Lead lists obtained through a qualified third-party provider have the potential to bring stability and consistency to your sales strategy. In addition, there are a few other ways lead lists can help companies that routinely sell to pharmacists' temporary help businesses.

Criteria for Lead List Vendor Selection

In our experience, there are a lot of variations among lead list vendors and Experian Business services stand out from the crowd. What sets them apart is that Experian has all of the qualities we look for in a first-rate lead list provider, including the following:

• Large database. We think it's important for businesses that sell to pharmacists' temporary help businesses to cull their leads from an expansive business database. Why? Because more contacts equates to a higher volume of truly qualified leads.
• Updated contacts. Contact updating is lead list 101. Long contact lists are worthless unless they are regularly updated for accuracy.
• Delivery speed. When your business needs a new supply of pharmacists' temporary help business leads, you can't afford to put your operation on hold until the vendor gets around to filling your order. Good list providers feature fast turnaround times measured in hours or less.

Lead List ROI

Think lead lists are cost-prohibitive? Think again! Although there is an added expense associated with lead lists, the overhead cost of maintaining an in-house lead generation program exceeds the amount of cash you'll spend to acquire a reliable list. When you consider how much time it would take your sales team to create a large database of constantly updated pharmacists' temporary help business contacts, it's not difficult to see why lead lists are more efficient than self-generated leads.

Tips for Prospecting with Lead Lists

Updated and accurate lead lists increase the odds of positive pharmacists' temporary help business responses. But before you can close deals, your list will need to form the basis for a prospecting campaign.

Unfortunately, you can't avoid the hard work of picking up the phone and using the lead list to qualify prospects. Although not every pharmacists' temporary help business on the list will greet your efforts with enthusiasm, the payoff for an investment in a targeted lead list will be noticeably higher response percentages.