ViewPoint

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Our own Kimmy Netterville made the Sales Lead Management Association’s “Most Inspiring” list of 40 outstanding individuals in our industry, announced today. Kimmy was recognized in the category People in Lead Generation Companies for her many contributions in the last decade-plus helping PointClear clients as Program Director.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In this three-part series, the first article on marketing analytics looked at predictive targeting best practices, and the second article cited two sales lead generation programs to show how these processes actually drive improved results. Sales lead rates decline after the fifth contact cycle. It takes about 1.6

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ViewPoint

APRIL 12, 2011

There’s now a virtual destination for a good sales and marketing laugh in the form of the Sales Lead Management Association’s new cartoon series. PointClear is proud to be a sponsor of the first cartoon shown here, a lighthearted look at the “bigger box” solution for handling leads.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Jim Obermayer is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association , and host of the Funnel Radio Channel. Jim recently interviewed PointClear’s Dan McDade about the five most important things he’s learned in business and life—in one of an ongoing series of radio programs featuring sales and marketing industry leaders.

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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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ViewPoint

APRIL 16, 2018

I recently talked to Dan McDade with PointClear as part of a series on SLMA Radio that I’m hosting that deals with the issue of pipeline ownership. With the advent of new marketing automation capabilities, AI apps and other technology, marketing is inserting itself deeper in the pipeline at almost every level.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 31, 2017

That’s essentially what PointClear clients do when they engage us for outsourced lead generation. And, as Finkelstein says, “change the game on competitors, operating in bold, unexpected ways that are simply better” by outsouring your marketing and B2B sales lead generation. Want more info?

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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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ViewPoint

AUGUST 28, 2012

This is the second in a series of four blogs about B2B sales lead management, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Something else not well understood in marketing and sales circles is the importance of certain metrics. Not all proverbs (or expressions or sayings) are well understood.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Tastes great, less filling—that’s not only one of the greatest campaigns ever ( AdAge says it’s 8 th on the list), it has a corollary in the sales lead generation space. By outsourcing your lead generation, qualification and nurturing activities you get better results for less cost, and I can prove my claim.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 11, 2010

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ViewPoint

MARCH 7, 2018

Highlighted below are the six skills required for active listening, which we have adapted from the Center for Creative Leadership , a top-ranked, global provider of leadership development, for the purpose of training our associates on the skills needed to perform as expert B2B sales lead generation, lead qualification and lead nurture professionals.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

At PointClear, we apply agile to what we do for clients to save time, save money, prevent frustration and get better results. We can do that because the associates on our team have what it takes to have the interactions that generate quality leads. At PointClear, our average associate is 50. years—twice the industry standard.

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ViewPoint

MAY 23, 2017

One of the biggest software companies in the world has a division that spends over $200,000 per year on leads that sales refuses to follow-up on. Because a few years ago the sales group asked us (PointClear) to validate those so-called leads and it turned out that only 1.8% Cost per sales qualified lead is $1,250.

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ViewPoint

MAY 23, 2018

You can see from the above breakout that standard lead generation—the approach most organizations take —nets 50 highly qualified leads against a list of 1,000, or a 5% lead rate. Advanced lead generation—the approach PointClear employs on behalf of its clients—nets 154 highly qualified leads against a list of 1,000, or a 15.4%

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The Top Sales Expert team includes best-selling authors, builders of large global consultancies, and sales professionals within the Fortune 500 arena. As a prospect development firm providing outsourced sales solutions to B2B companies involved in the complex sale, PointClear shares the goals of Top Sales World.

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ViewPoint

JUNE 7, 2016

Approximately 70% of all leads are rejected by sales—either actively or by inaction. Sales lead purgatory occurs between SAL and SQL, with sales accepting leads but subsequently losing contact or interest. Another 20% of leads are ineffectively worked for mostly subjective reasons (i.e.,

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ViewPoint

APRIL 2, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn. Marketing Automation Software That Delivers the Most Data Wins.

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 1, 2016

81 highly qualified sales opportunities with the right contact who has a need backed by some form of compelling event. This offer was made because marketing was providing option #6 above (using PointClear to generate the highly qualified leads), but sales follow-up was poor. Guess which one they chose? None of the above.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 15, 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. More than 80% of smartphone owners said they listen to some kind of Internet radio on their mobile gadgets.”. SLMA Radio - Since 2010.

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 9, 2010

There is a counter-intuitive relationship between lead volume and sales performance. With sales organizations facing lower numbers, it seems logical to turn to volume lead generation to fill their pipelines with more and more sales leads in hopes that some will turn into sales.

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ViewPoint

JULY 26, 2018

As an example, see Dan McDade of PointClear and his ViewPoint Blog, and his use of an interview on SLMA Radio about Who Owns the Pipeline. This program is also pushed out to the 2,400 people on the inquiry/sales lead list from the last 12 months. The artwork from the podcast program will be used in the blog article. Newsletter.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Sponsoring SLMA’s Top Twenty Women in sales lead management got me to thinking about the top 20 women of all time. I bet you use some of these very traits to describe a woman you know doing extraordinary work in sales and marketing today. Nominating is open now and runs to March 16. Nominating is open to members of SLMA.

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MLT Creative

MARCH 14, 2011

Dan McDade, president and CEO of PointClear spoke at the BMA Atlanta luncheon on March 10 at Maggiano's. The author of The Truth About Leads addressed the group of B2B marketers (ironically half sales, half marketing) about his philosophy for achieving marketing and sales alignment. Join us at BMA Atlanta!

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 9, 2014

More leads are better than fewer leads. I received a lot of positive feedback about the article and decided to ask our PointClear PowerViews Alumni (those who have been on the PowerViews show ) for their input on the most dangerous lead gen lies out there. James Obermayer | Sales Lead Management Association.

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Leads and expected metrics are defined in carefully created client program plans and lead rates are impacted (particularly in 2010) by the mix and quality of inbound dispositions. Qualified Rate includes leads, pipeline (specific action required by PointClear) and nurtures (qualified companies with no immediate pain/need or interest).

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 30, 2011

This is the implementation of a new process for how you obtain, manage and close sales leads. This person will lead the cross-functional team in implementing the new process, and selecting (based on the process) the new automation platform. This post originally appeared on the PointClear blog.

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ViewPoint

JULY 11, 2011

Given that your competitors are facing the same challenges, deploying the same strategies and spending the same or more on sales and marketing, how are you going to make your sales and marketing more effective in capturing greater share, making your company profitable, and growing value for your funding partners and future investors?

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Biznology

JANUARY 6, 2016

Jim Obermayer, founder of the Sales Lead Management Association. I’ve known Jim for years as a consultant and author specializing in lead management—a generally under-appreciated subject that Jim uniquely understood to be a critical success factor in business selling. These people are making a welcome contribution.

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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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ViewPoint

MAY 7, 2015

At each step of the improved process, research showed that when attention was given to the prospects and they were contacted, sales improved. Marketing became further educated when they asked sales about the customer buying process and the sales selling process. People tried various combinations of email, mail, and calling.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Creating a content marketing plan — without any content - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , July 6, 2010 When somebody talks about “content marketing,&# they’re really talking about “content engineering&# — scientifically optimizing documents such as blogs, case studies and white papers to create search engine results and sales leads.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

There are at least 4 amorphous groups of solution providers also setting their sights on this space: 1) Lead generation services or tools – Because this category contains both service providers (that look more like agencies or telesales outsourcers) and software as a service vendors, there are probably more than I could possibly name.

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