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What Should the Sales Close Rate Be?

ViewPoint

I’ve read and heard (from a well-known industry analyst firm) that best-in-class companies close 30% of sales qualified leads while average companies close 20%. One of the biggest software companies in the world has a division that spends over $200,000 per year on leads that sales refuses to follow-up on. What a waste.

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How to Set Your Outsourced Lead Generation Program Up for Success (pt 3)

ViewPoint

If a company promises more, chances are the quality of those so-called leads will fall short of what you’re looking for. The best example of this is an appointment setting company that charges by the appointment. Standard PointClear disposition categories include: Lead, Pipeline, Nurture, Disqualified, No Response, Bad.

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The 10 most fascinating people in B2B marketing in 2016

Biznology

Here’s my fresh list of ten innovative thinkers and doers in the world—and I mean the wide world—of B2B marketing which, for most companies, involves a global scope. I still use Laura’s nifty “touchpoint analysis” tool in my business school classes. Our discipline is blessed with a lot of talent and plenty of new ideas. Thanks, Laura!

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Lead Generation Best Practices Part 6: Fewer Leads Are Better

ViewPoint

Best-of-class prospect development—and its focus on fewer, higher qualified sales leads—fills forecasts with sales-ready buyers and helps marketing and sales resources operate more efficiently. In the end, it means great return on program investments and higher company revenue.

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Sales Pipeline Radio Episode 162: Q & A with Dan McDade @dandade

Heinz Marketing

Some lessons from Dan McDade in this episode include: “There’s a real focus on the technology stack and companies are spending more and more on that technology stack. And a caveat here is that most companies prospect too broadly. Dan is the Managing Partner at Prospect-Experience. You can follow him on Twitter @ dandade. .

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What Percent of Leads Should Sales Close?

ViewPoint

Market definition : We once did work for a company that had two different views of the market. Sales was focused on $1 million opportunities in big companies. Marketing focused on $10,000 deals in small-to-medium sized companies. Completed Companies per Week. Process for following up on leads. Lead nurturing. Lead Rate.

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

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Marketing Dashboard: Active Discovery - Digital Body Language , July 27, 2010 One of the most valuable areas to gain an understanding of is the current state of how your prospects actively discover your company and your solutions. The default for this field is your current position at your current company. Are you Being Discovered?

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