{"id":18755,"date":"2019-08-01T15:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T15:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/how-to-develop-better-lead-generation\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T23:33:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T23:33:00","slug":"how-to-develop-better-lead-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/how-to-develop-better-lead-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ari Meisel&#8217;s How to Develop Better Lead Generation Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"introduction\">\n<h2>Introduction:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-content\">\n<figure>\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sRkd2XCHrbeTFLXEsrVEww.png\" alt=\"Introduction:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sRkd2XCHrbeTFLXEsrVEww.png\"> <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p>Simply put, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lead_generation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more leads<\/a> mean more customers. The more customers there are, the higher a business' profits will be.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>However, in reality, lead generation isn't always easy<\/strong>. And finding qualified leads is even trickier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To help you<\/strong> in your quest to find better leads, <strong>try Ari Meisel's own automated lead generation process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/lessdoing.com\/about\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Less Doing<\/a> says himself:<\/p>\n<p class=\"style-blockquote\">\"<em>What if I could show a machine learning algorithm a bunch of my current clients and it could create a model based on them to compare against any new potential lead? Would the machine be able to \u201cpick a winner\u201d in a way that I never could?<\/p>\n<p><\/em><em>Spoiler Alert: It can, and it does it with 93% accuracy.<\/em>\" - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/productivity-coach-entrepreneur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How to Teach a Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Your Customers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This checklist will guide you<\/strong> through beginning tasks - where you'll gather your customer data and use applications to enrich it - all the way through to later steps, where you'll be <strong>making the very same automatic Zap<\/strong>&nbsp;(via Zapier) that<strong> Meisel uses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With the Zap, once a new email newsletter signup is tagged as a customer, your team will be notified. The sales team can then go in and do what they do best: Follow up with the lead and secure the sale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Ari Meisel's steps<\/strong> to upgrade your standard lead generation process to a successfully automated one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"get-your-customer-data\">\n<h2>Get your customer data:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p class=\"style-info\">To kick-off Ari Meisel's process for better lead generation, you're first going to need to obtain your customer data.<\/p>\n<p>The next task will inform you of how to do that effectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style-warning\">This checklist makes use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/stop-tasks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stop tasks<\/a>. This means that critical tasks need to be completed before the user can move on. Watch the video below to learn more about how stop tasks work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Process Street<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-content\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\">\n   <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n5gIPONOF5s?modestbranding=1&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"> <\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5gIPONOF5s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Source)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"gather-customer-data\">\n<h2>Gather customer data<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p><strong>Gather customer data from your systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first step in the process is to <strong>gather customer data<\/strong>. This can be found in systems such as email systems, like <a href=\"https:\/\/convertkit.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CovertKit<\/a> or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mailchimp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mailchimp<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Ari Meisel says:<\/p>\n<p class=\"style-blockquote\">\"<em>You probably have a list of your customers somewhere, people who have actually paid you money for something. It might be in your email system (Convertkit, Mailchimp, etc\u2026) or in your payment process (ACH, Stripe, Recurly, etc\u2026) or maybe you have them written in a ledger in your desk drawer, doesn\u2019t matter to me as long as you have at least ten of them. You want a list that includes as equal of a number as possible of customers and non-customers. You can just grab random ones from your newsletter for the latter group<\/em>.\" -&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/productivity-coach-entrepreneur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How to Teach a Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Your Customers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"enrich-the-data\">\n<h2>Enrich the data:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p class=\"style-info\">The next section in this process focuses on enriching the data. That is, using ClearBit to find important data points.<\/p>\n<p>The following tasks will guide you through email data enrichment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"use-clearbit-to-gather-more-data\">\n<h2>Use ClearBit to gather more data<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p><strong>Use ClearBit and upload your file of emails to gather more data.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clearbit.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ClearBit<\/a> is a marketing data engine which helps you better understand your customers.<\/p>\n<p>Ari Meisel suggests<strong> using ClearBit<\/strong> as it can enrich your emails with up to 85 points of publically available data, such as company size, company description, location, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upload your file of emails<\/strong> so ClearBit can gather the data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style-blockquote\">\"<em>I like a tool called&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clearbit.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ClearBit<\/a><\/em><em>&nbsp;which can \u201cenrich\u201d your emails with up to 85 points of publicly available data like location, company name and size, seniority, Twitter bio, LinkedIn company description, etc\u2026you upload your file of emails and it will return one with all the data added to it<\/em>.\" - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/productivity-coach-entrepreneur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How to Teach a Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Your Customers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-content\">\n<figure>\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/uIwYFeWDcPk02MUEJR1Llw.png\" alt=\"Use ClearBit to gather more data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/uIwYFeWDcPk02MUEJR1Llw.png\"> <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Source)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"save-the-csv-file-clearbit-generates\">\n<h2>Save the CSV file ClearBit generates<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p><strong>Save the CSV file which ClearBit creates in an easy-to-remember location.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CSV file created via ClearBit should contain the information which you saw on ClearBit: Company size, company description, location, and other kinds of integral data.<\/p>\n<p>You will want to&nbsp;<strong>save your CSV file from ClearBit&nbsp;<\/strong>in an accessible location on your computer, as you'll be uploading the file to another program in the next step.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"teach-the-machine\">\n<h2>Teach the machine:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p class=\"style-info\">The next section is focused on the machine learning aspect of Ari Meisel's process. This is made possible by utilizing a tool called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monkeylearn.