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Good Reads for B2B Sales - Five Greatest Sales Effectiveness Inhibitors

Pointclear

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. Can Fewer Leads Mean More Sales? The Five Greatest Inhibitors to Sales Effectiveness.

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3 Tips to Turn Noise Into Value

Pointclear

And we’ve all received sales calls where we’ve been addressed by the wrong name – possibly the wrong company – and pitched a product we’ve never heard of, let alone considered purchasing. How do you turn this noise into value? Back to Big Data. So what can you do? Many thanks to our guest blogger today, Kurt Andersen.

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B2B Lead Generation: The Best of PowerViews

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Over the past few months I have had the pleasure of interviewing nineteen influential B2B sales and marketing leaders to discuss their views in areas like traditional and new media strategies, current and future trends, B2B lead generation, and sales lead management.

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The Slippery Slope Called Sales Enablement

Jonathan Farrington

This is frequently referred to as sales enablement. With sales enablement are we shielding those we love? Let’s look at the number of opportunities companies are currently leaving on the table before we try to find more ways to “help” sales: Marketing Qualified Leads. Sales Accepted Leads.

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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Lead Management & Integrated Direct Marketing

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Jim is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association. SLMA is the sponsor of the yearly Sales Lead Management week and initiatives to identify both the Top 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management and 20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management.

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Is Account-Based Marketing the Holy Grail for Lead Generation Nirvana? [PowerOpinions Part 1]

Pointclear

According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. As with other technologies, automating a bad process just leads to more bad results. Absolutely right, Ardath!

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What Does “Full Funnel Marketing” Really Mean?

Pointclear

It’s the new B2B imperative that marketers take full responsibility for the revenue impact of their efforts, that they work closely with their sales counterparts to make them more efficient and help them convert more opportunities into closed deals. You can’t buy a beer with a marketing-qualified lead.