Pointclear

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Tastes great, less filling—that’s not only one of the greatest campaigns ever ( AdAge says it’s 8 th on the list), it has a corollary in the sales lead generation space. Prospective clients often tell us “we can do what you do, in house, for less.”. per hour to pay for an inside sales teleprospector vs. $61.50 Costs Less.

Outsourcing Services 124

Outsourcing Services Lead Generation PointClear Leads 124

Pointclear

JUNE 26, 2012

His new firm, which specializes in strategic positioning and provocative sales messaging, is called Visible Impact. But, when I attended the recent Leadership Summit put on by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP), I was reminded that sometimes questions can just lead to more questions.

Inside Sales 162

Inside Sales Hiring Conference Field Sales 162

Pointclear

MAY 5, 2017

At the Funnel Media Group we believe that AI is the future of sales and marketing operations. Because of this, CRM Radio and the sister program SLMA Radio, have been interviewing executives on the subjects of the marketing and sales uses of Artificial Intelligence. About CRM Radio Guest Mike Plante, Chief Marketing Officer.

InsideSales 113

InsideSales Inside Sales Revenue Webinar Metrics 113

Pointclear

JUNE 7, 2016

Nurture leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales is the sixth of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Set sales straight—it’s a win win.

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Follow-up Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 154

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

to be selected a Top Sales Expert at Top Sales World , the international online community dedicated exclusively to sharing sales best practices. The Top Sales Expert team includes best-selling authors, builders of large global consultancies, and sales professionals within the Fortune 500 arena. Thank you!

PointClear 124

PointClear Sales Outsourcing Lead Generation Webinar Metrics 124

SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If it does, you’ll want to know how to generate the most leads , how to capture the most leads , how to best score and qualify leads , how to track which leads convert to prospects, and the list goes on. The Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA) is an online resource for answering these questions and more. Thank you Trish!

Lead Management 114

Lead Management Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 114

Pointclear

JULY 11, 2011

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force.

Outsourcing Services 173

Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead NetSuite 173

Pointclear

MAY 12, 2011

Few companies have the sales and marketing resources to adequately cover their markets. It’s important to keep your market primed so that when it comes time to buy, these prospects reach out to you. The end result: 350 sales opportunities generated within the first 6 months of the program’s start.

Outsourcing Services 140

Outsourcing Services Channels Penetration Prospecting 140

Braveheart Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

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. I also had the privilege of hosting a breakfast where we discussed the state of sales in the security industry. Source: com].

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Revenue Hiring PointClear Inside Sales 52

Pointclear

JANUARY 31, 2013

TeleSmart is a leader in providing inside sales coaching and consulting to Fortune 1000 companies. As publisher of TeleSmart’s “Trend Report,” Josiane has spent most of the last decade tracking the biggest challenges that sales leaders face each year. The Inside Sales Superhero to the Rescue. They’re social.

Inside Sales 203

Inside Sales Cold Calling Face-to-face Video 203

Pointclear

APRIL 17, 2014

In January I wrote the blog: How to Diagnose if Inbounditis is Killing Your Sales Pipeline , which was published by DemandGen Report. In fact, it makes the whole sales pipeline sick. The percent of sales accepted leads decreasing while lead quotas increase.”. It''s time to change how we talk about sales leads.

Inbound 257

Inbound Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Outbound 257

Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2016

As a business-to-business marketing or sales leader you have numerous options for lead generation tactics and tools. Even with the growing number of digital routes, outbound phone calling, or teleprospecting, remains a powerful method to engage personally with your prospects. Sales is sales. We can do it cheaper inside.

Lead Gen 113

Lead Gen Telemarketing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 113

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

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. Click to start video at this point —Nowadays there’s a huge push for social selling, with sales reps turning to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn for leads.

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Twitter Inside Sales Video Motivation 189

Pointclear

JULY 14, 2015

We generate high quality leads, align sales and marketing, and drive revenue. Contain inadequate sales input. Tactically this can be easier to do within functional groups (inside sales, paid media, etc.). The Score More Sales Approach. In our experience here at PointClear, very few companies are getting it right.

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel Leads 100

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

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. Click to start video at this point —Nowadays there’s a huge push for social selling, with sales reps turning to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn for leads.

Twitter 124

Twitter Inside Sales Video Motivation 124

Pointclear

AUGUST 6, 2018

The misconception that building an internal team of sales development reps gives you more control and costs less is widespread. In-house tele-prospecting costs more than outsourcing and by outsourcing you can find superior services (however, you must be careful because there is a lot of mediocrity in the lead generation space).

