Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 4, 2009

It also determines that the price of an inbound generated lead is 3x less than the price of an outbound generated lead, $84 versus $220. I do, however, challenge the value of that inbound lead versus the value of the outbound lead, and that was not discussed. What is the equity value of those leads - the lead equity ?

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Cost per Lead Inbound Marketing Top of Funnel Cost 100

Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Her presentation about using LinkedIn successfully to generate leads was popular with the audience. That's generated a good amount of traffic and leads. Mike: I still wonder about b2b Facebook Fan Pages as a medium for generating leads, but I agree with you that twitter and LinkedIn are an incredible source.

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Social Media Lead Gen Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 19, 2009

Back in November I posted an article, Poker Equity and Marketing - Lead Equity. The topic got resurrected this week with the posting of my interview on the Funnelholic site, when a question from @chadhorenfeldt from Eloqua caused me to bring up Lead Equity. So how does this apply to lead gen/demand gen? What is Lead Equity?

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads Lead 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 3, 2009

Back in November I posted an article, Poker Equity and Marketing - Lead Equity. The topic got resurrected this week with the posting of my interview on the Funnelholic site, when a question from @chadhorenfeldt from Eloqua caused me to bring up Lead Equity. So how does this apply to lead gen/demand gen? What is Lead Equity?

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Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Leads Lead 100

Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2013

The prospect is typically educated more than an outbound generated lead, they are thinking about the topic that your product or service addresses, and the time is fresh to start the conversation. In short, they may be further along in the funnel (waterfall if you''re a SiriusDecisions follower). The more you know, the warmer that lead.

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Cold Calling Hubspot Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The whole point of creating demand, whether it be a product or a service, is to bring people into the funnel. If our potential customers are not in the center of that program, we have no hope at all at filling our funnels (or clouds). Talk about wasting your time! Tom Searce (channeling Peter Tosh): "Humanize it."

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Demand Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Lead Gen 100

Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

There is no such thing as the average web surfer #sherpab2b09 Thought provoking: MarketingSherpa : Audience poll #sherpab2b09 : Majority of marketers using lead scoring can’t quantify the value they’re getting from it. sherpab2b09 andrewspoeth : Picture of today's crazy, complex sales funnel according to Forrester. sherpab2b09 [link].

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Webcast SMB 100

Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

MarketingSherpa : Audience poll #sherpab2b09 : Majority of marketers using lead scoring can't quantify the value they're getting from it. kimalbee : Look at the big pic 4 success - metrics: # visits > #leads - initial > #leads - more info > #sales-ready leads > Sales closed #sherpab2b09. sherpab2b09.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 8, 2009

Today, especially with the economy, there seems to be increasing shifts towards the last two - the top of the funnel. Conversion rates at each stage of the funnel. Marketing should hold sales responsible for what they do with a marketing generated lead. Sales should hold marketing responsible for generating the right leads.

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Social Media Guidelines 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 22, 2009

Today, especially with the economy, there seems to be increasing shifts towards the last two - the top of the funnel. Conversion rates at each stage of the funnel. For generations, Marketing has been focusing on branding, products, communications, creating demand and supporting sales. ROI for every program , etc.

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Linkedin Demand 100

Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 14, 2010

Set some up for your best prospect titles, when a new record is created with "demand gen" or "marketing operations", and funnel that feed to your data analyst for addition to your nurturing/lead queue. Subscribe to the best in Lead Nurturing, Lead Generation, and B2B Marketing.

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B2B Sales Enterprise Management Demand B2B Marketing 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 6, 2009

damphoux : Rich Blakeman, Miller Heiman "If the sales cycle is long and the funnel is narrow, the funnel will turn into a straw" #sales20. damphoux : Tom Barrieau, IDC demand generation / lead qualification largest segment of budgets right now #sales20. greenleads : "Sales 2.0 combines customer focused processes with Web 2.0

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Conference Top of Funnel InsideView Web 2.0 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 19, 2009

sales20 damphoux : Tom Barrieau, IDC demand generation / lead qualification largest segment of budgets right now #sales20 annekeseley : #sales20 Tom Barrieau of IDC just stressed the importance of inside sales in boosting sales productivity. combines customer focused processes with Web 2.0 Touching the customer from EVERY possible angle.

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Conference Top of Funnel InsideView Web 2.0 100

Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2009

Mike: Demand gen marketers work hard to generate sales leads, how is Sales 2.0 impacting the effectiveness of sales reps and lead management? David: And, not surprisingly, everyone is looking for better ways to manage their pipeline.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2009

Mike: Demand gen marketers work hard to generate sales leads, how is Sales 2.0 impacting the effectiveness of sales reps and lead management? David: And, not surprisingly, everyone is looking for better ways to manage their pipeline.

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Conference Top of Funnel B2B Sales Barriers 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 5, 2009

As you know, Green Leads provides services in an outsourced model. My initial thoughts are that in a pay-for-performance model where the vendor is being compensated for leads delivered, appointments completed or sales closed, there might be more acceptance of an outsourced approach. Have you seen many companies mix the two?

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Top of Funnel Budget Programs Lead Ranking Vendors 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 18, 2009

As you know, Green Leads provides services in an outsourced model. My initial thoughts are that in a pay-for-performance model where the vendor is being compensated for leads delivered, appointments completed or sales closed, there might be more acceptance of an outsourced approach. Have you seen many companies mix the two?

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Budget Programs Lead Ranking Vendors 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 1, 2009

conference that said "companies that don't invest in the top of the funnel this year, won't be here next year". Many CEO's don't have the guts to challenge themselves or their organizations to go on the offensive, to grab market share and lead their companies out of the recession. What are your thoughts about that? Gerhard : Sales 2.0

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 Budget Programs 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 3, 2009

conference that said "companies that don't invest in the top of the funnel this year, won't be here next year". Many CEO's don't have the guts to challenge themselves or their organizations to go on the offensive, to grab market share and lead their companies out of the recession. What are your thoughts about that? Gerhard : Sales 2.0

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 Budget Programs 100

Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

At Green Leads, we offer targeted content syndication as part of a broader, systematic lead-generation effort based on the buyer journey. You raise brand awareness, and you establish your company as a thought leader in the industry, which helps to build confidence and trust with leads. Why Does Content Syndication Matter?

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles Cost per Lead Opt-out 130

Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 26, 2008

I usually see them in my keyword filtered RSS feeds, I have one that searches for the words "appointment setting" OR "lead gen" OR "demand gen" and relentlessly there are a handful of job postings from @wahm_job_leads and "internet geniuses" willing to share their lead gen expertise for just $49.95.

Social Media 100

Social Media CAN-SPAM Media Lead Gen 100

Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2008

I usually see them in my keyword filtered RSS feeds, I have one that searches for the words "appointment setting" OR "lead gen" OR "demand gen" and relentlessly there are a handful of job postings from @wahm_job_leads and "internet geniuses" willing to share their lead gen expertise for just $49.95.

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Social Media CAN-SPAM Media Twitter 100