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What's it take to generate leads that fuel your forecast?

Pointclear

At PointClear, we apply agile to what we do for clients to save time, save money, prevent frustration and get better results. At PointClear, our average associate is 50. Does your CRM manage list segments, cadence, lead data and other outcomes? Testing and data over opinions and conventions. years—twice the industry standard.

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The Flavors That "Sales Ready" Leads Come In

Pointclear

I once worked with the then SVP, Marketing of a large public company who was frustrated with sales. At one point he got so angry that he offered sales management the following choices for spending a $100,000 budget to generate leads. (Cartoon courtesy to Kenny Madden). Big surprise. Guess which one they chose? None of the above.

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Dear CEO: Fix these three things and increase revenue

Pointclear

In addition to analyzing the actual cost of a qualified lead (not just the cost to generate a raw lead), you should also carefully measure the progression of leads through the sales process. You are probably saying to yourself right now: “We do that” or “That is what I pay sales managers to do.” They said the quality sucked.

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

DialSource

While there are a number of key differences between inside sales and outside sales, the primary difference is that inside sales reps work from a home or company office remotely; communicating and selling over the phone, through email, or other online avenues. Inside Sales Is Here to Stay — Here’s Why .

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Make Marketing More Efficient by Embedding Analytics on Top KPIs

Pointclear

Frank Donny is founder and CEO of Marseli , a marketing and sales analytics and performance software company. Frank is responsible for the firm’s capabilities, software vision and services.

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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Why Don’t Sales Reps Follow Up On Leads? The Real Issue

Pointclear

Finding leads isn’t the hard part, but unqualified leads are just “ash and trash”, according to my latest PowerViews guest, James Obermayer, sales manager extraordinaire. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc.

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Is AI impacting Inside Sales Rep Revenue? Mike Plante of InsideSales Says it Is.

Pointclear

Now there is a rush for software and computers to reason (yes, that is the right word) and to take action for sales and marketing revenue increases by people or in a programmatic fashion. Sales managers must acknowledge that AI is going to make its way into the ways in which sales people work, prospect, and sell.