Avitage
Automated Lead Management Services

 
 

Automated Lead Management Program

An Aberdeen survey revealed results that have been ratified by other analysts:

" … on average 16% of the total leads that are deemed ‘sales-ready’ opportunities actually close. The difference between a successful company and a mediocre company lies in how the remaining 84% of already qualified opportunities are handled. "

"69% of all respondents not using lead nurturing indicated that the lack of human resources to develop nurturing campaigns was the number one reason for not leveraging lead nurturing."

Other constraints included: lack of program and process expertise, inadequate content and no formal content creation process.

IDC has concluded:

"In many cases, outsourcing demand generation and lead qualification is the best path to success. Most organizations do not practice this kind of rigor across internal groups and therefore may well find outsourcing a path to delivering higher quality results."

And according to Forrester Research, companies that excel at lead nurturing are able to generate 50% more sales-ready leads at 33% lower the cost per lead.

Automated Lead Management Program – invest in outcomes

Avitage supports the program definition and setup and basic operation of the marketing automation operations. Setup typically is completed within two weeks and the first campaign can run shortly thereafter.

Avitage provides program management with recommendations for best practices that include: custom process setup including campaign plan, scoring, rules, reporting.

  • Marketing automation deployed to your website
  • Setup of lead scoring and automation rules
  • Custom landing pages
  • Prospect lists imported
  • Campaigns set up and executed each month
  • Personnel to execute program activities
  • Reporting and lead management between sales and marketing

lead management program

Content is the fuel that makes a lead management program work. It is essential for any marketing automation system.

Our services leverage our unique "publishing process" to create, manage, assemble for relevance and deliver the appropriate content, at the right time, using the most convenient method for each viewer.

We lower production costs for customers by creating content for multiple purposes -- training, marketing, selling -- and for multiple delivery methods -- web, print, streaming video, podcast, online web meetings, PDA, and more.

To satisfy the educational nature of lead nurturing content, we've developed a process to create high volumes, of modular and therefore highly tailored content, quickly (days and weeks) and at costs far below traditional production companies and agencies. Often, this content is delivered as compelling multimedia "vignettes" to help capture attention, to explain complex ideas, and to motivate action. (See this example from a short introduction to our lead management service.)

To manage and maintain the volume of associated and synchronized source content -- visual, audio, Flash, video and related documents and web links -- we've develop a unique management, assembly and delivery system called Avitage Collections.

To provide personal touch to the lead nurturing process, we have partnered with several outsource telesales organizations -- and can work with yours -- to provide this critical and complementary component to your program.

The results are the outcomes you seek: higher revenue and conversion rates as a result of higher lead quality and volume. In addition, you realize lower operating costs and better sales execution as a result of the messaging, knowledge sharing and content services we provide.

What you don't have is delayed benefits, high learning curve, time and effort to acquire and manage the resources needed to fulfill on your expectations of a professional lead management program.

This is important for organizations of all size -- from small and mid-sized companies, to departments in very large organizations -- who lack the experienced managers and operators to make this program work.

To request a preliminary conversation to discuss your program requirements, please click here.

What you get

  • Outcomes -- better leads and opportunities, cleaner database, higher accountability
  • Regular campaigns -- no additional resources required, no expertise required, minimal internal impact
  • Better sales conversations -- better visibility and record of prospect and customer activity
  • Relationships -- better prospect and customer relationships
  • Program -- defined lead nurturing program, recommendations, best practices
  • Turnkey services -- with access to additional content creation, webinar, sales enablement services
  • No extended commitment

Options

  • Additional campaigns
  • Sales Insight -- for Salesforce.com users; $50 per sales person per month;
  • Creative Services
    • Content creation services
    • Writing services
  • Comprehensive Marketing and Sales Communication Services:
    • Webinar services
    • Content management services
    • Knowledge acquisition and sharing
    • Customer communications support

Related Articles

Webinar Executive Summary7 Ways to Generate More Sales Revenue with Marketing Automation

Chris Koch's B2B Marketing BlogWhy Lead Management Automation Really Matters

Presented by JigsawOptimize Your Leads: Matching Your Sales Process to the Customer’s Buying Process – article authored by Avitage pdf icon

DemandGen Report11 Steps to Successful Lead Nurturing

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