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

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The following data is from an insightful post on the Marketo blog by Michael Boyette of the Rapid Learning Institute: Why Sales Reps Don’t Follow-up on Good Leads. Set sales straight—it’s a win win. Many sales reps lack insights on the best way to follow up on a lead.

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How the CEO Can Enhance Sales, Marketing, and the Executive Branch

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From Aberdeen Group: "Tele-prospecting is a valued complement to content marketing and inbound marketing and should be a component of any MQI-to-MQL Nurturing program. From Jon Miller, Engagio (co-founder of Marketo): "In many ways, account based marketing turns traditional demand generation 'upside down.'

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

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This would include implementing SiriusDecisions’ demand waterfall that defines leads in the following way: Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) – Qualified and delivered by marketing Sales Accepted Lead (SAL) – Reviewed and accepted by sales Sales Qualified Lead (SQL) – Contacted and further qualified by sales.