Remove 2012 Remove Lead Nurturing Remove PointClear Remove Sales
article thumbnail

6 Sales & Marketing Strategy Recommendations for 2012

Pointclear

Bob is the founder of Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners, a UK firm that engages with B2B companies to improve their sales and marketing strategy and drive revenue. He does a great job of clearly presenting, assessing and recommending solutions for today’s pressing sales lead management challenges. Forget about branding.

article thumbnail

The Dangers of Using Cost per Lead as a Metric to Measure Marketing

Pointclear

Twice over the past two years I blogged about the dangers of using cost per lead as a metric to measure marketing. As a foundation, I published three blogs in 2012 in which I outlined three critical elements that impact B2B lead generation costs in the complex sale: 1. Send them 1,000 leads generated at a cost of $23.15

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

5 Critical Things to Consider When Evaluating Lead Generation Companies

Pointclear

What is called “Inside Sales”, “Sales Support”, “Telesales” and dozens of other names is growing 15x faster than field sales—in fact, my colleague, Jonathan Farrington, published a blog stating that within three years 80 – 90% of all B2B transactions will be done online—most with some form of sales support but not field sales.

article thumbnail

Guest Post: Successful Lead Generation – One Size Does Not Fit All

Jonathan Farrington

Top performing B2B sales organizations rarely employ just one lead generation tactic. According to recent research, B2B companies are using multiple lead generation tactics including, email marketing, search engine optimization, teleprospecting, inbound marketing, direct mail and trade shows. Build it and they will come.”

article thumbnail

4 Things to Consider Before You Buy Marketing Automation

Pointclear

To learn more about The Annuitas Group and their proprietary methodology, the Lead Management Framework™ , go to [link]. For many, the planning for 2012 starts next month, right after Labor Day. And, for many, the goal for 2012 will be to finally implement marketing automation. Well, we’re in the dog days of August.

Marketing 164
article thumbnail

PowerViews with Craig Rosenberg: Growth Hacks & Consumerized B2B Software

Pointclear

My guest today is Craig Rosenberg, Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Co-Founder at Focus. He is also author of a popular sales and marketing blog, Funnelholic , where he shares B2B content with an edge. Craig specializes in lead generation, lead qualification, and B2B marketing and sales.

Software 187
article thumbnail

PowerViews with Jeff Ernst: Marketing & Sales Must Work Together

Pointclear

Jeff joined Forrester after spending 20 years in sales and marketing. He is the author of the book, The New Rules of Sales Enablement , the co-author of How to Create Killer Sales Playbooks , and he’s a regular contributor to B2B Magazine. Two reasons why marketing automation will reach a tipping point this year.

Marketing 169