Brian Carroll

Give Lead Generation Some Respect

Brian Carroll March 18th, 2005
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Dean Rieck argues that lead generation is the Rodney Dangerfield of marketing – some give it no respect.

Reick shares the following tips:

  • Get buy-in from executives and sales
  • Create your follow-up plan first
  • Offer something valuable and free
  • Get your offer to the right people
  • Track everything
  • Focus on ROI
  • Review progress regularly

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Direct Marketing, Lead Generation, Marketing Strategy, Sales Leads



  1. Scott Jones
    March 22nd, 2005 at 08:07 | #1
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    You need to directly:

  2. Identify the intersection point between a decision-maker’s issues that they are currently dealing with and your solutions (if, in fact, an intersection point exists at all), AND
  3. Demonstrate the value associated with that intersection point that meets a hurdle-rate ROI that will show up on that executive’s radar screen.

    4. We have spent 3-1/2 years developing a tool to help us get there from a marketing, lead generation and sales perspective … the solution is appropriately named Executive Link

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