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Trust and the Big Lie of Lead Generation

Guest post by: Jeff Ogden

Article Overview: Last Friday, someone filled out this form to download content. It’s exactly the theme of this post. People lie.

Trust and the Big Lie of Lead Generation

(By the way, we no longer deliver the content after the form is completed, we email a link to the content. This ensures they use a valid email address.) First Name : zxzx

Last Name : zxzx

Email (valid corporate email address is required) : zxzxzxzx@ssds.sds

Job Title : Sales Leader

Phone # : sdsd

Web Site URL : dsds

Vince Giorgi writes the blog TouchPoint City and he recently wrote a veryprovocative post called The Big Lie of Lead Generation.

I wish to comment about it here.

The big lie Vince cites is this.

People put fictitious information on registration forms on your landing pages. Why? They don't want to opt in to your telemarketing and email campaigns.

More than 1/2 admit to faking phone numbers. When asked why they put in fake information, almost 3 out of 4 cited "Avoid follow-up sales calls or marketing contacts."

Even IBM screws up. In a recent CMO study, they ask for not only name and email, but phone number, company size, street address and phone number. I abandoned it and I bet a lot of other people did too. Really dumb move by IBM - asking WAY too much.

What's the marketing take-away here?

Earn trust and use progressive profiling.

It's not enough to capture information - a people who don't trust your company don't provide accurate information. Your brand is important, people must trust it.

This is why you need a good, frequently updated blog (this blog posts 7 days a week) and to be active on social media - listening and sharing.

Becoming a thought leader and establishing a trusted company, like Find New Customers, (who's motto is "Always be helping") is key in getting accurate information.

What do you think? We love comments and our subscribers.

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Please note that our wonderful free "cheat sheet" on lead nurturing "The 7 Keys to Lead Nurturing Success" is a small taste of what you get in our terrific white paper, How to Find New Customers.

Jeff Ogden is President of the B2B lead generation consultancy, Find New Customers. Find New Customers helps companies rapidly grow revenue by transforming how they attract, engage and win new customers. Contact Find New Customers by calling (516) 495-9350 or by emailing sales at findnewcustomers.com.

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