ViewPoint

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Should marketing and sales agree on the definition of a lead? According to James Obermayer ( Sales Lead Management Association ), the fact that there is no agreement between marketing and sales on lead definition results in these problems: Salespeople say that they are not getting enough qualified leads.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Unfortunately, as a result of this thinking, marketing spends a ton of money generating leads for sales that are never followed-up. Here are 5 things CEOs need to consider in order to fix what is broken: What is the CEO’s role as it relates to marketing and sales? What should I know about Account-Based Marketing?

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

The biggest disconnect between marketing and sales is the hand-off of marketing qualified leads (MQL’s) to sales and the acceptance of those leads (SAL’s) by sales. That’s more than 100 percent higher performance for companies that have the rigor of sales acceptance in their lead management process.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

Lead nurturing triples marketing's ROI, but only if done properly. I propose that nurturing is the most underutilized marketing activity at a marketer’s disposal. Marketing Pipeline. These are fully qualified prospects who are not immediately interested or ready for a conversation with sales. No Response.

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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. The sales close rate on these leads is zero percent.

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APRIL 14, 2017

Last week I published a blog that provided five ways to avoid getting burned by outsourced B2B sales lead generation, qualification and nurturing. Sales/B2B Marketing execs feel intense need to do something, but are afraid to risk budget. The need for sales pressures the CMO to deliver leads fast. What is the solution?

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MAY 16, 2017

Then implement the workflow that encourages both sales and marketing to be acccountable for their role in revenue generation. Finally figure out how you can deliver the marketing-nurtured opportunities that sales will follow up on and close. Then, and only then, it's time to check out your automation options.

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APRIL 23, 2014

Sales and marketing do get along—in organizations that foster collaboration. By Ginger Conlon, editor-in-chief, Direct Marketing News. Is it really marketing’s fault that sales can’t close deals? Is it the sales team’s fault that marketing collateral goes unused?

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Territory turnover for this new sales manager isn’t unusual, but the solution can be evasive, expensive and humbling. Experienced sales managers, however, know how to deal with it. He had 10 sales territories in his domestic North American sales force. Experienced sales managers, however, know how to deal with it.”. _.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In 2015, I wrote this blog for Sales & Marketing Magazine: Dead is Dead (in Sales & Marketing). It seemed like, suddenly, a lot of things were dying: cold calling was dead; telephone prospecting was dead; outbound marketing was dead … many said that even marketing was dead.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

How well are your B2B organization’s sales and marketing behaviors, practices, and processes reliably and sustainably producing required outcomes? Read on and learn how you can get better ROI on marketing, how you can let your sales people focus on what they do best, and how you can close significantly more deals than you did before.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 12, 2017

To make your forecast for the new year, look at sales for the coming year in terms of units. This is the basis for projecting the number of leads needed to make the forecast from sales leads for the new year. Sales forecasts based on lead generation are predictable and repeatable as long as the marketing spend is consistent.”.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 27, 2015

From my perspective, having interviewed hundreds of managers on SLMA Radio, and managed 20+ sales and marketing teams (interim management) through the years, it’s the excuses that drag down organizations. Lead Generation Sales & Marketing Management'

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JUNE 10, 2016

Understanding the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results—the final of a multi-part blog series. Many challenges facing Sales and Marketing have been around since the beginning of time. Experience has taught me that only 5% to 15% of inquiries are ready to speak to Sales.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 22, 2016

The panelists include: Ardath Albee – Marketing Interactions. Matt Heinz – Heinz Marketing. Mike Weinberg – New Sales Coach. plus I pulled some additional comments pulled from Mikogo’s Sales Trends & Challenges in 2016 – 12 Experts Share Their Predictions (I am one of the experts). Miles Austin – Fill the Funnel, Inc.

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ViewPoint

MAY 19, 2015

Outbound marketing is dead. Many say that even marketing as a whole is dead. Do sales reps like to cold call? Here are a few things in sales and marketing that are not dead. Hence, marketing defaults to number of leads and cost per lead and sales ignores them for the most part. Cold calling is dead.

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APRIL 17, 2014

In January I wrote the blog: How to Diagnose if Inbounditis is Killing Your Sales Pipeline , which was published by DemandGen Report. In the article I assert: "A healthy, driven inbound marketing department is great, but over-reliance on inbound marketing (what I call ''inbounditis'') negatively affects the revenue backbone of any company.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

James Obermayer, founder of the Sales Lead Management Association , recently spoke with SLMA Radio program host Paul Roberts on how lack of a sales lead management process hampers company growth. PR: If a company has not defined how inquiries will be handled and addressed, whatever you're spending on marketing is kind of a waste.

