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
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
How often do you follow up?
Once again we were asked to do follow up calls to a “culled list” of prospects and once again half the list was not interested or bad numbers. Going to business networking events and collecting business cards is just the
7 Ways To Be Better at Prospecting
If you’re more of a do it yourself-er and have the time to make those necessary prospecting calls, this is a great article. My favorite part of this article is part 4 “Write Scripts”. Our customers will cringe at first
B2B Lead Generation
Many businesses use telephone marketing to communicate with their customers. Any firm that sells direct usually handles enquiries, gives quotes and takes orders over the phone. Small firms that target business customers can use the telephone to call sales leads,
B2B How-To: 5 lead nurturing tactics to get from lead gen to sales-qualified
A great article that breaks down a b2b lead generation and lead nurturing strategy. This spells out the structure that’s needed to implement a successful marketing to sales hand off. Not surprising is the suggestion that at least 60% of the
5 Tips for a Healthy Pipeline
Qualifying your prospects is key to making sure your sales pipeline is “healthy”. Many of our customers utilize our b2b telemarketing services to further qualify leads that are in their database. This article discusses setting criteria to move prospects seamlessly through the pipeline. A pipeline full
Who’s On Your List Says Much About What Will Be In Your Wallet
I will be the first to tell you that B2B cold calling is productive but not easy. When cold calling with a well targeted list as part of an overall marketing strategy, it will produce viable leads. So how do you go about getting a
The Right Way to Use Lead Nurturing
When a person decides to grow tomatoes they often start with a seed. They put that seen into some soil and they may or may not get a few tomatoes. With gardening, things like tending and watering seem like obvious
Lead Nurturing: A Balancing Act
It is easy to get ahead of yourself when you get a potential client on the hook. As soon as they show an interest in your product, you’re ready to put the wheels in motion. Most of the time, however,