Managing Sales Leads: Turning Cold Prospects into Hot Customers

by James Obermayer

Sales leads are what successful marketing is all about. That's where the money is. This book shows how to get the most out of this crucial corporate investment. Good, qualified leads make sales forces more efficient, more effective, and - bottom line -more profitable. Add in today's tough economy the skills needed to generate and manage leads are even more vital. Offering a research-based, comprehensive treatment of this critically important marketing function, Managing Sales Leads is a powerful, hands-on reference for every manager -from mid-level sales and marketing manager to senior level corporate executive -for virtually every size of company it shows how to get the most out of this crucial corporate investment.

Genres: Business

Hardcover

First published September 1, 2006

Reviews

[E · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hands-on guide to tracking, evaluating and controlling sales leads

Sales guru James Obermayer believes that companies should hold their marketing departments accountable for generating sales leads, and in this book, he explains how marketers can live up to the challenge. He discusses how to set targeted return on investment (ROI) goals for marketing programs and sales leads. He details how marketing executives can use tracking and control techniques and systems to determine which promotional expenditures deliver the best sales returns. getAbstract recommends this outstanding guide on sales-lead generation, monitoring, evaluation and control to marketing and sales professionals and those who manage them.