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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

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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. ” As a modern digital magazine, Sales POP! Because every sale starts with a connection. Sales Management Blog. Sales Gravy.

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Taking away a marketing manager’s excuses!

Pointclear

This month we tackle the issue of Marketing not delivering on an ROI responsibility. I believe I have heard all of the excuses for Marketing’s failure to measure the ROI for marketing efforts. Actually, this list is shorter than the one for salespeople’s excuses for not following up on sales leads. You’ll find a way.

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Thank You to Our 27 Guest Marketing and Sales Bloggers in 2011!

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This year, we’re honored to have published posts from twenty-seven guest marketing and sales bloggers here on ViewPoint, and I wanted to say to all of you how much I appreciate your contributions. Database management. Inside sales. Lead generation. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics.

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Are You A Player?

Pointclear

My reasoning is based on facts; most marketing professionals do not make an effort to prove the ROI for their marketing efforts. They don’t act like winners; when asked if they can prove the ROI for their marketing efforts, they refrain from comment or give an excuse as to why they can’t prove the ROI.

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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Lead Management & Integrated Direct Marketing

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He is a speaker on sales lead management, sales enablement, and marketing ROI. 2012: Companies Lifting Off with Higher Budgets for Marketing & Lead Generation. Increased budgets of this nature are including outbound telemarketing and lead generation companies.

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Rant: It Doesn't Take a Genius to Spot a Goat in a Flock of Sheep

Pointclear

Maybe it’s the marketing manager who fails to manage the CRM system as a system. Finally, it could be the communications manager who doesn’t manage and/or fails to report the ROI of every campaign. Corporations spend money on marketing, complain they don’t get an ROI and hold no one accountable. It’s a mess.

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What Percent of Leads Should Sales Close?

Pointclear

Based on 30 years’ experience doing what we do here at PointClear, a lead generation, qualification and nurturing firm, the close rate for each product or solution at each company will be very different depending on the five factors herein—and the quality of the sales executives and sales management and internal communication.