Lead
Generation
A
lead consists of information provided by a prospect, or potential
borrower, who
is interested in one of our customers’ product offerings,
ranging from payday loans to home mortgages. The lead contains data
collected from a consumer who is interested in getting a loan or mortgage
and who is proactively using the Internet to acquire information and
research potential lenders. This consumer is interested or ‘warm’ enough
to take the time to provide basic information that will help a lender
give out a quote based on the information they provide.
Our leads are completely “Internet generated”, which means
that the prospects have all responded to an e-mail sent to them, clicked
on an advertisement on another web site that took them to ours (or an
affiliate site), or who even did a search using a web Search Engine,
such as Google. The prospect has taken a proactive step for more information
by filling out a form on our web site, which also indicates his interest
in being contacted by a lender.
Internet prospects are generally much more responsive than telemarketing
prospects, simply because the Internet prospect has been proactive in
his or her request for information.