Marc Wayshak

OCTOBER 28, 2021

We’ve found that, depending on where we get our data from, our calls can have an answer rate of just 3%…or an answer rate of up to 40%. Do you find yourself using the phone a lot to sell these days? If so, that’s really good…because I’m finding that the phone is still our best friend in sales. Check it out: 1.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

We have prepared the roundup of the best sales blogs just for you! “ Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. “ Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

It doesn’t matter how much research you conduct or how much you know about the company—if you just get a name, you’re cold calling (and, for the record, there’s no such thing as a warm call). Every time I read a blog or an article about cold calling, it sends me over the top. Want a tip?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. Cold Calling: The Warrior Delusion. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Success , Webinar , execution. The Pipeline Guest Post – Wendy Weiss, The Queen of Cold Calling™. What is the truth about cold calling?

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Vengreso

JUNE 12, 2023

There are many misconceptions about modern selling. These barriers hurt the long-term success of sales teams because of one truth: the modern buyer has changed their decision-making process. Some sales leaders immediately disregard the principles, claiming it is just another buzzword. Prospects do not want to be sold to.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 4, 2019

Think about it: you wouldn’t buy a car from a sketchy salesman or a house from a realtor you don’t trust. Before making your initial call, take the time to network and research your B2B sales prospects to uncover any commonalities. Trust is the foundation of any successful deal. Why would your B2B sales prospects be any different?

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CloserIQ

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Interestingly, there’s a bold shift away from a fundamental aspect of B2B pipeline generation: Cold calling. It’s turned into a full-on, anti-cold calling trend, which is not the right move in our books. So I’m telling you straight: ditching cold calls is BAD for business. Gut your script. Be prudent.

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Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

We’re serious about data. By analyzing millions of sales interactions captured by Gong’s Revenue Intelligence Platform across web-conferencing, phone calls, and emails. By analyzing millions of sales interactions captured by Gong’s Revenue Intelligence Platform across web-conferencing, phone calls, and emails.

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 13, 2019

We’re about to change your mind on that front. In this article we’ll talk about sales enablement content: what it is, why it’s important, the six kinds your company needs (with real examples of sales enablement content that Nutshell uses every day), and some valuable tips on how to create your own. But it’s worth it.

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Increase Sales

AUGUST 4, 2013

Your sales script emphasizes your site secures 60,000 unique visitors because you have been told unique visitors matter to your ideal customers who are small business owners. Then the cold calling fun begins. Second, small business owners are becoming more savvy about Internet marketing. Increase Sales Coach – Blog.

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The Science and Art of Selling

MAY 20, 2014

If you’re just getting started in the sales process, or if you’re updating your sales procedures in the hopes of getting better results, chances are your cold calling scripts will be getting at least some of the attention. Then write about those.

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LeadFuze

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Prospecting is a broad term that encompasses marketing strategies, cold calls, email marketing, and other methods of nurturing leads. Although your first phone conversation or email may be your first interaction with a prospect, it is not the first chance for you to learn about them as well as anticipating their requirements.

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Showpad

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

3 proven outreach tactics that blow cold FaceTime out of the water. Who’s calling? Do you have five minutes to talk about your office’s plant needs?”. This sounds like some dystopian Black Mirror-esque show, but it’s actually a new sales tactic called cold FaceTime—and it’s the topic du jour on LinkedIn.

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The Science and Art of Selling

APRIL 14, 2014

There is no question that cold calling is not at the top of anyone’s favorite activity list. I don’t like reading from a script. By not calling and introducing your products/services to them, you are really doing them a disservice. Think about that. They probably won’t be interested.

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The Science and Art of Selling

APRIL 28, 2014

Cold calling is not easy; in fact, it can be frightening. Same as writing blogs about cold calling. There are some proven cold calling techniques that really work and they can help you to succeed in overcoming your fear. The first line of business is to set up an effective script.

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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. I don’t say things that are taught as the perfect script.

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The Science and Art of Selling

MARCH 25, 2015

Cold calling is not easy; in fact, it can be frightening. Same as writing blogs about cold calling. There are some proven cold calling techniques that really work and they can help you to succeed in overcoming your fear. The first line of business is to set up an effective script.

