Pointclear

APRIL 11, 2018

As an example, PointClear targets two contacts within each account location. However, it is important to come to an informed conclusion about all targets to help us determine how marketing and sales resources are prioritized in future contact cycles. This is, in fact, the cadence designed for the client in this example.

Sales Qualified Lead 113

Sales Qualified Lead PointClear System Leads 113

Pointclear

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The comment made me think about our outsourced B2B lead generation services and the way we have successfully partnered with manufacturing, technology and start-up companies to cover their markets, develop their prospects and deliver highly qualified sales opportunities to their field sales teams.

Outsourcing Services 189

Outsourcing Services Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead PointClear 189

Pointclear

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Marketing and sales leaders often don’t account for all the expenses involved in building and maintaining an inside team. per hour for a PointClear outsourced teleprospecting resource. The Miller Lite analogy wouldn’t be complete without a counter discussion on how our resources are not only less expensive, but better.

Outsourcing Services 124

Outsourcing Services Lead Generation PointClear Leads 124

Pointclear

APRIL 18, 2013

Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. Integrating customer relationship management and marketing automation systems can be expensive, complicated and scary, but doing so is necessary for your organization''s optimal performance, writes Justin Gray, CEO of LeadMD. Via Funnelholic.

PointClear 165

PointClear B2B Marketo Sales Qualified Lead 165

Pointclear

AUGUST 15, 2013

Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. Via Sales & Marketing Management. Do you have a resource from your sphere to share? The Death of Salesmen is Overstated. Are salespeople relegated to the last one-third of the buying process? Via Forbes.

B2B 189

B2B PointClear Buyer Social Selling 189

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. Lower rates typically indicate a breakdown between marketing and sales.

Follow-up 154

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

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. Sales and marketing headcounts have increased to generate new customers.

Outsourcing Services 173

Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead NetSuite 173

Pointclear

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Qualifying criteria are rarely met due to lack of marketing resources. Sales reps actually need fewer sales leads—or more accurately, fewer raw, unfiltered, unqualified marketing leads. By focusing sales resources on a smaller number of better quality leads, they can spend time more effectively on the most likely buyers.

Sales Qualified Lead 145

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 145

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The marketing team? But for a strategy to be consistently successful, a company’s sales and marketing teams need to be operating with shared goals — which is easier said than done, says my latest guest and longtime friend, Matt Heinz, president of Heinz Marketing. Aligning Sales and Marketing. Is it the salesperson?

Leads 250

Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing Twitter 250

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The amount of data available to marketers today can be overwhelming. Ruth has held high level marketing positions at Time Warner, IBM and Ziff Davis. A business professor at Columbia University, Ruth is also the author of “Maximizing Lead Generation: The Complete Guide for B2B Marketers” and a guest blogger at Biznology and HBR.org.

Trade Show 221

Trade Show Scale Marketing Direct Mail 221

Pointclear

APRIL 30, 2013

I''m pleased to have as my guest today Jamie Turner, CEO and Founder of The 60 Second Marketer, an organization that provides tools, tips and tutorials on the newest techniques in marketing. Jamie was recently profiled in Advertising and Promotion , the world''s best-selling college-level marketing textbook.

Lead Rank 248

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 248

Pointclear

JULY 26, 2018

Because the company uses a marketing automation system, George and Jane are always looking for content to fulfill the nurture needs of people who inquire about their products. As an example, see Dan McDade of PointClear and his ViewPoint Blog, and his use of an interview on SLMA Radio about Who Owns the Pipeline. Nurture material.

Case Study 100

Case Study PointClear Study Social Media 100

Pointclear

JUNE 28, 2012

As a member of the Executive Advisory Group, he delivers CMO and Sales Advisory Services that provide senior technology marketing and sales executives with insights into how to improve productivity and efficiency in their organizations. My PowerViews guest today is Rich Vancil, IDC Group Vice President for Executive Strategies.

Marketing 247

Marketing Outbound Inbound Vendor 247

Pointclear

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Should marketing and sales agree on the definition of a lead? According to James Obermayer ( Sales Lead Management Association ), the fact that there is no agreement between marketing and sales on lead definition results in these problems: Salespeople say that they are not getting enough qualified leads. They should, but mostly don’t.

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Decision Maker 100

Pointclear

APRIL 19, 2017

Anthony Iannarino – Anthony has helped people in a wide variety of industries and markets think through and overcome their biggest business challenges. His greatest strength is in getting others to build consensus around what must change, and identify the resources within themselves that will drive positive results.

Conference 124

Conference Outbound Social Media PointClear 124

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

I am deeply honored to be selected as a finalist in two categories for the 2011 Top Sales & Marketing Awards. Now in its second year, the Top Sales & Marketing Awards combine peer voting with a judging panel of industry experts to recognize leading sales and marketing books, articles, thought leaders, solutions, resources and tools.

Marketing 189

Marketing Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Nurturing 189

Pointclear

MAY 1, 2013

Frank Donny is founder and CEO of Marseli , a marketing and sales analytics and performance software company. Frank''s remarkable 25-year career of driving marketing and sales operations divisions within Fortune 500 and start-up organizations is highlighted by his passion for business development and empowering others to succeed.

Analytics 216

Analytics Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Negotiation 216

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

My guest today is Dave Munn who has been President and CEO of ITSMA since 2000, having led ITSMA's global expansion to become the leading B2B marketing association for technology, professional services, and telecom companies. 2012 Trending: Significant Transformation for Marketing Groups. New marketing channels.

