Chorus.ai

MARCH 19, 2019

Cold calling is still a key strategy for successful sales teams. Here’s the proof: one survey by DiscoverOrg found that 55% of high growth companies (those with at least 40% growth over the last three years) identified cold calling as one of their key strategies. If you happen to get someone on a cold call, keep it short.

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The Science and Art of Selling

APRIL 5, 2014

Cold calling – the nemesis of all sales people. If you are wondering what to avoid when cold calling, here are some hints. The first thing to remember is that cold calling is a game of probabilities. The first thing to remember is that cold calling is a game of probabilities.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Just gesturing gave me energy and brought out my personality. Then check out her blog to find out what other virtual sales errors you might be making on video. Then check out her blog to find out what other virtual sales errors you might be making on video. I can tell you this. I wasn’t reading off a script.

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The Science and Art of Selling

APRIL 22, 2014

Do you have a natural fear of cold calling? Are you looking for tips on what to avoid when cold calling? The first step in fighting the fear of cold calling is teaching yourself to not take the calls personal. What are some tips on what to avoid when cold calling? Are you sales driven?

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling. In the meantime, check out the latest blog posts from No More Calling: How to Remarkably Improve Customer Experience with a Referral Culture. Don’t Have the Energy to Leave a Toxic Boss? Read “ Don’t Have the Energy to Leave a Toxic Boss?

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 23, 2013

First, it lacked energy. If you’re going to sales prospect by way of the telephone, then you better be able to do it with energy. What amazes me is why would anyone leave a message that lacks any level of clarity and energy. Before even thinking about what you’re going to say, focus on getting clarity and energy.

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Zoominfo

MAY 10, 2018

In today’s blog post we break down your bad sales habits and teach you the tactics you need to be more productive. You make too many cold calls. You don’t need to work in sales to know the phrase, “cold calling.” Less than 1% of cold calls result in a sale. Cold calling is ineffective 90.9%

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

If you read this blog regularly, you know that I have pointed out that salespeople and sales organizations spend too much time and energy trying to avoid objections, when they should be spending time on learning to deal with them, redirect and leverage them to move the sale forward. By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca.

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Anne Miller

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Warm introductions are always better than cold calls. For more on selling by referral, check out, “No More Cold Calling” by referral selling expert, Joanne Black. This will tell you where you stand and save you a great deal of time and energy. People tend to agree to initiate conversations when approached that way.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 15, 2013

Sales leaders must harness the energy of their team members—who have unique personalities and don’t like to be micro-managed. That’s why I’m dedicating my first blog post each month to sales management—with insights and strategies to help leaders and their teams succeed in our exciting, rewarding profession. Did You Know??.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 30, 2016

Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month. Are your sales reps still wasting time with cold prospecting—sending emails and social media requests to strangers who aren’t expecting to hear from them? They drain your energy, test your patience, and waste your time. The year is now halfway over.

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The Pipeline

MAY 25, 2012

Early in the cycle, the initial call, maybe even a cold call, you are likely dealing with two dynamics, first their need to avoid yet another interruption from a sales person. How you do that will differ slightly based on you current relationship with the buyer, and when in the cycle the objection surfaces.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Don’t waste time on cold calls with a 1-3% appointment success rate (AAISP, 2012). Instead, invest your time and energy into improving your LinkedIn game. Instead, invest your time and energy into improving your LinkedIn game. My last two blogs covered Step #1: LinkedIn Profiles and Step #2: LinkedIn Reach.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 18, 2015

Now imagine a sales world where you only meet with clients who want to meet with you —a world where you never have to cold call, send prospecting letters, pester strangers on social media, or entice clients with special offers. How much time and energy do you typically spend getting in front of the right people?

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 31, 2019

Improving your prospecting results begins with setting aside the time and the energy to prospect each and every day. To prospect successfully, you need to focus your time and energy on the methods that work best for you. If you are great at cold calling, you should absolutely focus on cold calling.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The most successful salespeople know it’s far more efficient to sell to existing customers than to slog through a bunch of cold calls. Because they had invested time and energy on their original purchase decision, they were loath to abandon it merely for additional benefits. 2017) “Supersize me!

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 13, 2015

Get Proactive Sales leadership expert Kevin Davis puts this issue into perspective in his blog post, “ 5 Things Proactive Sales Managers Do Differently.” Then you’ll have the time and energy to help them learn new skills , grow professionally, and think “big picture” about increasing sales pipelines.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 22, 2015

I challenge tired prospecting techniques like cold calling, direct-mail campaigns, and advertising—and the expectation that these activities actually attract great clients. Don’t let the corporate world gobble up all your energy and dull your creativity. She probably had no clue what an impression she made on me.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 5, 2022

Note: Andy Paul provides today’s guest Blog, ‘Can You Sell Without Selling Out?’. As we went around the room and introduced ourselves, some representatives humble-bragged about all the cold calls they’d already made. Cold calls? Related Blog Stories: Are You Happy with Current Results? Closed deals?

