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What is the Minimum Acceptable Close Rate on Leads?

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More than likely you will find a normal distribution across your sales team. I would say over a 24-month period the close rate on such leads (across a large number of reps of varying capabilities AND a even distribution of leads across project cycles) would be 1.25-1.75 All you can do is look at the statistics over time.

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Leads are Hard 

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Back during the bingo card days marketers were thrilled to get a list of “leads” and distribute them to sales. Leads cost more than you think, but probably a lot less than you are paying. This link takes to a blog on the topic that includes a video.

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Why Marketing Management Must Master Deep Digital Analytics

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We know geo distribution, client and platform by user.”. “But why,” she asked, “do I need to master deep digital analytics? I have people to do that and we get website stats. It wasn’t an easy conversation.

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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

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Social distribution of content and messages isn’t considered all that effective in providing business value to companies, according to a recent analysis by Forrester Research. After all, content is the “fuel” that drives the social media engine, right? 1 in providing the greatest business value to companies.

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Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in.'

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Make a decision for lead distribution. Landing pages. Business reply devices. Contact us forms. Telemarketing scripts. CRM and marketing automation systems. Some questions will differ by product. Prospects who admit to a short time frame to buy go directly to reps; others may need to be further qualified.

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Revenue Performance Management: Doing For Revenue What ERP Does For Ops?

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ERP unifies and extends materials requirements planning, computer-integrated manufacturing, and distribution. CRM unites areas like sales force automation, lead management, customer service, and analytics.

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How to Blow $100,000 on a Lead Generation Campaign

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Subsequently, 20,000 companies with multiple contacts and verified technical environment information in the right verticals (no email addresses) were distributed via CRM to sales. She selected Option #3. Perhaps the happy medium appealed to the CRO—a good quantity, but with some qualification. Guess what happened?