article thumbnail

How to Build a Lead Nurture Campaign

SBI Growth

CMOs that excel at Lead Nurturing generate higher quality and quantity sales ready leads. Forrester Research states a 50% increase, 33% lower cost per lead. Aberdeen Group finds 2x win rate with 47% higher average order value. Lead Generation Lead Gen lead nurturing CMO Resources CMO'

article thumbnail

The Dangers of Using Cost per Lead as a Metric to Measure Marketing

Pointclear

Twice over the past two years I blogged about the dangers of using cost per lead as a metric to measure marketing. As a foundation, I published three blogs in 2012 in which I outlined three critical elements that impact B2B lead generation costs in the complex sale: 1. as compared to $1,357.25

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Lead Qualification & Lead Nurturing: Whose Job Is It?

Pointclear

Are marketing resources or sales reps the right resources to do lead qualification and lead nurturing in the B2B complex sale? But first, let's take a look at some lead generation challenges. Cahners Research has shown that 45 percent of qualified leads will end up buying a solution from someone within a year.

article thumbnail

Dear CEO: Find out how well your team is nurturing its B2B sales leads

Pointclear

Standard B2B lead-generation programs produce an average 5% lead rate while advanced lead-generation programs (which include lead nurturing) produce an average 15% lead rate—three times higher. In an average situation, the cost per lead drops from $1250 to $841 per lead.

article thumbnail

33 Questions to Ask B2B Appointment Setting and Lead Gen Vendors

Green Lead's B2B

I believe this across lead gen: the most important thing to look at is cost per opportunity not cost per lead. Cost per lead is a narrow look at the success of a program. A higher cost lead (if justified) will convert better with sales. What is your pricing model?

article thumbnail

Generate 25%+ of Sales Pipeline Opportunities from Marketing

SBI Growth

Closed-loop Metrics – Track click metrics all the way through from interaction to cost per lead and ROI. Lead Management – As prospects early in the buying process begin to interact with your company, there are new Lead Management processes to transform cold inquiries to warm leads.

article thumbnail

Looking to enhance sales lead performance? Put process before technology.

Pointclear

That is, by not using a cost-per-lead metric.) Message: Compelling "silver bullets" (conversational points) about your prospects' specific challenges, problems or concerns (vs. a scripted "blast them all" approach) let you truly interact with prospects - and progress the funnel.

Lead Rank 169