Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

James Obermayer, founder of the Sales Lead Management Association , recently spoke with SLMA Radio program host Paul Roberts on how lack of a sales lead management process hampers company growth. Following are highlights of the interview.

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Pointclear

JUNE 15, 2012

Jim is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association. SLMA is the sponsor of the yearly Sales Lead Management week and initiatives to identify both the Top 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management and 20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management.

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Sales Lead Management Association

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

It was just a matter of time before CRM Software took another hit with the breakoff of Sales Lead Management as a separate platform. Companies formerly known as CRM Software companies are assuming the new marketing position as Sales Lead Management Software Companies.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2023

Traditional marketing plans lay out these steps, but to really move the needle, you’ll need to dig a little deeper. That’s where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. That’s where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? First, let’s define go-to-market as an overall framework.

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SugarCRM

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

With so much effort to get those leads, you certainly don’t want to let any drop through the cracks. That’s where strong lead management comes in. Find out more about lead management and how to do it below. What Is Lead Management? Understanding the Lead to Customer Life Cycle. Generate Leads.

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Pointclear

MARCH 1, 2012

Lack of clarity and erroneous assumptions about demand generation, lead management and marketing automation are effectively addressed in two recent Software Advice whiteboard videos by Carlos Hidalgo, CEO, Annuitas Group , and Executive Director, Marketing Automation Institute. Nonexistent lead management processes.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Launching a new product stirs excitement for any company, regardless of size. Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in.

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Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2022

The faster you can connect with a lead the greater your chance of success. This makes routing marketing leads to your sales team a critical step for driving revenue growth. Without proper attention to your lead routing system, you’ll spend resources to generate leads that may not go anywhere.

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SBI Growth

MAY 28, 2013

B2B Chief Marketing Officers are enthusiastic about sharing tangible results. There is a strong desire to connect marketing spend to revenue. Lead Generation is the surest way to drive tangible return on marketing investment. The decks show a healthy growth curve of leads being generated for Sales.

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Pointclear

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Few companies get by on their good looks—although the engineering department would like to think that the pure genius and word of mouth about your product is enough to sell it. In their opinions marketing is not needed. And lead management has told these winners where to spend their marketing dollars.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Author: James Obermayer It was early September, late in the afternoon on a Friday, as I remember, when the company president called me into his office. It was a medical device company that had gone public the previous year. We have to cut the budget substantially in this upcoming last quarter; I need $400,000 from marketing.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

As a marketing leader, the CEO is going to measure your 2014 success in three ways: Leads – Number of Sales Qualified Leads delivered to Sales. Opportunities – Percent contribution by Marketing to the Sales Funnel. Wins – Percent contribution by Marketing to Sales Revenue. Missing Critical Spending Categories.

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Pointclear

DECEMBER 7, 2017

It’s truly strange when companies enter the stealth mode. His name is Tim Kelly, the Vice President of Sales for your company, your boss; the guy you all report to.”. This is Jim Obermayer from the Sales Lead Management Association. And what is your company?”. Sales Lead Management Association.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 8, 2013

We engage with a lot of marketing leaders. Some have come from other companies and taken over the role. In this post I want to focus on the marketing department’s org chart. In this post I want to focus on the marketing department’s org chart. What should the org chart for your marketing department look like?

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Swiler , the CEO of a leading software suite for Microsoft users. Our conversation revolved around his experience acquiring and turning around a software company. He let go of most of the existing salespeople, except for one dedicated individual who had been with the company for ten years.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 1, 2011

As a sales and marketing thought leader with nearly 20 years experience, Tony has led the overall research function at SiriusDecisions since the company's founding in 2001. Getting b-to-b sales and marketing to align more closely has driven even the most capable business leaders crazy for years.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Table of Contents How can Sales and Marketing collaborate? Case studies. Training webinars.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 29, 2023

Your sales pipeline is a representation of the journey your customers take when they interact with your company. A great hospitality company sales pipeline requires fine tuning and monitoring to produce great results for your business. It could be the deciding factor for them to book with competitors.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If it does, you’ll want to know how to generate the most leads , how to capture the most leads , how to best score and qualify leads , how to track which leads convert to prospects, and the list goes on. The Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA) is an online resource for answering these questions and more.

