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4 Elements that drive B2B direct marketing results

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We then get into a conversation about the issues of developing a lead generation campaign, and it becomes painfully apparent that few know the basics of how to develop a campaign that has even a small chance to generate leads. . This offer is termed “hard” as it commits the lead to an action closer to the sale.

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B2B data decay and list rental – buyer beware!

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After a careful targeting and segmentation process, the next task is to find a list that aligns with those companies and individuals called out for the campaign’s execution, whether it is for lead generation or customer relationship building or retention. Internal lists are primarily customer or past lead lists. Like this post?

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Marketing ROI in B2B: Why is it so hard, and what can we do about it?

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You can’t blame B2B marketers for throwing up their hands and relying on interim metrics like response rate and cost per lead–especially since marketing staffers come and go, and may not even be in the job when the lead generated a while ago finally converts to a sale.

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Five B2B marketing beliefs and trends debunked

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I’ve met with a number of B2B clients and service providers, and found that direct mail is not only producing good response rates, but also the leads generated convert at a higher rate. Here’s a great example of an impact mailing that got both high response and conversion rates.

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How to select the right lead generation media mix

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Most B2B lead generation campaigns involve multiple touches via multiple media channels. But how do you decide which media are optimal, and more to the point, how they work together to generate a qualified lead? Calculating Cost Per Lead by Medium. Response rate. Qualification rate.

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To Gate or Not to Gate, That Is the B-to-B Content Marketing Question

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Where I can stand up in court and show a history of my campaign response rates, conversion rates, and cost-per-lead numbers. And most important, where I can reasonably expect to deliver a steady stream of qualified leads to my sales counterparts, who are relying on me to help them meet their quotas.

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The Ongoing Challenge of B2B Multi-channel Attribution: 7 Practical Workarounds

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Leads-only measurements. When other techniques are too expensive or too problematic to justify, you may opt to measure only your lead-generation activities—those occurring before the hand-off to sales, such as response rate, conversion rate to qualified lead, cost per lead, campaign executed on time, on budget, and others.