How do the best companies identify, qualify, measure and build a digital relationship with prospects before they're willing to talk to a salesperson?

Today a Hidden Sales Cycle has developed whereby prospects spend 50-90% of their buying journey researching online on their own before reaching out to a sales person. Keeping in mind that 63% of companies that are surpassing their competitors use integrated marketing automation, we've identified and streamlined five basic core methods that you'll want to apply to your strategy in order to best nurture leads and prospects before they’re willing to talk to a salesperson.