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Survey: 80% feel demand-gen campaigns falling short

BizReport

Demand generation efforts are struggling according to a new survey from Corporate Visions. After surveying more than 400 sales people and executives, researchers found a startling 80% believe their demand-gen campaigns are not helping them meet sales or marketing goals. ”This quarter’s survey results clearly show us that organizations are facing serious challenges when it comes to creating and executing effective demand generation campaigns,” said Tim Riesterer, chief strategy and marketing officer for Corporate Visions. “Ironically, the survey revealed that the two largest disconnects are the two most important factors to achieving demand generation success: creating engaging content and developing messages that clearly address customer pain points. If salespeople and marketers are able to work together to implement these two strategies successfully into their campaigns, they will be able to motivate prospects and win more business.”

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B2B How-To: 5 lead nurturing tactics to get from lead gen to sales-qualified

Marketing Sherpa, 4/28/11

At the beginning of the lead gen process you most likely simply ask a lead to “raise their hand” and request more information. At the end, the prospect is ready to hand off to Sales. The long middle portion — lead nurturing — is how the lead proceeds down the path to becoming a converted customer.

This how-to article covers all three parts of the lead process: Demand generation, lead nurturing, and passing the lead on to Sales. Read on for five lead nurturing tactics that help turn that initial “raised hand” into a sales-qualified lead.

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