Question: How can I turn an MQL into an SQL?
Answer: Teamwork
Converting an MQL into an SQL can sometimes feel like a bun fight between marketing and sales. One of the best ways to avoid this is to agree a way of working and formally capture it in a document this is called a service level agreement...
In an ideal world every visitor to your website, inbound call or event attendee would be a lead worthy of follow up. However, in the real world you know that leads have to be carefully sifted before you can pass them onto sales.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could produce a certain number of MQLs and you knew that this would automatically result in achieving your revenue targets?
If only life was that simple!
The ideal MQL to SQL ratio is often debated between sales and marketing and it’s one of those areas where there needs ...
With so much hype and emphasis put on content, digital and automation it's easy to lose sight of our primary marketing goals around generating quality opportunities. If you're still struggling to maintain consistent lead flows - don't despair! B2B marketers still cite Lead Generation as one of thei...
Once upon a time B2B direct marketing relied upon that little yellow bible that was the telephone book. Talking to anyone who has been in telemarketing for more than 20 years they will tell you about how all they had when they started was a copy the local telephone directory, a notepad and a phone!
What does Lead Generation mean to you? It may seem like a simple question but if we were to ask people at 10 different companies we would get 10 different answers. At what point does a suspect become a prospect, how does a prospect become a lead and when does that lead get given to the sales team to...
