Cisco's marketing-to-sales conversion rate jumped from 5% to 71% using 6sense
Amanda Kahlow · Predictive Analytics for B2B Marketing // Amanda Kahlow, 6Sense [FirstMark's Data Driven] · May 23, 2016 · at 12:27
Amanda Kahlow, founder and CEO of 6Sense, presents customer ROI metrics from Cisco at Data Driven NYC.
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“They bond from a five percent marketing to sales conversion rate to 71%.”
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