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Does Your Sales Team Know How to Follow-Up on a Lead?

Pointclear

Today we will discuss why it’s vital for marketing to develop a training guide for sales so all are on the same page as far as understanding what constitutes a lead in your organization, and what’s the best way to follow up on one. Set sales straight—it’s a win win. For various reasons, sales often won’t accept the lead.

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What is Inside Sales (And Why Do You Need It?)

DialSource

At this point, there is no more discussion about inside sales vs outside sales and which is more optimal in terms of a company’s growth strategy. . Based on the 2020 pandemic and corresponding lockdown measures, overnight, everyone was transformed into an inside sales or digital selling role.

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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Why Don’t Sales Reps Follow Up On Leads? The Real Issue

Pointclear

An important question all sales and marketing departments should be asking themselves is how they can better communicate in order to follow up on leads. Finding leads isn’t the hard part, but unqualified leads are just “ash and trash”, according to my latest PowerViews guest, James Obermayer, sales manager extraordinaire.

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10 Reasons Why Inside Sales Will Displace Field Sales Teams by 2015

Pointclear

To read an excerpt from her latest book, Smart Sales Manager , click here. Today’s “new normal” sales landscape has sales leaders scratching their heads, wondering about the best way to structure their sales organizations. Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales?

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Depend on Recurring Revenue? Here’s How to Contain Creation Costs

Braveheart Sales

This article is written with field sales teams in mind. However, if you run an inside sales team exclusively, don’t despair, you may still find a nugget or two of helpful information as well. An outside sales call costs $308, an inside sales call costs $50 [Source: PointClear].

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5 Sales & Marketing Thought Leaders Weigh In on Inbound Marketing

Pointclear

In fact, it makes the whole sales pipeline sick. High-performing reps avoiding inbound lead follow-up; and 3. The percent of sales accepted leads decreasing while lead quotas increase.”. Next up: Kyle Porter , CEO of SalesLoft : "Less qualified leads in the pipeline! The three major symptoms of inbounditis are: 1.

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Suit Up, Stand Up, Sign Up: A Sales Mantra

Pointclear

Time is vitally important to the success of a salesperson—time to research prospects, time to hone the sales pitch, and time to communicate with potential clients. Chris said he still has a lot to learn, and sitting in while a sales rep speaks to prospects is a two-way educational street. Suit up, stand up, sign up”.

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