ViewPoint

MAY 11, 2017

PointClear was recently given a verbal approval for a pilot program by the SVP of Sales for a technology solutions provider. Then we got turned over to sales operations and purchasing (supposedly a formality). I asked my contact how he thought a company could provide the same level of service for half the cost.

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Lead Generation Sales Leads Sales Qualified Leads PointClear 168

ViewPoint

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Tastes great, less filling—that’s not only one of the greatest campaigns ever ( AdAge says it’s 8 th on the list), it has a corollary in the sales lead generation space. By outsourcing your lead generation, qualification and nurturing activities you get better results for less cost, and I can prove my claim.

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Lead Generation Cost PointClear Generation 149

ViewPoint

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Standard B2B lead-generation programs produce an average 5% lead rate while advanced lead-generation programs (which include lead nurturing) produce an average 15% lead rate—three times higher. That is why you frequently hear sales say: “the leads suck.”. The math isn’t real complex.

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Top of Funnel B2B Sales Sales Leads Sales Qualified Leads 168

ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The result of these touches is what we call a disposition: PointClear's term for completing contact with a decision maker or company (some programs lend themselves to dispositioning by contact and some by company). This approach yields a 5% lead rate. We invest about 10,000 touches to generate 50 leads.

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PointClear Media Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead 319

ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Because the chances are pretty low—probably 3% to 4% at best—that any of these names are bonafide opportunities if you are a B2B company with a complex sales process. Sales won’t spend the time it takes to cull through 100 so-called leads for 3 to 4 good ones. Leads aren’t leads unless: They’re qualified.

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Sales Qualified Leads Forecasting PointClear Enterprise Management 120

ViewPoint

MAY 23, 2017

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. Because a few years ago the sales group asked us (PointClear) to validate those so-called leads and it turned out that only 1.8% Cost per sales qualified lead is $1,250.

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Work Management 192

ViewPoint

AUGUST 28, 2012

This is the second in a series of four blogs about B2B sales lead management, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Something else not well understood in marketing and sales circles is the importance of certain metrics. Qualified Inbounds Leads are MORE Expensive than Qualified Outbound Leads.

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