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MonkeyLearn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the next step to start using MonkeyLearn effectively.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"use-monkeylearn-to-upload-the-csv-file\">\n<h2>Use MonkeyLearn to upload the CSV file<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p><strong>Use MonkeyLearn to upload the CSV file.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next step in the process is to <strong>use <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/free-small-business-software\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">business software<\/a><strong> MonkeyLearn<\/strong>, a tool which creates more value from your data by using custom machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>You'll want <strong>to create a new classifier, upload the CSV, and choose the data points you want to analyze<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Like Ari Meisel himself says:<\/p>\n<p class=\"style-blockquote\">\"<em>Now go to&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monkeylearn.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MonkeyLearn<\/a><\/em><em>&nbsp;(use coupon code lessdoing for 50% off your first three months), create a new classifier, and upload the csv. It will let you choose which of the data points you want to look it. That part is up to you depending on what's most relevant to what you\u2019re looking for. Then it\u2019s just a matter of telling it which ones are customers and which ones aren\u2019t.<\/em>\" - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/productivity-coach-entrepreneur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How to Teach a Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Your Customers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Use the subchecklist and the GIF below as reference points.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"multi-select-content form-field-content\">\n<ul class=\"items\">\n<li class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"step-number-container\">\n<div class=\"step-number\">\n       1\n     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"step-checkbox-container\">\n<div class=\"step-checkbox\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"item-name-static\">\n      Log into MonkeyLearn\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"step-number-container\">\n<div class=\"step-number\">\n       2\n     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"step-checkbox-container\">\n<div class=\"step-checkbox\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"item-name-static\">\n      Create a new classifier\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"step-number-container\">\n<div class=\"step-number\">\n       3\n     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"step-checkbox-container\">\n<div class=\"step-checkbox\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"item-name-static\">\n      Upload the CSV file\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"step-number-container\">\n<div class=\"step-number\">\n       4\n     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"step-checkbox-container\">\n<div class=\"step-checkbox\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"item-name-static\">\n      Choose the data points\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"step-number-container\">\n<div class=\"step-number\">\n       5\n     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"step-checkbox-container\">\n<div class=\"step-checkbox\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"item-name-static\">\n      Define who are customers and aren't customers via tags\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-content\">\n<figure>\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tck1-kMM9w2AyZcWvG5Ngg.gif\" alt=\"Use MonkeyLearn to upload the CSV file\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tck1-kMM9w2AyZcWvG5Ngg.gif\"> <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Source)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"build-the-automation\">\n<h2>Build the automation:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p class=\"style-info\">Now that the classifier has been built, it's time to create the automation itself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Follow the next steps to fully set up the lead&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/workflow-automation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">workflow automation<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/zapier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zapier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"create-a-zap-for-new-email-newsletter-signups\">\n<h2>Create a Zap for new email newsletter signups<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p><strong>Create a Zap in Zapier for new email newsletter signups.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this Zap creation<\/strong> stage, you're going <strong>to<\/strong> <strong>want new newsletter signups to be tagged as customers or not and then be notified about customers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Ari Meisel's text below and the two GIFs he's created to set your Zap up correctly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style-blockquote\">\"<em>We\u2019re going to create a Zap using&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zapier.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zapier<\/a>&nbsp;that takes any new signup to our newsletter, enriches the data with Clearbit, shows it to MonkeyLearn to tag it as a customer or not, and then if it is a customer, we need to be notified somehow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For the classification text, you\u2019ll have to choose whichever data points you decided to build the model based on. So at the point the [first] image finishes, Clearbit has pulled in all the info on the person's email but you need to tell MonkeyLearn just to look at the relevant data points.<\/em>\" - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/productivity-coach-entrepreneur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How to Teach a Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Your Customers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-content\">\n<figure>\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rNbleHXEJJilvRbqQuFLbQ.gif\" alt=\"Create a Zap for new email newsletter signups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rNbleHXEJJilvRbqQuFLbQ.gif\"> <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-content\">\n<figure>\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tPRO0bRzLitG5cuWaM5OAw.gif\" alt=\"Create a Zap for new email newsletter signups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tPRO0bRzLitG5cuWaM5OAw.gif\"> <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Source)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"choose-where-and-how-you-want-to-be-notified-about-signups\">\n<h2>Choose where and how you want to be notified about signups<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p><strong>Choose where and how you want to be notified about new signups.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With Ari Meisel's lead generation Zap, the endpoint is being notified about signups tagged as customers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The last step in building the Zap is to <strong>choose specifically how you'll be notified<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As Ari Meisel suggests:<\/p>\n<p class=\"style-blockquote\">\"<em>I chose to get notified with a Slack message but you could make it an email, a text message, a Trello card, whatever works best for you.<\/em>\" - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/productivity-coach-entrepreneur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How to Teach a Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Your Customers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-content\">\n<figure>\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gA5yPJeMvS9CnmHgqPdLzg.png\" alt=\"Choose where and how you want to be notified about signups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gA5yPJeMvS9CnmHgqPdLzg.png\"> <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Source)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"extra-steps\">\n<h2>Extra steps:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p class=\"style-success\">The Zapier automation has now been fully set up, and it's ready to work its magic in the background. Make sure you turn the Zap on in the Zapier editor.