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Top 10 Reasons Why You’re Failing to Convert Leads into Customers

In theory, the process of converting inbound leads into customers seems pretty simple. When someone downloads something they liked it’s an indication of interest. So if you can generate more leads, all you have to do is hire low-cost business...

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Defining the Future of Meetings and Conferences

How Aventri CEO Jim Sharpe not only pivoted the business to support online events but is now helping to define what the future of meetings looks like with its customers.

As Jim Sharpe stepped into the CEO position at Aventri in January 2020, he...

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Scale Your SaaS Beyond Founder Relationships With an Inbound Strategy

As the founder of a young business, you are the one responsible for developing relationships, closing deals and securing the funding you need to move forward. It makes sense that you would be your company’s number one salesperson since you...

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How Smart SaaS Founders Prepare for their First Round of VC Funding

If an investor group handed you a check for $8 million, would you be prepared?The clock starts ticking as soon as the check is deposited. You now have quarterly board meetings. You now have sales targets to hit. That’s a lot to handle when it comes...

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The Right Way to Follow Up on Inbound Leads

Since the dawn of inbound marketing, let's call it the early 2000s, best practice for lead handling has been to follow-up an inbound lead within five minutes (or as quickly as possible) because it maximized the odds catching someone live, qualifying...

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How to Supercharge Your Sales Pipeline with Content

A CMO’s problems are fundamentally different than they were a year ago. And that's even more true if you're new in the job. Increasing sales in the short term requires content that jump-starts prospect engagement. Easier said than done, especially...

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Six Reasons Why Your Website Isn’t Generating Enough (Sales) Leads

Your waterfall will look more robust after reading and acting on this post.

It’s a shame when I come across websites that are obviously the result of a lot of effort in developing content for lead generation, and then quickly realize that their...

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Has COVID-19 Infected the Predictable Revenue Model?

Is the era of the BDR function coming to an end?

It's 5:30 on a Friday and my phone rings from an unknown number. I know it's probably a sales call but take it anyway."This is Jason," I say as a cheery female voice asks me if this is a good time to...

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Why Lead Gen Is a Slog for B2B CMOs

Nearly every B2B CMO is under pressure to generate leads, especially when new in the role.

A seminal Forrester report found that less than one percent of B2B leads ever convert into customers. That means that 99 percent of our efforts are...

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