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Lies, damned lies, and statistics

Sales 2.0

Nice post today on the Pipeliner CRM blog from that smart man Dan McDade of Pointclear about how you should not buy into the proposition that waiting for your prospects is the right sales strategy. The idea that sales people are helpless to go outbound and speak to prospects is very dangerous to your business.

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Thank You to Our 27 Guest Marketing and Sales Bloggers in 2011!

Pointclear

Here are our guest marketing and sales bloggers along with their ViewPoint posts in 2011: Ardath Albee , CEO, Marketing Interactions eMarketing Expert Ardath Albee on the Limitations of a Lead Gen Mindset. Ann Handley , Chief Content Officer, MarketingProfs, and the co-author of Content Rules 4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011.

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10 Inside Sales Predictions for 2011

Pointclear

Comment on The Bridge Group's ten predictions for inside sales in 2011. ” management will also ask “and of those, how many conversations did you have with prospects that fit our Ideal Customer Profile?” Also, lead nurturing allows the prospect to self educate without the need for a constant human touch.

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

Wiley, 2011). So at the start of 2011, here are a few bigger trends I see shaping the way B2B marketers will do business in the coming year. Follwer her on Twitter @marketingprofs. But every once in a while it’s good to take a step back to take stock of the bigger picture, to put ideas into perspective.

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B2B Lead Generation: Are You Killing the Golden Goose?

Pointclear

Qualified Rate includes leads, pipeline (specific action required by PointClear) and nurtures (qualified companies with no immediate pain/need or interest). No Response means we completed a multi-touch, multi-media touch cycle without reaching the prospect or their reaching back out to us.

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The Pipeline ? Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly.

The Pipeline

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. Twitter: Get the sales team following the mavens in your industry and retweet them, interact with them, and then teach them to connect with prospects.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

Pointclear

According to the Direct Marketing Association’s Power of Direct Marketing study, B-to-B marketers spent $14 billion in 2011 on telephone marketing for lead generation in the U.S. prospective business buyers in just about every category can be found through the mail, even for obscure products or highly targeted niches.

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