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The Quest for Good Leads: Are You Asking the Right Questions?

ViewPoint

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). Focusing on the number of leads and cost per lead misses the point. Absolutely right, Mike!

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What Percent of Leads Should Sales Close?

ViewPoint

Far as I know they still are sending “raw” leads, and they are still being ignored. Process for following up on leads: The prospect experience can be compromised on the front-end (by pushy appointment setters, by inexperienced junior telemarketers reading from a script or by generic messages shell-shocking them from a spam cannon).

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‘The Truth about Leads’ Is Just That

Paul Gillin

My 15 months of hell taught me otherwise, and that’s why I was curious when Dan McDade sent me a copy of The Truth about Leads. McDade Is an entrepreneur whose company, PointClear , helps businesses improve their prospecting and lead nurturing. These tactics can generate a lot of names, but not many qualified leads.