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The Flaw in Calculating Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing Cost Per Lead?

Smashmouth Marketing

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. Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs. Outbound: Telemarketing,Email, Events). In fact, they expect that in 2009 the spend on inbound efforts to drop while outbound efforts will rise.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity

Social media may be good for 99 things, but lead generation ain’t one of them. According to research from MarketingSherpa, just 12% of marketers rate social media as “very effective” for lead gen while 27% say it is “not effective.” B2B Lead Blog ). Lots more content = lots more leads.

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

Webbiquity

54% of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) were using social media to promote their businesses as of September 2010, double the number using these sites in December 2009. More than half (53.5%) of marketers currently use social media as part of their marketing strategy, up from 45% in 2009. last year (2009). by aimClear.