3 Reasons You Should Outsource Lead Nurturing and Scoring


 B2B Demand Generation | Lead Nurturing and Scoring

One of the top experts in B2B demand generation, Brian Carroll, once said to me “If you Lead Nurturinglook at a company’s website and you are unable to find good buyer-focused lead nurturing content, they are not doing lead nurturing.

Good point, Brian, and I find a lot of companies in that situation. In fact, Sirius Decisions found very few companies happy with lead nurturing. They said, if memory serves, that fewer than 1 in 5 users of marketing automation software were doing lead nurturing.

To help those struggling, I thought it might be helpful to give you three reasons to contact an outside company to help you implement lead nurturing and scoring. But before you start, make sure you have defined your Ideal Customer Profile.

  1. Lead Nurturing and Scoring takes focus and dedication - as well as clear thinking.
    Does that sound like you - going from meeting to meeting, bombarded with emails, etc.? Most executives we speak with have no time to think, much less focus 100% on a project like this.
  2. The quality of the work directly affects success
    The best lead nurturing programs have remarkable content and tell a story. Are you and your team good at creating remarkable content and telling stories?
  3. Business outcomes are all that matters
    Improving the flow of qualified opportunities to sales and improving revenue results is all that matter. Are your in-house people held to a high standard like this? Probably not. But you can hold an outside company to high standards.

Seems clear that companies should look outside to get these projects done quickly, effectively and right.

Companies we recommend you consider include Nuspark Marketing, Bluebird Strategies and AcquireB2B. Optionally, Find New Customers offers a Lead Nurturing and Scoring service.

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Jeff Ogden (@fearlesscomp) is President of the B2B lead generation consultancy, Find New Customers. Find New Customers helps companies dramatically improve revenue results by transforming the ways they attract and earn the trust of prospective customers. Contact Find New Customers by calling (516) 495-9350 or sending an email to sales at findnewcustomers.com.

Find New Customers helps companies (with between 150 and 5,000 employees who sell complex products to businesses) to implement world-class lead generation programs. As companies struggle to create quality sales opportunities, they turn to lead generation companies like Find New Customers.

“If more companies listened to (Find New Customers) a lot more would be sold.” Dan McDade, Pointclear.

The Awesome Power of Story


B2B Demand Generation | The Awesome Power of Story

Smart marketers everywhere are starting to realize the awesome power of great story-telling. Stories are one of the best ways to gain rapt attention.

  • Why is 60 Minutes so popular? They talk about stories.
  • Why is Breaking Bad considered to be the best show on television? Great story-telling.

    Breaking Bad

    Breaking Bad

Here are some of my suggested tips to get started with story-telling:

  1. Create complex and memorable characters
  2. Tell each of your stories in 3 acts
  3. Explain Why before What. (You must capture attention first. Note that movies start with dropping a character behind enemy lines or have a great chase scene. They always capture your attention, before you say what the story is about.)
  4. Tie your stories together into an ongoing series. (For a superb example, check out Suitemates by Kinaxis.)

B2B marketers could learn a lot from story-telling.

What do you think? Have you tried story-telling? What has been your experience?

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Jeff Ogden (@fearlesscomp) is President of the B2B lead generation consultancy, Find New Customers Find New Customers helps companies dramatically improve revenue results by changing the way they attract and earn trust with prospective customers. To contact Find New Customers, please call (516) 495-9350 or send an email to sales at findnewcustomers.com.

Find New Customers helps companies (with between 150 and 5,000 employees who sell complex products to businesses) to implement world-class lead generation programs. As companies struggle to create quality sales opportunities, they turn to lead generation companies like Find New Customers.

“Find New Customers can certainly help your business dramatically improve the flow of sales-ready leads to salespeople.” Paul Dunay, Buzz Marketing for Technology.