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Posted by Dan McDade on Aug 2, 2017 3:28:25 PM

Tags: Lead Nurturing, Cost Per Lead, Marketing ROI, Close Rate

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What Percent of Leads Should Sales Close?

The answer to this question is a lot more complicated than it looks. There are many factors that impact the percent of leads that should be closed by sales.

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Posted by Dan McDade on Jul 24, 2017 1:58:01 PM

Tags: Lead Nurturing, Lead Qualification

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Scheduling an Appointment With an "Uncloseable"

A competitor in the teleprospecting business recently published a list of B2B companies based on how easy or hard they were to work from a lead-generation standpoint. They listed those that they had had success with on..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Jul 19, 2017 1:51:01 PM

Tags: Lead Generation, Sales Process, B2B Sales, Lead Nurturing, Lead Management

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Embarking on a sales lead generation project: What could go wrong?

“What could derail this project?” a prospect asked me, following our discussion about PointClear’s lead generation, qualification and nurturing services. We had just finished talking about the importance of marketing..

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Posted by James Obermayer on Jul 12, 2017 12:34:15 PM

Tags: B2B Sales, Sales Training, Guest Blogs, Prospecting Questions

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Salespeople Must Accelerate Response or Fail

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Posted by Dan McDade on Jun 29, 2017 2:50:40 PM

Tags: Database Marketing, Increase Sales, Marketing ROI, B2B Growth Strategy

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5 (doable) ways to drive revenue growth now

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