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Sales Lead Generation: Saving Money – Killing Performance

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PointClear was recently given a verbal approval for a pilot program by the SVP of Sales for a technology solutions provider. The point is, not all sales lead generation firms are created equal, just as not all houses are the same. What else, besides labor costs, factor in to the costs of lead generation?

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

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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.”.

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How Not to Buy Leads

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When I challenged him on the value of these so-called leads he said that the recipients of the leads were interested in having a relationship at any level in targeted organizations. Candidly, I doubt that is actually how the lead recipients feel. Neither one of these marketers were buying leads for low-cost commodities.

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Lead Generation Best Practices Part 6: Fewer Leads Are Better

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With sales organizations facing lower numbers, it seems logical to turn to volume lead generation to fill their pipelines with more and more sales leads in hopes that some will turn into sales. After all, shouldn't more leads deliver more opportunities? In reality, just the opposite often turns out to be true.

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B2B Lead Generation: Are You Killing the Golden Goose?

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

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PinPoint™ Platform , our automated solution that helps manage lead generation, qualification and nurturing. Precise management of lists, lead data, cadence and outcomes drives revenue. At PointClear, we apply agile to what we do for clients to save time, save money, prevent frustration and get better results.

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Which is better in B2B Lead Generation? A $1,000 inbound lead or a $1,000 outbound lead?

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Knowing the B2B lead generation market like I do, here is what I expected to see : “The inbound lead is better because outbound is dead.” As I say in my book, The Truth About Leads , when talking about cost-per-lead: “How much should a lead cost? This is not an anomaly.