The mobile revolution is in full swing and our customers are reporting more and more phone leads thanks, in no small part, to increased smartphone adoption. But these inbound phone leads might be even more vital than you think. New research from BIA/Kelsey reports that  phone leads are now considered the highest quality lead source. […]

Looking back on my first visit to Dreamforce, the massive cloud computing conference that now regularly draws over 100,000 attendees, I recall noting how few marketers seemed to be in attendance. The conference sported a dazzling array of name-brand business leaders and technologists, but most attendees seemed to be Salesforce administrators, developers from partner companies, and sales managers. Unless […]

When our customers reach out to us it’s an important moment. Virtually no one calls companies to chat idly. Think about the last time you called a business. Chances are you either were seriously interested in making a purchase or you needed immediate customer service. When your prospects are ready to have a serious sales conversation there are few […]

When I was working as an agency marketer, I had the opportunity to work with several healthcare clients. Though the particular healthcare services those companies offered ranged, they all had a couple things in common. First of all, they all operated call centers that took inbound calls from prospective patients. Secondly, they were investing heavily in ads that were specifically […]

Whether you are trying to generate leads for your own company, or you work for an agency that traffics in leads, chances are that  you aren’t taking enough credit for your efforts. There’s a lot of talk amongst marketers about creating a culture of accountability, in which marketers are able to report the ROI of […]

Many of our marketing customers have never used a call tracking solution before. For them, call tracking opens a rich new world of closed-loop reporting, finally enabling them to make smarter ad investments and take credit for ROI closed over the telephone. But for other customers, Revenue.io is not their first rodeo. They’ve come to […]

LeadsCon is here, and we’re super excited to be presenting again! LeadsCon is the definitive conference for lead generation, vertical media and direct response marketing. It has brought together an international community of marketers who, like us, value marketing accountability and results-based marketing. We’re looking forward to speaking with lead generation agencies, companies and individual […]

After Google released their fourth quarter 2013 earnings, one thing is clear: more people are clicking on Google AdWords than ever before. Paid clicks are up 31% year-over-year! While this shouldn’t come as a shock, what is infinitely more interesting is the fact that cost-per-click (CPC) declined 11% since the fourth quarter of 2012. In […]

2020 update: This post contains legacy content regarding Revenue.io features. For the most recent up-to-date information about Revenue.io, please check out our amazing solutions at www.revenue.io   Revenue.io has always given marketers the ability to track the ROI on calls from  search marketing, including Google AdWords, Yahoo and Bing. But as of today, Revenue.io now […]

What do most inside sales reps really know about incoming leads the moment the phone rings? Sadly, the answer is usually nothing. But there is actually a lot of data that can show reps why prospects call. B2B marketers regularly capture a wide variety of data about customers’ buying intentions in CRMs like Salesforce. And […]

Those of you who attended our sold out Dreamforce sessions helped make this the most exciting  conference for us to date!  In both sessions, our CEO, Howard Brown, revealed some of the ways that call metrics and contextual data are already transforming the way that businesses interact with customers. For those of you who weren’t able […]

A phone call is almost always an important moment. I call my friends and family when texting or posting on Facebook just won’t do, and I call businesses when I’m serious about making purchases. Working in business communications, I’ve had more than one person ask me if people even call businesses anymore as consumers. “Don’t […]