I am talking about the word “lead” with regard to marketing and CRM systems. We have gotten it completely wrong for decades, and it has caused a great deal of problems and unnecessary expense for many organizations. 

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Topics: Marketing Planning, Buyer's journey, Marketers, Marketing Technology, Marketing Insights, marketing measurement, marketing data, B2B, marketing strategy

To justify their marketing spend, marketing leaders are under constant pressure from their organization to deliver ROI. Right now especially, with ever-changing plans and budgets, they’re grappling with the best way to do so, whether that’s through reallocating funds from canceled events, reducing their overall budget, or, as everyone has heard, pivoting (the marketing buzzword of 2020?) their campaign strategy to address their audience’s focus on remote work or virtual events.

To get a sense of the current struggle, let’s take a look at what marketing leaders Denise and Christine have been up to.

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Topics: sales enablement, Marketing performance management, Marketing Performance, alignment