Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The Sales Lead Management Association has opened up voting for the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management. I'm on the list, so if I've earned your respect in the world of demand gen and lead generation, I'd love your vote. So choose wisely.

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Leads360 Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management 100

Valasys

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Out of the leads that get generated, 79% of it won’t convert to sales! The cause of this huge discrepancy is not that they have no interest in making a purchase from your company but it is due to the negligent amount of nurturing that took place. Keys To Lead Management. Defining A Qualified Lead.

Lead Ranking 49

Lead Ranking Sales Leads Top of Funnel Work Management 49

Valasys

MAY 13, 2024

The business landscape of today is fiercely competitive. A good strategy that has proven to work for these businesses is the usage of sales automation apps. These apps have rich features and functionalities to process sales and productivity. Why Do B2B Businesses Need Sales Automation Apps?

B2B Sales 40

B2B Sales Top of Funnel Automation Enterprise Management 40

The Point

JANUARY 24, 2013

Key to designing an effective lead nurturing program is taking stock of your current lead management process. Giving sales a voice in the process will help ensure that, as an organization, they feel they have a stake in the new lead management program and won’t feel it’s being foisted upon them by marketing.

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Lead Management Process Work Management Sales Qualified Leads 100

PureB2B

MAY 22, 2016

When it gets right down to it, manual lead management can be a huge, boring, and largely inefficient task. Fortunately, there are all sorts of tools that can help your company get the job done faster. Setting your sales team up for success right in the inbox is a great way to get a handle on lead management.

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Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management Tools 72

ANNUITAS

APRIL 26, 2011

Lead management continues to be a hot topic in the world of B2B marketing as we turn the corner and head into the second half of 2010. As a leader in lead management process development, our firm has seen a lot of confusion in the market about what constitutes lead management. So what are these myths?

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Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring 100

SalesIntel

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Any business’s continued success hinges on its sales pipeline’s growth. Without a constant source of high-quality leads and accounts, revenue will dry up. Having a wealth of data empowers sales teams to optimize their conversion efforts by targeting, finding, and engaging with their ideal prospects.

Ideal Customer Profiles 52

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Business 52

ViewPoint

JANUARY 12, 2012

Contrary to popular belief, reps don’t need more sales leads. They need fewer leads—or more accurately, fewer raw, unfiltered, unqualified leads. But to be fair to Steve, he is paid to sell—not to interpret leads. The overall result is often wasted marketing dollars and wasted sales time.

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Sales Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 120

ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

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. ” How did Andy know so much about sales, marketing and sales leads?

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PureB2B

MAY 22, 2016

This usually entails the long hard task of separating legitimate prospects from duds, organizing data, and consistently tracking key leads. Manual lead management can be a huge, boring, and largely inefficient task. Fortunately, there are all sorts of tools that can help your company get the job done faster.

Lead Management 62

Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management Sales Genius 62

PureB2B

MAY 22, 2016

When it gets right down to it, manual lead management can be a huge, boring, and largely inefficient task. Fortunately, there are all sorts of tools that can help your company get the job done faster. Setting your sales team up for success right in the inbox is a great way to get a handle on lead management.

Lead Management 59

Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management Tools 59

ViewPoint

JANUARY 19, 2012

When qualifying and nurturing sales leads, the lead farmer (prospect development professional) has a challenging job. The starting point in lead management is usually an inquiry consisting of a name, title, a company, a phone number or email address. The lead farmer is patient, but persistent.

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Sales Leads Sales Qualified Leads B2B Sales Marketing Qualified Leads 120

The Point

JANUARY 14, 2014

In my experience, most of the mental energy and strategic thinking around the practice of lead nurturing and lead management is usually applied to the goal of accelerating prospects through the sales process – from MQL to SQL, from SQL to Opportunity, and so on.

Lead Ranking 100

Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Leads 100

The Point

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I only recently came across the results of research published late last year by Leads360 , a leading provider of hosted (SaaS) solutions for managing sales leads. Call me a data point of one, but the company that makes those phone calls to my desk is someone with whom I’d never want to do business.

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Leads360 Sales Leads Telemarketing Marketing Qualified Leads 100

ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Jim Obermayer is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association , and host of the Funnel Radio Channel. Jim recently interviewed PointClear’s Dan McDade about the five most important things he’s learned in business and life—in one of an ongoing series of radio programs featuring sales and marketing industry leaders.

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PointClear Ethics Budget Programs Business 149

ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

However, there are a lot of things good insourced operations and lead generation companies do well. While lead generation (or teleprospecting) is not rocket science, there are a lot of moving parts in a well-run lead generation machine. Failure to execute and coordinate all of the moving parts leads to poor results.

Lead Generation 378

Lead Generation Work Management Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Management 378

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

And whereas the rapid emergence of flexible, easy-to-use, e-marketing tools is good news for marketers, choosing the right solution for your business can be a daunting process. Aligning sales and marketing with automation. Improving lead management through process-driven technology. Evaluate the technology solutions.

Marketing Management 48

Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Lead Management Marketing Automation 48

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Millions of companies crowd the B2B universe, vying for the same share of business. As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct.

Lead Generation 243

Lead Generation Statistics Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 243

ViewPoint

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Our own Kimmy Netterville made the Sales Lead Management Association’s “Most Inspiring” list of 40 outstanding individuals in our industry, announced today. Kimmy was recognized in the category People in Lead Generation Companies for her many contributions in the last decade-plus helping PointClear clients as Program Director.

