Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 6, 2021

There are so many demand gen vendors out there, and if you are a demand gen professional in sales or marketing, we've probably called you. Outsourcing some or all of your appointment setting or lead generation activity to a third party vendor is a task that shouldn't be undertaken by responding to one cold call. Monthly fee?

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Just because your marketing team is sending a whole host of Marketing Qualified Leads down to the sales department, that doesn’t mean they are all ready and raring to buy. And if you have a hard time sifting through all of those leads, you might end up letting some sure-fire sales fall through the cracks.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 24, 2019

Whether it's inbound marketing or outbound marketing there are costs associated with a lead, there are costs associated with the time and effort needed to convert that lead to an opportunity, and there are costs tied to the quality of those leads and how that impacts conversion rates. As David Greenberg, Sr.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

Green Leads is growing rapidly and has a bright future ahead with our new owners. On Wednesday, June 1st we announced that Green Leads has been acquired by ACTIVATE Marketing Services headquartered in San Francisco. ACTIVATE really is the perfect fit and will carry on the legacy of Green Leads for our employees and clients.

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Sales Qualified Leads Leads Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 191

Smashmouth Marketing

APRIL 22, 2022

Just because your lead is out of the office, does not mean they should be crossed off your list. You can get lead gen nuggets. When receiving an out of office or away on vacation email response, you get a lot more than just an email you want to delete. I will return on Monday, June 24.

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Listen to Green Leads CEO, Mike Farrell, talk through why he believes pipeline generation , as measured by the metric, pipeline creation rate (PCR), is the ultimate measure of how we can bring sales and marketing teams together and minimize the dynamic of throwing leads over the fence. CLICK HERE TO TUNE IN NOW.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 14, 2020

Amid the day to day progression of the coronavirus, companies are seeing one of their major lead generation programs dry up – event marketing. Add to that the fact that many prospects are cancelling face-to-face sales meetings as companies mandate social distancing. These SDR/BDR teams need lead flow in order to do their jobs.

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Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles 165

Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Green Leads has a complete virtual workforce, which we implemented after a flood – years before Covid – lead gen experts need disaster recovery plans. 2020 has been a crazy year for sure, but there is no need to not celebrate and bring unity to your sales development/business development team.

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Listen as Green Leads CEO, Mike Farrell, gives Joel Block the inside track on how he has built companies to grow pipeline and ultimately revenue. Mike discusses his extensive experience selling into B2B and public sector markets, building sales development organizations as well as developing channel partnerships.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2019

Most sales people today have found that using LinkedIn as a research tool to identify specific prospects has been a fantastic way to find the needle in a haystack of potential leads. Just three more clicks according to Green Leads' BDR Mira. Just three more clicks according to Green Leads' BDR Mira.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 9, 2019

There were days in my lead gen life where I could have easily left for lunch and not come back for four hours. Gerhard Gschwandtner of Selling Power just highlighted last year's MIT / InsideSales.com study of outbound prospecting lead conversion. For many reps, unless territory comes into play, lead gen exists in a three-time-zone map.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2009

Whether it's inbound marketing or outbound marketing there are costs associated with a lead, there are costs associated with the time and effort needed to convert that lead to an opportunity, and there are costs tied to the quality of those leads and how that impacts conversion rates. As David Greenberg, Sr.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2009

When we're selling our outbound marketing demand gen solutions, we get asked all the time, where can I find inexpensive b2b sales leads ? So below is a collection of data sources we've used in our lead generation work. Online Data Suppliers: Typically an annual subscription basis. Although, see Jigsaw, below.

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

How often do demand gen experts ask their sales team, "How are your leads?", "Are your appointments meeting your expectations?" Do you take the dish back if it's not to sales' liking? How often are your leads under-cooked? Set goals for your sales team too. Are leads being followed up on in a timely manner?

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Green Leads' b2b appointment setting team has even been a client of the Bridge Group. My opinion of Trish as a sales development expert is beyond what I could deliver in this article. As it pertains to a sales development team - your people are your only true asset. There is a ton of sales development goodness.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2009

Whether it's inbound marketing or outbound marketing there are costs associated with a lead, there are costs associated with the time and effort needed to convert that lead to an opportunity, and there are costs tied to the quality of those leads and how that impacts conversion rates. As David Greenberg, Sr.

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The Sales Lead Management Association has opened up voting for the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management. I'm on the list, so if I've earned your respect in the world of demand gen and lead generation, I'd love your vote. So choose wisely. Members of SLMA and non-members are allowed to vote.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2009

When we're selling our outbound marketing demand gen solutions, we get asked all the time, where can I find inexpensive b2b sales leads ? So below is a collection of data sources we've used in our lead generation work. Online Data Suppliers: Typically an annual subscription basis. Although, see Jigsaw, below.

