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10 Tips for a Successful Trade Show Follow-up Campaign

The Point

Research has long suggested that the majority of leads generated by trade shows never receive follow-up by company representatives. A 2010 study concluded that fewer than 70 percent of exhibitors have any formalized plan or process in place for how leads are followed up after the show. Any response (e.g.

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The B2B marketing ironies of our time

Biznology

The result: you get higher quality prospects, with higher conversion rates and at lower cost than traditional outbound marketing. Did you know that both Google and Facebook use dear old direct mail for cold prospecting in their ad sales businesses? Budgets continue to shift to digital channels. But hold on. I’ve seen actual samples.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

ViewPoint

The DMA’s 2010 Response Rate Report reported a healthy 1.68% response rate to B-to-B prospecting letter mail and 2.18% to its cheaper cousin, postcard mail. prospective business buyers in just about every category can be found through the mail, even for obscure products or highly targeted niches.

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4 Ways B2B Marketers Can Benefit from Pinterest

B2B Marketing Traction

Pinterest was founded in December 2010 and was named as a top ten social media site by October 2011 with over ten million visits per week. These could illustrate your or your firm’s style, which could help a prospective client choose the right marketing partner. Karlie recommended a board for best tips for trade shows.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: 10 Lead Generation (Prospecting) Tips for Sales People

markempa

And instead of calling it lead generation, sales people will probably call it prospecting. All of which means investment of time and proficiencies frequently beyond their realm, and sooner or later, one way or another, there must be a shift from prospecting back to selling. This is particularity true in small companies.

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Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing

Hubspot

Outbound marketing includes activities such as trade shows, seminar series and cold calling. Outbound marketing included trade shows, seminar series, email blasts to purchased lists, internal cold calling, outsourced telemarketing, and advertising. It is costly and the ROI is much lower than inbound marketing.

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Marketing Content That Sells

The Effective Marketer

Then with all the triggers in place, sit back and watch the software do the job of sending the right message to the right prospect at the right time. Go to a trade show and the situation gets really bad. Wow, it’s magical! Yes, except for one little detail. Who’s going to write all that new content? Will you have to outsource?