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Sales Call Best Practices. Some background noise if fine, but the last thing you want the other person to hear when you’re calling is loud music or the sound of informal activities going on in the background. If the phone call is important, stand up when you make it. ” Sales Motivation Blog. cold calling.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 2, 2015

Your resources (and energy) will be drained. Worst of all, PITA clients waste time, energy, and creativity that would be better spent serving your Ideal Clients —those you enjoy working with and who give you what you need to help them grow their businesses. Want to weed out the clients who are draining resources and energy?

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Babette Ten Haken

OCTOBER 8, 2018

First, the act of engaging customers encourages both customers and sellers to exchange energy with one another. Think about an over-dependence on cold calling, marketing automation and running around networking events throwing business cards at everything. Then, think about robo cold calls on mobile devices.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 6, 2020

In this blog post we’ll discuss how customers are using SalesLoft to facilitate remote activities that inspire healthy competition and maintain team rapport: Hosting remote power hours. So, what can you do to ease a seller’s transition to remote work and keep the energy on the virtual sales floor pumping? We have another blog for that!

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Energy is high when Prancer is in the office and everyone loves Prancer. Cold calling. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. Commentary on Sales Leadership: Dave Stein’s New Blog. Community Marketing Blog. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Jonathan Farrington’s Blog.

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Selling Energy

APRIL 29, 2018

Wednesday : Check out how to make cold calls and build the right rapport. Selling Energy Blog. ! Thursday : Ask deal-breaking questions upfront. Don't waste your prospect's time and your own. Friday : You don't have to wine and dine your clients to be successful. Saturday : Check out how to prevent employee burnout.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 16, 2012

Most time the process of challenging the “difference” will set you apart, and help the buyer see where they are miss-focusing time and energy. John: No no, my people have to go out find leads and prospect, in fact, I wish they would do more; but they work trade shows, networking, cold calls. Cold calling.

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Close.io

MARCH 17, 2020

The more capable you are of recognizing, realizing, and managing your emotions, the more control you have over your time, your energy, and your focus. And once you've got control over your time, energy, and focus, there simply isn’t any room in your life for stress. Because I didn’t make enough cold calls.”.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

So rather than spending time talking and worrying about price, sellers need to spend that time and energy building value in the mind of buyer, based on their current requirements and circumstance. Cold calling. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. Community Marketing Blog. Top Sales Blog.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In the race to finish the year strong, prospecting often gets put on the back burner while sales reps spend time and energy on closing the open business opportunities they’re working. Learn more about LinkedIn lead generation tips in this blog post and this short webinar. Publishing blog posts. Gone are the days of cold calling.

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SalesProInsider

APRIL 10, 2019

It’s hard to determine where to put your time, money, and energy for lead gen activities. Somehow the lure of passive leads pouring in pushes us to put all available time, money, and energy into the digital lead gen bucket. A digital approach — blogs, website, SEO, ads on the right sites, etc.

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Increase Sales

MARCH 3, 2014

Hot” calling (from a solid sales lead). Warm” calling (from a partially qualified sales lead). Cold” calling. Mid-size to small businesses lack the resources of time, money, energy and emotions found within much larger organizations. Solution page(s). Resource page(s). Social Media. Website (organic searches).

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Anthony Iannarino

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Oh, and then there are cold calls. All you need to know this is true are the paragraphs above that describe inputs of greater difficulty and skill than a cold call. Improving your effectiveness requires intentionality, time, energy, and a willingness to change your approach—even when it is uncomfortable.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Sales Call Best Practices. Instead, when you have a call that goes bad, pick up the phone and call one of your favorite customers and let them pick you up. It might make you feel good right now, but in the end it will only serve to suck the energy out of you. ” Sales Motivation Blog. cold calling.

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Routine 2: Fuel up It’s no secret that sales is an energy-consuming job. On weekends I’d read sales blogs or listen to productivity Podcasts. Things like “Buy my parents tickets to SF” or “launch my new blog.” For instance, perhaps you’ve noticed that you need to improve your conversion rate on cold calls.

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Anthony Iannarino

AUGUST 9, 2020

I started making cold calls when I was fifteen years old. I left my job washing dishes at a large banquet center and started calling community leaders to ask them to host a bike-a-thon for a popular charity. There are only two significant sales outcomes, both of which must command your time, attention, and energy.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Worry is a non-productive use of energy! I like the idea of worry being non-productive energy. Cold calling. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. Commentary on Sales Leadership: Dave Stein’s New Blog. Community Marketing Blog. From The Heart Sales Training Blog.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 1, 2012

I check email when I’m on a call, should be writing, on my phone (not, of course, while I’m driving). Tony Schwartz, president and CEO of The Energy Project, wrote a great blog in the Harvard Business Review’s HBR Blog Network: Four Destructive Myths Most Companies Still Live By. Are you a multitasking culprit? .

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