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Posted by Dan McDade on Feb 24, 2016 7:30:00 AM

Tags: Marketing & Sales Alignment

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How the CEO Can Enhance Sales, Marketing, and the Executive Branch

Someone once told me that CEOs don’t care about leads. They only care about revenue. Unfortunately, as a result of this thinking, marketing spends a ton of money generating leads for sales that are never followed-up...

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Posted by Dan McDade on Feb 23, 2016 1:02:44 PM

Tags: Lead Generation, Marketing Strategy

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Is Your Lead Generation Strategy Broken?

A broken lead generation strategy could mean trouble for your sales and marketing team, but not just because of the fundamental misalignment between the two departments. More so because an improper strategy can make you..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Feb 19, 2016 7:30:00 AM

Tags: Lead Generation, B2B Marketing, Marketing & Sales Alignment

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The #1 Reason CEOs Should Care About Lead Generation

I often say that CEO’s don’t care about leads, they only care about revenue. Unfortunately, unless you, as the CEO of your company, start caring about leads you are going to lose revenue and miss your number. The..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Feb 16, 2016 12:30:00 PM

Tags: Sales Leads

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How to Turn Sales Leads into Revenue, Not Just Work

Even the most ambitious and efficient companies with highly competitive offerings, like GE or Boeing, don’t close 100% of their deals. These companies have a very high demand for their products and services, but they..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Feb 12, 2016 1:30:00 PM

Tags: B2B Marketing, Marketing & Sales Alignment

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4 Things a CMO Should Do to Build Their Marketing Dream Team (Part Two)

In a recent interview, I sat down with Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing and picked his brain about what makes up a CMO’s marketing dream team. Matt was one of SLMA’s 40 Most Inspiring Leaders in Sales Lead Management in..

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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..

Outbound vs. Inbound: The Risk Management Issue in the Complex Sale

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