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PointClear Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 0

Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Business process automation is, hands down, one of the best technological innovations to come along in decades. These tasks take time away from the value we could potentially be adding in our business. You get deep insights that inform smarter business decisions. Guest post by Eduard Klein. What is B2B Marketing Automation?

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Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles Efficiency Marketing Automation 165

markempa

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

Companies that adopt effective lead management processes generate more revenue from their lead generation investment and have overall higher close rates on marketing generated leads than those that do not. But I've encountered very few companies that really do lead management.

Lead Management 120

Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring 120

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 15, 2009

How can better sales and marketing alignment improve sales performance metrics? On one hand I think the answer to this is self-evident: if better marketing means more and/or better sales leads , then sales can focus more on selling than on lead generation, which should translate into higher close rates and more sales.

Thought Leadership 48

Thought Leadership Sales Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 48

Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Our own Josh Baez , Client Engagement Manager, recently joined Jim Obermayer, outgoing president of The Funnel Media Group for a great conversation on SLMA Radio entitled: Is Sales Engagement the Most Important Platform in your Marketing Stack? Lack of sales lead follow-up is a plague on B2B Companies.

Top of Funnel 125

Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services Planning Sales Qualified Leads 125

markempa

FEBRUARY 24, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. " So does writing a book help you lead generation?

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Sales Leads Generation 120

Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

Millions of companies crowd the B2B universe, vying for the same share of business. As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct.

Lead Generation 172

Lead Generation Statistics Sales Qualified Leads Allocation 172

ANNUITAS

APRIL 10, 2014

Emails are created, sent out to a list of potential buyers and those who respond are deemed leads and those that do not are targeted for the next campaign which may be a webinar, event, video, etc. With this approach, marketers are busy operating from one tactic to the next with very little to show for it. Workshops will do it.

Paid Search Agency 100

Paid Search Agency Enterprise Management Marketing Management Automation 100

Biznology

MAY 24, 2018

This subject came up for me as I was interviewed by Jim Obermayer of the Sales Lead Management Association recently on Five Lessons in Business and Life. Start your career in a small company, where you can make small mistakes, and get broad exposure to a variety of sales and marketing functions.

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Tips Landing Pages Case Study Case Studies 190

Martech

JANUARY 4, 2023

A consultant who helps businesses with brand building and marketing strategy, Dave’s passion project is Exit Five, a private, online community for B2B marketers with more than 3,000 members. He’s also an established speaker and co-host of the very popular “Sales Pipeline Radio” podcast. Company: Heinz Marketing.

Marketing Analytics Tools 120

Marketing Analytics Tools B2B Marketing Enterprise Management B2B 120

The Point

JANUARY 17, 2019

Some years ago, our firm conducted a lead management audit for a technology client who was struggling to convert raw, inbound inquiries into sales qualified leads. During the audit, it became quickly apparent that one of the major issues was at the very front end of the lead qualification process.

Sales Qualified Leads 168

Sales Qualified Leads Tips Lead Nurturing Multi-Channel 168

ViewPoint

JULY 26, 2016

Most companies admit to generating only a 10-25% follow-up of their sales inquiries. This means that 75% of the marketing dollars spent on lead generation are wasted. Sales Lead Management Association. But what if we have a world where: Sales follows up 100% of the inquiries (all inquiries, not just leads).

Budget Management 120

Budget Management Spending Marketing Management Budget Programs 120

ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

You may not realize it, but B2B podcasts from you and your company create multi-use content, testimonials, thought leadership, and relationships with industry leaders. Once a month programming is very good, twice a month for moderately sized companies provides visibility and a following. for as little as $500 per episode.

Multi-Channel 159

Multi-Channel B2B Thought Leadership Top of Funnel Thought Leadership 159

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 13, 2010

Of course, one big mistake – or even a series of little ones – can be the end of a potential sale. Ensure you avoid these 10 worst things you can do with a qualified sales lead in your lead nurturing efforts: 1. Constant phone calling is a sure-fire way to get a qualified leads running for the hills.

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Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead Sales Leads Lead Scoring 48

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 17, 2011

by Carol Fox If your sales leads aren’t receiving lead nurturing efforts from marketing to convert them quickly into business, they ultimately aren’t going to benefit your bottom line. If your team excels in quantity but lacks in quality, try these three methods to improve the quality of your leads.

Sales Leads 48

Sales Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 48

markempa

AUGUST 16, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. It was originally a blog post I wrote back in June.

B2B Sales 120

B2B Sales Lead Generation Sales Leads B2B Thought Leadership 120

Outgrow

APRIL 8, 2020

Top Unbounce Integration Tools Your Business Needs In 2020. Good landing pages are the lifeline of any online business. In today’s complex business structure, ain’t nobody got time to schedule activities manually. They offered a free goal calculator for the users to analyze their business. Yeah, call me Captain Obvious!

Marketing Automation Services 52

Marketing Automation Services Tools Outgrow Business 52

The Point

MARCH 22, 2019

Lead scoring – as a fundamental part of a company’s lead management strategy – has officially fallen out of fashion. Marketing, in turn, sees no reason to fix the system because “sales doesn’t use lead scoring.”. 3 Key Reasons Not to Give Up on Lead Scoring Click To Tweet. I would argue: no.

Lead Ranking 113

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Account Based Marketing 113

markempa

JULY 10, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. This is an ongoing pattern for lead generation failure.

B2B Sales 120

B2B Sales Lead Generation Sales Leads BtoB 120