Pointclear

MAY 28, 2015

Executives must set the expectations for sales and marketing to: Provide necessary materials and related data: This can vary depending on what a particular vendor needs to be successful. For example: Sales process information, updated client lists, active opportunities, messaging, etc.)

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Outsourcing Services Lead Generation Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 100

Pointclear

JUNE 5, 2015

So decide in advance if you are looking for quality over quantity, and if you are willing to wait for leads to be developed that are worth your sales team’s time. In reality, you cannot accelerate the sales process (or even the buying process).

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Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation Leads 100

The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

Craig is also the author of the popular b2b sales and marketing blog, the Funnelholic ( www.funnelholic.com ). He focuses on b2b sales marketing across the entire funnel from demand generation to overall marketing to sales process and organization. PointClear PD. PointClear PD. EDGE Sales Process.

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Report Pipeline Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics 244

Braveheart Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Here are a couple of compelling statistics that support this strategy: Research shows that 35% to 50% of sales go to the vendor that responds first. An outside sales call costs $308, an inside sales call costs $50 [Source: PointClear]. Source: com]. Source: Objective Management Group].

Revenue 52

Revenue Hiring PointClear Inside Sales 52

Jonathan Farrington

JULY 31, 2013

Dan McDade founded PointClear in 1997 to help B2B companies with complex sales processes drive more revenue through effective prospect development. In addition he was named a 2012 Top Sales Expert and one of the Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers in 2012 and 2013 by Top Sales World.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead PointClear Leads 51

Pointclear

JULY 14, 2015

Of course there are still the laggards—those companies whose marketing and sales do not agree on basic parameters of what a good lead is; however, in my opinion, this segment is shrinking due to better data and higher visibility of this issue. In our experience here at PointClear, very few companies are getting it right.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel Leads 100

SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Dan McDade – Pointclear. Bob Apollo – Inflexion Point Strategy Partners. Trish Bertuzzi – The Bridge Group. Matt Heinz – Heinz Marketing. Jill Konrath – Jill Konrath. Ken Murray – VanillaSoft (posthumously). Maria Pergolino – Marketo. Debbie Qaqish – The Pedowitz Group.

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Lead Management Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 114

Pointclear

OCTOBER 13, 2011

It also has to include lost opportunity cost because your sales pipeline is not where you need it to be. My friends over at PointClear have a good comparison guide titled, “ We Can Do It Cheaper.” The entire sales process from soup to nuts is placed in the hands of an outsource partner. What do you mean?

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Outsourcing Services Lead Generation Top of Funnel Leads 160

Pointclear

JUNE 28, 2018

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.”

Sales Qualified Lead 113

Sales Qualified Lead Revenue Lead Rank Cost per Lead 113

Jonathan Farrington

AUGUST 10, 2012

So, of the less than one-third of leads sales’ qualifies, they close 20% for a net of about 7% of total leads generated. The Sales Process. The final place for leakage is in the sales process. There are scores, if not hundreds, of sales methodologies. A lot more leakage.

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Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Sales Enablement Lead Rank 35

DialSource

JULY 8, 2020

For example, by implementing Salesforce and Dialsource, you can take your remote sales strategies to new heights. . Related : KPIs Sales Managers Should Use to Track Field Agents Right Now. The goal is to drive efficiency and automate the entire sales processes while ensuring personalization and compliance. .

Inside Sales 69

Inside Sales Scale Outside Sales Face-to-face 69

Jonathan Farrington

JANUARY 5, 2013

Most of the sales and marketing predictions (from analysts, publications and consultants) were repeated (and re-tweeted) over and over and went something like this: “2012 will finally be the year of mobile”. In 2012, 70% of the sales process will be complete before a sales rep needs to get involved…”. Blah, blah, blah…”.

Data 43

Data Sales Qualified Lead PointClear Inbound 43

Pointclear

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Of course, Covey’s message is a good one for all of us, but especially true for salespeople as pointed out in “The Power of Prioritization Report” i published by Velocify (A Sales Optimization Study). Sales Process Sales Leads'

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Study How To Report Course 235

Pointclear

MAY 6, 2014

The main reason that the results from CRM initiatives are suboptimal in most organizations with a field sales force is that the main stakeholder, the sales rep, doesn’t get the “WIIFM” (“What’s in it for me?”). Sales Process B2B Sales'

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CRM Intent Field Sales B2B 258

Pointclear

AUGUST 21, 2014

Sales Process Sales & Marketing Management' Now, with that said, why should YOU read the book? Without giving it all away, I’ll share a small sample of what the book covers and what I found to be the most interesting and compelling aspects.

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Closing Motivation Up-Sell Sales Process 260

Pointclear

JULY 15, 2014

Becoming a sales first company is all about aligning everyone in your organization to support your sales team because they are the face of your brand and the person your customers turn to first to understand how your products and services can help them solve their toughest business challenges.

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Company Face-to-face Sales Process Sales 244

Pointclear

JUNE 24, 2016

A remarkable new book is changing the way that B2B sales professionals think about, approach, and serve their customers. How is Beyond the Sales Process different from traditional sales books?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring B2B Case Study 133

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

JO: A couple of months ago we had Michael Alexander, one of our advisers, on our blog, and he's the one who made the statement, "Those companies without a sales process aren't running a business. JO: So, the first thing [you've] got to [do is] define what a sales lead is. They're running a lottery." That's what it amounts to.

