Pointclear

APRIL 4, 2013

Staying current on the latest innovations and opinions in sales can be daunting, especially in the the digital space. PointClear''s staff and Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from our digital circles about B2B sales. Sales Coaching - The Use and Abuse of Modeling.

Cold Calling 195

Cold Calling B2B PointClear Hiring 195

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? Every company has their own definition of a “good lead.”

Lead Generation 177

Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Zoominfo

JANUARY 26, 2021

Your typical lead gen strategy may not be enough when targeting the biggest fish. So if you want to grow your leads, it’s time to grow your strategy. . What Is Enterprise Lead Generation? Enterprise prospects are what salespeople and marketers like to refer to as “the whale” of all leads.

Lead Generation 189

Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Enterprise 189

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2021

You want to know if a lead is qualified well before you even pick up the phone to call them. Every data point helps your revenue team (sales, marketing, and customer success) determine if this lead fits your ideal customer profile (ICP). Afterward, they’re either disqualified or passed onto sales teams. Faster, even.

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Lead Qualification Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 246

MarketJoy

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In 2024, B2B companies are grappling with a tough reality: 79% of marketing leads never convert to sales. This disconnect between lead generation efforts and actual revenue underscores the urgent need for better measurement, optimization, and strategies that convert leads into real results.

Lead Gen 98

Lead Gen Lead Rank ROI Lead Scoring 98

Sales 2.0

MARCH 6, 2021

This is a guest post from David Kreiger, the President and Founder of SalesRoads, a conversation-based lead generation service that generates uniquely-qualified sales opportunities. “I would say outbound sales has been a big success story,” Stephen followed up. Successful Firms Diversified Their Channels.

Trade Show 195

Trade Show Lead Generation Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead 195

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

This guide answers the 6 most pressing questions about lead gen, so you can implement a process that keeps your pipeline full — and your salespeople busy closing deals. What You Need to Know About Lead Generation: Why lead generation is important. What is a lead generation strategy? Inbound strategies.

Lead Gen 84

Lead Gen Paid Content Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead 84

Force Management

JANUARY 25, 2024

A sales training initiative is a big investment - one you want to ensure provides a long-term return. The key to ensuring a return on the investment is increasing the breadth and depth of your engagement, ensuring long-term adoption and extending training to all customer-facing professionals, not just the direct sales team.

Lead Gen 113

Lead Gen Face-to-face Direct Sales Team Channels 113

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From assessing which channels perform the best, to evaluating existing tracking capabilities or implementing new attribution solutions, establishing key milestones ensures you are continuously providing value for your business. PRO TIP: A quick-win might be to create consistently across all lead-gen channels.

Lead Rank 230

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Gen ROI 230

Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2020

Increasing sales with enterprise customers starts here — find out how to build custom solutions. Measurements of Success: Tracking success with agreed metrics (between sales and marketing) steers the course for current and future marketing strategies. Align Sales and Marketing. Organize Lead Sources and Channels.

Ideal Customer Profile 246

Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Strategy Marketing 246

Pointclear

APRIL 17, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Sales and marketing operate on different frequencies. Sales isn’t into sharing data. Marketing’s plate is full.

Lead Generation 172

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 172

Pointclear

APRIL 6, 2017

It has just been ruined by snake oil lead generation firms (for those of you younger than I am, and that would be most of you, snake oil is defined as: a substance with no real medicinal value sold as a remedy for all diseases). We quickly become a major outbound sales channel for our clients so I thought we’d have much to discuss.

Outsourcing Services 160

Outsourcing Services Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 160

Zoominfo

JANUARY 26, 2021

Your typical lead gen strategy may not be enough when targeting the biggest fish. So if you want to grow your leads, it’s time to grow your strategy. What Is Enterprise Lead Generation? Enterprise prospects are what salespeople and marketers like to refer to as “the whale” of all leads.

Lead Generation 130

Lead Generation Enterprise Enterprise Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2020

Emails and calls could bring in a new sale, but they could also be ignored or shoved into the spam folder. The bottom line is that relying solely on either channel means your business is only going to scale as fast as that go-to-market strategy allows. Sales agrees! This is where sales funnel awareness is important.

Lead Rank 246

Lead Rank Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Inbound 246

The Digital Sales Institute

JUNE 30, 2022

Lead gen media software is now an important tool in digital selling, Lead generation tools don’t only gather and generate leads. Scoring, qualifying, and nurturing leads helps turn prospects into customers. Do you find it challenging for your company to get new leads? Keep on reading.

Lead Gen 52

Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Software 52

Hubspot Sales

JULY 10, 2020

Be adaptable and think outside the box, and you can still capture crucial sales opportunities. Five Ways to Capture Sales Opportunities from Canceled Events. Instead, you should explore one of the following ways to turn the cancellation into sales opportunities. They include channels such as: Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising.

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Cancellation Opportunity B2B Conference 124

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 10, 2018

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is all the rage in the B2B sales and marketing world … and it’s evolving into something more : Account-Based Everything (ABE) aligns sales and marketing teams with multi-touch campaigns on target accounts. A head of sales is a better place to start than an SDR, so they’ll get more calls. New to ABM?

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Account Based Marketing Account Video Decision Maker 46

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

Lead Rank 201

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona 201

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 20, 2018

Perhaps that’s why so many people in sales — a full 65 percent , according to Chief Marketer’s 2018 B2B Lead Gen Trend Survey — prefer in-person meetings. If you do so politely and confidently, you can establish your lead’s trust in you. Meeting face-to-face is the most valuable channel I’ve found for nurturing leads.

