| ATLANTA (March
21, 2006) – PointClear LLC, the Business Prospect
Outsourcing company, announced today that Briot USA has experienced
an average of a 500 percent increase in qualified sales leads per
month since the companies began working together in November 2005
to enhance Briot's lead generation processes.
Recognized as the market and technology leader in the lens finishing
equipment manufacturing industry, Briot USA was interested in enhancing
lead generation activities in its primary customer bases: retail
eyecare chains, independent opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists,
and wholesale labs.
"Over the past 40 years, we have enjoyed a great deal of success
in the U.S. market and count some of the premier retail chains,
including LensCrafters, PearlVision and Doctor's Vision Centers,
as customers," said Bret Davis, president and CEO of Briot
USA. "Our problem was generating qualified sales leads among
the tens of thousands of independent eyecare professionals. While
our marketing outreach campaigns were producing good sales leads,
our lead generation was not at the volume we needed to accelerate
the growth of our U.S. business."
Faced with the expense of increasing its regional sales force by
50 percent to achieve its lead generation goals, the company decided
to augment its existing sales effort by outsourcing its lead qualification
to PointClear.
"Since partnering with PointClear, we've seen our number of
qualified sales leads rise from five to 10 leads per month to an
average of 25 per month," said Davis. "Not only does this
help us touch more independent eyecare professionals each month,
but the high-level conversations the PointClear staff holds with
these doctors to assess their needs allow our sales force to pick
up with interested doctors mid-stream in the lead generation process,
making much better use of their time."
PointClear's Sales Opportunity Management™ service goes beyond
traditional outsourced offerings like list scrubbing or lead generation
by offering intensive research, profiling, segmentation, and analysis
to provide a deep understanding of each client's market that helps
deliver qualified sales leads. Its Six Deliverables Methodology
accelerates business growth by closing the traditional gap between
sales and marketing. PointClear's sales professionals engage appropriate
sales targets in a meaningful dialogue to reveal exactly who the
qualified sales leads are, freeing its clients' sales teams to focus
on closing sales with ready buyers at the right time.
"Our relationship with Briot USA is indicative of how well
our methodology and partnering approach works in helping our clients
reach their aggressive revenue goals using more than just traditional
lead generation," said Dan McDade, president of PointClear.
"Briot USA has experienced firsthand how we act as an extension
of our clients' sale force to generate qualified sales leads by
becoming proficient with their solutions and market and then applying
our professional sales experience to hold meaningful, fact-finding
conversations with executive and professional decision makers to
uncover their pain points, needs and wants. Our clients can then
contact their prospects at the appropriate time with the confidence
that comes with knowing exactly how to approach them for the best
results."
About Briot USA
Briot (www.briotusa.com) is
recognized as a global leader in the design and manufacture of edging
equipment used by eyecare professionals and optical labs worldwide.
Founded in 1934 by Joseph Briot in France, the company has been
on the cutting edge of innovation in lens finishing technology for
over 65 years. Briot products are sold in more than 60 countries
around the globe. Briot USA is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.
About PointClear
Headquartered in Norcross, GA, PointClear,
the Business Prospect Outsourcing company, provides Sales Opportunity
Management solutions that fill client forecasts, not just their
pipelines. PointClear's expert sales and marketing professionals
deliver the opportunities clients need to increase
sales, correctly cover client markets, and add predictability
and surety to client forecasts. PointClear's comprehensive portfolio
of outcome-based marketing services go beyond traditional lead generation
to generate ready-buyer sales leads. Services include building marketing
databases, multi-channel prospecting programs, prospect profiling,
fulfillment and e-fulfillment, list segmentation, target market
intelligence and ROI analysis.
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Contact Information:
Kathy Cabrera
Carabiner Communications
770.569.8221
kcabrera@carabinerpr.com
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