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Chairs are Dead—and Other B2B Marketing Hogwash

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

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RESEARCH: Are folks responsible for reaching out to your market knowledgeable and prepared for quality conversation? NURTURE: Are you getting maximum return on marketing programs? Lead nurture programs done well triples your B2B sales lead generation marketing ROI. There is disagreement on the value of research.

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Dear CEO: Find out how well your team is nurturing its B2B sales leads

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Standard B2B lead-generation programs produce an average 5% lead rate while advanced lead-generation programs (which include lead nurturing) produce an average 15% lead rate—three times higher. That is why you frequently hear sales say: “the leads suck.”. Long term, things get even worse.

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How Much Leads Cost

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see marketing charts analysis of HubSpot’s “2017 Demand Generation Benchmarks Report” ). Others stated that the range is between $35 – $100 for a B2B lead. Leads from these sources, most of which will land in a black hole , all cost more than the PointClear qualified and nurtured leads. per gross lead). You can read more here.

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Get 3X B2B Marketing ROI by Nurturing Leads

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Lead nurture can triple the return on most marketing campaigns. By nurturing leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales, an organization can eliminate wasted marketing spend and increase sales results. But it’s often the most underutilized marketing activity at a marketer’s disposal. True Nurture.

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Persistence Pays—How 42 Lead Qualification Touchpoints Won a $1 Billion Deal

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PointClear is known for its perseverance. While some sales people stop after placing one or two calls (if they don’t get the prospect on the phone or don’t get a call back, they deem the lead no good) our sales support associates keep trying. Here’s What PointClear Persistence Looks Like. Case-in-Point.

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

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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.