The Only Way to Qualify Leads is to Call Them
It amazes me how many marketing people consider a simple filling out a website form makes a prospect a qualified lead. We’ve done numerous telemarketing campaigns for companies that generate leads from inbound marketing campaigns and then realize that the
5 Tips for Your Lead Qualification Process
This article describes the importance of having a lead qualification process. Many of our customers hire us on a project basis to qualify their prospects acquired from inbound marketing, trade shows , and other direct marketing campaigns. Using the phone to qualify leads
Using Phone Surveys For Effective Client Profiling
Periodically, we are hired to help marketers with their customer surveys. Not only is it a good way to learn more about the customers but a side benefit, not mentioned in this article, is that database cleaning occurs as well. In
Lead Generation That Converts Leads into Sales Opportunities
Recently, we were asked to help further qualify respondents to our customer’s lead generation campaign. We were able to uncover some immediate sales opportunities but we also determined where the other leads were in the sales process and helped to determine what
Sales-Marketing Alignment: What B2B marketers can learn from a one-person team that drove a 10% product demo conversion
This is a case study that Marketing Sherpa wrote about one of our customers. Although it was written in 2011 the process is still the same. SUMMARY: Marketing/Sales alignment receives a lot of attention because when these teams work closely together, the
The Insidesales.com/M.I.T. Lead Response Management Study
Recently I was asked when is the best time to call on leads. I shared the results for telemarketing from the study below. We have used the times table below to schedule calls and have had similar results. Not that we
When It Comes to Sales, the Phone Is Your Most Powerful Tool
A number of our customers use us to follow up on social media campaigns. To have a really effective digital marketing campaign a phone number should always be required before content (white paper, coupon, demos) is given away. This will
10 Sales Stats to Keep in Mind in 2016
To utilize these sales stats one would have to utilize the phone efficiently and effectively. We’ve done several campaigns helping companies with their b to b sales process with follow up calling and lead qualification. Here are ten sales stats, accompanied by
There’s No Such Thing as “No Decision”
We do database cleaning for many of our customers. The cleaning is done to their prospect list that at some point had interest but there was “no decision”. When we call on the list we not only determine the correct
Prospecting
This article from Entrepreneur not only defines prospecting but differentiates between cold, warm and hot prospects and how each should be handled. Customers use IT’S YOUR CALL for all aspects of prospecting. Definition: The search for potential customers or buyers . When it comes to drumming up new