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How to do lead management that improves conversion

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In this post, I’m going to focus on how to do lead management that increases sales conversion. Here’s why: First, B2B lead conversion to actual revenue conversion is low. According to Forrester, top performers convert 1.54% of leads to revenue. And average performers turn less than 0.75% of leads into closed deals.

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Report: One-Third of Marketers Say Lead Nurturing Has No Impact

The Point

The analysts at Demand Gen Report just published their “ 2018 Lead Nurturing & Acceleration Survey Report ” and one conclusion is no surprise: many B2B companies are still really bad at lead nurturing. It’s not just that 44% of respondents said that their lead nurturing “needs improvement.”

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28 Effective Tips for Shortening Your Sales Cycle

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This is where SDRs focus on scoring as many meetings as possible, and research shows more than five touchpoints are required to secure an initial meeting. Engagement looks different between warm and cold leads. Leads that haven’t shown explicit interest in your product — cold leads — require more research to find their challenges.

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How to Engage Stale Leads

SmartBug Media

There are countless opportunities to streamline processes and communication to existing database contacts through lead nurturing and other automations. Keeping this data in mind can help you be more successful with future lead and demand generation efforts. Develop an SLA to Streamline Lead Management.

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Activation: The Missing Component of SaaS Search Marketing

Directive Agency

Key Points: Search marketing is incredibly effective in driving traffic and leads with purchase intent. You must build a lead nurturing process to generate more revenue for those without purchase intent. Email campaigns, lead generation content, and other campaigns can be useful to improve your lead volume.

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28 Effective Tips for Shortening Your Sales Cycle

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Engagement This is where SDRs focus on scoring as many meetings as possible, and research shows more than five touchpoints are required to secure an initial meeting. Engagement looks different between warm and cold leads. Warm leads have shown interest by interacting with content or form fills.

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Looking to enhance sales lead performance? Put process before technology.

ViewPoint

Finally figure out how you can deliver the marketing-nurtured opportunities that sales will follow up on and close. I recently talked to Jim Obermeyer on the Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA) radio show about what needs to be addresses before a technology solution is selected. More about this.