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PandaDoc

JUNE 24, 2021

Instead, craft emails carefully by paying attention to the following values your customers care about: Sound educated: Prove that you know what you’re talking about with an interesting statistic or fact your customers might not know. Discuss your area of expertise: Customers don’t care about you shouting “ Buy my product! ”

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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? Rehearse your script.

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The Science and Art of Selling

MARCH 5, 2014

When you think about introverts, most people don’t think of them as good salespeople, let alone great salespeople. The truth is they have many qualities that help them do better in sales than other personality types. Recently I was interviewed by RainToday.com about why introverts are great salespeople.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Meaning that because you aren’t relying on inbound leads, you have the entire universe of prospects to call on. But are your systems and technology operating smoothly enough where your reps can just ‘sell’ and not worry about navigating hacked-together systems? However, outbound has its challenges. Before you scale. Baseline metrics.

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Xvoyant

MAY 1, 2019

Sales professionals like to talk about the pitch, but while a cohesive presentation is important, this is really just the icing on top of the cake. by Daniel Weiss. [A A version of this post originally appeared on the Aircall.io Selling is an ancient profession, a useful skill, and a way of life. This presents a challenge for sales managers.

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Sales Evangelist

JULY 24, 2019

Many sellers rely on old ideology to engage their customers without realizing that if they flip the script, they can set the rules for the sale instead of conforming to the buyer’s rules. Oren is about to release his follow-up book entitled, Flip the Script. Making a pitch is like a surgery. There’s no room for error.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The Sales Hacker Podcast is carefully designed to give you tangible, practical insights about B2B sales. The path to sales enlightenment requires continuous self-learning, but there’s a real problem. Salespeople are BUSY. So don’t just aimlessly listen to sales podcasts and never implement the lessons. The Sales Hacker Podcast.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Pitch Tactic #4 – Don’t over-prepare for your calls. The very first words that usually come out of Max’s mouth during a cold call are “I’m going to be pretty straightforward with you. This is a cold call. A Cold Call Transcript From Max Sakiewicz. which most prospects don’t really care about ?

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Xvoyant

MAY 1, 2019

Sales professionals like to talk about the pitch, but while a cohesive presentation is important, this is really just the icing on top of the cake. by Daniel Weiss. [A A version of this post originally appeared on the Aircall.io Selling is an ancient profession, a useful skill, and a way of life. This presents a challenge for sales managers.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 29, 2018

At its core though, sales productivity is all about increasing your number of sales for the amount of time you spend actively selling. But first, when talking about sales productivity, we can’t very well begin this conversation without fully defining what exactly sales productivity is. Get access to The Sales Library now.

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Marc Wayshak

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

After all, there’s so much Hollywood gets wrong about selling…and a few things it gets right, too. What we actually never want to take for an answer is “I need to think about it” or “I want to think it over and get back to you”—those are the wishy-washy selling outcomes we want to avoid at all costs. Your face does.”).

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The Science and Art of Selling

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Here we are talking about not features, not benefits, but their hot buttons. Forget about selling logically. Forget about focusing on a logical rationalization of objections people have and to handle any objection they have logically. Stop using Features and Benefits! How are you going to do it? All humans are the same.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2023

” And don’t even think about Amazon! I’ll be the first to admit it! I’m not a book reader in general and prefer consuming content in short, small bites. In fact, I find books a little overwhelming at times. But with so many on the market, where do you start and how do you choose?

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2018

”Tito, how do I go about building a sales team (especially the sales development function) from scratch?” The truth is, there’s only one way to do it right, and if this is your third try, lucky you, I’ll share the formula with you. I get asked this same question several times a week.—”Tito,

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Costello

JANUARY 15, 2019

Sales and marketing alignment is about leveraging those insights to drive business results. So, we teamed up with Databox to ask sales and marketing professionals about how they’ve done it successfully. But truth be told, most of our clients experience a few “aha!” leads, marketing qualified leads, opportunities, etc.).

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Let’s flip the script: Your intellect, emotion, instinct, and empathy as a woman are what make you both a valuable human and invaluable company asset. Let’s flip the script: Your intellect, emotion, instinct, and empathy as a woman are what make you both a valuable human and invaluable company asset. Anything less is failure.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

If you're a sales person, sales manager or CEO that aspires to greatness this year and leveraging the new channels to book major revenue, remember that it's not just about social selling – it's about advanced strategic social selling ! It's a strong supplement not substitute and it's all about daily heavy lifting.

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