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Chairs are Dead—and Other B2B Marketing Hogwash

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In 2015, I wrote this blog for Sales & Marketing Magazine: Dead is Dead (in Sales & Marketing). How about this quote from one of my favorite authors/speakers, Mike Weinberg (from his book New Sales. Simplified ) who also gets the importance of outbound to sales: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0

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Good Reads for B2B Sales - 99 Prospecting Tips from Sales Experts

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Keeping up to date on the latest innovations and opinions in sales can be time-consuming, especially in the the digital space. Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. The Rise Of Inside Sales Is Shaking Up The Sales Pipeline. Via Score More Sales.

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics

Sales 2.0

Nice post today on the Pipeliner CRM blog from that smart man Dan McDade of Pointclear about how you should not buy into the proposition that waiting for your prospects is the right sales strategy. The idea that sales people are helpless to go outbound and speak to prospects is very dangerous to your business.

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Why would a company ever outsource anything?

Pointclear

Existing groups work well together, they contribute more quickly, and they are more likely to shake things up (in a good way),” Finkelstein, the Steven Roth professor of management and director of the Tuck Center for Leadership at Dartmouth College, wrote. Save yourself the management headaches of keeping those positions filled.

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Parallels: Social Manufacturing & Outsourcing Manufacturing Lead Generation

Pointclear

Kenandy has been founded by Sandy Kurtzig, the former CEO of ASK Group and the creator of ManMan. In most cases, marketing and sales teams are only able to cover a fraction of their market, and this means that only a fraction of potential deals are being closed.

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What Should the Sales Close Rate Be?

Pointclear

I’ve read and heard (from a well-known industry analyst firm) that best-in-class companies close 30% of sales qualified leads while average companies close 20%. Sales isn’t qualifying down from 1000 marketing qualified leads to 14 sales qualified leads. The sales close rate on these leads is zero percent. What a waste.

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On Becoming a Top Sales Expert at Top Sales World

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to be selected a Top Sales Expert at Top Sales World , the international online community dedicated exclusively to sharing sales best practices. The Top Sales Expert team includes best-selling authors, builders of large global consultancies, and sales professionals within the Fortune 500 arena. Thank you!