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Are You Too Hard to Reach?

No More Cold Calling

But these social channels often prevent people from socializing and having live conversations. Phone conversations are still important, more so than through any other channel besides face-to-face meetings. . If we are so focused on ‘engagement’ and ‘conversations,’ shouldn’t we be able to do that on the phone when needed?

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Why You Can’t Automate High-Stakes Selling

No More Cold Calling

Yes, I know a computer named Watson won the Jeopardy challenge in 2011. While technology is great for storing, aggregating, and—to some degree—interpreting information, it can’t have conversations, ask insightful questions, or draw wisdom from experience…at least not yet.

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What is Wrong with the Telephone in Sales

Score More Sales

I said, “let’s talk – by telephone” She responded by saying, What’s wrong with Skype or a Google Hangout? . Remembering Pamela Paul’s New York Times article, Don’t Call Me I Won’t Call You back in 2011, it garnered 468 reader’s comments.

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Sales AI will soon replace you, unless you follow these two rules

Gong.io

In 2011, there were 150 marketing software vendors. Second: Complex conversations create value. And you can’t automate complex conversations. Robots can have simple conversations. Conversations that involve winnowing down a finite list of options like a flowchart. You can’t automate conversations that complex.

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23 Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Client | Sales.

The Sales Hunter

Using this technique requires you to be engaged and sincere about the topic of conversation. Use that common interest as a springboard for starting additional conversations and as reasons to send an email or leave a voice mail. Make sure all of your conversations and your body language are positive. December 2011.

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Collaborating With Strangers—Managing Your Virtual Sales Force

No More Cold Calling

But as David Radcliffe —a civil engineer at Google—puts it, “You can’t schedule innovation.”. Collaboration is the word of this decade, according to a 2011 report from CSO Insights. Sure, you can schedule video meetings and teleconferences. Collaborating With Strangers?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011

The ROI Guy

Monday, February 14, 2011 Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 With social media spending continuing to increase this year, CMOs are being tasked to justify the investment. Rising dramatically for 2011 is the quantification of conversion and revenue as a result of social media efforts.