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Why would a company ever outsource anything?

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These are the words of author and professor Sydney Finkelstein, whose article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal maintains that companies should hire teams, not individuals. That’s essentially what PointClear clients do when they engage us for outsourced lead generation. Plus they get support that’s hard (i.e.

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Does Your Sales Team Know How to Follow-Up on a Lead?

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Today we will discuss why it’s vital for marketing to develop a training guide for sales so all are on the same page as far as understanding what constitutes a lead in your organization, and what’s the best way to follow up on one. If no response, the lead goes back to PointClear or the internal business development team for rescheduling.

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Do Standardized Sales Processes Really Work Anymore?

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I was struck by Dan McDade’s statement in his recent article, Sales Leads: Why Your Reps Need Fewer, Rather Than More , that sales reps are paid to sell—not interpret leads. I suspect that many sales reps have that glazed look in their eyes when going through sales training.

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Improve Sales Performance with 3 “Art of Sales Management” Functions

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This article has been selected for DeFinis Communications’ “Sales Coaching: Top Tips for Increased Productivity” Blog Carnival. Sales managers have six basic jobs—hire, compensate, train, deploy, monitor and manage, and coach and counsel—and they generally fail at the last three.

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Is Lead Generation Slipping Away From Marketing?

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” But in a recent post on the Sales Lead Management Group on LinkedIn, Kevin McArdle, the regional sales manager for Eloqua (Chicago), advocated that sales departments should take over lead gen and he makes the following points: Sales departments are responsible for revenue. There are too many moving parts to think it can be simplified.

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

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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. There are groups that are driving ROI from social media.

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

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Steven shares monthly tips and actionable articles to help new and senior sales leaders take their performance to the next level. Sales Gravy is the most visited sales specific website and the destination sales training resource for sales professionals across the globe. CustomerCentric Selling Sales Training Blog. Sales Gravy.