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Advice to Steve, a Down-and-Almost-Out Sales Manager: Telemarket Old Leads First!

Pointclear

How many sales inquiries did Marketing give you, on average, per month for the last year?” My advice to Steve is that when sales are needed in the fourth quarter, first telemarket old leads (older than 3 months), generated on products in stock. This cut the prospect list by 70%. What am I gonna do?”

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

Pointclear

Ruth is also author of Maximizing Lead Generation: The Complete Guide for B2B Marketers. But what are the most effective outbound marketing channels for kicking off a business relationship? That compares to $7 billion spent on direct mail and $4.5 billion on search marketing for the same purpose.

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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Lead Management & Integrated Direct Marketing

Pointclear

Jim's career has been equally divided between marketing and sales. He has written over 95 articles around sales and marketing management and is the author of four books. He is a speaker on sales lead management, sales enablement, and marketing ROI. Outbound vs. Inbound: We Can’t Get Away from Basic Integrated Marketing.

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Why Inbound Marketing Isn’t Enough: Leverage Outbound Marketing

MarketJoy

The terms inbound and outbound embody a type of cultural shift in the entire way of how marketing works, particularly across different channels. To accelerate the sales and get qualified leads, companies are required to function hand in hand with outbound and inbound marketing while building a strong strategy to power it all.

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Sales Processes Research 2020 – Something Old, Something New

Sales Hacker

Despite the huge growth in marketing and sales automation, along with the growing popularity and acceptance of self-service sales processes, reports of the death of the salesperson are greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain. The global pandemic has shaken up the market, and technology is influencing this change.

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B2B Sales Prospecting Tools You Really Should be Using in 2019

OutboundView

It’s 2019, and there’s a sleuth of B2B sales prospecting tools out there, each more promising than the next. There are four types of sales prospecting tools that I believe every team should have available, and can’t be successful without them. B2B Prospecting Tools Pyramid. Image Source: Outboundview. Contact Database Tools.

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Emails Before Sales Calls

EyesOnSales

“SHOULD I COLD EMAIL MY PROSPECTS BEFORE CALLING?” Unfortunately, cold emailing a prospect before calling them only lessens the pain of rejection but it does nothing to lessen the pain of missing quota. ” Most prospects won’t know they have a problem until you engage with them and ask the right questions!