Buying Sales Leads

I was colded called about purchasing sales leads. Is this something that i can use with success or is wasting my money. I have never used a lead company before?

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Originally Posted by kgressler

I was colded called about purchasing sales leads. Is this something that i can use with success or is wasting my money.

I think it depends on your industry and what kind of leads you're talking about.

I've worked for companies that paid for "Telemarketing" leads. For every appointment that was scheduled the telemarketer was paid a base amount. For every appointment that converted into a sale and addition sum was paid to the telemarketer.

Working as a real estate broker I get the occasional call asking if I want to pay for leads in the form of a 25% referral fee.

So far, I've always said, "No." My reasoning is that these "leads" are most likely pretty cold compared to a traditional "referral" and I would rather invest that 25% into my own marketing plan.

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Originally Posted by AZBroker

...My reasoning is that these "leads" are most likely pretty cold compared to a traditional "referral" and I would rather invest that 25% into my own marketing plan.

I agree with AZ, leads aren't worth anything if they haven't been properly "qualified", which is, that they are known to be currently in need of and able to pay for your product/service.

I just spent almost a year with HOME Gain had 300 leads and only had maybe 12 contact me. And most of them could not qualify for a loan. I'm sure some people do well but I think I will invest my money and time in generating my own leads.

Charles

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Originally Posted by indyrealty

I just spent almost a year with HOME Gain had 300 leads and only had maybe 12 contact me. And most of them could not qualify for a loan. I'm sure some people do well but I think I will invest my money and time in generating my own leads.

I wondered if Home Gain leads were any good. Thanks for the information.

I actualy work for a leads company- InfoUSA. It realy depends on your business situation. A good List Consultant will help you determine if and what list products will help your business. Some questions I would normaly ask a prospect are: What is your product? What is your Target Market? Geographic area? Special demographics? Marketing practice: telemarketing, mailing, email, faxing etc. Budget requirements? If your sales person is not asking these questions hang up the phone, These are all very important in creating a custom list that will be effective in generating strong prospects for you.
Also there are companies out there that supply pay per usage and percentage based lists- watch out for these. Pricing should vary based on volume from 0.45 to 0.10 per record for general business and consumer records. If anyone ever has specific questions or needs help in this area feel free to PM or email me, I would be more than happy to help.

I'm curious, my company has never bought lists. What type of information about the potential contacts is included on the lists ? Is there any guarantee that the info is accurate?

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Originally Posted by Doc MC

I'm curious, my company has never bought lists. What type of information about the potential contacts is included on the lists ? Is there any guarantee that the info is accurate?

With my company we guarantee 90% deliverability and statisticaly it actualy tends to be 97% accurate. With business records you recieve adress, phone, contacts, titles,fax, website, sales volume, number of employees, SIC code/industry, franchise lines, number of pcs, and ad size in the yellow pages. All of these are phone verified and lists can be created using specific criteria.

Consumer info can include gender, mail order, income, homeownership, age, vehicle presence, mortgage, bankruptcy, presence of children, ethnicity etc.

I actualy use our list for my own prospecting and have found them to be quite accurate, Once in a while I will run across a contact that has left the company, but that is to be expected. If you would like more information feel free to pm or email me. I am available by phone as well for anyone who would like info on lists @ 888-800-0168 x 6795. Hope this was helpful!

Good Selling,
Misty

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kgressler	Buying Sales Leads I was colded called about purchasing sales leads. Is this something that i can use with success or is wasting my money. I have never used a lead company before?

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MagicMan	Re: Buying Leads I've worked for companies that paid for "Telemarketing" leads. For every appointment that was scheduled the telemarketer was paid a base amount. For every appointment that converted into a sale and addition sum was paid to the telemarketer.

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AZBroker	Re: Buying Leads Working as a real estate broker I get the occasional call asking if I want to pay for leads in the form of a 25% referral fee. So far, I've always said, "No." My reasoning is that these "leads" are most likely pretty cold compared to a traditional "referral" and I would rather invest that 25% into my own marketing plan.

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indyrealty	Re: Buying Leads I just spent almost a year with HOME Gain had 300 leads and only had maybe 12 contact me. And most of them could not qualify for a loan. I'm sure some people do well but I think I will invest my money and time in generating my own leads. Charles

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listseller	Re: Buying Leads I actualy work for a leads company- InfoUSA. It realy depends on your business situation. A good List Consultant will help you determine if and what list products will help your business. Some questions I would normaly ask a prospect are: What is your product? What is your Target Market? Geographic area? Special demographics? Marketing practice: telemarketing, mailing, email, faxing etc. Budget requirements? If your sales person is not asking these questions hang up the phone, These are all very important in creating a custom list that will be effective in generating strong prospects for you. Also there are companies out there that supply pay per usage and percentage based lists- watch out for these. Pricing should vary based on volume from 0.45 to 0.10 per record for general business and consumer records. If anyone ever has specific questions or needs help in this area feel free to PM or email me, I would be more than happy to help.

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Doc MC	Re: Buying Leads I'm curious, my company has never bought lists. What type of information about the potential contacts is included on the lists ? Is there any guarantee that the info is accurate?

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