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What's it take to generate leads that fuel your forecast?

Pointclear

More and more marketers understand that agile, which started in the IT development realm, has good application in marketing in general, and in lead management specifically. Quality conversations and personal engagement with prospects. Quality conversations and personal engagement with prospects. Since 1997, we’ve had 3.6

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How to Fix a Sales Forecast Killer

Pointclear

It only took two months after the first rep’s retirement to start seeing an impact on the forecast and on revenue. Four months into the situation, the leave of absence for the third rep turned permanent, turning a smallish problem into a hellish problem for the sales manager and the company. The yearly forecast has to have a hedge.

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Salespeople Must Accelerate Response or Fail

Pointclear

Halfway though the book, I rode along on a phone call with one of our senior sales representatives, with Steve Simons, a new prospect. The representative opened the call well, searched out the prospect’s needs, addressed concerns/objections nicely, switched to a quick live demonstration, developed rapport, and finally came to the next step.

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Guest Post: Successful Lead Generation – One Size Does Not Fit All

Jonathan Farrington

There is an active debate about the quality difference between leads from inbound versus outbound marketing. Let’s take a closer look at the quality of leads produced by these lead generation tactics and how this impacts your ability to further develop these prospects into customers.

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Marketing’s Wish List to the Sales Department

Pointclear

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. "So I asked the marketing manager. I wish that salespeople would use the CRM system instead of spreadsheets for a sales forecast.”.

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

DialSource

These field sales teams tend to travel often, attending trade shows and conferences in order to schmooze prospects over a meal or round of golf. . According to an estimate by PointClear, the average outside sales call prior to COVID would cost over $300, while the average inside sales call would cost just $50.

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The Pipeline ? Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly.

The Pipeline

Everyone thinks of social selling as a way to understand the prospect (it is), but it is also important to think about social selling in terms of your online persona. Twitter: Get the sales team following the mavens in your industry and retweet them, interact with them, and then teach them to connect with prospects. PointClear PD.

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