Back to Basics: How to Reach Buyers with Lead Generation Marketers are outsmarting themselves with their demand generation strategies. It’s time to go back to basics to understand what to do with the leads you buy, and how to enable your inside sales team to reach buyers earlier [...]
Too Much Tech, Too Little ROI: The Impact of MarTech on Lead Generation Marketing has become tech-heavy, and demand generation is no exception. In BlueWhale Research’s 2023 B2B Technology Demand Generation Trend Report, the majority (57.8%) of the 200 B2B Tech Marketers surveyed are managing between two and [...]
Marketers Aren’t Involving Sales Teams in Demand Generation – and It’s Costing Both Teams Opportunities In a survey of over 200 marketers in B2B technology industries, BlueWhale Research uncovered an expensive mistake most organizations are making: a missed opportunity for effective demand generation. Over half (58.1%) of Sales [...]
Marketers’ Top Priorities When Evaluating Lead Generation Providers An analysis of marketers’ demand generation priorities in the B2B Technology Demand Generation Trend Report reveals that lead quality reigns supreme. BlueWhale Research conducted a SURVEY campaign to gather research insights from over 200 B2B marketers in the Technology, Software, [...]
How to Use Leads to Activate Accounts Your lead generation strategy should serve as a catalyst for account activation. By identifying qualified leads and making it easier to use those leads to activate entire accounts, you can convert buyers into Marketing-attributed pipeline and opportunities faster. We designed BlueWhale’s [...]
In a Recession, Raise Your Lead Quality Standards When budgets are tight, lead quality matters more than ever. Your marketing pipeline will only be as good as the leads you put into your funnel, so it’s time to raise your lead generation standards. Low-Quality Leads Waste Your Time [...]
How to Adapt your B2B Lead Generation Strategy for a Recession By Chris Isham, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer As businesses are feeling the effects of the economic downturn and are preparing for the possibility of a recession, many marketers find themselves at the center of budgeting discussions. [...]
Sales Enablement Q&A with a Demand Generation Advisor Jordan Quinn, a BlueWhale Demand Generation Advisor, discusses how marketers can enable sales with their demand generation strategies. Why is it important for marketers to build sales enablement into their demand generation strategies? Building sales enablement into your demand generation [...]
Four Ways Transparency Benefits Your Lead Generation Program By James Oberhausen, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer There is a significant gap between the transparency B2B buyers expect and what vendors provide. This is especially true in the lead generation industry, where transparency and reliability are often rare, leaving [...]
Why BANT is Bad for Business – and How You Should Qualify Leads Instead By Chris Isham, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer In theory, BANT sounds like a great way to tell if leads are qualified. In practice, BANT causes you to push people out of your funnel [...]