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MAY 16, 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. Via Partners in Excellence Blog. Via Marketo Blog. Via Marketo Blog.

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JUNE 7, 2016

Nurture leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales is the sixth of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Set sales straight—it’s a win win.

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APRIL 6, 2017

These firms, like those traveling sales folks who hawked one-size-fixes-all elixirs to those who wanted to believe, make great claims—that inevitably fail to pan out. We quickly become a major outbound sales channel for our clients so I thought we’d have much to discuss. Any interest in a short chat? You can’t do anything in 100 hours.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

The biggest disconnect between marketing and sales is the hand-off of marketing qualified leads (MQL’s) to sales and the acceptance of those leads (SAL’s) by sales. That’s more than 100 percent higher performance for companies that have the rigor of sales acceptance in their lead management process.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

Should marketing and sales agree on the definition of a lead? According to James Obermayer ( Sales Lead Management Association ), the fact that there is no agreement between marketing and sales on lead definition results in these problems: Salespeople say that they are not getting enough qualified leads.

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JUNE 20, 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. Will it bring another evolution in the ever-changing buying and sales processes?

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JUNE 10, 2016

Understanding the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results—the final of a multi-part blog series. Many challenges facing Sales and Marketing have been around since the beginning of time. Experience has taught me that only 5% to 15% of inquiries are ready to speak to Sales. Not really.

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JULY 18, 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. Can Fewer Leads Mean More Sales? The Five Greatest Inhibitors to Sales Effectiveness.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

There isn't a senior executive at any company across the globe that doesn't want more sales. Here are some best practices involved with increasing sales: Lead generation, lead qualification, lead nurturing: For every dollar you have closed, you have left two dollars on the table. Download our relational segmentation article here.

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AUGUST 15, 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. Via Sales & Marketing Management. Like great teachers, sales leaders should do the same.

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AUGUST 29, 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. The Rise Of Inside Sales Is Shaking Up The Sales Pipeline. Via Score More Sales.

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JULY 20, 2015

I was the marketing manager of a medical device company and we were near the end of the day’s sales meeting. As I closed my part of the program by projecting an ROI (number of raw inquiries, qualified leads, and projected sales) from our new lead generation program, I innocently asked if there were any questions.

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JULY 17, 2013

To read an excerpt from her latest book, Smart Sales Manager , click here. Today’s “new normal” sales landscape has sales leaders scratching their heads, wondering about the best way to structure their sales organizations. Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Unfortunately, as a result of this thinking, marketing spends a ton of money generating leads for sales that are never followed-up. Here are 5 things CEOs need to consider in order to fix what is broken: What is the CEO’s role as it relates to marketing and sales? What is the CEO’s Role as it relates to marketing and sales?

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JANUARY 22, 2016

This is the third in a series of three blogs about what experts feel companies did well in 2015 and what they would do better in 2016. Mike Weinberg – New Sales Coach. plus I pulled some additional comments pulled from Mikogo’s Sales Trends & Challenges in 2016 – 12 Experts Share Their Predictions (I am one of the experts). .

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

to be selected a Top Sales Expert at Top Sales World , the international online community dedicated exclusively to sharing sales best practices. The Top Sales Expert team includes best-selling authors, builders of large global consultancies, and sales professionals within the Fortune 500 arena. Thank you!

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

One of the best responses to this question that I have seen is from a somewhat dated (2015) article in Eyes On Sales in which the author asks: “How many callbacks do you get if you DON'T leave a voicemail?”. The following is from my favorite author (“New Sales. and “Sales Management. from “The Sales Development Playbook” ).

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MAY 19, 2015

I wrote another blog about this concept that you can find in Top Sales World’s magazine here. Do sales reps like to cold call? Here are a few things in sales and marketing that are not dead. Hence, marketing defaults to number of leads and cost per lead and sales ignores them for the most part.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

In 2015, I wrote this blog for Sales & Marketing Magazine: Dead is Dead (in Sales & Marketing). How about this quote from one of my favorite authors/speakers, Mike Weinberg (from his book New Sales. Simplified ) who also gets the importance of outbound to sales: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0

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APRIL 1, 2015

Find some quality time with your buddies and commiserate about how “cold calling’s dead” and “according to a ton of books and blogs it doesn’t work anyway.” Based on CSO Insights you can still beat most of the other sales reps out there with just a little effort. I have nothing but the upmost respect for sales professionals.

