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How Much Leads Cost

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I review a lot of content on this topic and am amazed at what I find written about lead cost. For example: “The average cost per lead across all the companies surveyed is almost $200 ($198.44).Admittedly, Admittedly, that’s a useless statistic, as these figures vary quite dramatically depending on industry, company size, etc.” (see

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How Not to Buy Leads

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An employee of a targeted company needed only to download some content to be qualified as a lead. As long as they worked for XYZ Company and downloaded the content they were a lead. times more likely than higher level executives to download content. His definition of a lead was the loosest that I have ever heard.

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Leads are Hard 

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One analysis documented the following: “The average cost per lead across all the companies surveyed is almost $200 ($198.44). Admittedly, that’s a useless statistic, as these figures vary quite dramatically depending on industry, company size, etc.” PointClear associates see this in action every hour of every day.

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What's it take to generate leads that fuel your forecast?

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Is it the name on a list you bought from a content aggregator for $23? Because the chances are pretty low—probably 3% to 4% at best—that any of these names are bonafide opportunities if you are a B2B company with a complex sales process. At PointClear, our average associate is 50. What is a lead? They won’t get followed up.

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Why Podcasting Has Great Reach and is the Least Expensive Content Creator

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While most companies scramble to create content, they remain unaware that podcast content is the least expensive tactic per impression and listener. WHY IT MATTERS: “While most companies scramble to create content, they remain unaware that podcast content is the least expensive tactic per impression and listener.”. __.

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Dear CEO: Find out how well your team is nurturing its B2B sales leads

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If you are paying (just as an example) $750 per appointment, and on average 40% or more of those appointments are with someone who cannot or will not buy, then you are actually paying $1250 per appointment—if you consider, as PointClear does, that unless it’s a qualified prospect it doesn’t count. Long term, things get even worse.

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We're entering the era of accountability in sales and marketing

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At PointClear, we facilitate accountability that translates into results. Map content to audiences of one. For a case study about how one technology company entered the era of accountability (by partnering with our company), read this post. So how do you get from here to there? Use dynamic engagement, including triggers.