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The Cost-Per-Lead Fallacy in Measuring B2B Lead Generation Investments (Pt 3 of 3)

ViewPoint

The introductory post in this series addressed the problems and costs of applying the cost-per-lead metric to measure the success of B2B lead generation investments. In the second post, we looked at elements of a complex sale that impact B2B lead generation costs.

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The Dangers of Using Cost per Lead as a Metric to Measure Marketing

ViewPoint

Twice over the past two years I blogged about the dangers of using cost per lead as a metric to measure marketing. As a foundation, I published three blogs in 2012 in which I outlined three critical elements that impact B2B lead generation costs in the complex sale: 1. as compared to $1,357.25

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32 Resolutions to Prepare for Your 2012 B2B Lead Generation Program

NuSpark Consulting

Thought I’d give it a shot as well, running through a master list of “resolutions” as preparation for improving your inbound marketing and lead generation strategies for 2012 and beyond. Process: Set your lead generation campaign goals. How many qualified leads. Cost-per-lead.

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B2B Lead Generation: Are You Killing the Golden Goose?

ViewPoint

This is the first in a series of four blogs about B2B Lead Generation marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Over the next four weeks we will talk about all of the statistics on the following table, though today we are going to focus on lead rate: Based on over 60,000 completed company dispositions per year (annualized for 2012).

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How Effective is Your Lead Generation? Key Insights from Lenskold Group’s 2012 Lead Generation Marketing Effectiveness Study

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Dayna Rothman The Lenskold Group and The Pedowitz Group recently released their 2012 Lead Generation Marketing Effectiveness Study. The study draws on 373 B2B marketers to discuss the practice of lead generation , marketing automation, ROI, and how they are all interrelated. We would love to hear from you!

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From a Challenging Marketing Past to the Most Promising Marketing Future: Top Takeaways from the 2011 B2B Roundtable Webinars

markempa

Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago.

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The Ultimate Resource for 2013 Inbound Marketing Stats and Charts [SlideShare]

Hubspot

23) Past success at inbound marketing was the number one reason to change a budget in 2012 -- a full 150% more likely to drive budgets allocations than any other reason. 37) Blogging has enjoyed strong annual budget growth -- 23% of marketers invested in blogs for 2013, a 9% increase from 2012. Lead Generation.