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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). I invite you to subscribe to the PointClear blog so you never miss a post. Maybe I was just sensitive. I mean, I grew up at a time when Paul McCartney was supposedly dead (he, thankfully, lives on).

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Leads are Hard 

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According to Wikipedia: “a reader service card or bingo card" was a reply card inserted in a magazine and used by readers to request free samples and literature from businesses who advertised in the issue. Not surprisingly, the “leads” advertisers would get from the magazines were a mixed bag.

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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Staple Yourself to a Lead

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The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. Via BtoB Magazine. According to a recent survey conducted by BtoB magazine and Bizo, the B2B digital marketing mix is not addressing longer sales cycles. Staple Yourself to a Lead.

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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Respect Your Competition

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The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. According to BtoB Magazine , lead nurturing and customer acquisition are tied at 29%, leading the list of most important uses for B2B email marketing. billion two years ago. Via RepCapitalMedia.com.

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Good Reads for B2B Sales - Five Greatest Sales Effectiveness Inhibitors

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Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. Via BtoB Magazine. Keeping up to date on the latest innovations and opinions in sales can be time-consuming, especially in the the digital space. Can Fewer Leads Mean More Sales? Does this sound familiar?

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On Becoming a Top Sales Expert at Top Sales World

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As a prospect development firm providing outsourced sales solutions to B2B companies involved in the complex sale, PointClear shares the goals of Top Sales World. I’ll also be authoring an article for the March issue of Top Sales World Magazine expanding on sales best practices from my recently published book, The Truth About Leads.

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Lead Generation: A Watched Pot Never Boils

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Qualified Rate includes leads, pipeline (specific action required by PointClear) and nurtures (qualified companies with no immediate pain/need or interest). Later we found out that he had saved a voice mail, two emails and an article in an industry magazine we had sent him. The forty-two touches took place over a ninety day period.