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Chairs are Dead—and Other B2B Marketing Hogwash

ViewPoint

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. Simplified ) who also gets the importance of outbound to sales: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 Maybe I was just sensitive.

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Good Reads for B2B Sales - Cold Calling Revisited

ViewPoint

PointClear''s staff and Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from our digital circles about B2B sales. Cold Call, revisited: Best practices for getting in the door. He lists 12 solid tactics for reenergizing the cold calling process.' Sales Coaching - The Use and Abuse of Modeling.

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Insights on Outbound Conference in Atlanta

ViewPoint

One of the presenters, Mike Weinberg, summed up the sentiment in the room: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 These so-called experts proclaim that cold-calling is ineffective and pursuing prospects that aren’t coming to you is a waste of time.

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Good Reads for B2B Sales - Sales Intelligence with Google

ViewPoint

Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. Sam Richter, author of "Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling,” shares few tips for using the Google to find news about a prospect or company and to identify individuals with particular job titles. Via Partners in Excellence Blog.

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The Quest for Good Leads: Are You Asking the Right Questions?

ViewPoint

Read what Mike Weinberg, author of New Sales Simplified , says about this pervasive thought: Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 These so-called experts proclaim that cold-calling is ineffective and pursuing prospects that aren’t coming to you is a waste of time. A very fine line makes the difference.

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Social Selling 2016: Top 100 Influencers and Brands

Onalytica B2B

PointClear. No More Cold Calling. PointClear PD. Jon Ferrara. Nimble LLC. Sam Hurley. Sam Hurley. Midas Media. MattSMansfield. Matt Mansfield. Small Business Trends. Dan McDade. Gabriella Sannino. BillCarmody. Bill Carmody. lastbabyboomer. Dan Stepel. Likeable Local. Anita Campbell. Smallbiztrends. FrancesHui. FHS Events.

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Sales Pipeline Radio Episode 162: Q & A with Dan McDade @dandade

Heinz Marketing

Matt Heinz: Y ou were The President and CEO of PointClear, for over 20 years, and so saw a lot of this development happen. Can you talk a little bit about sort of your approach to, I guess whether you would call an appaudointment setting or approach to sort of demand generation for sales organizations. How did this come to be for you?