Valasys

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Introduction The importance of having an effective CRM system in today’s digital age cannot be overstated, as it can make all the difference in how you manage your sales leads and ultimately close deals. And let me tell you, the right CRM system can be a game-changer for your sales game. What is a CRM?

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markempa

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

However, companies continue to spend untold dollars on lead generation efforts ultimately doomed to fail. Lack of lead management impacts lead conversion and ROI. MarketingSherpa captured some of the key lead management issues in the 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. Lead management defined.

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Valasys

MAY 16, 2023

Introduction The importance of having an effective CRM system in today’s digital age cannot be overstated, as it can make all the difference in how you manage your sales leads and ultimately close deals. And let me tell you, the right CRM system can be a game-changer for your sales game. What is a CRM?

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Fusion Marketing Partners

AUGUST 21, 2019

I talk about the concept of stopping “revenue leakage” a lot, and one of the biggest causes of revenue leakage […].

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ViewPoint

MAY 16, 2017

Finally figure out how you can deliver the marketing-nurtured opportunities that sales will follow up on and close. I recently talked to Jim Obermeyer on the Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA) radio show about what needs to be addresses before a technology solution is selected.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 12, 2011

There’s now a virtual destination for a good sales and marketing laugh in the form of the Sales Lead Management Association’s new cartoon series. PointClear is proud to be a sponsor of the first cartoon shown here, a lighthearted look at the “bigger box” solution for handling leads.

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 28, 2012

This is the second in a series of four blogs about B2B sales lead management, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Something else not well understood in marketing and sales circles is the importance of certain metrics. Not all proverbs (or expressions or sayings) are well understood.

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Hubspot

APRIL 28, 2023

Sales lead tracking can answer the million-dollar question: "How do I know if my team is maximizing their opportunity to close every lead?" Or, "how do I ensure my team reaches out to all their assigned leads?” Any sort of disqualification should be carefully considered — they're not usually reduced to a simple formula.

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The Sales Lead Management Association has opened up voting for the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management. I'm on the list, so if I've earned your respect in the world of demand gen and lead generation, I'd love your vote. So choose wisely.

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ViewPoint

JULY 19, 2017

“This outbound teleprospecting project won’t succeed if management of the project is pushed down.” I went on to explain that if the program was delegated to a marketer who didn’t have experience in lead management it wouldn’t work.

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ViewPoint

JUNE 15, 2012

Jim is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association. SLMA is the sponsor of the yearly Sales Lead Management week and initiatives to identify both the Top 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management and 20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management.

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Valasys

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For an increase in lead conversion, sales lead management must improve and one of the main hurdles that are faced during this process is lead nurturing. 65% of B2B organizations do not have an established lead nurturing process, according to MarketingSherpa. Keys To Lead Management.

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NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Lead Management is the process of generating, converting, qualifying, and closing sales leads. Lost in the shuffle of all of those marketing tactics you are trying to get a handle on for your business (Twitter, Facebook, Pay-per-click, SEO, email campaigns, website design) is the concept of Lead Management.

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The Point

JANUARY 24, 2013

Key to designing an effective lead nurturing program is taking stock of your current lead management process. Giving sales a voice in the process will help ensure that, as an organization, they feel they have a stake in the new lead management program and won’t feel it’s being foisted upon them by marketing.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 26, 2011

Lead management continues to be a hot topic in the world of B2B marketing as we turn the corner and head into the second half of 2010. As a leader in lead management process development, our firm has seen a lot of confusion in the market about what constitutes lead management. So what are these myths?

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PureB2B

MAY 22, 2016

When it gets right down to it, manual lead management can be a huge, boring, and largely inefficient task. Setting your sales team up for success right in the inbox is a great way to get a handle on lead management. One way to alleviate the pains of lead management is by looking for hidden sales functions.

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The Effective Marketer

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Last week Carlos Hidalgo , CEO of the Annuitas Group , shared on the Software Advice blog a nice video explaining two basic concepts that are often used interchangeably by vendors and even analysts in the Marketing Automation space but should in fact be treated as separate concepts: Demand Generation and Lead Management.