Leads 192

Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Face-to-face Lead Gen 192

A Sales Guy

APRIL 18, 2014

It’s one of those places that reminds you of how cool New York City is and it’s where the NYC Sales Hacker Conference is going to be this upcoming Thursday. For the past several years, I’ve been kicking around the idea of starting a new school sales conference. He’s created the Sales Hacker Conference.

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Conference Outsourcing Services Hiring Lead Gen 117

Green Lead's B2B

AUGUST 6, 2021

There are so many demand gen vendors out there, and if you are a demand gen professional in sales or marketing, we've probably called you. Outsourcing some or all of your appointment setting or lead generation activity to a third party vendor is a task that shouldn't be undertaken by responding to one cold call.

Outsourcing Services 46

Outsourcing Services Lead Gen Cost per Lead Vendor 46

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

Lead Generation 130

Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 130

Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

Only 5-10% of qualified leads successfully convert for marketers ( source ). The average cost of a B2B sales lead varies by industry. Healthcare leads rank highest ($60) followed by business/finance ($43). At the low end are leads for marketing products/services ($32) and technology ($31) ( source ).

Lead Generation 172

Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 172

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 22, 2023

Leveraging friends and colleagues who consult, I asked them what they were seeing with sales executives they work with. Varying types of products/services, different markets, transactional and complex sales. A colleague interviewed one sales executive who was insistent on building an 8X pipeline. ” So that’s it.

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Lead Gen Pipeline Scale Hiring 118

Pointclear

JULY 12, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Asked about what is happening or not happening in marketing and sales that is surprising this year, Ann references research that MarketingProfs did with the Content Marketing Institute last year. ” Social Media: Less About Lead Gen and More About Creating Relationships.

Strategy 171

Strategy Social Media Inbound Outbound 171

Partners in Excellence

MAY 1, 2024

” And we are totally bewildered by things we see happening in sales. ” Andy made a comment, “Sales is becoming so performative… ” We started diving into what that means, I won’t discuss it much in this post, Andy’s writing a fantastic book that goes deeply into this.

Revelation 133

Revelation Lead Gen Scale Face-to-face 133

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every business dreams of a pipeline of well-qualified inbound leads that land in their sales team’s laps. But today’s outbound lead generation tactics are more than just dialing for dollars. Outbound lead generation is the process of identifying, qualifying, and proactively engaging with prospective customers.

Lead Generation 130

Lead Generation Outbound Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 130

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 11, 2013

They’re using every channel possible–LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google +, and more. We build some sort of informal bond, develop some level of trust……… But instead, networking seems to be more about, list generation, lead gen, and other things–but little about relationships.

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Networking Lead Gen Twitter Facebook 128

Marc Wayshak

JULY 8, 2021

The reality is that most salespeople simply don’t have enough appointments on their calendar in order to hit their sales goals. In this video, I’m going to show you 9 keys to abundant sales lead generation. Understanding who you want to be meeting with is half the battle of sales lead generation.

Lead Generation 115

Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 115

Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2020

Emails and calls could bring in a new sale, but they could also be ignored or shoved into the spam folder. The bottom line is that relying solely on either channel means your business is only going to scale as fast as that go-to-market strategy allows. Sales agrees! This is where sales funnel awareness is important.

Lead Rank 147

Lead Rank Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Inbound 147

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Increasing sales with enterprise customers starts here — find out how to build custom solutions. Measurements of Success: Tracking success with agreed metrics (between sales and marketing) steers the course for current and future marketing strategies. What strategies are in place to nurture, convert, qualify and close leads?

Ideal Customer Profile 147

Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 147

LeadFuze

APRIL 9, 2020

But what do “post-pandemic sales ” look like? “New” sales techniques: The future of sales. Scaling efforts: Building a sales infrastructure for whatever the future holds. What Changes in Post-Pandemic Sales. 4 “New” Sales Techniques for the New World. You get it, I know.

Top of Funnel 91

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Scale 91

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

But, oof, I don‘t need to tell you how challenging life in sales can be. Whether you win or lose, it doesn't stop the sales targets from rolling in each month. You need a healthy pipeline of leads to meet those targets. Further, 21% cite cold email as their most successful lead-gen method. Long and skinny?

Lead Generation 72

Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 72

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

What is the Customer Lifecycle (and Why Every Sales Rep Should Care)? For instance, according to Gartner, B2B buyers spend only 17% of the total purchase journey with sales reps. And 44% of millennials prefer no sales rep interaction at all in a B2B setting. What does that mean for the sales team that needs to close deals?

Customer 130

Customer Social Media Top of Funnel Loyalty 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

What is the Customer Lifecycle (and Why Every Sales Rep Should Care)? For instance, according to Gartner, B2B buyers spend only 17% of the total purchase journey with sales reps. And 44% of millennials prefer no sales rep interaction at all in a B2B setting. What does that mean for the sales team that needs to close deals?

Customer 130

Customer Social Media Top of Funnel Loyalty 130

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2021

You want to know if a lead is qualified well before you even pick up the phone to call them. Every data point helps your revenue team (sales, marketing, and customer success) determine if this lead fits your ideal customer profile (ICP). Afterward, they’re either disqualified or passed onto sales teams. Faster, even.

Lead Qualification 100

Lead Qualification Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 100

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. While there’s some variance, I tend to see the following: Sales Training. Sales Process/Methodology. Marketing/Sales Integration. Gamification.

Fashion 112

Fashion Face-to-face Social Media Analytics 112