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Velocify

DECEMBER 19, 2017

High-growth companies have one thing in common: they have successfully mastered the sales process. It sounds simple enough, but can be quite complex if you’re not leveraging technology that helps manage and automate workflow, maximize speed, and optimize performance. 1) Lead Prioritization. 4) Actionable Reporting.

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Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

While marketing professionals understand marketing automation can streamline essential processes, many do not leverage these systems to their full advantage. Marketing automation is beneficial. What is Marketing Automation, And Why is it Important? How Does Marketing Automation Work?

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Sales Lead Management Association

JANUARY 21, 2020

Leadership, however, has its responsibilities to minimize conflict within the company for the benefit of the investors and the bottom line. When the issue between sales and marketing is allowed to fester it can only be laid at the doorstep of the company president. .

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Nutshell

JUNE 14, 2023

Beginning with an introduction to your company and ending with a purchase, every sale requires someone to progress through your business’s sales pipeline. Just like every business, your tech company needs to create and monitor your sales pipeline to ensure a smooth customer journey for all your prospects.

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Zoominfo

MAY 19, 2017

Sales and marketing alignment should be one of your organization’s top priorities. In fact, when both departments communicate effectively, they can generate more leads and increase revenue. Aligning sales and marketing also leads to 38% higher sales win rates ( source ). 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 8, 2013

Based on the closure rate of the current sales process, how many sales qualified leads (SQL) do you need to make your number? Download the Lead Gen Calculator to determine how many leads you need. We see more and more marketing executives carrying a bag (quota) these days than ever before. Is my team good enough?

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Pointclear

APRIL 16, 2018

With the advent of new marketing automation capabilities, AI apps and other technology, marketing is inserting itself deeper in the pipeline at almost every level. He maintains that technology alone doesn’t address the need for marketing to generate more leads for sales. But is this still true?

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Score More Sales

MAY 28, 2013

For midsize companies there was no shortage of ideas, examples, and tools to help any company improve marketing, sales, and procurement. Six ideas I found to be most helpful for smaller and mid-market companies: Multiple Ways to Learn. Marketing Study Update. Big Data Integrated. Procurement Study.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 28, 2012

This is the second in a series of four blogs about B2B sales lead management, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Something else not well understood in marketing and sales circles is the importance of certain metrics. In the last blog we talked about lead rates. Cost per Company. Cost per Qualified.

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Sales Management Plus -- SMP

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Whether that means integration with an outside Lead Management System, Marketing Automation Platforms, E-Commerce System, or others, we have you covered. To learn more or get started, contact your SMP account manager today. This includes synchronizing all of your marketing lists from SMP to Constant Contact.

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Pointclear

MAY 21, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. How can marketing communications managers know how much interest to generate if they don’t know their salespeople’s quotas? Marketing is a part.

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

One of the biggest reminders that sales is changing in midmarket companies is that customers have much, much higher expectations now. Buyers don’t just want a more personalized approach – they really are beginning to demand that from marketing and sales. Big Data’s Time has Arrived to Help Marketers. courtesy of IBM.

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Sales Lead Management Association

MAY 24, 2019

If company presidents were to measure the amount of revenue created per marketer, they would be astounded. Marketers and their surrogates, the agencies (on-line, branding, direct marketing, content creation, digital marketers, PR) telemarketing and trade shows are the hammers by which B2B marketers create wealth.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Teams of Lead Development Reps (LDRs) are being built in Marketing to help fill the Sales pipeline with qualified leads. Best-in-class Lead Management programs provide sales with more than 50% of all leads. A post by my colleague Vince Koehler explores ownership of the Lead Management function.

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Pointclear

MARCH 19, 2018

The director of marketing, 20 years into her career, was confronted with a bewildering cornucopia of reports, making her heretofore creative life difficult. She needs a bigger picture of the marketing return on investment, which is only available by looking deeply into the digital analytics. It wasn’t an easy conversation.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 19, 2013

If you are a small company marketing leader, updating your CEO can be a challenge. Implement Lead Management to nurture leads until sales-ready. Track the leads you send sales through to win or loss. Bring your marketing strategy and budget to the CEO and request feedback and approval. They need to.

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Pointclear

APRIL 2, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn. For B2B Marketing, Email Should be Personalized and Targeted.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Some have heard me say in interviews and on SLMA Radio that, pound for pound, marketers produce more revenue than anyone in their company.

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