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Online content in the sales and marketing industries is constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues.

If You Follow the Lead Cow, You Will Step in the Mess That’s Left Behind

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint.

As we plan for the New Year, it’s time to stop..

Lead Generation Specialist

Posted by Dan McDade on Oct 9, 2012 8:48:00 AM

Tags: Lead Generation, B2B Sales, Lead Nurturing, Lead Qualification, Cost Per Lead

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The Dangers of Using Cost per Lead as a Metric to Measure Marketing

Twice over the past two years I blogged about the dangers of using cost per lead as a metric to measure marketing.

As a foundation, I published three blogs in 2012 in which I outlined three critical elements that..

Lead Generation Specialist

Posted by Dan McDade on Sep 11, 2012 7:45:00 AM

Tags: Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing

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Lead Generation: A Watched Pot Never Boils

This is the third in a series of four blogs about lead generation, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs.

The phrase, "A watched pot never boils" contains a warning against giving in to impatience; it'll do you no..

Measuring B2B Lead Gen Spend: Cost-Per-Lead Fallacy (2 of 3)

In the first blog on the fallacy of using the cost-per-lead metric to measure the success of B2B lead generation investments, we looked at the nature of the problem and associated costs to the organization.

In this..

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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:

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..