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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

Marketing Insider Group

Rob and I support and have adopted what we call the “Tele-Web” concept of driving the most efficient leads for sales through pull-based inbound programs. Not watching the backend results: look at conversion rates with sales and ultimate ROI. Sometimes, inbound demand generation isn’t enough to fill our funnels.

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What Is Marketing Acceleration?

Marketing Insider Group

At the top of the funnel is lead follow-up: this may be the easiest item to consider. Conversion rates increase the more quickly we follow-up from an initial response. You can define this as the speed at which we move from a market response to a deal. Improving response times to campaign activity can have a dramatic impact.

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Lead Generation Programs That Work

Marketing Insider Group

According to Focus’ Craig Rosenberg: “The focus of the webcast was to give the attendees access to advice from expert practitioners, that is, people that are not just talking about what to do in lead generation but actually doing that every day.

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How To Shorten The B2B Buyer Cycle With Landing Pages

Marketing Insider Group

Here’s a great example of how one firm used segmentation to optimize their media spend and increase conversions: Mini Case Study Challenge : A large virtualization company launched a paid search campaign to generate leads for their compliance solutions for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).

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How To Shorten The B2B Buyer Cycle With Landing Pages

Marketing Insider Group

Here’s a great example of how one firm used segmentation to optimize their media spend and increase conversions: Mini Case Study Challenge : A large virtualization company launched a paid search campaign to generate leads for their compliance solutions for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).

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The Recession is Here - Time to Become an Eco-Marketer

Anything Goes Marketing

For example, if the conversion rate of a Google AdWords campaign is failing as the effort to turn these "inquiries" into MQLs (marketing qualified leads) is too expensive and takes too long, remove it. Focus on sources that are bringing in more qualified leads.

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Email Autoresponders 2.0 in B2B Marketing

Anything Goes Marketing

A recent Aberdeen report has demonstrated that email personalization drives higher email open and conversion rates. Personalization: Adding "Dear FirstName" in your email is good but you're wasting an opportunity to build a relationship between the new registrant and a real person at your company.