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No Leads from Social Media? No Excuses.

The Point

I’ve written previously in this space about how corporate social media initiatives are so often in the hands of people, notably PR agencies, for whom lead generation is neither a priority nor a core competency. Put a PR agency in charge of social media, and I can pretty much guarantee you’ll generate PR, not leads.)

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Salespeople: One Question Matters Most

Customer Experience Matrix

Back in December, the Sales Lead Management Association and LEADTRACK published a survey on lead management practices that I haven’t previously had time to write about. The categories don’t make much sense to me because they overlap: products like Salesforce.com are both CRM systems and SaaS.

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DemandBase Creeps Up the Value Chain

Customer Experience Matrix

It can also import a client’s list of target accounts from Salesforce.com and issuing alerts when those companies visit. According to the company, it typically finds that 50-60% of the Web site visitors come through a generic Internet Service Provider connection and thus can’t be traced to a particular company.

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5 Questions You Must Ask Potential Lead Sources

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

When comparing lead generation companies, how do you cut through the fray and determine which one is the best fit for your business? Here are five key questions you should ask before signing on with a lead generation service: How do you generate your leads? What format can I receive leads in?

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2 Mistakes that Cause Content Syndication to Fail

Online Marketing Institute

So what is it about some content syndication programs that create leads that sales reps don’t want? In today’s economic climate, content syndication is one of the lowest risk lead generation vehicles there is.

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LucidEra Takes a Shot at On-Demand Analytics

Customer Experience Matrix

I still think that’s the case, but did revisit the topic recently in a conversation with Ken Rudin, CEO of on-demand business analytics vendor Lucid Era. Rather, it sells preconfigured applications that use the platform for specific purposes including sales pipeline analysis, order analysis, and (just released) sales lead analysis.

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How to Improve Marketing Qualified Lead Routing Results

Markempa

For example, the chart below shows 30% of marketing leaders believe that sales will always follow-up on marketing-generated leads compared to 61% of sales leaders. Written criteria for lead routing (territories, vertical focus, product interest, etc.) Clear process flow from form completion to sales hand-off?