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4 Elements that drive B2B direct marketing results

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If you’re an experienced B2B direct marketer, this is probably not for you. Tip: In several recent lead campaigns, we’ve found that a LinkedIn communication preceding either the mail/phone or email/phone sequence produces a much higher response rate – sometimes by a factor of 2 or 3. 4. Creativity – 10-20% of success.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: E-mail and the phone have high response rates, DMA report finds

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The DMA report found that the phone and e-mail produced the highest response rates respectively—among direct marketing media channels in terms of generating leads. The report also found that e-mail continues to have a high response rate too.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

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Ruth Stevens is Founder of eMarketing Strategy , a consulting practice that assists companies in building their customer acquisition and retention strategies. Ruth is also author of Maximizing Lead Generation: The Complete Guide for B2B Marketers. That compares to $7 billion spent on direct mail and $4.5

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Telemarketing is the top lead generation tactic

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Telephone leads all media with the highest response rate of 5.53 percent, and e-mail produced an average response rate of 3.39 percent, and e-mail produced an average response rate of 3.39 Telephone leads all media with the highest response rate of 5.53 Dimensional mail was close behind at 5.28

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead

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« Cold Calling Tips for the complex sale | Main | Give Lead Generation Some Respect » Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead Jim Logan tells us why Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead. Jim also shares ideas on how to leverage direct mail and combine it with other lead generation modalities to capture a higher response rate.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Avoid wasting your Pay-Per-Click lead generation budget

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Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. « E-mail and the phone have high response rates, DMA report finds | Main | Where do Your Email Newsletters go? Qualify them first.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Podcast: Tradeshow and Event Marketing with Ruth Stevens

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Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. « Target Marketing: What’s a Lead? What are the issues that marketers are facing in event marketing?