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What is your tried and true method of assessing an organization’s goals to determine the customized proportion of inbound to outbound leads needed for success?

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  1. Laura Lewis
    Laura Lewis

    Lexia Learning Director, Demand Generation & ABM | Formerly Addigy, Qualia, Progress • 2y

    Every organization is different, and I always start with looking at both historical data and benchmarks. Generally, the lower the average deal size, the higher the percentage of inbound leads should be. For example, if your ADS is low (let's say $5000 or under), it's not very efficient to have both SDRs and AEs spending time researching contacts and cold prospecting, especially since cold prospecting converts at low rates. In terms of time spent to get a deal, a large % of the deal size will be ...Read More

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  2. Steve Armenti
    Steve Armenti

    Google founder @ twelfth ⚡️ data-driven ABM ⚡️ | Formerly Google, DigitalOcean • 2y

    Start with the business targets to understand what the goals of the business are. Slice those business targets by available segments such as: region, country, solution, etc. Then look at the historical conversion rates within each segment to understand what's worked in the past. Build your model off the historical data to find out where you should be investing. Now, put together a recommendation that invests in the highest performing channels in the regions with the best win rates.

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  3. Andy Ramirez ✪
    Andy Ramirez ✪

    GitLab Head of Growth Marketing • 1y

    This is another one where the answer shifts dramatically based on the company, the team, the market their in, etc. Maturity of the org. If an org is young and in those early growth stages with limited brand recognition, I might recommend some default rule of thumb like an 80/20 outbound-to-inbound split at first. Then gradually shifting toward 50/50 as inbound marketing gets better, channels mature, etc. A more mature company with established inbound demand might only need 30% outbound to supple ...Read More

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