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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 Jun 8, 2017 1:41:49 PM

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

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PointClear Blog Named to Top 50 by Top Sales World

For the 5th year running, Top Sales World has announced their Top 50 Sales & Marketing Blogs. Also for the 5th year in a row, PointClear has been among the blogs recognized by TSW.

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Posted by Dan McDade on May 23, 2017 5:40:21 PM

Tags: Lead Qualification, Lead Management, Cost Per Lead

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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 while average companies close 20%.

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Posted by Dan McDade on May 11, 2017 4:59:09 PM

Tags: Lead Generation, Cost Per Lead, Sales Leads, White Papers

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Sales Lead Generation: Saving Money – Killing Performance

PointClear was recently given a verbal approval for a pilot program by the SVP of Sales for a technology solutions provider. He liked us. Trusted us. Told us we had the deal. Then we got turned over to sales operations..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Aug 11, 2016 11:30:00 AM

Tags: Lead Generation, Cost Per Lead

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Why Cost per Lead is a Bad Way to Measure Your Return on Lead Generation Efforts

Shifting to Outcome-based Accountability and Revenue Metrics

While cost-per-lead measurement has been the de facto favorite for evaluating marketing programs, we are seeing radical and positive shifts in how marketing..

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How Much Leads Cost

I review a lot of content on this topic and am amazed at what I find written about lead cost. For example:

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..