I talk about the concept of stopping “revenue leakage” a lot, and one of the biggest causes of revenue leakage is when sales or marketing reps fail to follow-up (FTFU). You spend a lot of time and money to generate inquiries and then see the effort wasted. Not only is this bad sales and marketing […]
My team and I are always preaching the doctrine of the consistent and predictable lead generation engine as a key part of the Lead-to-Revenue Machine. In my recent book, The Essential Guide to Building Your Lead-to-Revenue (L2R) Machine™, I included a chapter on how to build efficient lead generation processes as a key component of L2R […]
My last blog post covered the first four keys to creating an unstoppable sales machine: 1. Make sure there is complete alignment between the marketing and sales departments. 2. Concentrate your efforts on finding the companies and individuals that have a genuine need for what you offer. 3. Never lose a deal alone. 4. Keep […]
My blog posts and articles mostly deal with marketing issues. But we don’t conduct marketing in a vacuum, and even if you stay strictly on the marketing side of the fence, it is a good idea to understand what your colleagues in sales are experiencing. After all, our main purpose is to create the foundation […]
My team and I are always preaching the doctrine the consistent and predictable lead generation “engine.” The fact is this: Even the most creative branding and awareness-building program won’t produce the desired results unless you can efficiently work prospects through the system and produce revenue at the other end. But like everything else in marketing, […]
I talk often about the importance of creating a “marketing machine”. By marketing machine, I mean a systematized process for creating awareness, generating B2B leads, qualifying prospects, and converting them into sales opportunities. There is both an art and science to creating an effective B2B marketing machine. The art comes in devising powerful brand messaging […]
Last month, I spoke about lead metrics and ROI at the B2B Leads Conference in New York. Several smart speakers brought up the issue of why the time to respond to inbound leads is a key success metric. Most had case studies or industry data to support their claim that lead response time is a […]
In my last blog post, I talked about how to use remarketing strategies to revitalize a stagnant B2B contact list. The gist of that article was targeting individuals who are already part of your database. In other words, you had a prior connection, such as when they registered for your blog or responded to an […]
B2B marketers need to do the right things and also need to stop doing the wrong things in order to be successful. These article discusses proven B2B marketing best practices.
Companies that succeed in marketing not only generate a large quantity of sales leads but they also do a good job of qualifying and nurturing these leads to make sure they become customers. This article discusses six specific B2B lead management best practices.