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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. Leads and expected metrics are defined in carefully created and detailed program plans and lead rates are impacted (particularly in 2010) by the mix and quality of inbound dispositions.

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

ViewPoint

Standard B2B lead-generation programs produce an average 5% lead rate while advanced lead-generation programs (which include lead nurturing) produce an average 15% lead rate—three times higher. That is why you frequently hear sales say: “the leads suck.”. Long term, things get even worse.

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How Not to Buy Leads

ViewPoint

His definition of a lead was the loosest that I have ever heard. 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. Candidly, I doubt that is actually how the lead recipients feel.

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Get 3X B2B Marketing ROI by Nurturing Leads

ViewPoint

Lead nurture can triple the return on most marketing campaigns. By nurturing leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales, an organization can eliminate wasted marketing spend and increase sales results. Successful lead generation—inbound and outbound—requires nurturing. The numbers speak for themselves.

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

ViewPoint

What is a lead? Is it the name on a list you bought from a content aggregator for $23? While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. PinPoint™ Platform , our automated solution that helps manage lead generation, qualification and nurturing. At PointClear, our average associate is 50.

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The B2B Lead Generation-Demand Generation Book “Hall of Fame”

NuSpark Consulting

B2B lead generation and lead management is a complicated process that can’t be detailed all in one book. It’s easier said than done which is why firms like mine exist, to implement proper lead generation tactics that build revenue. General B2B Marketing & Lead Generation. Ardath Albee.

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The 10 most fascinating people in B2B marketing in 2016

Biznology

When he sold it to Harte Hanks in 1994, Gary went on to thrive as an executive there, and is now CEO of Aberdeen Group , supervising its transformation from industry analyst firm into a really smart marriage of data and content for lead generation. Plus, Gary is one of the nicest guys you’d ever want to meet. How satisfying.