Why You Should Outsource Your Outbound Calling
Every marketing manager or sales manager has told there staff “if you want leads than you need to get on the phones”. Telemarketing is a very good way to stir up business; results are practically instantaneous and it is the
How to Build Rapport with Sales Prospects
In practically every sales training guide the first step when selling is to create a rapport. One of the under rated results of performing a cold calling campaign is that a rapport is being developed with the prospects. Making calls to an existing database to
Sensor Manufacturer Sensed Too Many Leads and Not Enough Bandwidth for Following Up on Hot Leads
A sensor manufacturer in Eastern Massachusetts had placed two advertisements in industry trade journals. After the advertisements had been running for a few months over a 1000 prospects had responded to the call for action and had been emailed the
Combining Old School and New School Marketing
Here is an excerpt from our e-book “Cold Calling for the Clueless“, which is available online or on Amazon, that talks about the integration of inbound marketing and business to business lead qualification. There’s a lot of interest in content marketing these days and
Qualifying an Inbound B2B Lead Generation Campaign
Utilizing social media to enhance your internet marketing campaigns is a great way to generate interest. It is said that a general pay-per-click campaign will result in a 3% conversion rate. And a more focused campaign, that includes a landing
Sales lead generation
Content Marketing can be a very successful way to uncover prospects that are interested in your product or service. To turn this process into a lead generation process reaching out and making personal contact with the prospects and then qualifying each one
How to Effectively Follow Up on Sales Leads
This article describes the importance of following up on inbound sales leads which ultimately allows you to do lead qualification and lead nurturing. Whether you’re in a B2B scenario or a B2C scenario follow up has to occur. When we
Cat Puke Leads to Large Gross Sales!
Having run a virtual b2b telemarketing service for 20+ years, I have had many funny occurrences while conducting business out of my home. Although, this one happened a while ago, my pregnancy resulted in a son who is now in college,
Don’t Give Up on Cold Calls
I couldn’t agree with this article more. In a b2b marketing setting making cold calls is the fastest way to speak directly with your prospects. Telemarketing is a proactive approach that needs to be incorporated into everyone’s marketing mix. I
Lead Generation Statistics Show B2B Telemarketing a Useful Channel
Business to Business marketing needs to have a mix of all aspects of marketing. That over half of the B2B marketers still use direct mail and think that lead generation is most effective when done by utilizing telemarketing isn’t surprising. SEO, social