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6 Things Good Lead Generation Vendors Do Right (That You May Be Doing Wrong)

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There’s plenty of mediocrity in lead generation—both in-house and outsourced. However, there are a lot of things good insourced operations and lead generation companies do well. While lead generation (or teleprospecting) is not rocket science, there are a lot of moving parts in a well-run lead generation machine.

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Sales Lead Generation: Saving Money – Killing Performance

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PointClear was recently given a verbal approval for a pilot program by the SVP of Sales for a technology solutions provider. The point is, not all sales lead generation firms are created equal, just as not all houses are the same. What else, besides labor costs, factor in to the costs of lead generation?

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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. million closed as a result of lead qualification efforts.

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How to Set Your Outsourced Lead Generation Program Up for Success (pt 1)

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As an outsourced lead generation company, one of the ways we can best serve our clients is to offer insight on what they can do to maximize the results from their program. Over ten years ago I put together a comprehensive list of the top reasons outsourced lead generation programs fail. After all … we’ve seen it all.

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

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In the first 2 parts of this series we discussed the role of executives and best practices for planning and preparation when outsourcing your lead generation program. If a company promises more, chances are the quality of those so-called leads will fall short of what you’re looking for. Closing Thoughts.

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Bulls, Bears, Bernanke and BtoB Lead Generation

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We all wish we could predict the future, and for more than ten years PointClear has compared lead rates to the GDP in hopes of finding a way to predict future lead rates and, maybe, the GDP. It would be cool if we could do both, but as you will see it appears that lead rates are the result of GDP, not the other way around.

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Improve Sales Lead Generation via Marketing Analytics Part 3: Seven Findings

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In this three-part series, the first article on marketing analytics looked at predictive targeting best practices, and the second article cited two sales lead generation programs to show how these processes actually drive improved results. You can’t have one without the other!