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Activate Acquires Green Leads

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2009 Closed our first billion-dollar company (at higher than industry price). A closet, two computers, and a credit card. Here’s the fifteen year timeline: 2007 Formed Green Leads, providing SQLs (appointments). 2008 The two of us get married. 2011 Acquired Target 250 in London to enter the EMEA market.

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

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

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