ViewPoint

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Last week a prospect told me that he needed higher quality leads than were currently being provided by two third-party outsourced solution providers. His definition of a lead was the loosest that I have ever heard. An employee of a targeted company needed only to download some content to be qualified as a lead.

Sales Qualified Leads 189

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Buy 189

ViewPoint

MAY 11, 2017

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.

Lead Generation 168

Lead Generation Sales Leads Sales Qualified Leads PointClear 168

ViewPoint

MAY 23, 2017

I’ve read and heard (from a well-known industry analyst firm) that best-in-class companies close 30% of sales qualified leads while average companies close 20%. Those results factor in lead leakage of between 52% to 86% of the marketing qualified leads put into the top of the funnel. So, what happens?

Sales Qualified Leads 192

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Work Management 192

ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

What is a lead? While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. Just try to pass them on to your field sales team and you’ll see. Because the chances are pretty low—probably 3% to 4% at best—that any of these names are bonafide opportunities if you are a B2B company with a complex sales process.

Sales Qualified Leads 120

Sales Qualified Leads Forecasting PointClear Enterprise Management 120

ViewPoint

JUNE 28, 2018

Companies with optimized sales and marketing organization achieve results by doing three things well. Deliver fewer, but better, leads to sales. Here is what you must do to fix it: Agree on market, lead definition, message. What constitutes a good lead? Is a good lead only one where a c-level executive is involved?

Enterprise Management 136

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads 136

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.

Sales Qualified Leads 120

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120