Marketing Funnels: Following the Map to Successful Sales

Trying to convince a prospect to become a customer without knowing where they are in the buying journey is like putting on a blindfold, throwing a dart, and hoping it hits the bullseye.

Revenue team members are more successful if they can see where prospects are in their buying process, using marketing funnels to plot a course for successful sales.

What is a marketing funnel?

The B2B marketing funnel represents the journey that prospects take on the way to becoming your customers. It can be broken down into a four-step process that encompasses the following stages:

  • Awareness
  • Consideration
  • Decision
  • Purchase

Knowing the marketing funnel provides a template for revenue teams. It helps them tailor marketing and sales outreach to meet the needs and preferences of your buyers, based on where they are in the marketing funnel.

Sales funnel dashboard with animated robot mascot showing account stages from awareness to purchase, with account details panel for Acme Corp.

How do marketing funnels work?

  • Top of funnel

    Build a relevant audience for your marketing campaign with educational messaging and content, instead of sales-oriented.

  • Middle of funnel

    Generate interest in your products or services — and, ideally, your brand. Create and market content that shares product-specific information.

  • Bottom of funnel

    Convert prospects into customers and maintain a healthy, long-term customer relationship.

How 6sense improves marketing funnels

6sense helps companies understand exactly where prospects are in the buying journey, and by helping revenue teams launch campaigns at scale that reach buyers throughout the funnel.

Our AI and predictive modeling aggregate millions of data points to produce AI predictions like buying stage and account fit, in addition to:

  • Spotting and deanonymizing account-level internet activity
  • Recognizing what part of the funnel an account is in based on engagement behavior and content consumption
  • Predicting when an account will enter the next stage of the journey based on data from past deals
Account dashboard showing lead temperature status (Hot/Warm/Cold) with companies like HubSpot and Acme, and predictive insights panel showing engagement metrics.
Reachdesk Dramatically Boosts Win Rates with 6sense Intent Data
35%

win rate from 6sense-identified accounts

65%

conversion rate from key accounts to sales-accepted opportunities

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