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Tell Marketing They Can Keep Their Leads

No More Cold Calling

You can’t depend on your marketing department to generate real leads. Do you really think marketing can qualify your leads? Consider this example from Dan McDade, president and CEO of PointClear: The marketing department for one unnamed company generated more than 9,000 “sales leads” in a year, but only 1.28

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Parallels: Social Manufacturing & Outsourcing Manufacturing Lead Generation

Pointclear

—noted the Dreamforce announcement of Salesforce.com’s support for Kenandy , a cloud-based manufacturing solution that incorporates the social tool, Chatter. Another major benefit is that our prospect development services provide thorough market coverage, a requirement that few companies are able to address successfully.

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PowerViews with Christopher Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

Pointclear

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Click to start video at this point — Christopher notes the importance of the maturing of social media marketing in the last year by saying, “It’s no longer a hobby.

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

As an editor and marketer, I spend a lot of time thinking about the “how to”—in other words, how to translate the best and more interesting marketing ideas into truly actionable steps for organizations looking to grow their business. In other words: B2B marketers + social = lots of room for improvement.

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PowerViews with Chris Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

Pointclear

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Click to start video at this point —Chris notes the importance of the maturing of social media marketing in the last year by saying, “It’s no longer a hobby.

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B2B Marketers, Analyze This: How Do Prospects Score YOU on Their Experience?

Pointclear

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. And what do you know, just recently an industry colleague asked me for advice on similar tools, and I was only too happy to share my buying experience privately.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

Pointclear

Ruth is also author of Maximizing Lead Generation: The Complete Guide for B2B Marketers. But what are the most effective outbound marketing channels for kicking off a business relationship? billion on search marketing for the same purpose. billion on search marketing for the same purpose.

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