Here are some numbers I’ve recently read: through marketing automation we are closing between 2-8% of leads (as per Jeff Lenskold), 70% of leads buy something (as per Steve Gershik) but not necessarily during the time we are scoring and nurturing them, and 90% of leads ‘fall out the bottom‘.
Here is what these fascinating numbers tell me: 1. we are […]

Recently, I asked 15 marketing automation leaders to define Lead Scoring for me. Every one gave me a different answer!

Let’s say you are in the sweet spot of lead scoring for potential vendors. Let’s use the conventional sorting categories: you work in a mid-sized corporation of over $50,000 revenue, and you are one of the senior players in the decision to purchase a new widget.
During the course of your considerations, you find an interesting webinar […]

Are your contact sheets giving you the sort of data that helps you discover – and close – the right leads? Are you depending on the data from your contact sheet/lead scoring to find your prospects?
I recently asked 15 colleagues to define what a good contact sheet should reveal. I got 15 different answers. So […]

Marketing automation people are techies who just love the idea of extracting data withwizzy technology. But they are not sales people. As a result, there are some ‘features and functions‘  missing. Like, how to close sales.
The glaring issue is the concentration on the top of the funnel vs. the bottom of the funnel. The sales industry has […]