ViewPoint

JUNE 5, 2015

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. Part III: Expectations for ongoing success: marketing and sales accountability. In fact, you may not even see any leads in this time period.) Guess what?

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Generation PointClear Lead Qualification 120

ViewPoint

MAY 23, 2017

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. So, what happens?

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

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. Our associates have a range of industry expertise that comes from long experience.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 22, 2018

Value selling is PointClear's bread and butter. I practice it every day in my role as lead salesperson for the company. (We They tele-prospect on behalf of our clients using a value-selling approach, applying their training and experience to advance the pipeline and deliver return that's well worth the price of our services.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Work Management Paid Search Agency 189

ViewPoint

JANUARY 9, 2014

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. More leads are better than fewer leads.

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

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. Scores of X+ went to sales, and scores of <X came to PointClear for lead qualification and lead nurturing.

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Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 120

ViewPoint

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The comment made me think about our outsourced B2B lead generation services and the way we have successfully partnered with manufacturing, technology and start-up companies to cover their markets, develop their prospects and deliver highly qualified sales opportunities to their field sales teams.

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Lead Generation PointClear Sales Qualified Leads Generation 120

ViewPoint

OCTOBER 20, 2011

As I read the article, it occurred to me that I would add an eleventh critical question: Do you have best-practice lead generation and lead nurturing processes in place before you implement a marketing automation solution? Before continuing, I want to mention that PointClear is a strong advocate of marketing automation solutions.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation PointClear Automation 120

ViewPoint

JULY 11, 2011

It was interesting to see all three companies use similar descriptions in their SEC filings for both their sales and marketing activity and their market challenges. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force. Sales force efforts include field sales and inside sales teams using the phone.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

When it comes to improving sales lead generation results, using marketing technology without analytics expertise and business acumen results in a numbers glut devoid of action items. Embedded in every client program, they help us identify the right prospects and convert them to qualified leads. Segmentation and testing.

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Paul Gillin

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

My 15 months of hell taught me otherwise, and that’s why I was curious when Dan McDade sent me a copy of The Truth about Leads. McDade Is an entrepreneur whose company, PointClear , helps businesses improve their prospecting and lead nurturing. Sales people don’t effectively follow up on longer-term opportunities.

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Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Leads PointClear CPL 50

Hubspot

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Lead generation , PPC, SEO, website design, social media, PR, content creation. Lead Generation. Wait, you can outsource lead generation? Ideally, most of your leads are coming from inbound marketing -- people who raise their hand to say they want to hear from you by doing something like filling out a form on your website.

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