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Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in.'

Pointclear

Marketing management must travel with salespeople and listen to a few dozen sales presentations. Inside sales? Survey the sales reps. Telemarketing scripts. Make a decision for lead distribution. Travel with reps, listen and take notes. What are the qualifying questions? Listen in on the phone calls.

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

Pointclear

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. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. Marketing automation in the hands of a fool is still a fool’s tool.”.

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Is Anyone Leading Lead Management?

Pointclear

Sales Lead Management is a complicated process. Sales lead management is a tough subject to truly get your arms around. My point is this—you need a Sales Lead Manager to pull all of the competing departments and managers together to obtain the best revenue per lead for your company.

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How to Get Results from Cold Calls Podcast with Chris Beall and Darryl Praill

Sales Lead Management Association

On this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, Chris Beall from Connect and Sell, forensically disassembles cold calls and shows us how to take advantage of the interruptions they can create.

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Understanding Sales: A Total and Comprehensive Guide to Unlocking Success

Vengreso

I’ve spent 25 years in the industry, starting at the age of 19 years old when I got my first big break as a telemarketer (now called SDR) at a software organization. Within 6 months, I was promoted from a Telemarketer into a Jr. In that year, I learned from some of the greatest sales managers that I’m friends with today.

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Inbound or outbound sales—which one should you focus on?

Close.io

With inside sales techniques, you stand no chance at hitting a target that small. Pros & cons of inbound sales. There are a lot of pros to using an inside sales strategy. As I mentioned, inside sales takes time to become successful, so if you’re looking to move fast, outbound is for you.