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Dear CEO: Find out how well your team is nurturing its B2B sales leads

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If you are paying (just as an example) $750 per appointment, and on average 40% or more of those appointments are with someone who cannot or will not buy, then you are actually paying $1250 per appointment—if you consider, as PointClear does, that unless it’s a qualified prospect it doesn’t count. Long term, things get even worse.

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Why Podcasting Has Great Reach and is the Least Expensive Content Creator

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While most companies scramble to create content, they remain unaware that podcast content is the least expensive tactic per impression and listener. WHY IT MATTERS: “While most companies scramble to create content, they remain unaware that podcast content is the least expensive tactic per impression and listener.”. __.

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What's it take to generate leads that fuel your forecast?

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What is a lead? Is it the name on a list you bought from a content aggregator for $23? While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. At PointClear, we apply agile to what we do for clients to save time, save money, prevent frustration and get better results. years—twice the industry standard.

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Get 3X B2B Marketing ROI by Nurturing Leads

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You can see from the above breakout that standard lead generation—the approach most organizations take —nets 50 highly qualified leads against a list of 1,000, or a 5% lead rate. Advanced lead generation—the approach PointClear employs on behalf of its clients—nets 154 highly qualified leads against a list of 1,000, or a 15.4%

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Does Your Sales Team Know How to Follow-Up on a Lead?

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Approximately 70% of all leads are rejected by sales—either actively or by inaction. Sales lead purgatory occurs between SAL and SQL, with sales accepting leads but subsequently losing contact or interest. Another 20% of leads are ineffectively worked for mostly subjective reasons (i.e.,

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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Advantages of LinkedIn in B2B Marketing

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Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. PR Giant to Set Up New Content Marketing Unit. The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn.

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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. More than 80% of smartphone owners said they listen to some kind of Internet radio on their mobile gadgets.”. SLMA Radio - Since 2010.