Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

PointClear reports that an outside sales call carries a cost of $308, versus $50 for an inside sales call. Two areas of opportunity and competitive advantage are training and coaching. They don’t expect to be the on-the-job training vehicle for your salespeople. Growth Carries Challenges.

Inside Sales 40

Inside Sales Lead Rank Hiring Lead Scoring 40

Pointclear

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Jeff is the authority on making social media sell, adjunct faculty at Loyola University business school, author of, Off The Hook Marketing: How to Make Social Media Sell for You and a social sales training speaker. You’ve got to give prospects a compelling reason to ask for more content. Inbound leads don't “just happen.”.

Top of Funnel 189

Top of Funnel Social Media Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 189

Pointclear

JUNE 2, 2016

Before we get into the details, note that there are three groups of prospects that require nurturing: Marketing Pipeline. These are prospects with a specific planned next step to be taken within a reasonable timeframe. These are fully qualified prospects who are not immediately interested. True Nurture Opportunities.

Lead Nurturing 145

Lead Nurturing Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 145

Pointclear

JULY 12, 2017

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.

Proposal 124

Proposal Engineering Top of Funnel eBook 124

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Six months into the situation three new reps had been hired; two were in the field only a month and one was finishing training. Training took about four weeks even with experienced salespeople. The sales manager went from new territory to new territory, training and trying to boost the new reps’ closing rates.

Forecasting 124

Forecasting Sales Forecasts Territories Sales Qualified Lead 124

Pointclear

JANUARY 31, 2012

For decades now, sales management has put in sales processes and systems to standardize how sales reps manage leads and close deals with prospects. These sales processes and systems typically have been enclosed by three points of a triangle: sales enablement tools, sales training, and sales pipeline or forecasting tools.

Sales Process 194

Sales Process Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Buyer 194

Pointclear

JANUARY 11, 2011

Comment on The Bridge Group's ten predictions for inside sales in 2011. Inside Sales reps will rely on and be trained on how to use that data to have meaningful conversations with their buyers. ” management will also ask “and of those, how many conversations did you have with prospects that fit our Ideal Customer Profile?”

Inside Sales 185

Inside Sales Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 185

Pointclear

AUGUST 17, 2011

Sales managers have six basic jobs—hire, compensate, train, deploy, monitor and manage, and coach and counsel—and they generally fail at the last three. If hiring, training and compensating are the science behind sales management, then deployment, monitoring and managing, and coaching and counseling are the art.

Sales Management 153

Sales Management Hiring Territories Compensation 153

Pointclear

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Using her signature Line by Line Coaching™ process, Angela and her talented staff have trained business leaders and other professionals to speak with increased skill and confidence in engaging any audience. They give presentations to small and large groups alike, and therefore face the same challenges that public speakers face.

Face-to-face 187

Face-to-face Energy Coaching Groups 187

Pointclear

APRIL 10, 2012

The inside sales rep's role has also shifted—from being an entry-level and training position to one that requires expanded skill sets to handle far more sophisticated opportunities. And while there are currently fewer overall sales positions available, there is a dramatic increase in the number of inside sales hires.

Face-to-face 184

Face-to-face Social Media Hiring Inside Sales 184

Pointclear

JULY 26, 2012

He has led the research function at SiriusDecisions for more than 10 years, overseeing the creation of content including demand creation, product marketing, marketing communications, general strategy, sales training, hiring and client service. ” 2012 Recommendations: Accelerating Small Discrete Target Prospect Groups.

Lead Rank 145

Lead Rank Video Inbound Lead Scoring 145

Pointclear

OCTOBER 6, 2015

The responses I received were from Megan Heuer, Vice President & Group Director, and Matt Senatore, Research Director. There are simple ways for marketing to gain success (in the eyes of sales) by identifying the right contacts and adding insight and intelligence that sales can use in conversations with key prospects.

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Lead Rank Account 100

Pointclear

MAY 30, 2012

Working with a wide variety of clients from tech firms to sports properties and lifestyle brands, Andrew has crafted successful campaigns built around white papers, event-based advertising and sales training materials for clients such as Major League Baseball, Canon, DuPont, SAP, Business Objects, Oracle and many others.

Cost per Lead 154

Cost per Lead Top of Funnel Outbound Sports 154

Pointclear

JUNE 27, 2011

We viewed lead generation in a similar way: instead of funding and creating an internal group, we wanted to partner with a proven provider and leverage its expertise, processes and infrastructure for delivering quality leads. Could you share an example of market identification activity?

Outsourcing Services 219

Outsourcing Services Lead Generation Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 219

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Delivering a superior sales experience is the best way to increase B2B sales success, and the RAIN Group sales training folks have the statistics to back it up. Their new infographic is an interesting and timely read—highlighting what differentiates top performing sales organizations.

Sales Goal 124

Sales Goal B2B Groups Buyer 124