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Posted by James Obermayer on Jul 20, 2015 10:08:00 AM

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The sales rep said, “I never got a lead yet that turned into a sale.”

I was the marketing manager of a medical device company and we were near the end of the day’s sales meeting. Forty salespeople were in the room; I was last on the program. Everybody wanted to get out, hit the lobby bar..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Jul 14, 2015 10:18:00 AM

Tags: Marketing & Sales Alignment, Inbound Marketing

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PowerOpinions: Making Lead Scoring a Success Part 3 [Expert Advice]

This is the final installment of a three-part series in response to the following question: 

As we enter the second half of 2015, have companies made the adjustments necessary to utilize lead scoring or is the status..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Jul 9, 2015 11:42:00 AM

Tags: Marketing & Sales Alignment, Inbound Marketing

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PowerOpinions: Making Lead Scoring a Success Part 2 [Expert Advice]

We recently asked top industry experts the following question:

As we enter the second half of 2015, have companies made the adjustments necessary to utilize lead scoring or is the status quo killing results?

Why did we..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Jul 7, 2015 12:18:00 PM

Tags: Marketing & Sales Alignment, Inbound Marketing

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PowerOpinions: Making Lead Scoring a Success Part 1 [Expert Advice]

Marketing Automation makes it easier than ever to deliver more poor-quality leads to sales. A key to this trend is lead scoring. According to SiriusDecisions’ Research Brief1, the problem with lead scoring at many..

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Posted by James Obermayer on Jun 30, 2015 9:00:00 AM

Tags: Lead Generation, Lead Qualification

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Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in.'

This title is a quote from Ronald Reagan. The status quo—that marketing management doesn’t understand the definition of a qualified lead—is nothing new.

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