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Persistence Pays—How 42 Lead Qualification Touchpoints Won a $1 Billion Deal

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PointClear is known for its perseverance. While some sales people stop after placing one or two calls (if they don’t get the prospect on the phone or don’t get a call back, they deem the lead no good) our sales support associates keep trying. Here’s What PointClear Persistence Looks Like. We didn’t stop. One billion dollars.

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Who We Serve. Why it Matters.

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I spend a lot of time on the phone every day, talking to sales and marketing leaders—including prospects. I’m often asked what kind of companies PointClear serves. What they have in common are complex sales processes, and the need for outbound account-based marketing services that generate high-quality leads for sales.

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Listen more, talk less … and drive more revenue

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This is a skill that we teach our associates, who spend their days making dials (80 to 100 a day) and engaging B2B sales prospects on behalf of our clients. What you may not know is that, after we’ve brought these good folks on board, we spend a lot of time training them—before they get on the phones. But the opposite is true.

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

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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. Leads aren’t leads unless: They’re qualified. At PointClear, our average associate is 50.

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Parallels: Social Manufacturing & Outsourcing Manufacturing Lead Generation

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This comment by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Managing Director Ray Lane jumped out at me: “You don’t want to be spending your own money on hiring salespeople…when you start hiring salespeople, you better have revenue flowing in the door.".

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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 That takes more persuasive skills, better navigation of the prospect organization, a broader understanding of strategic objectives - and frankly a likable demeanor - to convince your target of the value you offer.

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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. Could the reasons why point to similar expense paths for the marketing automation vendors looking at going public?