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/process-improvement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">process improvement<\/a>, you've now bettered your lead generation process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style-info\">For ideas on how to develop your lead generation even further with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/business-process-automation-guide\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">business process automation<\/a>, read Ari Meisel's suggestions in the next task.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"consider-additional-automations\">\n<h2>Consider additional automations<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<p><strong>Consider the additional automations suggested by Ari Meisel below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You've now set up the process for a better lead generation. However, you can <strong>take the process one step further<\/strong> by creating additional automations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Ari Meisel's suggestions<\/strong> below. If they sound usefully applicable to you and your business, <strong>try building them yourself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style-blockquote\">\"1. <em>Create an additional set of automations to continue to improve the model by comparing the model's prediction against what actually ended up happening.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2. <em>Automate the outreach to the person identified as a good prospect<\/em>.\" -&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/productivity-coach-entrepreneur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How to Teach a Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Your Customers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"sources\">\n<h2>Sources:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a> - <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lead_generation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lead Generation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arimeisel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lessdoing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Less Doing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arimeisel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lessdoing.com\/about\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">About Less Doing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arimeisel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a>&nbsp;- <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.goodaudience.com\/how-to-teach-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-identify-your-customers-8e5ba38e01bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How to Teach a Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Your Customers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Process Street<\/a> - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Help Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benjbrandall?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Brandall<\/a> - <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.trello.com\/train-your-brain-to-be-more-productive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why You Need To Train Your Brain To Be More Productive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arimeisel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel<\/a> - <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@arimeisel\/how-to-stop-reacting-with-content-and-automate-it-instead-a61fd5099913\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Automate Your Content Once and For All<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"related-checklists\">\n<h2>Related checklists:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/how-to-streamline-the-hiring-process\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel's How to Streamline the Hiring Process Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/how-to-develop-a-content-distribution-machine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel's How to Develop a Content Distribution Machine Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/how-to-automate-a-process-in-the-absence-of-a-trigger\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel's How to Automate a Process in the Absence of a Trigger Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/how-to-automate-podcast-production\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Meisel's How to Automate Podcast Production Process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/tony-robbins-morning-routine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Robbins: Morning Routine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/lisa-a-romano-overcoming-negative-self-talk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa A. Romano: Overcoming Negative Self-Talk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/brian-tracy-public-speech-preparation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Tracy: Public Speech Preparation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/client-intake-session-checklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Client Intake Session Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/smart-goal-setting-checklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SMART Goal Setting Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/customer-profiling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Customer Profiling Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/investor-pitch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Investor Pitch Checklist<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/customer-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Customer Feedback Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/standup-meeting-checklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Standup Meeting Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/ab-testing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A\/B Testing Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/developer-onboarding-checklist-for-startups\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Developer Onboarding Checklist<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/salesperson-onboarding-checklist-for-startups\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sales Onboarding Checklist<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/creating-an-invoice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Creating An Invoice Checklist<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/blog-pre-publish-checklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blog Pre-Publish Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/content-promotion-checklist-5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Content Promotion Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/visual-content-publishing-checklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visual Content Publishing Checklist<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/sales-training-process\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sales training process checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/weekly-sales-prospecting-checklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weekly sales prospecting checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/cold-calling-checklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cold calling checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/bant-sales-qualification-call-process\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BANT sales qualification call process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/sales-presentation-template\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sales presentation template<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/sales-pitch-planning-checklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sales pitch planning checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/closing-the-sale-checklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Closing the sale checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/order-processing-checklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Order processing checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/monthly-sales-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monthly sales report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: Simply put, more leads mean more customers. 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