Lead Generation

Definition

The process of finding people who might want to buy your stuff, which mostly involves bribing strangers with free ebooks in exchange for their email addresses. It's essentially the corporate version of trick-or-treating, but you're the one handing out candy.

Example Usage

"Our lead generation funnel captured 5,000 emails last month. Roughly 4,800 of them were people who just wanted the free PDF and will never open another email from us."

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biases

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split testing

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storyteller

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roadblock

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Retargeting

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