{"id":38055,"date":"2017-04-19T12:51:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T12:51:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-05-12T14:36:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T14:36:06","slug":"lead-generation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/lead-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro-vertical\">How do you generate hundreds of quality B2B leads every month? Firstly, it is obvious that you need to create traffic that makes sense for the business you have set up on your site. Then, the most effective way is to develop a complete marketing package, combining different marketing techniques to turn your traffic into leads. This requires knowledge and application of good lead generation practices, as well as a solid working methodology.<\/p>\n<p>The realisation of this marketing device requires several phases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>identifying your typical customer base<\/li>\n<li>understanding your value proposition to your target audience in the shortest possible time<\/li>\n<li>the strategic deployment of different marketing techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a comprehensive guide to these techniques for anyone who wants to get started in B2B lead generation. It only takes a few hours to get a solid foundation in this area.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"1-guide\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-the-constitution-of-prospecting-files\"><\/span>1. The constitution of prospecting files<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first element is to be perfectly clear about the profiles you wish to target in order to compile a prospecting file. Once you have done your sourcing, it is absolutely essential to work on this file: trying to exploit a raw file is usually time-consuming and counter-productive. To make this file usable, it must be cleaned up and completed beforehand in order to activate a certain number of marketing levers on your targets.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listFont iconChevron listLeft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/sales-intelligence\/\">Prospecting files: the guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Find a company file\" href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/prospection-commerciale\/fichiers-prospection-gratuit-telecharger\/\">Free prospecting files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to qualify your prospecting file?\" href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/sales-qualification\/\">How to qualify your prospecting file?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to use your prospecting file?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nocrm.io\/resource\/organize-leads-prospects-customers\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to use your prospecting file?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;margin-top: 30px\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-traditional-b2b-lead-generation-techniques\"><\/span>2. Traditional B2B lead generation techniques<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The most important thing in the field of lead generation is to make all marketing tools consistent towards a common goal (sales contact, sales, etc.) with well thought-out messages. Having consistency from the landing page to the collection of an email is essential. It is a question of understanding how to optimise the journey of an unidentified visitor until he or she becomes a lead on your site.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listFont iconChevron listLeft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">\n<li><a title=\"Establish &amp;amp; maintain a coherent content strategy\" href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/lead-generation\/examples-content-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Content marketing strategies that work: Examples<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Building a conversion-oriented user experience\" href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/inbound-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inbound marketing: the complete guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Deploying an effective collection form on the site\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markentive.com\/fr\/blog\/comment-faire-de-votre-formulaire-un-outil-efficace-de-lead-generation\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deploying an effective collection form on the site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/inbound-marketing\/examples-landing-pages\/\">Our best landing page examples<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-modern-b2b-lead-generation-techniques\"><\/span>3. Modern B2B lead generation techniques<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/lead-generation\/lead-generation-strategies\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"71\" title=\"Techniques Lead Generation Martinique\">Lead generation techniques<\/a> are constantly evolving and new collection methods are appearing regularly. Although not exhaustive, this list at least has the merit of identifying the techniques that have already proved their worth.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listFont iconChevron listLeft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">\n<li><a title=\"Organise webinars\" href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/inbound-marketing\/webinars-leads\/\">Organise webinars to collect leads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Personalising the user experience with CRM onboarding\" href=\"https:\/\/hubinstitute.com\/2016\/04\/pourquoi-et-comment-recourir-au-crm-onboarding\/\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personalising the user experience with CRM onboarding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Top 20 high-impact ideas for generating more leads\" href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/lead-generation\/lead-generation-strategies\/\">20 high-impact ideas for generating more leads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Optimise form design for better conversion rates\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cartelis.fr\/blog\/exemples-formulaires-design\/\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Optimise form design for better conversion rates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-qualification-of-b2b-leads\"><\/span>4. Qualification of B2B leads<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Implementing techniques to generate &#8220;raw&#8221; leads is not enough. In order to generate leads that are of high quality and usable by your sales people, you need to start a continuous qualification process to work on and prioritise them. Learning how to maintain contact with your prospects, quickly identifying the &#8220;hot&#8221; ones and not abandoning those who have not yet taken action is key.