Weeding Out Junk Leads with Predictive Lead Scoring Guide [FREE EBOOK] Download our free ebook: If you’re having a hard time figuring out which among the thousands of leads in your pipeline should be passed to sales and which ones should be nurtured further, then predictive lead scoring may just be the right tool for the job. This eBook is a primer on predictive lead scoring. It walks you through some key questions and tips to help you get started on using a predictive lead scoring system for ranking and classifying leads. Read this eBook to find out: What is lead scoring and why does it matter? To get your copy, simply sign up to receive the Callbox newsletter, The Savvy Marketer, and get even more insights and practical tips for B2B marketing!
B2B Leads : The Marketing Way: Unpredictable Prospects are not an Excuse for Failing Sales. Here’s Why. Marketers are in a constant struggle to maximize their lead generation and appointment setting activities. There is always a desire to expand profits and improve the public perception of one’s brand by capturing customer loyalty. But it’s an unstable world the B2B market, where everything that shouldn’t happen can happen. For instance, there is always a possibility that a high quality lead would turn you down at a moment of critical importance. It’s not because the lead is half-baked, but because it’s just that unpredictable. Some marketers link lead unpredictability to failed sales opportunities. One way of course to confront this issue is to keep your buyers motivated, but is this really the case? It’s not really a case of knowing what the prospects want. 1. “Without a documented sales process that reflects current reality and is well understood by all customer-facing teams, a lot of problems quickly appear,” says Revenue Ramp Up founder Mike Andrews in this post. 2. 3.
Callbox Gives HR Consulting Client Base a Boost [CASE STUDY] The Client partnered with Callbox after a stringent RFP process, pointing to the latter’s substantial roster of satisfied customers in Singapore as a key differentiator. The Callbox team then worked alongside representatives from the Client to plan out the objectives, activities, and timelines for an integrated appointment setting campaign. The overall strategy centered on engaging prospects through targeted calls complemented by timely email touch points. The Client wanted the campaign to focus only on companies operating in Singapore and excluded firms providing consulting and training services. Some campaign activities that contributed to its success were: 1. 2. 3. 5 Ways to Find the Right Buyers for your ERP Software March 12, 2015/0 Comments/in IT Lead Generation /by Barbara Mckinney In the IT industry, when selling enterprise resource planning or ERP software, you will need to focus your time and energy on marketing your product’s features to the right people. However, attracting the right buyers poses as much a challenge as providing sales with high quality B2B leads. This is usually reflected by how difficult it is to know what buyers want. In order to find ERP leads, you will need to understand a few simple things first before starting your IT lead generation campaign. Know what certain segments want What do businesses want in ERP software? Listen to what they’re talking about Use marketing intelligence to identify what IT buyers want the most from ERP software. Dig deeper: How to Communicate the Value of your VOIP Services and Increase IT Sales Stay social Social media platforms are also important for understanding potential clients. Establish thought leadership
TELECOM COMPANIES SAYS CONTENT MARKETING IS ‘WORTH’ THEIR FORTUNE Finding the Target Audience and providing Relatable Content An article in Huffington Post shares a story about telecom industry newcomer Virgin mobile, which had a hard time catching up with its more established competitors. Their research team found out that they have a bigger chance of leveling the playing field if they targeted the younger consumers, specifically the 18–24 age group. They discovered that most of these people complain about high monthly charges for voice usage — a service very few even use. Taking advantage of their prepaid services, Virgin Mobile launched a campaign with data usage. But Virgin did not stop there. As a way to engage their target audience, Virgin partnered with the popular, ever-viral website BuzzFeed, putting content at the forefront of their campaign. The result? VirginMobileFeed — an entertainment hub featuring live streams of pop music, viral content and direct links to Virgin’s various social media channels, including Tumblr, Instagram and Twitter.
Three Ways to Lower your IT Lead Costs Just like businesses in any other industry, companies selling IT and software products are always aiming to realize expansion. In order to achieve this, they will need to generate enough qualified IT leads that can easily end in a close. This is only possible through a perfectly implemented IT lead generation campaign. Companies should always focus on efficiency and profitability in acquiring leads. Having the right infrastructure and lead nurturing tools are especially expedient in this case, but companies should also highlight lowering the average cost of acquiring a lead. Generating high-priced leads is considered counter-effective because IT companies often end up in a difficult position of making up for the high costs. Do you belong with these companies? Then, the list below will definitely guide you in pulling lead costs down and push your profits through the roof! Focus on digital and inbound Optimize your PPC campaign Are you using Google Adwords?
Callbox Pipeline CRM - Lead Management and Marketing Automation 2. Running your Lead Generation Program EMAIL: Lead Nurture Tool We use the powerful Lead Nurture Tool to launch your multi-channel, multi-step campaign to nurture your leads over a period of time, until they are ready to become customers. See how the Lead Nurture Tool works VOICE: SMART Calling SMART Calling is designed to get your Callbox Team to call your prospects at times when engagement and conversion rates are most optimal, leading to a higher percentage of success. Get the inside look on SMART Calling SOCIAL: Business Connections Callbox Pipeline’s social media feature allows your Callbox team to systematically scour the web for prospects whose profiles match those that are in your list and connect with them. CHAT: SalesChat 365 Callbox’s 24/7 live chat service for your business allows us to take sales-related inquiries, qualify them for you and even book them for appointments. This is how we make SalesChat 365 work Feed your curiosity – read about Remarketing here
A Rundown of the Benefits of Marketing Automation for Healthcare Services Health is wealth, and we can never really deny the fact that we have to invest a great deal on efficient diagnostic and treatment tools to better address important medical concerns. Now more than ever, people are looking towards the healthcare sector for innovations that will lower costs and bring better results. It is against this backdrop that major players in the field of medical technology are putting more emphasis on quality care to meet an ever-increasing demand for specific services and equipment for specialty care. In fact, in the United States, overall healthcare expenditures have reached a whopping $3 trillion in 2014. These numbers drive home the point that that major healthcare providers are compelled to do more in terms of getting a good share of the market. B2B lead generation is essential to achieving these objectives, but setting up a campaign that’s designed to attract more buyers is better said than done. This is where the magic of marketing automation comes in.