Key to designing an effective lead nurturing program is taking stock of your current lead management process. By asking the right questions, you’ll not only uncover additional opportunities for improvement, but the information will play a key role in defining critical issues of workflow – for example: segmentation, frequency, and… Read More
Category Archives: Lead Nurturing
3 Demand Generation Goals to Avoid in 2013
1. Launch a lead nurturing program. Don’t get me wrong: lead nurturing is a worthy investment for most companies, but making lead nurturing a goal for the new year is akin to saying you want to do more marketing. It just means too many things to different people. Lead nurturing… Read More
How Much Of My Demand Generation Budget Should I Be Spending On Lead Nurturing?
It’s that time of year again, and marketers’ thoughts turn to budgeting for the next 12 months. One of the most frequent questions we’re hearing from clients during this planning season pertains to the balance between pure lead generation on the one hand, and lead nurturing on the other. Specifically,… Read More
Has Content Marketing Made Branding Obsolete?
Confession: as a died-in-the-wool direct marketer, I am a branding cynic. My general attitude towards branding is summed up in the old maxim: “Branding is what your agency calls your campaign when they can’t measure it.” Now that’s not to say that a brand isn’t real, for some. Starbucks is… Read More
Slidecast: Getting Leads (and More!) From Your Blog
If you’ve ever wondered how to turn a boring corporate blog into a vibrant, engaging lead generation machine, here’s your opportunity. Access my free Slidecast on “Getting Leads (and More!) From Your Blog: 10 Tips for Higher Blog ROI.” In just 18 minutes, you’ll learn: • How to leverage your… Read More
3 Crucial Tips for Promoting Live Product Demos
Let’s face it; a live product demo is a tough sell. As an unvarnished display of your product’s capabilities, a product demo is only ever going to appeal to prospects at the latter stages of the selling cycle. So how do you make sure that a demo attracts those critical… Read More
Converting Trial & Freemium Users: Keep Selling Post-Trial
Lead nurturing programs designed to convert trial users tend to focus, as they should, on the very front end of the trial period, when it’s critical to make sure the user is fully engaged with the product being tested. However, that doesn’t mean that your nurturing program should end just… Read More