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Good Reads for B2B Sales - Five Greatest Sales Effectiveness Inhibitors

Pointclear

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. Can Fewer Leads Mean More Sales? Via BtoB Magazine. Does this sound familiar?

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Marketing and Sales Alignment—Still Conversation Worthy in 2017

Pointclear

Marketing complains that Sales doesn’t follow up on their leads; Sales contends that the leads Marketing sends their way aren’t any good.

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2013 Top Sales World Contributors Team Unveiled

Jonathan Farrington

This is the group that will be … Writing articles for the Top Sales magazine. Providing articles and tips on Top Sales World site. Doing the interviews for Top Sales Hardtalk and Sales Management Issues series. Featuring within the Top 10 Sales Blog Posts and Top 10 Sales Articles section each week.

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Taking away a marketing manager’s excuses!

Pointclear

Management has not asked for an ROI on Marketing. Sales management refuses to enforce lead follow-up. I don’t manage the people who control the final step in reporting: salespeople. This usually gets the sales manager moving in to enforce follow-up, which will result in more sales. Source: Answers.'

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What is the Net Effect of the Migration to Inside Sales?

Jonathan Farrington

This is an extract from an excellent interview Linda Richardson has just completed with Geoffrey James for May’s Top Sales Magazine, due to publish next week on May 1st. Geoffrey is a journalist in love with the field of sales. whilst the serious face-face tasks were left to the more senior and experienced outside sales team.

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Youth, Lead Quality, Social Selling, Inside Sales and Outbound Marketing

Pointclear

Nick is a results-driven marketer, has been a writer for Fortune magazine, an adjunct professor at New York University, and an award-winning investigative journalist for CBC Television. Matt Heinz, Heinz Marketing, The Quality of Sales Leads is Abysmal. which assists sales trainers in selecting the appropriate providers.

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Is Lead Generation Slipping Away From Marketing?

Pointclear

” But in a recent post on the Sales Lead Management Group on LinkedIn, Kevin McArdle, the regional sales manager for Eloqua (Chicago), advocated that sales departments should take over lead gen and he makes the following points: Sales departments are responsible for revenue. Kate Maddox. Digital Edge.