Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

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. Some have heard me say in interviews and on SLMA Radio that, pound for pound, marketers produce more revenue than anyone in their company. Total Revenue.

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Compensation Revenue Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 208

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 13, 2018

“When I first started at DiscoverOrg two years ago, I joined a group of six other Sales Development Reps (SDRs). We were all green to the role and new to sales in general. We had a team lead, whose job was daily cheerleading – but the role of ‘manager’ on the Inbound team didn’t exist.”

Lead Rank 276

Lead Rank Inbound Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 276

Pointclear

AUGUST 19, 2014

Should CMOs feel confident that these leads from marketing automation are ready for sales to close? Should CMOs feel confident that these leads from marketing automation are ready for sales to close? Lead Qualification Inbound Marketing Lead Management'

Sales Qualified Lead 252

Sales Qualified Lead Inbound Lead Rank Lead Scoring 252

Pointclear

AUGUST 12, 2014

Should CMOs feel confident that these leads from marketing automation are ready for sales to close? Should CMOs feel confident that these leads from marketing automation are ready for sales to close? Lead Qualification'

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Sales Qualified Lead Inbound Lead Rank Lead Scoring 244

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2021

Every data point helps your revenue team (sales, marketing, and customer success) determine if this lead fits your ideal customer profile (ICP). Typically lead qualification is done 100% manually, which is a huge problem for companies trying to reach their next growth tier. What is Automated Lead Qualification?

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Lead Qualification Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 100

Pointclear

AUGUST 26, 2014

Should CMOs feel confident that these leads from marketing automation are ready for sales to close. Should CMOs feel confident that these leads from marketing automation are ready for sales to close. Lead Qualification Inbound Marketing Lead Management'

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Sales Qualified Lead Inbound Lead Rank Lead Scoring 252

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Sales lead qualification has always been a time-consuming and intensive process. Generating leads is a challenge in itself, then you must determine if that lead can be qualified as a sales prospect, which takes time, research and often connecting with leads directly. What is lead qualification?

Lead Qualification 101

Lead Qualification Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 101

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Forecasting 218

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 21, 2019

To stay ahead of the competition and thrive, it’s essential to identify and adopt sales techniques that can boost your productivity and results. The front-runners focus on data hygiene and ensuring they have accurate and holistic customer information across sales, marketing and service departments. Automated sales prospecting.

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Trends B2B Social Media Telemarketing 297

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 29, 2012

If you are a Sales Rep in this reality, ask yourself these two questions: Is my new quota fair? Sales Reps with fair quotas and BANT qualified buyers blow away their numbers. This truth was reaffirmed recently when I interviewed a software sales rep named Geoff. He consistently performs in the top 5% of his sales team.

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Quota Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel Lead Qualification 287

Smooth Sale

MARCH 22, 2025

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: How to Avoid the Invisible Bottlenecks of B2B Sales Success in B2B sales depends on more than just a strong product and a well-trained sales team. Identifying and addressing these challenges is critical for optimizing the sales cycle.

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B2B Lead Qualification Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 78

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The process of sales and marketing alignment is so fraught with assumptions, misunderstandings, and disagreement that we think both departments need a relationship therapy session! Marketing has certain data needs. Sales has others. Sales uses a CRM … but the marketing automation system might not integrate.

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Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 202

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 22, 2025

Successful sales organizations accumulate a lot of data. In many ways, by streamlining sales processes and workflows, the CRM was the Industrial Revolution of sales. Look beyond the rejection and understand why the sales rep feels this way. Find opportunities to align your CRM with your sales processes.

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CRM Lead Qualification Social Media Data 118

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 28, 2012

This post is for the marketing leader trying to bootstrap their department. Your CEO wants one thing from you: leads that result in more business. Your sales team wants one thing from you: leads that are ready to buy. To satisfy both you need to produce not just more leads, but quality leads.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 317

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The success of any account-based marketing (ABM) or account-based experience (ABX) depends on the efficient flow of accurate account data across sales and marketing teams. By appending CRM and marketing platforms with enriched data, users can increase the quality and quantity of information, either in bulk or in real time.

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Software Software Account Data 130

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For the typical B2B organization, sales and marketing alignment is the ultimate goal. If you’re struggling with sales and marketing alignment, here are a few compelling reasons to get these teams on the same page: Companies with strong sales and marketing alignment achieve 20% annual growth rate.

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Marketing Buyer Persona Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 160

SBI Growth

JUNE 6, 2013

As CMO, you implemented marketing automation; provide great content, and your campaigns are world class. If you don’t have alignment with sales then it will all be wasted effort. For proof, try to measure the return on marketing spend without sales alignment. Historically sales views marketing leads as unqualified.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Qualification 308

Pointclear

JANUARY 9, 2014

Last August I wrote a blog for Top Sales World titled “Lead Generation Hogwash: The Top 7 Lies.”. I detailed 7 lies to be aware of to avoid a lead generation disaster (read the blog for the specifics): Any list will do. Outbound calling is interruption marketing. Automated systems accurately score (prioritize) leads.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 257

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you are a marketing leader and you’re missing or deficient in one of these, there’s a problem. According to the study, a CMO's number one success measure is marketing ROI. For your CEO, results equal leads that generate new business. For your sales force, results equal leads that are ready to buy.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 288

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2018

More than 10 years ago, a marketing agency told me most sellers cave on price before prospects even ask for a discount. Sadly, that behavior continues in sales negotiations today. They know sales reps will make the best offers at the end of the quarter or at the end of our fiscal year, so they wait. Prequalify with Referrals.

