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A year or two ago I covered a company named ClickPoint Software who had an excellent product that helped experienced marketers break down the doors into the lead generation business. What typically took hundreds of thousands of dollars a build...
Oh boy – and not in a good way. Leads360 has just released their Secret Shopper report of the mortgage industry and it is not good. Frankly, I am a little disappointed by the results. I go around “town” talking up how well...
According to the release below, Leads360 is celebrating their 5 millionth call via their recently release “Dial-IQ” product. I think more importantly, and why the press release is worth publishing here on LeadCritic is the result...
There have been a lot going on over here in the LeadCritic halls. And put quite frankly, I have been getting burnt out. Hence the lack of posts going up on this site recently. I am not sure if I have a knack for timing my vacations for when...
We have another white paper to discuss and this one gets me pretty excited. If there has one consistent theme on LeadCritic it would have to be Lead Management. And for good reason! If there is one facet of lead buying that you have full control...
photo courtesy of zed_pmd As many of you are aware the education vertical is facing some new regulatory guidelines this coming July. From the perspective of those that have faced these same guidelines in other verticals, it is not all that...
Compliance has become a necessity for success and indeed survival in the lead gen space. Online compliance management providers have delivered by creating new tools and platforms that not only monitor and mitigate compliance risk but actually...
Wow, what a week it was in New Orleans! As I mentioned, last week was lead scoring week for me. I had the pleasure of attending the Lead Scoring Summit (LSS) put on by TARGUSinfo. The intimate conference was excellent for getting your finger...
This is Lead Scoring week here at LeadCritic.com! lol I chuckle after I make that statement because I know very little about lead scoring! I certainly understand the concept and its basic best practices, but my knowledge, without question, doesn’t...
Congrats Nick!! LOS ANGELES, May 3rd, 2011 – Leads360, the industry leader in sales lead management software, today announced that Nick Hedges has been named President & Chief Executive Officer. Hedges joined Leads360 in 2008 from Bain...
A centralized, homegrown call force can be extremely helpful. Unfortunately it is not always possible, let alone initially cost effective out of the gate. The lead generation industry has matured quite a bit over the past 7 years and lead buyers...
First, let me be slightly repetitive and express my sincere excitement for the amount of transparency we are receiving via the industry surveys that are being routinely released. They provide a never before seen insight into industry trends...
Mar, 2011 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Mortgagebot LLC, a Mequon firm that provides Web-based mortgage application technology to lenders, is being acquired by a Canadian company...
Solution Differs from Other Services by Verifying the Linkage of an Email Address and a Name VIENNA, Va., February 28, 2011 – TARGUSinfo, the trusted leader in On-Demand Insight®, announced today the roll-out of On-Demand Email Verification,...
St. Cloud, MN — February 28, 2011 — eBureau, a leader in predictive analytics for performance marketers and digital advertisers, today announced its new industry standard Education Lead Quality Score, a real-time information service for...
A few weeks ago I tried to bridge the gap of understanding between buyers and sellers and at LeadsCon a few weeks the session I will be moderating will continue to do the same. I do want to talk about something that has been on my mind lately...
This is a guest post by Robin Caller of GoAllOver (View below for full Bio) The views represented in this post are not necessarily the views of the LeadCritic Staff or Guest Authors. Anyone in their right mind who reads about, works towards...
It is amazing how easy it is for some people to continue to talk themselves into the wrong situation and then be miffed when they they continue to have sub par results. I can’t exclude myself from this group. I know that I can be hard...
This may seem trivial, but I think some clarification could be needed. I have had a few conversations around the term “lead management systems” and while I was talking about one thing the other person was talking about something...
Today the LeadsCouncil announced the first series of winners for their LEADER Awards. I’d like to think that I had a little influence on the idea, but I know full well that the idea was already in the works prior to my rant. Nonetheless,...
