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Is Lead Flow to the Reps Too Slow or Gridlocked?

Pointclear

One finding stood out: 85% to 90% of all inquiries and leads were in a qualification and nurture process that was out of control. The lead generation team was doing its job, but the rules for a qualified lead were so onerous that very little was going to the salespeople. This cost the company $1.2

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Why Your Lead Generation is Broken

Klozers

Lead Generation in B2B Sales is a topic that usually ends up in finger pointing and a verbal bun fight, between the people in Sales and Marketing. No Sales Leads , or even poor quality sales leads usually means no Sales, so surely this needs to be addressed sooner rather than later.

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Why Telemarketing Remains the Unsung Hero of Lead Generation

The Sales Association

Sharing best practices in sales and sales management www.salesassociation.org. Why Telemarketing Remains the Unsung Hero of Lead Generation. By Kathy Tito Denise Clancey is a true luminary in the field of telesales and telemarketing. How does a sales organization reconcile all of the options?

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

PandaDoc

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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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Why Don’t Sales Reps Follow Up On Leads? The Real Issue

Pointclear

Finding leads isn’t the hard part, but unqualified leads are just “ash and trash”, according to my latest PowerViews guest, James Obermayer, sales manager extraordinaire. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc.

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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Lead Management & Integrated Direct Marketing

Pointclear

2012: Companies Lifting Off with Higher Budgets for Marketing & Lead Generation. Based on SLMA Radio interviews with 120 marketing and sales leaders and other conversations, a big change is the way companies are spending more dollars on marketing and lead generation. Go back and talk to all these inquiries.

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How many inquires does it take to make quota?

Pointclear

Marketing managers regularly ask me how to predict the number of leads (really raw inquiries) needed to achieve quota (I wish more sales managers would also ask). Quota dollars / average sales price / buying percentage (45%) ii / close ratio (your market share) = inquiries needed to make quota.

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