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What's it take to generate leads that fuel your forecast?

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More and more marketers understand that agile, which started in the IT development realm, has good application in marketing in general, and in lead management specifically. At PointClear, we apply agile to what we do for clients to save time, save money, prevent frustration and get better results.

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What Should the Sales Close Rate Be?

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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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Lead Generation Lies That are Wreaking Havoc with Your Sales

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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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What is Value Selling and How to Generate Leads in Companies that Buy Value

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Value selling is PointClear's bread and butter. I practice it every day in my role as lead salesperson for the company. (We That takes more persuasive skills, better navigation of the prospect organization, a broader understanding of strategic objectives - and frankly a likable demeanor - to convince your target of the value you offer.

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Four Things to Consider Before You Buy Marketing Automation

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To have a successful marketing automation implementation start with this question and this question alone: “What does our lead management process look like and how can we automate it?” If you don’t have a solid lead management process in place than a marketing automation platform (MAP) will only automate a broken process.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

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There is something of an irony at work here in that the MA offerings focus on generating inbound leads, and it’s a requirement that MA vendors need to supplant their own functionality with huge investments in outbound lead generation, lead qualification and lead nurturing if they want to achieve enterprise-level, complex sale success.

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Improve Sales Lead Generation via Marketing Analytics Part 1: Four Steps

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This award was made possible because of our team’s ability to develop and apply marketing analytics innovations that improve operational efficiencies and deliver to clients the qualified leads they need. 4:15 min —How analytics are used in lead generation. Performance of our programs for the client.