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listFont iconChevron listLeft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">\n<li><a title=\"How do you qualify your leads?\" href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/sales-qualification\/\">How do you qualify your leads?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to build a lead scoring strategy?\" href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/sales-qualification\/build-lead-scoring-strategy\/\">How to build a lead scoring strategy?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The art of catching big fish: Account Based Marketing\" href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/account-based-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The art of catching big fish: Account Based Marketing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-steering-b2b-lead-generation-from-reporting-to-cpl-monitoring\"><\/span>5. Steering B2B lead generation: from reporting to CPL monitoring<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is absolutely essential to measure the impact that lead generation has on your business, but above all to carefully monitor the evolution of performance over time. Monitoring the performance of your lead generation will then allow you to optimise your various marketing tools over time.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listFont iconChevron listLeft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">\n<li><a title=\"Lead generation reporting, a simple example to understand\" href=\"https:\/\/www.demandmetric.com\/content\/lead-generation-metrics-dashboard\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lead generation reporting, a simple example to understand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How do you calculate your cost per lead (CPL)?\" href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/revenue-operations\/cost-per-lead\/\">How do you calculate your cost per lead (CPL)?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/automation\/commercial-reporting-tools\/\">The best commercial reporting tools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-essential-tools-for-b2b-lead-generation\"><\/span>6. Essential tools for B2B lead generation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Finally, in this category you will find a range of tools that we feel have the best potential for a user new to B2B lead generation. What they all have in common is their ease of installation and use.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listFont iconChevron listLeft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/lead-generation\/best-lead-generation-tools\/\">Our selection of the best lead generation tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/inbound-marketing\/webinar-software-comparison\/\">Top 10 tools to host your webinars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/salesdorado.com\/en\/inbound-marketing\/livestorm-review\/\">Livestorm: our review on this lead generation machine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Clearbit's plug-in, effective for quickly finding email addresses\" href=\"https:\/\/connect.clearbit.com\/\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clearbit&#8217;s plug-in, effective for quickly finding email addresses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OptinMonster: a powerful solution for collecting emails on site\" href=\"\/en\/go\/optinmonster\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">OptinMonster: a powerful solution for collecting emails on site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"HubSpot, the essential inbound marketing and sales platform\" href=\"\/en\/go\/hubspot\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">HubSpot, the essential inbound marketing and sales platform<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"4 AB Testing tools to optimise the UX of your website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cartelis.fr\/blog\/benchmark-solutions-ab-testing\/\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4 AB Testing tools to optimise the UX of your website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"blocTips success-light\"><i class=\"fa fa-book\"><\/i><span class=\"title is-5\">To go further<\/span><br \/>\nIf you are interested in the subject of lead generation, I strongly suggest you read these white papers:\n<ul class=\"listFont iconChevron listLeft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">\n<li><a title=\"Marketo - Lead Generation Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.marketo.com\/definitive-guides\/lead-generation\/focus\/?source=PPC&amp;comment=PPC_GS_LG_UK&amp;camp=NB%7cGBR%7cENG%7cLead_Generation%7cExact&amp;ag=GBR%7cENG%7cLead_Generation%7cGeneric&amp;_kk=190077217437&amp;kw=lead%20generation&amp;gclid=Cj0KEQjwrYbIBRCgnY-OluOk89EBEiQAZER58ofEs7cK7gXy2jAfJi9hYkbNmgu1uaPoA4m1wliZGaQaAmL_8P8HAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marketo &#8211; Lead Generation Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"HubSpot - Lead Generation Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/beginner-inbound-lead-generation-guide-ht#sm.0001rxapelf8ef91whu2b8oh0jpo2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HubSpot &#8211; Lead Generation Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Boston Interactive - Lead Generation Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostoninteractive.com\/sites\/default\/files\/lead-generation-guide-filling-the-funnel_boston-interactive.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Interactive &#8211; Lead Generation Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you generate hundreds of quality B2B leads every month? 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