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Posted by Dan McDade on Aug 9, 2016 11:00:00 AM

Tags: B2B Sales, Sales Training, Sales Leads

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Long-Term Leads Demand Attention Now

Near-Term Opportunities are Important, But So is Keeping the Pipeline Full

Your sales team likes nothing better than getting leads with a high probability of closing soon. So much so that many reps often ignore every..

Lead Generation Specialist

Posted by Matt Heinz on Aug 5, 2016 11:42:07 AM

Tags: B2B Marketing, Marketing Strategy

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What Does “Full Funnel Marketing” Really Mean?

The core idea behind this book is that marketers need to embrace and take responsibility for the entire sales funnel, not just the top half. It’s the new B2B imperative that marketers take full responsibility for the..

Lead Generation Specialist

Posted by James Obermayer on Jul 26, 2016 3:36:35 PM

Tags: Guest Blogs

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How to Avoid Wasting 75% of Your Marketing Spend

Most companies admit to generating only a 10-25% follow-up of their sales inquiries. With so little follow-up, they’re reaching, on average, only 25% of available buyers. This means that 75% of the marketing dollars..

Lead Generation Specialist

Posted by Dan McDade on Jul 20, 2016 12:22:09 PM

Tags: Lead Nurturing, Sales Training, Lead Qualification

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A Multi-Touch, Multi-Media, Multi-Cycle Strategy Multiplies Results

I field a lot of questions about what I call our multi-touch, multi-media, and multi-cycle strategy. Many of the questions I field have to do with number of touches and the types of touches we recommend to effectively..

Lead Generation Specialist

Posted by Dan McDade on Jul 7, 2016 10:45:00 PM

Tags: Lead Generation, Lead Management, Cost Per Lead

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Questions to Ask Before Investing in Lead Generation

About this time of the year we start to receive calls from prospects wishing to start new lead generation projects ASAP. It happens every year. Our ramp up time for a new program is about four weeks. When prospects hear..

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You Can’t Put in What God Left Out … and Other Important Things Learned in Business and Life

Jim Obermayer is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association, and host of the Funnel Radio Channel. Jim recently..

Why Don’t Companies Want to Talk to Anyone?

It’s truly strange when companies enter the stealth mode. They hide phone numbers, dial-by-name directories, and employee names,..

What Should the Sales Close Rate Be?

I’ve read and heard (from a well-known industry analyst firm) that best-in-class companies close 30% of sales qualified leads..

Gold Calling vs. Cold Calling

I've written many blog posts on the fact that cold calling isn't dead. In fact, doing the right amount of research, adding a..

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Companies providing complex, high-investment solutions are facing a significant risk management issue in light of Sirius..