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ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. ” How did Andy know so much about sales, marketing and sales leads?

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ViewPoint

JUNE 18, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. All real salespeople love sales leads and don’t ever believe anyone who tells you differently. A failure of lead generation and marketing.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 12, 2012

Contrary to popular belief, reps don’t need more sales leads. They need fewer leads—or more accurately, fewer raw, unfiltered, unqualified leads. But to be fair to Steve, he is paid to sell—not to interpret leads. Next-year decision? Steve is obviously making some poor decisions.

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Modern B2B

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

generate leads), and the goal of sales is to take that interest and turn it into a purchase (i.e. convert leads). The post Why does everyone suck at lead management? The goal of marketing is to raise interest in a product or service (i.e. Both […]. appeared first on Modern.

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PureB2B

MAY 22, 2016

When it gets right down to it, manual lead management can be a huge, boring, and largely inefficient task. Setting your sales team up for success right in the inbox is a great way to get a handle on lead management. One way to alleviate the pains of lead management is by looking for hidden sales functions.

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PureB2B

MAY 22, 2016

This usually entails the long hard task of separating legitimate prospects from duds, organizing data, and consistently tracking key leads. Manual lead management can be a huge, boring, and largely inefficient task. Setting your sales team up for success right in the inbox is a great way to get a handle on lead management.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

I heard the Sales Lead Management Association is looking for who you think are the 50 most influential people in lead management. Voting ends on November 13th and you can vote for up to 5 people at once if you like. Click her to cast your vote It's sure nice seeing positive input from readers like you.

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This is the fourth (and last) in a series of four blogs about sales leads, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. B2B Sales Lead Management, Marketing and Sales Metrics, and Proverbs—The Four-Part series: Part 1: B2B Lead Generation: Are You Killing the Golden Goose?

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markempa

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Today I’d like to discuss the aspects of an effective lead management process. I’m not sure why many organizations think it’s acceptable to only get a return on about 20% of their leads when an optimized lead management process can tremendously help to convert more of those hard earned leads in the sales pipeline.

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The Point

JANUARY 14, 2014

In my experience, most of the mental energy and strategic thinking around the practice of lead nurturing and lead management is usually applied to the goal of accelerating prospects through the sales process – from MQL to SQL, from SQL to Opportunity, and so on.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I only recently came across the results of research published late last year by Leads360 , a leading provider of hosted (SaaS) solutions for managing sales leads. In an era of marketing automation and automated lead management, you don’t have to rely solely on phone calls to follow up on leads.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 19, 2012

When qualifying and nurturing sales leads, the lead farmer (prospect development professional) has a challenging job. The starting point in lead management is usually an inquiry consisting of a name, title, a company, a phone number or email address. The lead farmer is patient, but persistent.

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Biznology

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Comparing your cost per closed lead to your Allowable Cost per Lead: A hypothetical example. Average cost to qualify an inquiry (lead management costs / inquiries per year). $50. Lead qualification rate. Cost of qualified lead (cost per lead / qualification rate). Like this post?

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 22, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Alice is the marketing manager of a medical device company. Cindy is the sales manager.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 27, 2011

by Katie Byrnes Marketo CEO, Phil Fernandez, had the chance to interview the CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association, James Obermayer at Dreamforce 2010. At SLMA, Jim Obermayer focuses on proving the return on investment of marketing activities and managing sales leads, and the value of managing those sales leads.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

If you’re grappling with how to make the right choice, or just looking to make a business case for marketing automation at your company, here’s a new resource from the smart analysts at IDC’s CMO Advisory Practice : a new workbook titled “ Optimizing Marketing and Sales Lead Management with Marketing Automation.”.

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ViewPoint

JULY 26, 2010

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ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

Companies that adopt effective lead management processes generate more revenue from their lead generation investment and have overall higher close rates on marketing generated leads than those that do not. But I've encountered very few companies that really do lead management. What is lead management?

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