What are the best way to generate qualified leads for Web development & Internet Marketing Business

There are a few ways to generate business leads. You can do it manually, especially through LinkedIn, however, it will be very time consuming. You will also not be able to find any direct email or phone number of the person you are looking for and if you do not have any third degree connections on LinkedIn, you will not be able to see his contact details as well.

Another way to go around this is to purchase the list you are looking for. Before doing so, you need to pay attention to a few things:

1. Will I be getting direct email address or is it just generic, such as info@ or office@?

2. Same principle for the phone numbers

3. How frequent is the database updated?

4. What is the bounce rate?

5. What happens if you find an invalid contact, will they get replaced?

6. Apart from person name, emails and phone numbers, what other fields are available?

7. Can you export the entire database in XL or you are only allowed to send email campaigns? Actually, you need to pay attention here, because if you cannot download the list in XL, it does not make sense to go ahead with the purchase.

8. Always ask for a demo or sample. A live demo will be better, as you can see in real time how the database looks like.

While I do not wish to favor any vendors here, I recently subscribed to the South Africa and UK database from Global Database, www.globaldatabase.com. I knew exactly what I was getting before making the payment, the bounce rate is not higher than 3% and overall, very happy with the purchase. I could also see an increase in the number of companies on a weekly basis, which is very useful.