Outsourcing Services 113

Outsourcing Services Direct Mail Sales Qualified Lead Commission 113

Pointclear

DECEMBER 20, 2011

This year, we’re honored to have published posts from twenty-seven guest marketing and sales bloggers here on ViewPoint, and I wanted to say to all of you how much I appreciate your contributions. Inside sales. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics. Return on marketing and sales investment.

Outsourcing Services 169

Outsourcing Services Social Media Marketing Lead Generation 169

Pointclear

MARCH 31, 2011

A new eBook reports on sales rep perceptions of marketing-generated leads, and the findings run from surprising to shocking to downright scary. The survey sample is nicely balanced with responding reps engaged in field sales, inside sales, and inbound and outbound lead generation and lead qualification.

Marketing Qualified Lead 172

Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 172

Pointclear

JUNE 30, 2015

Qualified leads, according to sales, are based on criteria they understand but marketing is in the dark about. Marketing tries to qualify a greater number of prospects. Marketing management must travel with salespeople and listen to a few dozen sales presentations. Inside sales? Survey the sales reps.

Sales Qualified Lead 100

Sales Qualified Lead Telemarketing Trade Show Hiring 100

Pointclear

APRIL 10, 2012

I’m really pleased to introduce you to PowerViews, a new series of Q&A video interviews that are all about providing solutions to the marketing and sales challenges we face today. 2011 Marketing and Sales Trends Successes and Failures. 2011 Marketing and Sales Trends Successes and Failures.

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Face-to-face Social Media Hiring Inside Sales 184

Pointclear

MARCH 12, 2013

Lori is a senior analyst with extensive marketing, sales, and operation experience in the information systems and software industries. In our discussion, Lori shared key insights into the B2B buyer's journey as well as marketing and sales alignment. Of course, that’s still nowhere near what a sales person would consider a lead.

Research 253

Research B2B Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 253

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

57 – 90% of the buying process is complete before a sales rep needs to get involved. Marketing and sales are aligned. Mike Weinberg, The New Sales Coach , Principal. Emails sent to me oblivious that I’m not a prospect. Calling with zero value doesn’t work, wasting your prospect’s time has always been a terrible idea.

Outsourcing Services 100

Outsourcing Services Cold Calling B2B Ideal Customer Profile 100

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

My guest today is Bob Perkins, Founder of AA-ISP and Vice President of Inside Sales at Merrill Datasite. Bob shared his perspective on how inside sales strategies have grown in popularity as companies strive to improve customer service and boost sales as efficiently as possible. e-mail communication.

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Inside Sales Skype Face-to-face Field Sales 240

Pointclear

JANUARY 15, 2013

What is called “Inside Sales”, “Sales Support”, “Telesales” and dozens of other names is growing 15x faster than field sales—in fact, my colleague, Jonathan Farrington, published a blog stating that within three years 80 – 90% of all B2B transactions will be done online—most with some form of sales support but not field sales.

Lead Generation 200

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 200

Jonathan Farrington

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Neil Rackham delivered the keynote address at this year’s national US Business Marketing Association meeting and is quoted in “BtoB Magazine” as follows: “ Sales and marketing are two functions with an identical mission, so how can they be like ships passing in the night?”. 3 Steps to Align Sales and Marketing. Measure what matters.

Sales Qualified Lead 38

Sales Qualified Lead Outsourcing Services PointClear Inbound 38

Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2012

My guest today is Craig Rosenberg, Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Co-Founder at Focus. He is also author of a popular sales and marketing blog, Funnelholic , where he shares B2B content with an edge. Craig specializes in lead generation, lead qualification, and B2B marketing and sales.

Software 187

Software Software B2B Top of Funnel 187

Pointclear

AUGUST 1, 2013

Keeping up to date on the latest innovations and opinions in sales can be time-consuming, especially in the the digital space. Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. Inside Sales Power Tip 125 – Grit. Via Score More Sales. The Helpful Sales Person.

PointClear 200

PointClear B2B Face-to-face Inside Sales 200

Pointclear

OCTOBER 13, 2015

“Why,” I was asked, “must you manage sales leads in order to manage sales? Sales lead management is a marketing function, isn’t it?”. It was with a slight hesitation that the sales manager added the second sentence about sales lead management being a marketing function. Of course it is, but only partially.

Outsourcing Services 100

Outsourcing Services Leads Marketing Qualified Lead ActiveConversion 100

Pointclear

JUNE 15, 2016

Sales Lead Management is a complicated process. Sales lead management is a tough subject to truly get your arms around. There are dozens of outside vendors who say they manage some portion of the sales lead process and more than two dozen internal departments that contribute to the process and the decision making. Inside Sales.

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Lead Management Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 145

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales. Adaptive Business Blog.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 98