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Almost 3 out of 4 B2B leads are NOT sales-ready. Better crank up Demand Generation

Guest post by: Jeff Ogden

Article Overview: With so few leads going to sales being sales ready, companies need to focus on demand generation and deliver fewer, more qualified leads to sales.

Almost 3 out of 4 B2B leads are NOT sales-ready. Better crank up Demand Generation

In a Marketing Sherpa Case StudyThe Complex Sale: Lead scoring effort increases conversion 79%(click the link for the full case study) But we summarize here. It was found that almost 3 out of 4 leads (73%) being passed to sales are not sales-ready.

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