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Bulls, Bears, Bernanke and BtoB Lead Generation

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In February of 2010, Ben Bernanke began his second term as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. We all wish we could predict the future, and for more than ten years PointClear has compared lead rates to the GDP in hopes of finding a way to predict future lead rates and, maybe, the GDP.

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B2B Lead Generation: Are You Killing the Golden Goose?

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This is the first in a series of four blogs about B2B Lead Generation marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Over the next four weeks we will talk about all of the statistics on the following table, though today we are going to focus on lead rate: Based on over 60,000 completed company dispositions per year (annualized for 2012).

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Lead Generation: A Watched Pot Never Boils

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This is the third in a series of four blogs about lead generation, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Leads and expected metrics are defined in carefully created client program plans and lead rates are impacted (particularly in 2010) by the mix and quality of inbound dispositions.

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Internet Radio - Its Time Arrived Several Years Ago!

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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. SLMA Radio - Since 2010. Why It’s Time for Women to Lead in America with Vicki Dolian. Is the Traditional Sales Compensation Program for B2B Dead?

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B2B Sales Lead Management: A Bird in Hand is Worth Two in the Bush

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This is the second in a series of four blogs about B2B sales lead management, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. In the last blog we talked about lead rates. Qualified Rate includes leads, pipeline (specific action required by PointClear) and nurtures (qualified companies with no immediate pain/need or interest).

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Top 47 B2B Marketing Posts - Hot Topics Ning and Facebook - July 2010

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July 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010. The 20 craziest things you can do on Twitter - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , July 7, 2010 OK, we’ve heard all the great business success stories about connecting and learning through Twitter. Best of B2B Marketing. Featured Sources. Like hooking their toilet up to Twitter. doth protest.

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