Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Jill is an internationally recognized expert who is known for her fresh sales strategies and game changing approaches. She is also a frequent speaker at annual sales meetings, kick-off events, and professional conferences. 2012 Surprise: Slow Adoption of Technology Like Sales Intelligence Tools. Don’t come in here. Absolutely.

Buyer 154

Buyer Social Media Hiring Inbound 154

DialSource

JULY 8, 2020

At this point, there is no more discussion about inside sales vs outside sales and which is more optimal in terms of a company’s growth strategy. . Based on the 2020 pandemic and corresponding lockdown measures, overnight, everyone was transformed into an inside sales or digital selling role. The Rise of Inside Sales.

Inside Sales 69

Inside Sales Scale Outside Sales Face-to-face 69

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

A variety of industries use inside sales as a popular high-growth sales model. According to Harvard Business Review , 46 percent of high-growth tech companies are expanding through inside sales, as compared to 21 percent growing through outside sales teams. Growth Carries Challenges.

Inside Sales 40

Inside Sales Lead Rank Hiring Lead Scoring 40

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Territory turnover for this new sales manager isn’t unusual, but the solution can be evasive, expensive and humbling. Experienced sales managers, however, know how to deal with it. He had 10 sales territories in his domestic North American sales force. So, What’s a Sales Manager to Do?

Forecasting 124

Forecasting Sales Forecasts Territories Sales Qualified Lead 124

Pointclear

JANUARY 31, 2012

Tony Zambito is Founder and Principal of the buyer research and strategy firm Buyerology ?. He is also the originator of the buyer persona research and creation methodology as well as Business Buyergraphics ™ that are widely used to make informed decisions from buyer insights.

Sales Process 194

Sales Process Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Buyer 194

Pointclear

JULY 29, 2014

The sales manager, Mark, was adamant that his salespeople were following up the good leads and only ignoring the unqualified, ‘never-gonna-buy’ leads. “They know instinctively,” he said, “who the buyers are, and Marketing isn’t finding enough ‘good’ leads. ” Was he right?

Lead Qualification 258

Lead Qualification Lead Generation Follow-up Leads 258

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The age-old issue of how Sales and Marketing work together (or not) is still on the table. Marketing complains that Sales doesn’t follow up on their leads; Sales contends that the leads Marketing sends their way aren’t any good. What are your thoughts on the current state of Marketing and Sales alignment?

Scale 100

Scale Marketing Conversion Inbound 100

Pointclear

JUNE 15, 2017

Some companies have several inside departments to take in, qualify, nurture, and filter sales leads to such a finite extent that few leads go to anyone. You are: Delaying talking to buyers and reducing your chances of making the sale by 50%, because salespeople, on average, aren’t getting the leads until weeks after they’re created.

Sales Qualified Lead 140

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Telemarketing 140

Pointclear

JULY 17, 2013

To read an excerpt from her latest book, Smart Sales Manager , click here. Today’s “new normal” sales landscape has sales leaders scratching their heads, wondering about the best way to structure their sales organizations. Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales?

Field Sales 245

Field Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 245

Pointclear

MARCH 12, 2013

Lori is a senior analyst with extensive marketing, sales, and operation experience in the information systems and software industries. In our discussion, Lori shared key insights into the B2B buyer's journey as well as marketing and sales alignment. Of course, that’s still nowhere near what a sales person would consider a lead.

Research 253

Research B2B Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 253

Pointclear

MAY 5, 2017

At the Funnel Media Group we believe that AI is the future of sales and marketing operations. Because of this, CRM Radio and the sister program SLMA Radio, have been interviewing executives on the subjects of the marketing and sales uses of Artificial Intelligence. About CRM Radio Guest Mike Plante, Chief Marketing Officer.

InsideSales 113

InsideSales Inside Sales Revenue Webinar Metrics 113

Pointclear

JANUARY 22, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Alice is the marketing manager of a medical device company. Cindy is the sales manager. She didn’t want to ambush the sales manager.

Lead Rank 170

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 170

SBI

APRIL 25, 2011

Guest Post By Dan McDade, CEO & President, PointClear. The lead farm—it may not sound very sexy at first hearing, but its function and resources are critical success factors in overcoming challenges that prevent B2B sales and marketing groups from operating at peak efficiency and delivering full revenue potential.

Harvest 63

Harvest Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 63

Pointclear

APRIL 23, 2013

As CEO of UK-based Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners , Bob works with the leadership teams of technology-based B2B-focused companies, enabling them to make the critical connections between their marketing messages, their sales conversations, their true differentiators, and their customer''s priorities. The Role of Management.

