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

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This article does a good job of explaining the importance of the ULD—assuring everyone is on the same page and working toward the same end—and covers additional ground (“How to do lead management that improves conversion”). Lead nurture programs done well triples your B2B sales lead generation marketing ROI.

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You Can’t Put in What God Left Out … and Other Important Things Learned in Business and Life

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Jim Obermayer is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association , and host of the Funnel Radio Channel. Jim recently interviewed PointClear’s Dan McDade about the five most important things he’s learned in business and life—in one of an ongoing series of radio programs featuring sales and marketing industry leaders.

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What Should the Sales Close Rate Be?

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Best case a stack of leads (virtual or otherwise) is rifled through, a few leads are cherry-picked out – and other leads are left to go into the black hole frequently called CRM. Imagine Spending $208,350 on Marketing Leads That Are Trashed Immediately. Cost per sales qualified lead is $1,250.

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

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

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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. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. a sales rep reports, ‘I called the prospect three times.

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Four Things to Consider Before You Buy Marketing Automation

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To have a successful marketing automation implementation start with this question and this question alone: “What does our lead management process look like and how can we automate it?” If you don’t have a solid lead management process in place than a marketing automation platform (MAP) will only automate a broken process.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

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In a sense, three cloud application companies at a combined average of five years after going public are all spending nearly half of their revenue on sales and marketing. One answer includes applying, tracking and measuring best-practice sales lead management processes.