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PowerViews with Matt Heinz: The Quality of Marketing Leads is Abysmal

Who has control over when a sale is complete? Is it the salesperson? The marketing team? The client? Every situation is unique. But for a strategy to be consistently successful, a company’s sales and marketing teams..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Nov 5, 2013 8:41:00 AM

Tags: Lead Qualification, Increase Sales, Sales Leads, Marketing ROI, PowerMinute

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PowerMinute: [Video] Take Sales from Chaos to Kickass

Too often, sales leads are dropped and business isn’t closed. 70-94% of all leads generated are ignored by sales reps because few leads sent to sales are sales-qualified. In all this marketing and sales chaos, little..

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Best of PowerViews: Are You Tenacious About Sales Follow Up?

I continue to enjoy the insightful discussions I have with sales and marketing experts in our PowerViews series. There are a few topics that come up regularly. For this ‘best of’ edition we revisit the hot..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Oct 29, 2013 8:15:00 AM

Tags: B2B Sales, Sales Leads, PowerViews, Social Media

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PowerViews with Kyle Porter: How Can You Sell If You’re Always On?

I’m a follower of SalesLoft, where Kyle Porter and his team consistently produce a phenomenal list of targeted leads. So...how do they help people generate a higher response from clients and customers than many other..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Oct 24, 2013 7:43:00 AM

Tags: Sales Training, PowerViews, Social Media

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PowerViews with Jill Rowley: Social Employees Should Connect and Amplify

A lot of people don’t know how to use LinkedIn. Many see it as a job board where they can post their resume, not as a hub that connects people with like-minded interests. In a business-to-business world, the main..

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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..