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5 do’s & don’ts of B2B lead qualification

Biznology

Lead qualification is one of the primary jobs for B2B marketers, and a great deal of time and money is spent on this step of the sales cycle. Now that I’ve stated the obvious, I see both good and bad lead qualification processes in the market. Which leads me to 5 Do’s and Don’ts of B2B lead qualification.

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Persistence Pays—How 42 Lead Qualification Touchpoints Won a $1 Billion Deal

ViewPoint

While some sales people stop after placing one or two calls (if they don’t get the prospect on the phone or don’t get a call back, they deem the lead no good) our sales support associates keep trying. Our success stories are attributed to this persistent (yet professional) approach to teleprospecting.

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5 Best practices of trade show lead qualification

Biznology

Following my last blog on lead qualification, I received some great comments and several questions as to whether lead qualification differs for trade show leads. Yes, it does, and here is a revision of my last blog specifically addressing trade show lead generation and qualification.

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Why BANT No Longer Applies for B2B Lead Qualification

ANNUITAS

Fifteen years ago I worked for a B2B marketing agency that had an outbound call center focused on lead generation. The goal for the majority of our programs was to have our telemarketers qualify names, gather some information and qualify these prospects by the famed BANT (Budget, Authority, Need, Timeframe) criteria.

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Why BANT No Longer Applies for B2B Lead Qualification

ANNUITAS

Fifteen years ago I worked for a B2B marketing agency that had an outbound call center focused on lead generation. The goal for the majority of our programs was to have our telemarketers qualify names, gather some information and qualify these prospects by the famed BANT (Budget, Authority, Need, Timeframe) criteria.

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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

Marketing Insider Group

The leads with the highest conversion rate and the lowest costs typically come from inbound activities like search and are then followed up and qualified by our telemarketing professionals. And so we turn to good old-fashioned cold calling to drive leads, identify new contacts or even clean our lists.

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Why would a company ever outsource anything?

ViewPoint

That’s essentially what PointClear clients do when they engage us for outsourced lead generation. They get a cohesive team of B2B teleprospecting associates—experienced, educated and trained—who can deliver immediate results. Read Is it Better to Insource or Outsource Lead Generation? Plus they get support that’s hard (i.e.