Lead Management 124

Lead Management Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 124

Jonathan Farrington

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Neil Rackham delivered the keynote address at this year’s national US Business Marketing Association meeting and is quoted in “BtoB Magazine” as follows: “ Sales and marketing are two functions with an identical mission, so how can they be like ships passing in the night?”. 3 Steps to Align Sales and Marketing. It is also free.

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Sales Qualified Lead Outsourcing Services PointClear Inbound 38

Pointclear

APRIL 14, 2017

Here is an example: The following is an example of what takes place without substantially more accountability in the Marketing and Sales process. Here’s a slide from a deck about the Era of Accountability. You can find the deck here. It also points out the benefits of discipline in decision-making around marketing spend.

Lead Generation 147

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Outsourcing Services Pipeline 147

Pointclear

JULY 9, 2013

In her work she''s found so many companies with interesting solutions that she couldn’t find flaw in, that she decided to work with what people are using if it is generally moving them forward, and help them tweak their results and make improvements to some very basic things she feels many sales leaders and company leaders are overlooking.

Lead Rank 244

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Follow-up 244

Pointclear

MARCH 11, 2014

This, of course, shortens the sales process and helps you stand out from the competition. When someone gives you a good referral, they’re telling a prospective client that you are someone who can be trusted, that you’re credible—that they, in some way, “know” you. The conversion rate for referrals is over 50 percent. The best part?

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Referrals Cold Calling Competition LinkedIn 250

Pointclear

APRIL 3, 2014

Relationships rule in sales. But while technology has forever altered our sales processes, it won’t save our sales careers. Technology provides us with many great tools, but it is the person behind the LinkedIn profile , all the fancy gadgets, and high-tech presentations who actually makes the sale.

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Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile Cold Calling Gatekeeper 250

Pointclear

AUGUST 20, 2018

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. However, upon further analysis only 40 were fully qualified and warranted sales follow-up.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 124

Pointclear

OCTOBER 4, 2016

During the video I talk about the five steps in the sales process and how most sales people only use two steps which results in bad experiences for their prospects and NO DEALS. I also suggest that questions to asks prospects break down into the following categories: pain, priority, process and environment.

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Webinar Metrics Prospecting Pipeline CRM 113

Pointclear

MAY 1, 2013

You may know that opportunities from this source typically underperform opportunities from other marketing efforts, embedded analytics can help you determine why and make the necessary adjustments to your marketing and sales efforts.

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Analytics Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Negotiation 216

Pointclear

MARCH 26, 2015

Sales Process Sales & Marketing Management' .: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development became a #1 Amazon Best-Seller and spent a full year as the Top-Rated book in its category. Web: [link]. Twitter: @mike_weinberg.

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Handbook Prospecting Sales Coaching Twitter 100

Pointclear

JUNE 28, 2016

A simple 3:1 rule has worked well for checking that pipeline gen and sales process management are moving in the right direction: 3 suspects to 1 prospect, 3 prospects to 1 qualified opportunity, 3 qualified opportunities to 1 win.". times the ERP vendor's overall market share.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Closing 133

Pointclear

MAY 30, 2013

Keeping up to date on the latest innovations and opinions in sales can be time-consuming, especially in the the digital space. Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. Qualities of an Inside Sales Winner. NHL Playoffs: Lessons in Building a Winning Sales Team.

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B2B PointClear Inside Sales Solutions Selling 164

Pointclear

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Prospect qualification remains essential to ensuring that sales reps are talking to the right person, and that the right person is knowledgeable and engaged prior to the sales meeting.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Account Based Marketing 100

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Those that do not move to sales-qualified are then reviewed by the judicial branch. It's either moving forward in the sales process or it is being nurtured. Marketing is evaluated on the quality of the leads delivered to sales and the sales reps are evaluated on their efficient use of company assets, in this case, leads.

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Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Lead Qualification Fashion 124

Pointclear

MARCH 27, 2015

Sales Process Sales & Marketing Management' .: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development became a #1 Amazon Best-Seller and spent a full year as the Top-Rated book in its category. Web: [link]. Twitter: @mike_weinberg.

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Prospecting Handbook Face-to-face Call-back 100

Pointclear

JANUARY 11, 2011

Inside Sales reps will rely on and be trained on how to use that data to have meaningful conversations with their buyers. Metrics will evolve beyond just baseline activity metrics (phone, emails) to include metrics that track movement through the qualification and sales process. Social media has leveled the playing field.

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Inside Sales Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 185

Pointclear

MAY 18, 2016

For B2B companies with a complex sales process, more than half need to be outbound sourced. An average of 53.75 Understanding the realistic potential of inbound, nurturing, and outbound is necessary to achieving desired revenue. Fortunately, it’s not guesswork.

Revenue 140

Revenue Inbound Outbound Marketing 140

Pointclear

APRIL 16, 2013

The Sales 2.0 Attendees were promised they would learn: how to create a sales process ruled by metrics and measurement. Conference billed itself as “the number one industry event devoted to excellence in leveraging SaaS technologies.” how collaboration can promote productivity and enhance the customer experience.

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Hotels Lead Rank Lead Scoring Conference 170

Pointclear

MARCH 17, 2015

Mike is genuinely passionate about sales and reviving the art of prospecting for new business. Sales Process B2B Sales' You’ll not only walk away fully equipped—I guarantee you will also be fully inspired.

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Handbook Face-to-face Outbound Inbound 100

Pointclear

MAY 15, 2013

Top performing sales people qualify rigorously and repeatedly throughout the sales process, because they have too much respect for their own time to chase opportunities that are never likely to close, and would prefer to get out and find a better opportunity instead.

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Top of Funnel Opportunity Closing Film 248