The Case for Allowing Personal Emails on Lead Gen Forms

The Case for Allowing Personal Emails on Lead Gen Forms

Should you allow prospects to enter a personal email address when they fill out lead gen forms?  B2B marketers seem divided on the question.  In a recent LinkedIn poll, almost half of the respondents (46%) indicated they’d rather force prospects to enter...
Hosted Landing Pages vs. Embedded Forms

Hosted Landing Pages vs. Embedded Forms

A client asks: “Should we be hosting our campaign landing pages in Marketo?  We’ve always hosted them on our main site and simply embedded Marketo forms.  Is there a big advantage to hosting them separately?” This question comes up all the time in client...
5 Creative Ways to Make Your White Paper Irresistible

5 Creative Ways to Make Your White Paper Irresistible

“Always show an image of the offer.” It’s a rule I quote often, one repeated to me ad nauseum many years ago by an early mentor and long-time direct marketing veteran. The logic: whatever it is you want your reader to download, request, order, or register for, a...
Is “Please Have a Rep Contact Me” a Good Idea?

Is “Please Have a Rep Contact Me” a Good Idea?

A client asks: “On every registration form, we give prospects the option to request contact from a sales rep. Is that even worthwhile when we’re going to call everyone anyway? If it is a good idea, what should the verbiage be? Currently the form reads: [Yes/No radio...