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Jigsaw B2B Sales Sales Leads Sales Qualified Leads 100

Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2009

This past week a prospect commented that she wanted to explore a third-party lead gen program because their sales reps were spending too much time prospecting and not selling. She said that if they had enough leads they would be SELLING and CLOSING -- not having to do lead gen. Sounded like a LinkedIn Poll to me.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 21, 2010

What about your B2B sales and marketing blog, though? Here are three ways, as we head into the second half of 2010, that you can improve your B2B sales and marketing blog: Revisit your blog's goals - When you first started writing your blog, you had a goal in mind. Not to mention SEO and Lead Generation.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 16, 2009

When I was on my conference road trip this spring, I heard publicly, from speakers and audience alike the same comment, "Leads Suck". What if you could get your sales team to NEVER say "Leads Suck"? There are lots of terms describing leads. Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL), Sales Qualified Lead (SQL), Sales Accepted Lead (?),

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 20, 2020

Green Leads Appoints Industry Veteran, Mike Farrell as CEO. Pipeline generation leader to oversee Green Leads’ global team of lead development and sales development reps. Boston, MA - January 18, 2020 - Green Leads today announces the appointment of Mike Farrell as their new CEO.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 3, 2009

When I was on my conference road trip this spring, I heard publicly, from speakers and audience alike the same comment, "Leads Suck". What if you could get your sales team to NEVER say "Leads Suck"? There are lots of terms describing leads. Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL), Sales Qualified Lead (SQL), Sales Accepted Lead (?),

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Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 100

Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 4, 2009

I just reviewed Marketo 's recently released Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing. What I found most useful were the examples of calculating the ROI of Lead Nurturing. Go download it now: Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing. Tags: lead nurturing demand marketing ebook whitepaper sales. It's a must read.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

This past week Joe Galvin of SiriusDecisions released a study titled " The Rapid Rise of Inside Sales." It shows that Inside Sales teams are overcoming the stigma of a support team and becoming more of a front-line, quota-bearing piece of critical sales strategies. The impact on demand gen?

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Smashmouth Marketing

APRIL 25, 2009

Next month is Sales 2.0 Why, you ask, is Smashmouth Marketing interested in Sales 2.0? With the crossover of sales and marketing, the Sales 2.0 Let's face it, the sales team is our first customer because without delivering to them, there won't be actual customers. May 21 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. conference.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 28, 2011

I can’t be at the Sales & Marketing Leadership Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on April 11, but I encourage you to check it out. The event features keynotes from John Grosshans of SAP Americas and Justin Shriber of Oracle (the latter will be reprising his presentation from the recent Sales 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 16, 2010

View of the Shawsheen River at Rt 133 from Green Leads' parking lot Those of you living in New England know that the past four days have been brutal, with constant rain, the White Mountains melting and all of it heading downhill towards towns like Andover. A flood of leads! Is your team able to work remotely as Green Leads did?

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 31, 2011

Green Leads is pleased to announce that we will be a Gold Sponsor at the SiriusDecisions 2011 Summit--B2B Sales and Marketing: Forging a New Alliance. Each year, the theme focuses on aspects of how sales and marketing can, and should, intersect. The event is scheduled May 4-6 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Resort.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

This past week Joe Galvin of SiriusDecisions released a study titled " The Rapid Rise of Inside Sales." It shows that Inside Sales teams are overcoming the stigma of a support team and becoming more of a front-line, quota-bearing piece of critical sales strategies. The impact on demand gen?

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 16, 2014

The song is over and I remembered all the times I heard inside sales reps complain that "It''s summer, nobody''s working.". Folks, that''s one of the biggest myths in lead gen. In fact, it''s so twisted that some hidden benefits of summer are shrowded. Let''s take a look. Yes, most people take vacation time in the summer.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 19, 2009

BANT for Effective Lead Management nivenor1 : New post about BANT vs. The SCOTSMAN on our blog [link] , now its off to Guatemala for 10 days! Ahhhhh brianjcarroll : Read post by @nivenor1 : SCOTSMAN vs. BANT for Effective Lead Management asserts "BANT" isn't enough. link] mark3803 : @brianjcarroll BANT is so sales 1.0 - Sales 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

During the opening of the Sales & Marketing 2.0 He did just that with comic Jeff Applebaum during the Sales & Marketing 2.0 Awards Ceremony, of which Green Leads was a finalist in two categories--Sales & Marketing Alignment and Social Media.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

nedelsha : RT @annekeseley : All Sales 2.0 nedelsha : RT @annekeseley : All Sales 2.0 sales20 Saleschannels : Sales 2.0 Conference Chicago IDC suggests change VP Sales title to VP Customer Outcomes! sales20 Sales20Conf : What about sales & marketing sharing compensation plans. sales b2b sales.

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Smashmouth Marketing

APRIL 2, 2009

Next month is Sales 2.0 Why, you ask, is Smashmouth Marketing interested in Sales 2.0? With the crossover of sales and marketing, the Sales 2.0 Let's face it, the sales team is our first customer because without delivering to them, there won't be actual customers. May 21 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. conference.

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

You've got a hungry sales team, sure, but that doesn't mean that they have time to go on appointments that are all fluff and no stuff. Conversely, that same hungry sales team needs more than just a few quality appointments to get the needle on that pipeline gauge screaming to the right.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2010

I would say a majority of insides sales reps may have bailed on this call after the second objection. Don't provide sales drivel in a conversation. Can I line up a conversation between you and Mr. Sales Guy?" " It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much:" How true is this? What is your goal?

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