Follow Up

Sales Lead Management: Are You a Victim of Failure to Follow-Up?

I talk about the concept of stopping “revenue leakage” a lot, and one of the biggest causes of revenue leakage is when sales or marketing reps fail to follow-up (FTFU).  You spend a lot of time and money to generate inquiries and then see the effort wasted. Not only is this bad sales and marketing […]

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Criteria of Efficient B2B Lead Generation Processes

My team and I are always preaching the doctrine of the consistent and predictable lead generation engine as a key part of the Lead-to-Revenue Machine. In my recent book, The Essential Guide to Building Your Lead-to-Revenue (L2R) Machine™, I included a chapter on how to build efficient lead generation processes as a key component of L2R […]

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Create an Unstoppable B2B Sales Machine – Part 2

My last blog post covered the first four keys to creating an unstoppable sales machine: 1. Make sure there is complete alignment between the marketing and sales departments. 2. Concentrate your efforts on finding the companies and individuals that have a genuine need for what you offer. 3. Never lose a deal alone. 4. Keep […]

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Criteria of a Powerful B2B Lead Generation Engine

My team and I are always preaching the doctrine the consistent and predictable lead generation “engine.” The fact is this: Even the most creative branding and awareness-building program won’t produce the desired results unless you can efficiently work prospects through the system and produce revenue at the other end. But like everything else in marketing, […]

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B2B Marketing: The Importance of Blocking and Tackling

I talk often about the importance of creating a “marketing machine”. By marketing machine, I mean a systematized process for creating awareness, generating B2B leads, qualifying prospects, and converting them into sales opportunities. There is both an art and science to creating an effective B2B marketing machine. The art comes in devising powerful brand messaging […]

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