocuSign combines both to fuel its sales funnel. The result?

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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

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From long sales cycles to trying to stand out from the sea of sameness, B2B companies face an uphill battle from the start. I recently surveyed and interviewed over 200+ B2B executives, marketing & sales leaders to find out exactly what challenges they currently face and what they are doing to overcome them.

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Sales Is a Function of Marketing Pure and Simple

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Over the years one of the great breakdowns in many of the small businesses that I’ve worked with lies in area of sales. Now it might be tempting to conclude that what I referring to is a lack of sales, but what I’m really getting at is a misunderstanding there’s actually a distinction between sales and marketing.

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CXL Live 2022 Recap: Main Takeaways From 6 World-Class Marketers

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A marketing strategy should include a go-to-market plan that is sales-led and product assisted. Marketing should collaborate as a business function with sales, finance and ops, but you shouldn’t replace any of their tasks as a manager. He explained how lead generation uses a short term, sales-focused strategy.

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A Quick Primer on B2B Conversion Optimization

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Some of the same underlying principles apply, but because of the inherent differences in buying decisions and sales cycles, pulling B2C optimization practices straight from the book might be a bad idea. There are a few things that make optimizing for B2B a different beast: The sales cycle is usually longer.

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How to Get Better Lead Generation Results

Duct Tape Marketing

In the same way, a smart lead generation strategy requires a balanced approach. Your sales organization needs to think about how you can “diversify” your lead generation efforts between inbound and outbound sales leads. Sales leads from some sources are higher quality or better qualified than others.

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LinkedIn Video Ads: Relevance, Specs, and Use Cases

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The inability to retarget video viewers doesn’t preclude lead generation. LinkedIn offers Lead Gen forms that overlay Sponsored Content, which removes the need for visitors to go to a separate landing page. Compared to the B2C world, B2B attribution faces two challenges: Sales often take place offline.

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