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5 Steps to Account-based Marketing Success

Pointclear

Most marketing and sales folks I talk to agree … in theory. The deck outlines the 5 steps you need to apply the super-targeted approach to reaching out to prospects that is ABM: Identify Targets and Target Roles. To avoid a scattershot approach to marketing (the antithesis of ABM) figure out the ideal prospect/client profile.

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PipeLiner CRM #SalesChats Webinar on Prospecting

Pointclear

Pipeliner’s John Golden hosted me on #SalesChats recently and the topic was prospecting. John asked two questions: Which stage of the buying process should a salesperson engage with a prospect? I quoted experts during the video as follows: Consultant/author Mike Weinberg (“New Sales. and “Sales Management. Simplified.”

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Tell Marketing They Can Keep Their Leads

No More Cold Calling

Consider this example from Dan McDade, president and CEO of PointClear: The marketing department for one unnamed company generated more than 9,000 “sales leads” in a year, but only 1.28 You can probably guess what the vice president of sales told his team: Just ignore all leads from marketing, because they suck.

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Lead Generation: A Watched Pot Never Boils

Pointclear

This is the third in a series of four blogs about lead generation, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. This time we are going to talk about managing the “No Response” rate and the importance of having patience when it comes to working prospects—including resting them and then recycling re-segmented prospects to improve overall results.

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Which is better in B2B Lead Generation? A $1,000 inbound lead or a $1,000 outbound lead?

Pointclear

Our organization has done some extensive research over the last two years trying to understand how high performing sales reps qualify [opportunities] and nurture those [opportunities] through their pipelines to higher success. Simply driving large numbers of respondents and dumping them on sales does not work. This is not an anomaly.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

Pointclear

These are the five essential channels you can rely on for generating a steady stream of inquiries that you can then convert to qualified leads, and have a prayer of closing enough sales to meet your revenue quota. Your website The source of your cheapest and most qualified sales leads is right at your fingertips: your company website.

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4 Tips to Power Up Prospecting in 2015: #1 Believe it Works!

Pointclear

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. The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development. So, what is prospecting , exactly?

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