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APRIL 18, 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. Are You Paying Enough Attention To Your Sales Teams? Via Marketo B2B Marketing and Sales Blog.

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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.

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MARCH 13, 2014

The interviews are available on our blog and YouTube channel. In the blogs each interview is broken down into smaller segments that allow you to watch brief clips around a specific topic. Nick Stein, Vision Critical, Youth Meets Experience in Sales Force. Matt Heinz, Heinz Marketing, The Quality of Sales Leads is Abysmal.

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MAY 5, 2017

At the Funnel Media Group we believe that AI is the future of sales and marketing operations. Because of this, CRM Radio and the sister program SLMA Radio, have been interviewing executives on the subjects of the marketing and sales uses of Artificial Intelligence. About CRM Radio Guest Mike Plante, Chief Marketing Officer.

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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. Their fear that you’ll turn on the hard sale based on that form is one reason they lie. Leads suck.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Field sales is flat while inside sales is up 20 percent in the last few years. Knowing the new science of sales is what will help a salesperson to consistently meet expectations, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Chad Burmeister, vice president of corporate sales at ConnectandSell. Sales is Getting Scientific.

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APRIL 23, 2013

This article was originally published by Bob Apollo on his blog Accelerating Revenue Growth: the Inflexion-Point Blog. Many sales pipelines include a stage labeled “qualified”. This is where first level sales management has such a critical role. Measure Progress Based on Outcomes. Top Performers Qualify Differently.

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JUNE 4, 2013

You can read more from Jonathan over at his award winning blog The JF Blogit , which attracts thousands of visitors every day, and of course you will constantly find fresh resources on Top Sales World. Jonathan is Senior Partner for Jonathan Farrington Associates and CEO of Top Sales World, based in Paris and London.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

I’m an avid reader of Bob Apollo’s “Accelerating Revenue Growth” blog. Bob is the founder of Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners, a UK firm that engages with B2B companies to improve their sales and marketing strategy and drive revenue. Massively shift costs out of your combined Sales and Marketing engine.

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MAY 2, 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. Motivate Your Sales Team with These 13 Ideas That Work. Ready to triple your sales pipeline?

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MAY 15, 2013

This article was originally published by Bob Apollo on his blog Accelerating Revenue Growth: the Inflexion-Point Blog. For those of you unfamiliar with the movie, Blake’s philosophy of salepersonship is that, if sales people do nothing else, then they should at least Always Be Closing. A Question of Technique?

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

I continue to enjoy the insightful discussions I have with sales and marketing experts in our PowerViews series. For this ‘best of’ edition we revisit the hot topics—social media, mobile marketing, sales lead follow up. Each interview is available on our blog and YouTube channel. There are a few topics that come up regularly.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

This article has been selected for DeFinis Communications’ “Sales Coaching: Top Tips for Increased Productivity” Blog Carnival. Sales managers have six basic jobs—hire, compensate, train, deploy, monitor and manage, and coach and counsel—and they generally fail at the last three.

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APRIL 28, 2015

The ways sales executives follow up on leads is a little like trying to win games with the Hail Mary. There are three main reasons why sales rep follow-up on leads is relatively ineffective: The leads suck. If you are sending raw, unfiltered and mostly unqualified leads to sales they will never follow-up on them. 3) Execution.

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MARCH 20, 2014

I wrote an article for my sales club about the " Best Answer to Sell Me This Pen I Have Ever Seen. " Let''s say you have a sales interview coming up. So after, when you make your sales calls. Today''s guest blog is by Ian Adams. Therefore, even though the quantity of leads was good, the quality was very poor.

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APRIL 17, 2014

In January I wrote the blog: How to Diagnose if Inbounditis is Killing Your Sales Pipeline , which was published by DemandGen Report. In fact, it makes the whole sales pipeline sick. In fact, it makes the whole sales pipeline sick. The percent of sales accepted leads decreasing while lead quotas increase.”.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This is the fourth (and last) in a series of four blogs about sales leads, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. This time we are going to talk about how sales reps look a gift horse in the mouth, why and what to do about it. Agreeing on a generic solution (a critical step mostly skipped by sales reps).

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