Only B2B

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

One of the biggest advantages of lead management strategy and marketing automation is the ability to create a process that continuously manages leads at a bigger scale. We will not deny the fact that an acquisition of a new lead is expensive and by expensive we mean around 6 to 7 times more expensive as per research.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As a marketer, you should always focus on the lead generation best practices because the expectations of customers keep on changing and you need to anyhow fulfil their demand and generate a lead for your business. The whole process of generating leads has become tough due to the ever-emerging technologies.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Tweet If Sales and Marketing were a manufacturing operation starting with raw materials — leads — and ending up with 5% to 20% in deliverable product — won sales — it would soon be shut down to determine what is wrong. However, companies continue to spend untold dollars on lead generation efforts ultimately doomed to fail.

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ViewPoint

MAY 16, 2017

When it comes time to exploring how you can increase lead generation ROI, that is, produce better leads more cost effectively, move "technology" to the bottom your to-do list. So start by engineering your processes to focus on lead quality not quantity. Then, and only then, it's time to check out your automation options.

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SalesGrape

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In the competitive world of medical device sales, lead generation is a crucial aspect of success. With advancements in technology, medical device telemarketing has become an effective strategy to reach potential customers and generate leads.

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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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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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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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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As a marketer you should always focus on the lead generation best practices because the expectations of customers keep on changing and you need to anyhow fulfil their demand and generate a lead for your business. The main goal of any business is to generate both high quantity as well as high quality leads.

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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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Markempa

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Salespeople often lack the support of a dedicated marketing team that does lead generation programs for them. So they do their own sales prospecting. Here’s what I mean: Sales work to succeed despite it all. First, let’s discuss how marketing supports sales. You get the sales.”

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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

APRIL 17, 2012

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. Tony Tissot of eTrigue remarked that lead generation is the responsibility of marketing, but getting the outcomes agreed upon should be the goal.

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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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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This is the third in a series of four blogs about lead generation, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. That is assuming there is a filter between raw lead generation and sending those leads to sales (if not, it is more likely that too few touches would have been invested and the opportunity would have been wasted).

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Albacross

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

When it comes to driving traffic and converting visitors to your site, there are two ways to do this: through lead generation and demand generation. Content is crucial in today’s marketing world and plays a vital role in both, lead and demand generation. How to utilize lead generation?

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 5, 2018

He was willing to provide the sales team one of six choices: 200,000 targeted contacts (name and title) in the right vertical (no email addresses). 81 highly qualified sales opportunities with the right contact who has a need backed by some form of compelling event.

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 136

Valasys

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

3 of the top 5 most important goals for B2B organizations are lead generation, sales and lead nurturing, according to the 2016 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report compiled by CMI. Out of the leads that get generated, 79% of it won’t convert to sales! Keys To Lead Management.

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

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. “Of Do you create a marketing plan that drives sales based on the sales forecast? Lead Generation Based on Forecast?

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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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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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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

This is the question I posed: According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. Is Account-Based Marketing the Holy Grail for lead generation or a black box solution?”

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Outbrain

JANUARY 13, 2020

For B2C and B2B organizations, a working lead generation process is a must, and when done right, it can become the main driver of new business. That explains why 63% of companies consider generating traffic and leads as their most important challenge. What is the lead generation process?

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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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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. And in spite of higher ad rates, we continue to keep our cost-per-lead under $100!”

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 9, 2014

Last August I wrote a blog for Top Sales World titled “Lead Generation Hogwash: The Top 7 Lies.”. I detailed 7 lies to be aware of to avoid a lead generation disaster (read the blog for the specifics): Any list will do. Automated systems accurately score (prioritize) leads. Voicemails are a waste of time.

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

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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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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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

This is the question I posed: According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. Click here for part 1 & part 2.).

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. Sangram Vajre, Terminus : Think of ABM as revenue generating—NOT lead generating. Stay tuned!

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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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Biznology

OCTOBER 28, 2015

When planning a B2B lead generation program, you need to deliver leads to your sales team at an affordable price. A neat way to determine in advance how much you can spend on a lead is to calculate the Allowable Cost per Lead for your campaign. Lead qualification rate. Like this post?

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Over the past few months I have had the pleasure of interviewing nineteen influential B2B sales and marketing leaders to discuss their views in areas like traditional and new media strategies, current and future trends, B2B lead generation, and sales lead management.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Online lead generation is one of the best ways to identify customers early in the journey and produce a solid and predictable return on investment. Think sales, leads, pipeline.

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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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The Point

AUGUST 8, 2011

A recent industry study on Lead Management Optimization, conducted by CSO Insights and conducted in partnership with SMEI and Marketo , sheds insight on the relative budget marketing organizations are investing in areas such as lead nurturing, social media, and lead generation.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 14, 2011

Many thanks to Stone Payton and Todd Schnick, hosts extraordinaire of High Velocity Radio, for the interview on my new book, The Truth About Leads. The B2B lead generation and sales lead management strategies we discussed included… Shifting from a full BANT approach to focus on two areas: authority and discovering need.

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