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Sales Lead Generation: Saving Money – Killing Performance

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PointClear was recently given a verbal approval for a pilot program by the SVP of Sales for a technology solutions provider. Then we got turned over to sales operations and purchasing (supposedly a formality). The point is, not all sales lead generation firms are created equal, just as not all houses are the same.

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B2B Sales Lead Generation Pros Who Listen, Learn

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Those of us who use the phone to successfully generate sales leads have picked up an essential trade secret. How do my colleagues at PointClear and I keep from falling into this trap? The PointClear team would like to hear from you about your sales lead generation best practices. One simple trick.

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6 Things Good Lead Generation Vendors Do Right (That You May Be Doing Wrong)

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Why else would I, someone in the lead generation business, get multiple calls and emails from lead generation companies every week (and multiple calls over time from the same firms)? ESTABLISH CADENCE: Do you have a multi-touch, multi-media, multi-cycle strategy in place to multiply your lead-generation efforts?

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Five Ways to Avoid Getting Burned by Outsourced B2B Sales Lead Generation

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We then loop in your closers when the lead is hot, keeping their focus on directly generating revenue. Beyond the fact that this is too long, and not well written, it was sent to PointClear, my B2B lead generation services company, that does what they purport to do. Any interest in a short chat? The bad news is that lists suck.

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You Can’t Put in What God Left Out … and Other Important Things Learned in Business and Life

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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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Listen more, talk less … and drive more revenue

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This is a skill that we teach our associates, who spend their days making dials (80 to 100 a day) and engaging B2B sales prospects on behalf of our clients. What you may not know is that, after we’ve brought these good folks on board, we spend a lot of time training them—before they get on the phones. But the opposite is true.

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What Should the Sales Close Rate Be?

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Best case a stack of leads (virtual or otherwise) is rifled through, a few leads are cherry-picked out – and other leads are left to go into the black hole frequently called CRM. Imagine Spending $208,350 on Marketing Leads That Are Trashed Immediately. Cost per sales qualified lead is $1,250.