Thursday 17 January 2013

Online lead trading: 3 ways by which lead management technology can help you?


In the business of lead generation, the agents have to constantly look out for new potential clients. Internet marketing helps a great deal to get access to information about various potential buyers. One can easily reach out to them over phone, text or email. But in this trade, one has to be prepared for the fact that some of the leads will always turn bad. That is to say, they are not going to materialize into actual sales and are not worth the time & effort. However, this percentage of bad lead varies from organization to organization and depends on its internal management.

 In order to manage the leads in the best possible manner, it is vital to rope in some tech tools. Lead management technology has come of age in the recent months. Even though some of these tools have been in existence for a long time, their potential and power have come to the fore only recently, now that the internet world has taken over amidst serious competition. Those who are in online lead trading can benefit from such software in a number of ways. Here are 3 ways by which you can seek help from such technology:

i.                    Finding out your true clients: In this business, it is of utmost importance to figure out your actual clients. You may have garnered hundreds of leads but are you confident that all of them will get converted? Are you positive that all of them have interest in your products and are going to shell out money to place an order? Unfortunately, many of the leads do not result in any returns. Thus, your ROI shall be very low if most of them turn out to be bad leads. Lead management technology helps you find out the good leads from amongst the heap i.e. it helps you to figure out the names which are worthy of your effort and are most likely to buy your goodies if you take small pains.

ii.                  Finding out their wants: In online lead trading, it is very important that you make a note of the things which are being desired by your potential clients and which you are unable to provide. It helps you become a better seller in the future and also gives you a real picture of your present standing. If you find that most of the customers are not interested in what you have to offer to them, then you get a clear-cut knowledge of their actual requirements. You can thereafter bring about slight change in your policies, rates, services, etc to ensure that you can meet their requirements with full satisfaction.

iii.                Finding out the position of your rivals: Lead management technology also gives you a realistic measure of your rivals’ organization. You get to know about the advantages which they have over you, or about the benefits you enjoy over them. The technology also keeps you on your toes all the time since it familiarizes you with the growing competition and with the number of alternatives at the disposal of your potential clients.

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