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Lead Gen Success: The ROI Metrics You Can’t Ignore

MarketJoy

In 2024, B2B companies are grappling with a tough reality: 79% of marketing leads never convert to sales. This disconnect between lead generation efforts and actual revenue underscores the urgent need for better measurement, optimization, and strategies that convert leads into real results.

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33 Questions to Ask B2B Appointment Setting and Lead Gen Vendors

Smashmouth Marketing

Outsourcing some or all of your appointment setting or lead generation activity to a third party vendor is a task that shouldn't be undertaken by responding to one cold call. I believe this across lead gen: the most important thing to look at is cost per opportunity not cost per lead.

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Two-Thirds of B2B Marketers Say Lead Gen is High Priority for 2018

KoMarketing Associates

While email and social media marketing still yield big ROI for B2B marketers, increasing leads and lead gen tactics remain focal points, according to new research. According to the “2018 B2B Lead Gen Outlook” report from Chief Marketer, email (53 percent) is still the largest producer of leads for B2B marketers.

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Simplify Your B2B Lead Gen Forms to Reduce Abandonment Rates

FunnelEnvy

In B2B marketing, lead generation forms are pivotal for converting website visitors into valuable prospects. When users start filling out a form but fail to complete it, high abandonment rates can cost companies both leads and revenue. Simplifying your forms reduces abandonment rates and improves the quality of leads.

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50% of B2B marketers won’t reach 2024 goals

Martech

Problems with marketing/sales alignment (44%). Marketing and sales aren’t aligned. Sales teams are unimpressed by marketing leads; marketing has little insight into what sales is doing; sales is more interested in getting a signature on the dotted line than polishing brand reputation. Why we care.

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Top Three Signs You Need a Better Lead Gen Plan

PureB2B

Sometimes companies keep lead generation teams in-house; sometimes they outsource lead gen efforts to a third-party company. Either way, the goal remains the same: attract target customers, keep them engaged, and maintain a padded pipeline of sales-qualified leads. How’s My Lead Gen Looking?

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Lead Gen Tactics from 4 MarketingSherpa Case Studies

markempa

B2B Lead Generation: 6 social media tactics from 7 experts [How-to article]. Marketing Research Chart: Most widely used lead gen tactics [MarketingSherpa Research Chart of the Week]. Questions Every Marketer Should Ask of Lead Gen Forms [More from the blogs].