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Negotiation Referrals Lead Qualification Discount 237

SBI Growth

AUGUST 30, 2013

I have never spoken to a sales leader who didn’t ask for more qualified leads. Leads fuel the revenue engine. Yet most organizations struggle to generate truly sales-ready leads. In this post I want to walk you through the 7-steps to building a lead generation machine. It fuels the marketing machine.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 306

MarketJoy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In today’s competitive B2B landscape, the divide between sales and marketing teams drains revenue potential. Research shows that companies lose more than 10% of their annual revenue due to misaligned sales and marketing efforts, yet this challenge persists industry-wide. Creating a Unified Revenue Engine The solution?

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Closing Marketing Qualified Lead 52

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

During my time as a sales rep, building a lead list was one of my first activities when I took on a new sales role, territory, or industry vertical. Many organizations may closely meet your company’s ideal customer profile (ICP) criteria and warrant sales reps to proactively reach out to them. Opportunity.

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Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 118

Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2020

For quality leads — that are more effective in the long-term — inbound marketing undoubtedly provides better sources for lead generation than outbound. Well, for starters, inbound prospects, by definition, choose themselves as leads. What is Inbound Lead Generation? Outbound Lead Generation. Sales agrees!

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Lead Rank Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Inbound 246

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? Even with low conversion rates, you can increase lead volume at little cost. Technical Steps.

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Prospecting Scale Lead Nurturing How To 262

Zoominfo

MAY 15, 2019

There are so many factors that can stand in the way of exceptional B2B sales performance—poor leadership, lack of organization, no sales process—the list goes on. Today, we explore some of the more common sales problems—problems you might not even know you’re facing. Did you know that sales reps spend 64.3%

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Hiring How To 224

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 8, 2018

Author: Jason Kulpa Successful B2B marketing is all about saying the right thing through the right channel at the right time. In fast-paced marketing, the right time usually means right away. Finally, by proactively owning engagement today, companies can stretch their marketing dollars further. Be amazing.

Sales Qualified Lead 257

Sales Qualified Lead B2B Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 257

Vengreso

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In an era where efficiency and productivity are paramount, AI sales assistant software emerges as a game-changer for businesses eager to streamline their sales processes and maximize output. At the core of AI sales assistant software lies its capacity to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks.

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Software Software Scale Sales Qualified Lead 114

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

As with most business functions, technology is drastically changing the way we market our products and services. We’ve long since understood the power of one-to-one marketing, but without modern technology, it wasn’t always feasible, scalable, or affordable. So, how can we market to customers who are sick and tired of marketing?

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Conversion Marketing Consumer Social Media 174

MarketJoy

MAY 8, 2025

Lead Generation Marketing Services are important for you if you are looking to attract and convert potential customers for your business. There are various channels that can help new businesses identify their target market, nurture leads, and increase conversions. Best Lead Generation Marketing Channels 1.

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Paid Content Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

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.”

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

LeadBoxer

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Digital marketing solutions and digital marketing channels facilitate the capture of quality leads and enable lead nurturing through digital media. What is Digital Marketing? The Digital Marketing Sales Process. Why is Digital Marketing Crucial for Sales? What is Digital Marketing?

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Lead Generation Channels Lead Rank Lead Scoring 128

Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2018

There are so many factors that can stand in the way of exceptional B2B sales performance—poor leadership, lack of organization, no sales process—the list goes on. Today, we explore some of the more common sales problems—problems you might not even know you’re facing. Did you know that sales reps spend 64.3%

Ideal Customer Profile 196

Ideal Customer Profile B2B Hiring How To 196

Pointclear

JANUARY 22, 2018

Can companies reach the holy grail of marketing—the perfect lead? Well, what is a perfect lead? What is wrong with these formulaic approaches to lead qualification? According to ITSMA: “70% of B2B technology solution buyers want to engage with sales reps before they identify their short list.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 106

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Lead response time can make or break your sale. How to Lower Response Time on Inbound Leads. Automation is a great way to speed up your marketing operations. One approach would be to set up email workflows that are triggered by any leads that fill out a form on your website. Need proof?

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Sales Qualified Lead Inbound Lead Rank Lead Scoring 236

MarketJoy

MARCH 27, 2025

Generating leads is half the battle in B2B sales. Enter: Sales Qualified Leads (SQL) services. These services enable companies to optimize their sales process by targeting high-intent prospects who are more likely to convert. What is Sales Qualified Leads (SQL)?

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Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

There are usually a few events each year where this happens and in this case, it was Boston this week for the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals ( AA-ISP ). “A sales team with an Inside Sales Specialist model closes business 7 points higher than a team without specialists” – Ken Krogue, InsideSales.com.

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Inside Sales InsideView Lead Rank Lead Scoring 217