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Cadence—Multi-touch, Multi-media, Multi-cycle Marketing Multiplies Results

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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. What Is Multi-Touch?

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

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What is a lead? While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. Sales won’t spend the time it takes to cull through 100 so-called leads for 3 to 4 good ones. Which means those “leads” land in a black hole, and the money spent to generate them is wasted. Is this a person with authority to buy?

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Improve Sales Lead Generation via Marketing Analytics Part 2: Two Examples

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In the first article on marketing analytics , I discussed the best-practice processes involved in the review, assessment and continuous enhancement of sales lead generation programs to achieve improved results. Example 1: A shift in scoring criteria drives higher results. 22% of more than 20,000 raw leads converted to qualified leads.

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

ViewPoint

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. In the last blog in this series we discussed lead nurturing , and how an advanced lead generation program that includes nurturing can triple your sales. Set sales straight—it’s a win win.

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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%. Those results factor in lead leakage of between 52% to 86% of the marketing qualified leads put into the top of the funnel. None were actually leads.

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Marketing and Sales: Done Well (2015) Do Better (2016) - Part 3 of 3

ViewPoint

To create lasting and sustainable sales performance improvement, sales managers need to free time up to invest in higher-value sales leadership activities. Companies need to remember the sales manager’s primary job and stop burying them with unimaginable amounts of crap that has nothing to do with leading the team or driving new revenue.

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Social Selling 2016: Top 100 Influencers and Brands

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We looked at the topic of social selling before on our blog in 2015 , and we were keen to look at it again to see which Social Selling brands and individuals were leading the online discussion. Be sure to download the report to see who ranked beyond 50 on the list. Influencer Score. PointClear. Influencer Score.