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B2B Lead Generation: Are You Killing the Golden Goose?

Pointclear

This is the first in a series of four blogs about B2B Lead Generation marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Over the next four weeks we will talk about all of the statistics on the following table, though today we are going to focus on lead rate: Based on over 60,000 completed company dispositions per year (annualized for 2012).

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The Irrefutable Referral Business Case

No More Cold Calling

So, my prospects often do find budget, because they understand revenue will increase, and they’ll get unmatched ROI. Featured image attribution: icetrayimages794410 ) (This post was originally published on June 21, 2012 and updated December 7, 2023.) Bring Joanne Black into your company, sales conference, or attend a webinar.

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The Cost-Per-Lead Fallacy in Measuring B2B Lead Generation Investments (Pt 3 of 3)

Pointclear

The introductory post in this series addressed the problems and costs of applying the cost-per-lead metric to measure the success of B2B lead generation investments. In the second post, we looked at elements of a complex sale that impact B2B lead generation costs. Not seeing the forest for the trees.

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The Pipeline ? 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI ? Sales.

The Pipeline

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Some aspects of sales training are easy to measure others not so, but it is a fair question when I am asked what they can expect from an ROI standpoint. December 2011.

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Your 2012 Sales Plan

Your Sales Management Guru

Your 2012 Sales Plan. It’s a little late to begin planning your 2012 Sales Plan, but in a conversation last week with a reader of this blog, I realized there maybe others who have not formalized their 2012 plan. 12.1.2 Marketing support: Collateral, lead generation, PR events, trade shows, Press releases.

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PowerViews with Brian Carroll: The State of B2B Lead Gen & 2012 Recommendations

Pointclear

Brian is Executive Director of Revenue Optimization at MECLABS where he leads business units that include Applied Research, Strategy Group, Conversion Group, Leads Group, Agency Group, Technology Group and Training Group. Brian is also CEO of InTouch and author of Lead Generation for the Complex Sale.

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8 Social Media Mistakes B2B Marketers Should Avoid

Zoominfo

If you’re not sure how to do this, we dig a little deeper in a recent blog post: How to Use Social Media for B2B Lead Generation. On the morning of July 20 th , 2012, the magazine tweeted, “Good morning, shooters. Not measuring ROI. If you’re not measuring ROI, all that hard work goes to waste. Happy Friday!