Live inbound leads for your business are going to be the highest quality leads available. Internet Leads are a great source but if you don't call them within 5 minutes your chances of sealing that deal go down tremendously. I find that Direct Mail and Direct Response (TV and Radio) are the best ways to generate inbound leads for your business. Marketing and advertising is the fuel to your business. If you run out of gas than the car stops moving. There are many different marketing strategies commonly used by businesses of all sizes. Direct Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Viral Marketing, Internet Marketing, and Email Marketing are all great forms of marketing. Price ranges vary depending on the exclusivity, the distribution (paper lead vs. inbound live transfer), and the quality. It is very important to put together a marketing plan that allows you to market all types of consumers. Some consumers will only respond to visual advertising while others will only respond to audio advertising. You have to be multi-channeled (diversified) to be the best.
If you are into the Internet Leads you must read
MIT / Kellogg Study The Research that Started an Industry:
How Much Time Do You Have Before Web-Generated Leads Go Cold?
This paper shows how contact ratios improve 800% if Web leads are called within five minutes of submission. This paper contains results from a survey by Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a study by Dr. James Oldroyd of MIT, and a study by InsideSales.com and FranklinCovey.
This paper was originally presented by Dave Elkington, CEO of InsideSales.com, and Dr. James Oldroyd of MIT on October 16th, 2007 at MarketingSherpa's Business-to-Business Demand Generation 4th Annual Summit 2007 in Boston.
Go to
http://www.insidesales.com/download_mit_study.php
If you would like to get live inbound leads on a per lead basis you must make sure you know what type of lead you are getting. Remember that many companies will offer great deals on inbound calls. When you look into how they are getting these calls you realize they are completely breaking the laws. Make sure to ask how they get the lead and make sure that you understand what they are doing. If it is not clear than I would stay away.
Ryan Rasmussen
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