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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Sales Managers To Blame For Lost Leads

Pointclear

Jim, who is principal of a California-based sales and marketing consulting firm Sales Leakage Consulting, lays the blame squarely at the feet of sales managers, who aren’t putting the necessary pressure on their sales force to follow up on leads, he said. Sales Managers Are to Blame for Lost Leads.

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Does Your Sales Team Know How to Follow-Up on a Lead?

Pointclear

However, it should take no more than a few minutes of sales time, and it’s the best thing an organization can do to ensure that the budget, effort and resources devoted to lead generation are not wasted.”. Sales lead purgatory occurs between SAL and SQL, with sales accepting leads but subsequently losing contact or interest.

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Insights on Outbound Conference in Atlanta

Pointclear

The entire day was spent talking about prospecting. One of the presenters, Mike Weinberg, summed up the sentiment in the room: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 movement harshly declare that proactive targeting and prospecting for new business is dead. Prospecting sets you up for everything else in sales.”.

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Six Steps Toward Building a Successful Sales Force

Pointclear

Building a successful sales force is not easy. Most sales managers will tell you it involves three fundamental steps: Hire the best-qualified candidates; train them; and compensate for results. These three often-overlooked elements are critical to optimizing sales performance: 1. Deploying Sales Resources 2.

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The Pipeline ? Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly.

The Pipeline

Free Resources. What you should do: Get your sales team “in the mix.” Everyone thinks of social selling as a way to understand the prospect (it is), but it is also important to think about social selling in terms of your online persona. Put another way: If you don’t want a prospect to read it, don’t write it. Prospecting.

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What is Inside Sales (And Why Do You Need It?)

DialSource

For example, outside sales reps close deals the old-fashioned way, typically face-to-face. These field sales teams tend to travel often, attending trade shows and conferences in order to schmooze prospects over a meal or round of golf. . Related : KPIs Sales Managers Should Use to Track Field Agents Right Now.

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Who’s Harvesting Your Lead Farm?

SBI

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.

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