Social Media 170

Social Media Marketing Outsourcing Services Hiring 170

SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA) is an online resource for answering these questions and more. It was founded 4 years ago by James Oberhausen, Susan Campanale and Mark Friedman who had a vision for serving the sales lead management community with valuable information and resources. Matt Heinz – Heinz Marketing.

Lead Management 114

Lead Management Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 114

Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Social Media’s Maturing: In-House Resources & Social Advertising. Companies are hiring social media people through their existing marketing budgets or recruiting social mavens in-house.

CRM 178

CRM Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Social Media 178

Pointclear

AUGUST 22, 2011

And, for many, the goal for 2012 will be to finally implement marketing automation. Unfortunately, too many marketers begin this process with the question, “Which automation tools should we look at?” First, you’ll become more efficient in your marketing and sales efforts. What's the point of that?

Marketing 164

Marketing Lead Qualification Lead Management Lead Nurturing 164

The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

Free Resources. What you should do: Nothing new here — keep your crew well-trained in professionalism, product, and market. I do believe salespeople can and should write blog posts about their market or selling in general if they are thoughtful and articulate. Those are as much for sales as they are for marketing.

Report 244

Report Pipeline Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics 244

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Yet it isn’t the time lost but the things unaccomplished in that time which become a huge problem for sales and marketing people. Let’s take a look at how this affects Sales and Marketing. The reason for setting monthly goals (either sales or marketing quotas) is based on the principle of the irreplaceable past. No, not really.

Marketing 160

Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Quota Cancellation 160

Pointclear

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I consider SiriusDecisions to be the gold standard when it comes to best practices in B2B marketing and sales processes. Is ABM the Holy Grail for lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Lead Rank Account 100

Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Social Media’s Maturing: In-House Resources & Social Advertising. Companies are hiring social media people through their existing marketing budgets or recruiting social mavens in-house.

CRM 133

CRM Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Social Media 133

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

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. Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is hot right now, and the responses I received were excellent.

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Account Lead Rank 100

SBI

APRIL 25, 2011

Guest Post By Dan McDade, CEO & President, PointClear. The lead farm—it may not sound very sexy at first hearing, but its function and resources are critical success factors in overcoming challenges that prevent B2B sales and marketing groups from operating at peak efficiency and delivering full revenue potential.

Harvest 63

Harvest Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 63

Pointclear

MARCH 22, 2011

How does it relate to B2B marketing? And I was treated accordingly, no doubt thanks to some nifty lead scoring algorithms that have become de rigueur for B2B marketers. Two years ago, my B2B Marketing 2.0 OK, this a consumer example. Well, let me share another example—and this one is not hypothetical.

Lead Rank 185

Lead Rank Lead Scoring B2B Prospecting 185

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. Marketing automation. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics.

Outsourcing Services 169

Outsourcing Services Social Media Marketing Lead Generation 169

Pointclear

APRIL 29, 2014

It''s a Problem for Sales and Marketing! ” Non-producing salespeople drain cash and precious support resources, and take up valuable sales management time. ” Non-producing salespeople drain cash and precious support resources, and take up valuable sales management time.

Quota 244

Quota B2B Pipeline Resources 244

Pointclear

JUNE 15, 2012

Jim's career has been equally divided between marketing and sales. He has written over 95 articles around sales and marketing management and is the author of four books. He is a speaker on sales lead management, sales enablement, and marketing ROI. Outbound vs. Inbound: We Can’t Get Away from Basic Integrated Marketing.

Lead Management 113

Lead Management Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 113

Jonathan Farrington

APRIL 21, 2013

The answer is that it is not an effective use of resources at this stage in the process. Are these the type of people you want engaging your market for the first time? Unfortunately, the company using appointment setting has probably squandered the marketing dollars that might have otherwise uncovered real deals. necessary!”.

PointClear 35

PointClear Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling Guarantee 35

Pointclear

OCTOBER 1, 2013

In recent years, many sales reps have focused on getting new business, overlooking the importance of retaining the clients you already have, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Ardath Albee, a B2B marketing strategist and chief executive officer of Marketing Interactions Inc. A Move Toward Customer Retention. Twitter: @ardath421.

Retention 247

Retention Social Media Twitter Video 247

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

So how could it make sense to use outside resources to engage with target companies this valuable? The line of thinking goes something like this: “Outside resources cannot possibly understand what our sales reps and account managers know about our company, our solutions and our culture.

Outsourcing Services 180

Outsourcing Services Account Decision Maker Lead Nurturing 180

Pointclear

MARCH 18, 2014

Everyone in sales recognizes that there is an unfortunate gap between marketing automation and customer relationship management (CRM). When 80 percent of marketing-qualified leads fail to convert into sales-qualified leads, it’s time for the industry to reconfigure its thinking. CRM is good at forecasting, he said. Stay Tuned.

Sales Qualified Lead 230

Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Video 230

Pointclear

JULY 24, 2012

Put another way, tell me with whom you associate professionally and I will know if you can prove the return on investment for marketing. More specifically, tell me how you manage your sales leads and I can tell how successful you will be in marketing. Procedures—the marketing and sales rules of execution, and the ROI projections.

Engineering 150

Engineering ROI Lead Generation System 150

Pointclear

MAY 14, 2013

My guest today is Michael Brenner, Vice President of Marketing and Content Strategy at SAP and Managing Editor for the SAP Business Innovation site. At SAP, Michael’s challenge is to transform social business and content marketing to reduce cost-per-acquisition of new customers. Sales and Marketing Need to Speak a Common Language.

Top of Funnel 260

Top of Funnel SAP Cost per Acquisition Customer 260