Lead nurturing plays an important role in industrial lead generation programs because it is rare that an industrial sale is completed on the first call or the first visit to the manufacturer’s website. Forrester, CSO Insights and Marketo reported that lead nurturing produced much better results. Here are some of the significant findings from their research studies: Reduced the number of marketing-generated leads ignored by sales to as low as 25%. Raised win rates on marketing-generated leads by 7% and reduced “no decisions” by 6%. Still not convinced? Some refer to this as “drip marketing.”.