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

Should your company be all in on inbound marketing. If you are selling an enterprise solution with a complex sales process going all in with inbound will drive your average deal size down and you will be missing out on bigger more profitable deals. Don’t be all in on inbound marketing. Short answer: no. Read more here.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 7, 2015

“Cost of sales is determined by a lot of things,” Jake said, “But lead management isn’t one of them.” And with that the sales manager slapped the table with his hand to emphasize his words. Follow-up is the responsibility of the sales reps and as reported in the CRM system it was only 15%.

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 1, 2016

I once worked with the then SVP, Marketing of a large public company who was frustrated with sales. At one point he got so angry that he offered sales management the following choices for spending a $100,000 budget to generate leads. For details on how sales should follow-up on a lead click here. Big surprise.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

This is the second of a 2-part series that borrows Miller Lite’s super successful Tastes Great, Less Filling campaign theme to make a point about sales lead generation. Best practices that make it possible for each member of our team of seasoned sales prospecting associates to make an average of 80 dials a day.

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JULY 19, 2017

We had just finished talking about the importance of marketing and sales coming together to mutually define a lead prior to starting a lead generation program. And we’d gone into some depth as to how our associates are all seasoned, degreed and sales trained. My answer to his question? With that scenario, everyone wins.

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ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

PointClear’s Kimmy Netterville has been nominated as one of the 40 Most Inspired Leaders in Sales Lead Management. The Sales Lead Management Association announced today that nominations are now closed, and voting is open until Dec. The list of winners will be posted on Dec. She’s good at her job and we’re happy she’s here.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 6, 2017

These firms, like those traveling sales folks who hawked one-size-fixes-all elixirs to those who wanted to believe, make great claims—that inevitably fail to pan out. We quickly become a major outbound sales channel for our clients so I thought we’d have much to discuss. There is no strategy in their market approach.

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ViewPoint

MAY 21, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. How can marketing communications managers know how much interest to generate if they don’t know their salespeople’s quotas? But what about the sales forecast?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

It is unrealistic, even for the aforementioned companies, to think that sales can close every opportunity they receive. These companies are successful because of their established roles, processes, and responsibilities for their marketing and sales departments. Turn Your Lead into a Sale. Qualify Your Lead.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 3, 2017

That is why you frequently hear sales say: “the leads suck.”. Many marketing organizations (and some sales lead generation companies as well) do what I call “one-and-done “marketing. They buy a list, market to it, send the leads to sales and then start over again three-to-six months later.

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ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Those of us who use the phone to successfully generate sales leads have picked up an essential trade secret. The PointClear team would like to hear from you about your sales lead generation best practices. Jim Hall joined PointClear in 2014 with over 20 years of experience in consulting, sales, and business growth.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 14, 2015

On Tuesday, March 31, 2015, Gini Dietrich and Anthony Iannarino joined me on PowerViews LIVE for a value-packed discussion on Why Thought Leadership Matters: What it Takes to be a Sales & Marketing Opinion Leader. Change the perception of HOW we market and communicate. PowerViews Sales & Marketing Management'

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MARCH 13, 2014

Nick Stein, Vision Critical, Youth Meets Experience in Sales Force. Click to start video at this point —The young people entering the sales force are changing the dynamic between managers and their reps. Not so long ago, managers and their sales team were in one centralized location. That has pros and cons, Nick said.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Qualified leads can be generated any number of ways: phone calls email, webinars, direct mail and even marketing automation if done well. Lured by the promise of easy money — "sales-ready" leads pouring in — many well intentioned b2b marketers have jumped on the "inbound marketing" bandwagon with both feet.

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 8, 2016

One of the best responses to this question that I have seen is from a somewhat dated (2015) article in Eyes On Sales in which the author asks: “How many callbacks do you get if you DON'T leave a voicemail?”. The following is from my favorite author (“New Sales. and “Sales Management. from “The Sales Development Playbook” ).

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

I am deeply honored to be selected as a finalist in two categories for the 2011 Top Sales & Marketing Awards. The Truth About Leads , has been selected as one of ten finalists in the 2011 Top Sales & Marketing Book category. target="_blank">. target="_blank">.

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MARCH 17, 2015

Several weeks ago I sat in on the 2015 Virtual Sales Kickoff hosted by S. It was an excellent session overall, but I was particularly blown-away by the first speaker, Mike Weinberg, author of the book published by AMA entitled New Sales. It’s an action-oriented guide for sales people, sales managers and executives.”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Bob is the founder of Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners, a UK firm that engages with B2B companies to improve their sales and marketing strategy and drive revenue. He does a great job of clearly presenting, assessing and recommending solutions for today’s pressing sales lead management challenges. Outsource marketing.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 7, 2014

In the same way that forensic units use state-of-the-art techniques to solve criminal cold cases, companies can use “business forensic techniques” to get to the bottom of their very own sales cold cases. In other words, every company with a pulse has mounds of cold cases in the form of lightly-worked and unworked leads.

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