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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Continued engagement in the form of account-focused outreach (also referred to as Account Based Marketing) makes sure your company is on their radar when the right disruption happens to necessitate a decision, when their current solution’s weaknesses reach the boiling point, or when competition encroaches and fear sets in.

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Sales Qualified Lead Forecasting Outsourcing Services PointClear 100

Pointclear

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Should marketing and sales agree on the definition of a lead? According to James Obermayer ( Sales Lead Management Association ), the fact that there is no agreement between marketing and sales on lead definition results in these problems: Salespeople say that they are not getting enough qualified leads. Decision maker engaged.

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Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Decision Maker 100

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APRIL 24, 2018

How can you dramatically improve ROI on marketing automation investments? Read these top three tips for when and how to use marketing automation—and when not to. Whether or not they have assigned junior staff to do research, it pays to reach out directly to your decision maker—in the way he or she prefers.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Direct Mail Marketing 140

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Well, in an article published by the Georgia Institute of Technology, “Too Many Choices Can Lead to Bad Decisions” (February 2015), researchers found that “The frustration of picking one thing from dozens of options can take over and lead to choice overload.”. 1,876 marketing technology vendors were represented across 43 categories.

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Data Marketing Decision Maker Vendor 100

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

So, what do you want from Marketing?” It’s interesting…ask salespeople their opinions about a marketing campaign, copy, creative, or any number of marketing’s creative options and you’ll hear very little. How about the marketing department putting a little skin in the game to help us increase sales activity? What gives?

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Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Commission Quota 221

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MAY 18, 2016

How to drive revenue from all sources is the second of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. I developed this simple formula to illustrate the risks of overdependence on inbound marketing.

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Revenue Inbound Outbound Marketing 140

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

Should your company be all in on inbound marketing. On average, inbound leads drive smaller deals with lower level decision makers. Heinz Marketing – “Inbound marketing can be both highly effective and highly inefficient. Short answer: no. Here are three reasons why: Senior executives are 2.5 Read more here.

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Inbound Account Based Marketing Scale Marketing 100

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APRIL 30, 2013

I''m pleased to have as my guest today Jamie Turner, CEO and Founder of The 60 Second Marketer, an organization that provides tools, tips and tutorials on the newest techniques in marketing. Jamie was recently profiled in Advertising and Promotion , the world''s best-selling college-level marketing textbook.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 248

Pointclear

MARCH 31, 2011

A new eBook reports on sales rep perceptions of marketing-generated leads, and the findings run from surprising to shocking to downright scary. Note the following question and responses: What Percentage of Marketing-Generated Leads do you Feel Fit your Sweet Spot? Of particular interest—and concern!—to

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Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 172

Pointclear

JUNE 10, 2016

Understanding the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results—the final of a multi-part blog series. Many challenges facing Sales and Marketing have been around since the beginning of time. Each were covered in detail, and referenced thought leadership from industry leaders. Are these truly leads?

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Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Face-to-face Inbound 160

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This is the third in a series of four blogs about lead generation, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Qualified Rate includes leads, pipeline (specific action required by PointClear) and nurtures (qualified companies with no immediate pain/need or interest). VP level) are 2.5

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Outsourcing Services Leads 167

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JULY 16, 2013

According to recent research, B2B companies are using multiple lead generation tactics including, email marketing, search engine optimization, teleprospecting, inbound marketing, direct mail and trade shows. The same inbound marketing experts will tell you that it might take 50 blogs to impact your website visits.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 225

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MAY 24, 2016

Document the cost per lead is the fourth of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. In the last blog in this series we discussed the need for marketing to be more accountable for driving revenue.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 145

Jonathan Farrington

JULY 31, 2013

According to recent research, B2B companies are using multiple lead generation tactics including, email marketing, search engine optimization, teleprospecting, inbound marketing, direct mail and trade shows. The same inbound marketing experts will tell you that it might take 50 blogs to impact your website visits.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead PointClear Leads 51

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. Marketing Automation companies! Not all proverbs (or expressions or sayings) are well understood.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Management 133

Pointclear

OCTOBER 1, 2015

There’s no doubt that Account-Based Marketing is on the up-and-up. What are sales and marketing leaders saying about it? Is ABM the Holy Grail for lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

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Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Account Sales Qualified Lead 100

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JUNE 28, 2018

Companies with optimized sales and marketing organization achieve results by doing three things well. Just three: Agree on your market, media and message. Here is what you must do to fix it: Agree on market, lead definition, message. Are we marketing to IT decision makers in the Fortune 100? Not 50 things.

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Sales Qualified Lead Revenue Lead Rank Cost per Lead 113

Pointclear

JANUARY 18, 2017

Calls were split between five to decision-maker/influencers and five to executive assistants. We spoke with three decision-maker/influencers and two executive assistants. In another example, our target market was CFO’s at the fifty largest utilities in the US. You can read more about this subject here.

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Account Based Marketing Opportunity Decision Maker Scale 100

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

If you are selling a relatively expensive B2B solution requiring the involvement of multiple decision-makers and multiple levels of evaluation, could an appearance with one person, without advanced discovery, possibly be the best first step with a new prospect in that situation?

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Account Based Marketing 100

Pointclear

JULY 17, 2013

Scheduling an on-site meeting with the committee of decision-makers will be almost impossible—especially because the committee of decision-makers now has up to 21 people in it, and most of them telecommute. If your US business isn’t clued into the needs of emerging markets, China (not the US) will be the largest economy.