Sales Forecasts 191

Sales Forecasts Forecasting Guidelines B2B 191

Pointclear

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I quoted experts during the video as follows: Consultant/author Mike Weinberg (“New Sales. and “Sales Management. During the video I talk about the five steps in the sales process and how most sales people only use two steps which results in bad experiences for their prospects and NO DEALS. Simplified.”

Webinar Metrics 113

Webinar Metrics Prospecting Pipeline CRM 113

Pointclear

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Anthony is also the Managing Director of B2B Sales Coach & Consultancy, a boutique sales coaching and consulting company. In addition, he is author of The Sales Blog , where he writes about sales and selling, sales management, the sales process, and what it takes to succeed.

Lead Rank 201

Lead Rank Social Media Sales Qualified Lead Video 201

Pointclear

MARCH 17, 2015

Several weeks ago I sat in on the 2015 Virtual Sales Kickoff hosted by S. It was an excellent session overall, but I was particularly blown-away by the first speaker, Mike Weinberg, author of the book published by AMA entitled New Sales. It’s an action-oriented guide for sales people, sales managers and executives.”

Handbook 100

Handbook Face-to-face Outbound Inbound 100

Pointclear

JULY 26, 2016

Most companies admit to generating only a 10-25% follow-up of their sales inquiries. With so little follow-up, they’re reaching, on average, only 25% of available buyers. Sales Lead Management Association. But what if we have a world where: Sales follows up 100% of the inquiries (all inquiries, not just leads).

Marketing 100

Marketing Lead Generation Top of Funnel Funnel 100

Pointclear

MAY 12, 2015

The sales manager, Bob, said to me in a gleeful voice, full of enthusiasm and hope: “We’re winning one out of every ten of our proposals, and we’re ecstatic.” This conversation took us down the road that explained average buying ratio of raw leads (45% were buyers), qualified leads (20-40% higher), and then proposals (30-59%).

Marketing 100

Marketing Proposal Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 100

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

I am pleased to have as my guest today Linda Richardson, the founder and chairwoman of Richardson, a global sales performance company that delivers sales process strategies, curricula and tools to help salespeople drive more positive business outcomes. The New Selling Landscape Calls for a New Sales Map.

Video 174

Video Journal Up-Sell Education 174

Pointclear

APRIL 21, 2015

My favorites are from John Ford movies, and I think each can be adapted to the circumstances sales and marketing people face each day. This is easily adapted to, "Well, there are some things a salesman just can''t run away from, and that''s sales lead follow-up." It''s even harder when you don’t follow up a sales lead.".

Film 100

Film Marketing Sales Qualified Lead ROI 100

Pointclear

MARCH 24, 2015

Earlier this year I sat in on the 2015 Virtual Sales Kickoff hosted by my friend S. I was particularly impressed with the first speaker Mike Weinberg—sales coach, consultant, and author of the book New Sales. They claim that buyers are 70% of the way through the buying process before engaging a salesperson. Simplified.:

Handbook 100

Handbook Prospecting Outbound Inbound 100

Pointclear

OCTOBER 13, 2015

“Why,” I was asked, “must you manage sales leads in order to manage sales? Sales lead management is a marketing function, isn’t it?”. It was with a slight hesitation that the sales manager added the second sentence about sales lead management being a marketing function.

Outsourcing Services 100

Outsourcing Services Leads Marketing Qualified Lead ActiveConversion 100

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales. Adaptive Business Blog.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 98

Pointclear

AUGUST 15, 2017

Amad said, “Yeah, they give us quotas, but the sales managers don’t have the same numbers, and the systems engineers aren’t on the same system; so no one gets punished but us.”. Quotas can be by dollar, by product, and by sales activity; often by all three. Is the sales incentive bar set too high? James Obermayer.

Quota 113

Quota Forecasting Policies Pipeline 113

Pointclear

JUNE 12, 2018

The sales manager has only a few weeks to make his or her first-half numbers and if they’re behind, he or she is not sleeping. Also, getting a new sales manager at mid-year won’t have an impact until the following year. Why it Matters: “In B2B, most companies have sales cycles longer than three months.

Forecasting 113

Forecasting Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead Discount 113

Pointclear

JUNE 15, 2018

Increase the top line while reducing expense—it’s what every CEO wants—and what their sales and marketing leaders are looking for as well. Many execs are realizing that meeting this goal involves increasing investment in sales and marketing with a renewed focus on gaining market share instead of just stabilizing it. What’s it take?

Revenue 113

Revenue Forecasting Commission Telecommunications 113

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. The question which begs to be answered is, “What is the Keystone in the sales and marketing process?” Sales Lead Follow-Up is the Keystone.

CRM 169

CRM B2B Marketing Hiring 169