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Salesforce.com Best Practices: Thought Leadership with David Taber, Author of Salesforce.com Secrets of Success

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David is the author of the new Prentice-Hall book, " Salesforce.com Secrets of Success ," which covers the people, policy, and process issues surrounding effective CRM solutions. Nail down things like lead qualification criteria, sales stage trigger events, and probability-of-close percentages. Average time to convert.

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Optimizing Lead Distribution for Higher Conversion

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You need to qualify and examine each lead as if they are “sales-ready,” meaning they are ready to speak to a salesperson. You can find this ideal point in the relationship by leveraging lead scoring and lead qualification. Introduction to Lead Management [More from the blogs].

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

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Curious about how long each has been a public company, I checked on the years in which their stocks were offered: Salesforce.com – 2004; SuccessFactors – 2007; and NetSuite – 2007. One answer includes applying, tracking and measuring best-practice sales lead management processes.

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A Structured Approach to Demand Generation Analytics

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Your KPIs should be focused on outcomes and the alignment of key demand process elements, such as how your content marketing model is interacting with your lead management framework. Successful demand generation analytics must bridge the two.

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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. Do you report on stats such as touches per conversation, touches per lead, best conversion touches? It was designed for lead management.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Sales Leads Via RSS via Salesforce.com

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FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 " Here is his original concept.

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Leads, Contacts, Accounts, and Prospects – Making Sense of It All When Using CRM and Marketing automation

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If you look at most major CRMs like Microsoft Dynamics or Salesforce.com , you’ll notice a few different objects: Leads, Contacts, and Accounts. But then look at marketing automation like Lead Liaison and you’ll see one object: Prospects. Luckily, Lead Liaison makes this super easy. Not at all.