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Lead Generation Lies That are Wreaking Havoc with Your Sales

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Last August I wrote a blog for Top Sales World titled “Lead Generation Hogwash: The Top 7 Lies.”. I detailed 7 lies to be aware of to avoid a lead generation disaster (read the blog for the specifics): Any list will do. Automated systems accurately score (prioritize) leads. A form completion is a lead.

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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. Just try to pass them on to your field sales team and you’ll see. 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.

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What is Value Selling and How to Generate Leads in Companies that Buy Value

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Value selling is PointClear's bread and butter. I practice it every day in my role as lead salesperson for the company. (We The challenge is that lead generators with happy ears don’t ask the questions that might effectively disqualify an account. Your customer used to have a manual stock and inventory system.

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The Power of the Human Voice in Lead Qualification & Lead Nurturing

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PointClear’s success doing lead generation, lead qualification and lead nurturing for our clients is grounded in proactively reaching out and connecting with prospects via a one-on-one telephone conversation. These include custom content, nurturing emails, landing pages, SEO, webinars and podcasts.

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The Key to Sales and Marketing Alignment: Empathy

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Today’s conversation is with Karen Hayward , Managing Partner for Chief Outsiders , on how her 20-year career in sales and marketing impacts the way she approaches consulting today. I started at Xerox in sales after graduating, then fast-forward 20 years and I was VP Marketing. Hi Karen, welcome to the blog!

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The Skinny on Lead Nurturing - 11 Experts Weigh In (part 2 of 2)

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Nurturing is one of the most effective, yet underutilized, activities in the sales and marketing process. This topic is of such importance, I reached out to fellow industry leaders and asked them to share their outlook on lead nurturing programs (and processes) and what to expect in the coming year.