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Field Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 245

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MARCH 20, 2014

Then when you call them, all you hear is "not interested", "just researching", "not involved", "not a decision maker" etc. So, when marketing sent me the new inbound leads, I naturally got excited. What Was Wrong with Marketing''s Inbound Leads. Marketing employees and entrepreneurs mostly.

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Inbound Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Social Media 262

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MARCH 27, 2014

Co-hosts Paul and Allan tee up the show by discussing several hot news items relevant to the B2B market - Here’s what they noshed on, on Episode #5: According to the latest CMO Survey, 85% of CMOs either have not shown any impact from social media spending or have only a qualitative sense of its effectiveness. Voicemails work.

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Social Media Media B2B Decision Maker 223

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AUGUST 16, 2018

A longer-term lead may lack urgency, but it makes up for it by giving your team a very real chance to form relationships with decision makers, and in fact define and manage the buying process (including designing the RFP). Longer-term opportunities increase marketing ROI. Forty are short term, and 40 are long term.

Lead Rank 113

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 113

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Walk out of your office and ask the first three marketers and the first three sales executives you encounter one question: What constitutes a lead? Generally speaking, companies define their market too broadly, resulting in wasted time and effort applied to too many prospects. Are we marketing to IT decision makers in the F100?

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 100

Pointclear

JUNE 28, 2016

I posted a question on LinkedIn's Sales and Marketing VP's Group and the results have been fascinating. First, here is the question as posted: "What is the minimum acceptable close rate for leads provided to sales in a complex selling situation (long sales cycle and multiple decision-makers)?".

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Closing 133

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AUGUST 29, 2017

How are these concepts related to marketing and sales in B2B environment? However, when marketing or selling, you can’t simply lead with the ultimate benefit. The paucity of self-actualized decision makers is what causes so many “no decision” outcomes. “No In a couple of ways. Conditions of Need. Save lives.

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Buyer Compensation Forecasting Decision Maker 200

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JANUARY 24, 2012

He is also co-author of the book No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide To Social Media Marketing , available on Amazon and in bookstores everywhere. Marketing to the business consumer takes a special pedigree. What is a business-to-business marketer to do with all that? You're a P2P marketer.

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B2B Social Media Face-to-face Twitter 192

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AUGUST 9, 2016

A longer-term lead may lack urgency, but it makes up for it by giving your team a very real chance to form relationships with decision makers, and in fact define and manage the buying process (including designing the RFP). Longer-term opportunities increase marketing ROI. Forty are short term, and 40 are long term.

Sales Qualified Lead 100

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 100

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

And externally—when it comes to our market space, our customers and our prospects—outside resources would be even more in the dark around the nuances of our business and conveying our value. Is our strategic account target market 100% covered? On the deals we’ve closed, are deal size and profits what they should be?

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Outsourcing Services Account Decision Maker Lead Nurturing 180

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

I continue to enjoy the insightful discussions I have with sales and marketing experts in our PowerViews series. For this ‘best of’ edition we revisit the hot topics—social media, mobile marketing, sales lead follow up. Jamie Turner, The 60 Second Marketer, Are We Returning to the Days of "One-to-Many" Marketing?

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Follow-up Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Media 207

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Are you leaving out a null sample of prospects that do not go through marketing automation to understand what you are not scoring that you should be; OR, what you are scoring that you shouldn’t be. Account profiling: Give sales a leg up by profiling target companies as the first step in utilizing Account Based Marketing processes.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Qualification Segment 100

Jonathan Farrington

APRIL 21, 2013

Companies like yours typically sell complex, relatively expensive B2B solutions requiring the involvement of multiple decision makers and multiple levels of evaluation. Are these the type of people you want engaging your market for the first time? Earn money setting appointments, no cold calling!”. necessary!”.

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PointClear Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling Guarantee 35

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. Lack of alignment between marketing and sales.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Sales Qualified Lead Lead Management 165

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MAY 7, 2013

In 2002, Tony established the first buyer persona research methodology designed specifically for B2B marketing and sales. His "Buyer Foresight" approach helps organizations gain predictability by understanding the behavior of their buyers in a changing market. Study Lead Behavior.

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Buyer Buyer Persona Buying Cycle Sales Qualified Lead 189

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This is the fourth (and last) in a series of four blogs about sales leads, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Why it is important to nurture qualified companies that do not represent immediate opportunity—a step missed by many if not most companies leading to wasted marketing spend.

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Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Inbound 157

Pointclear

JANUARY 16, 2018

Her clients include IBM, GE, Microsoft, Wells Fargo, Staples and numerous mid-market firms. And Selling to Big Companies provides step-by-step guidance on setting up meetings with corporate decision makers. Sharing her fresh sales strategies, she helps salespeople to speed up new customer acquisition and win bigger contracts.

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Decision Maker Microsoft Face-to-face Exercises 100

Jonathan Farrington

JANUARY 5, 2013

Over the past couple of months I have been asked by several publications to predict what will happen in marketing and sales in 2013. I started by asking myself two questions: Was there anyone in the sales and/or marketing world that a year ago that accurately predicted what would happen in 2012? Answers: Not so much. Not so much.

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Data Sales Qualified Lead PointClear Inbound 43