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Call Every New Sales Lead 6 Times? Sorry, that’s Crazy.

The Point

I only recently came across the results of research published late last year by Leads360 , a leading provider of hosted (SaaS) solutions for managing sales leads. In an era of marketing automation and automated lead management, you don’t have to rely solely on phone calls to follow up on leads.

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Case Study: Segmentation, New Creative Boosts Lead Conversion Rates by 75%

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In support of the company’s aggressive growth plans, the marketing team set out to focus energy on increasing the rate at which raw inquiries converted to qualified sales leads, opportunities and deals. Sungard AS had solid creative in place and a very sophisticated nurturing program,” says Howard Sewell, Spear President.

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

Marketing Insider Group

Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away. In other companies lead nurture is a very formal and well-defined process. Marketing automation might be used to help setup triggers and automated touch points.

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SAL is the Glue that Binds Sales and Marketing in Lead Generation

Industrial Marketing Today

Clearly defining and understanding the implications of MQL, SAL and SQL are critical to the success of B2B lead generation. Assigning a numeric score to business sales leads based on a predefined set of rules, takes away the subjectivity out of qualitative ranking like Hot, Warm and Cold leads. Oh, what a waste!

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Closed Loop Marketing Isnt Software

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He explained that his company had invested "big dollars" to install a new marketing automation software system. It promised to deliver better ROI measurement for their marketing campaigns. " I asked him where he thought the breakdown was happening and he said, "my sales team.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: On B2B Demand Generation tools and Lead Generation Dashboards

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« Closed-Loop Marketers More Likely to Reach ROMI Goals | Main | Lead Generation via Podcasts: An Interview With Paul Dunay » On B2B Demand Generation tools and Lead Generation Dashboards CEOs continue to demand better ROI measurement and accountability from marketers.

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Inbound Marketing Must Set the Table for Industrial Sales

Industrial Marketing Today

It is up to marketing to create relevant content, optimize it for search engines, promote it online via social media and other outlets, score prospects, nurture leads until they are “sales ready” before handing them off to sales. See SAL is the Glue that Binds Sales and Marketing in Lead Generation ).