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Persistence Pays—How 42 Lead Qualification Touchpoints Won a $1 Billion Deal

ViewPoint

While some sales people stop after placing one or two calls (if they don’t get the prospect on the phone or don’t get a call back, they deem the lead no good) our sales support associates keep trying. The touch cycle resulted in 6 conversations … and 1 giant opportunity. There were 7 voicemails left and 8 emails sent.

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5 do’s & don’ts of B2B lead qualification

Biznology

Lead qualification is one of the primary jobs for B2B marketers, and a great deal of time and money is spent on this step of the sales cycle. Now that I’ve stated the obvious, I see both good and bad lead qualification processes in the market. Which leads me to 5 Do’s and Don’ts of B2B lead qualification.

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5 Best practices of trade show lead qualification

Biznology

Following my last blog on lead qualification, I received some great comments and several questions as to whether lead qualification differs for trade show leads. Yes, it does, and here is a revision of my last blog specifically addressing trade show lead generation and qualification.

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The “Surprise” Solution to Getting More B2B Leads in a Digital World

The Mx Group

So what’s a “surprise” solution for squeezing more performance and more B2B leads out of your digital marketing programs? An older-school technology — telemarketing. If you’re skeptical about telemarketing’s relevance in the digital age, you’re not alone. But telemarketing still has an important role to play in B2B marketing.

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Lead Generation Lies That are Wreaking Havoc with Your Sales

ViewPoint

Leads suck. If a great conversion rate is 30% of leads to sales qualified leads than 7 out of 10 failed to pass through. Actually I take that back, it’s not okay if you pass those 10 leads to quota-carrying sales reps. James Obermayer | Sales Lead Management Association. Craig Rosenberg | The Funnelholic.

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Call Every New Sales Lead 6 Times? Sorry, that’s Crazy.

The Point

Leads360 base their conclusions on studying more than 20 million leads. They claim that “contacting potential customers six times is the best way to maximize conversion rates without overtaxing staff resources.” emphasis mine). However, here’s where I think the argument falls apart.

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Lead generation No Nos: When is a “free download� no longer free?

markempa

I had a conversation recently with my business development executive who has become highly suspicious of "free" white paper downloads. When InTouch handles inquiry/lead qualification for our clients, we typically start off with something like, "A lot of people download our white papers to get their questions answered.