Setting up closed loop reporting allows you to track your key marketing and sales metrics in order to identify what marketing programs are contributing to leads, opportunities and sales. The reporting system consists of two main components: marketing software, for lead generation and advanced analytics, and a CRM (customer relationship management) system, to track and measure sales activities.
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The Importance of Setting Up Closed-Loop Reporting
By Jack Barry on Mon,Jun 30, 2014 @ 11:12 AM
Topics: Smarketing Closed Loop Reporting
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How to Define Your Funnel Stages & MQLs
By Jack Barry on Thu,Jun 19, 2014 @ 02:35 PM
Successful Smarketing requires your sales and marketing team to work together by using the same definitions and sharing the same goals. One important aspect in this regard is developing a unified picture of the funnel including the terminology you use for each stage.
How to Define Your Funnel Stages
One of the easiest ways to define funnel stages is to adopt a common terminology such as the following:
- Visits
- Leads (or Information qualified leads)
- Marketing qualified leads
- Sales qualified leads
- Opportunities
- Customers