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Persistence Pays—How 42 Lead Qualification Touchpoints Won a $1 Billion Deal

Pointclear

PointClear is known for its perseverance. One opportunity we turned over to a client took 42 touchpoints across 3 months to nurture to sales-qualified status. Here’s What PointClear Persistence Looks Like. The touch cycle resulted in 6 conversations … and 1 giant opportunity. Case-in-Point. We didn’t stop.

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You Can’t Put in What God Left Out … and Other Important Things Learned in Business and Life

Pointclear

The time I spend thinking, and the opportunity that gives the person I’m talking to provide additional details, has proven to be a positive for both sides. Our management team has an average 10 years’ experience with PointClear, and that longevity translates into added value for clients. Nice makes for a great working environment.

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Lead Generation Lies That are Wreaking Havoc with Your Sales

Pointclear

I received a lot of positive feedback about the article and decided to ask our PointClear PowerViews Alumni (those who have been on the PowerViews show ) for their input on the most dangerous lead gen lies out there. You are better off calling someone who actually wants to talk with you. More leads are better than fewer leads.

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The Quest for Good Leads: Are You Asking the Right Questions?

Pointclear

The lead rate for high quality, enterprise opportunity leads has been roughly flat.) Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs; Outbound: Telemarketing, Email, Events). The question we should ask ourselves is how many $84 leads does it take to get to pipeline, an active sales opportunity, and how many $220 leads does it take to get to pipeline.

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How to Fix a Sales Forecast Killer

Pointclear

They keep feelers out for competitors’ reps who are unhappy and looking for an opportunity. By increasing the marketing spend to increase leads, especially qualified leads, I turned the dollars loose on: Telemarketing to previous leads who did not buy. Use a telemarketing service to set appointments.

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The Slippery Slope Called Sales Enablement

Jonathan Farrington

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. The core problem is that most marketing programs create “opportunities” that are at Step #1. This is frequently referred to as sales enablement. Sales Enablement.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

Pointclear

Outbound telemarketing The telephone is the Swiss Army knife in the B-to-B marketer’s backpack: a flexible, personal, dependable resource with infinite applications. From a lead generation perspective, you are getting people who are already looking around for solutions, and your risk is vastly reduced thanks to pay-per-click pricing.

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