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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Lead Management & Integrated Direct Marketing

Pointclear

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. Use BANT qualifiers.

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Marketing Cuts Have Consequences

Sales and Marketing Management

“We can cancel the 100,000-unit direct mail project we have scheduled for mid-September,” I said. We’ve spent some money on creative which will not be wasted, but the printing and mailing fees can be saved, which will be about $95,000 for the self-mailer.”. Great,” he said with a smile. He found the money elsewhere.

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Building an Effective Lead Management Process for High-Growth Sales

Velocify

Demand generation marketers are focused on supporting sales teams, and a large part of their role is ensuring that carefully curated leads are moving through the funnel effectively. To that end, aligning with your sales team is critical to building an effective lead management process that drives results and helps achieve shared goals.

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Top Lead Generation Statistics for 2018

Zoominfo

Verifying business leads before passing it to the sales team is conducted by only 56% of B2B companies ( source ). 22% of B2B businesses reach out to prospects with lead nurturing on a weekly basis ( source ). 37% of B2B marketers are using marketing automation to generate leads ( source ).

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Top B2B Lead Generation Statistics for 2021

Zoominfo

Verifying business leads before passing it to the sales team is conducted by only 56% of B2B companies ( source ). 22% of B2B businesses reach out to prospects with lead nurturing on a weekly basis ( source ). 37% of B2B marketers are using marketing automation to generate leads ( source ).

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Turning Raw B2B Sales Leads Into Real Opportunities: Don’t Give Up Too Soon

Pointclear

When qualifying and nurturing sales leads, the lead farmer (prospect development professional) has a challenging job. The starting point in lead management is usually an inquiry consisting of a name, title, a company, a phone number or email address. The lead farmer is patient, but persistent.

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Sales Leads: Why Your Reps Need Fewer, Rather Than More

Pointclear

Contrary to popular belief, reps don’t need more sales leads. They need fewer leads—or more accurately, fewer raw, unfiltered, unqualified leads. Watch what happens when he receives a stack of leads from marketing: he rifles through them seeking the ideal prospect. Not a senior executive? Budget undefined?