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Three Lead Generation Tips From HubSpot's Lead-Gen Guru

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It’s easy for marketers to get caught up in raw figures -- total number of visitors or total number of leads -- especially if you are generating a high volume.

However, it's important to take a step back and understand what's really important: How many visitors are converting to leads? And how many leads are converting to customers?

HubSpot's own Prashant Kaw, Inbound Lead Generation Manager, spends every day making sure HubSpot's marketing team is generating the best leads possible for our sales team.

In the video below, Prashant shares a few of the lessons he's learned, and three tips for improving your company's sales and marketing funnel.

 

 

1. Conversion starts with marketing and ends with sales.  Make sure you are analyzing your entire sales and marketing funnel. It's not over after you deliver your leads. Make sure those leads are converting to customers.


2. Everything works in cycles.
Make sure you track which lead channels lead to the most closed deals. Focus on those channels in your upcoming lead generation campaigns. This is the essence of closed loop marketing!

3. Measure your marketing frequently. If you were an accountant, would you check your balances only at the end of the month? Of course not! The same concept applies when delivering quality leads to your sales force. Meticulously measure your lead programs daily (or even multiple times a day) to ensure your efforts are bringing the best results.

What do you think? Do you agree with Prashant? What have you learned while working at your company?

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Posted by Rebecca Corliss on Wed, Apr 15, 2009 @ 07:31 AM

COMMENTS

Good info, thanks. Keep this up. I like the short, quick video tip. 
 
 
 
How advanced is your video equipment?

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 9:15 AM by Chris Zdunich


I have been taking action on all leads. It's interesting that most of our hubspot leads, to date, still come from word-of-mouth referrals or old newsletters that generate the website visit. At least now, we know that they have visited and what type of help or assistance they are looking for--so much better than cold calling! Thanks HubSpot team.

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 9:24 AM by Sue Stegall


Prashant's assertions are dead on. I look at marketing as a vacuum cleaner with a funnel at the end of it. You want to ensure that the path from lead generation to sale is fast, efficient and streamlined. However, you also don't want to bury your sales team in useless leads. So plan accordingly for this and temper your approach (via measuring and questioning data) constantly.

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 9:27 AM by Stuart Foster


What a great article - so many "experts" out there are not talking about the conversion to sales - this is critically important! In my bootcamp and coaching Club I try hard to help entrepreneurs understand the sales conversion! thanks for a great post! 
 
Ann Evanston 
www.warrior-preneur.com 
Strategies for 21st Century Networking, Warrior Style!

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 9:46 AM by Ann Evanston


I think thats awsome. People have gotten so wrapped up in the BUZZ words that now the clients started yammering about Page Rank thinking he knows what its all about. 
 
 
 
In the end of the day its not how popular you are with google, but how much products you sell!

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 9:54 AM by Great Deals


I think it is rather understated how little we analyze data, especially in regards to how rapidly it can feed in. 
 
Prashant's third point is especially valuable because there is no excuse in today's market to not have control of data coming in. Google Analytics at the very least is a must today.

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM by Chris Sicuranza


A lot of what you suggest is really simple but so few people do it. One of the most valuable things in business of any kind is converting the potential customers and turning quality leads into sales.

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 11:14 AM by Chris


Nice to put a face with a voice Prashant! When are you coming back on the show.

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 2:29 PM by Coach DQ


I took a look at this thinking he would talk about LEAD GENERATION. As in how to GENERATE the leads to begin with, not how to track them or convert them.  
 
Not that this information was not helpful it was just mislabeled IMHO.

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 3:54 PM by Wayne Altman


Most of the so-called experts teach marketing, but few follow through with teaching - "Conversion starts with marketing and ends with sales." I have finally found a site with great informative information, I'll be spending my free time here.

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 5:15 PM by Jim


Great topic, they are more attractive than others, i appreciated it,  
 
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posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 4:23 AM by serenalin


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