Lead Generation Automation: How to Save Time and Increase Efficiency
 
  Manual lead generation is a time sink that doesn't scale. Sales and marketing teams spend an average of 17 hours per week on repetitive tasks that automation could handle in minutes (HubSpot Productivity Study 2024). For Australian B2B companies competing in fast-paced markets, this inefficiency directly translates to lost opportunities and revenue. Yet despite automation's clear benefits, 48% of businesses still rely primarily on manual lead generation processes. They're manually sending follow-up emails, scoring leads by hand, updating CRM records one by one, and wasting valuable human expertise on tasks that software handles better, faster, and more consistently. Featured Snippet Answer:  Lead generation automation uses software and workflows to automatically capture, nurture, score, and route leads without manual intervention. It handles repetitive tasks like email follow-ups, lead scoring, data entry, and qualification, allowing teams to focus on high-value activitie...
