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6 Things Good Lead Generation Vendors Do Right (That You May Be Doing Wrong)

Pointclear

In one situation, we worked with a client that was about to mail 750 $20 “lumpy” packages to prospects. The contact’s LinkedIn profile (do you share mutual connections, have we worked with a previous employer of the prospect, does the prospect write, tweet or otherwise use social media for any common areas of interest?).

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

Pointclear

Let me go out on a limb and propose the top five media for your lead generation toolkit. The DMA’s 2010 Response Rate Report reported a healthy 1.68% response rate to B-to-B prospecting letter mail and 2.18% to its cheaper cousin, postcard mail. There’s a lot of controversy out there on the subject.

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Tell Marketing They Can Keep Their Leads

No More Cold Calling

Consider this example from Dan McDade, president and CEO of PointClear: The marketing department for one unnamed company generated more than 9,000 “sales leads” in a year, but only 1.28 But investing in more lead-sourcing technology is not the answer, nor is inbound marketing or social media. percent were actually qualified.

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The Top Ten Actions to take from the book: "Social Marketing to the Business Customer"

Pointclear

The book is broken down into three sections: Tools, Technology, Tactics. Lastly, there are some actions I think any company could take away from this great summary for current social media users and those looking at how to jump in: In the end, people buy from people. “Social media prospecting works best when experts get involved.”

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The Pipeline ? Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly.

The Pipeline

Everyone thinks of social selling as a way to understand the prospect (it is), but it is also important to think about social selling in terms of your online persona. Twitter: Get the sales team following the mavens in your industry and retweet them, interact with them, and then teach them to connect with prospects. PointClear PD.

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PowerViews with David Brock: Thoughtfulness, Sharp Focus & Sharp Execution

Pointclear

Click to start video at this point — Asked about the current debate between outbound marketing vs. inbound marketing, Dave advocates using a variety of tools based on needs and goals. People tend to position these and other kinds of prospecting or business development programs as either/or. I don’t like this kind of either/or.

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Follow the Money: The Primary Responsibility for CMOs

Pointclear

I assume that anyone who wants to measure marketing will find the tools and the wherewithal to do it. Social Media ROI: Managing and Measuring Social Media Efforts in Your Organization by Olivier Blanchard. Managing Sales Leads: Turning Cold Prospects into Hot Customers by James Obermayer.

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