MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 5, 2012

We have heard for years about how much today’s consumer detests receiving the dreaded cold-call. We all know that cold calling has become increasingly difficult and the modern-day buyer has become more evasive, defensive, suspicious and even hostile towards getting a telephone solicitation call. Privacy Violation.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Recent statistics released by the LinkedIn Ads group showed that nearly 50% of LinkedIn members are in a key decision maker role such as Manager, Director, Owner, Chief Officer or Vice President – once again proving that LinkedIn really is the biggest and best decision maker search engine in the world! Image by Idea Go).

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

As more and more sales people are recognising cold calling is less fruitful than they would like, attention is being focused on what you can do to improve your overall sales success rate. 6) Become an expert in a niche area that will make you become valuable to your prospects and clients. Make it informative and readable.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 21, 2022

I watched a sales rep making cold calls the other day. He was making one crucial error that was leading to him not getting very far with prospects. I want to share with you what this common prospecting error is and how to immediately fix it. What was missing was the common currency of human interaction to set up the call.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 6, 2020

What’s the biggest mistake sales reps make with prospecting or cold calling? They call with what a client of mine once called, “commission breath.”. Read them, compare them to how you make calls, and then refrain from making these mistakes in the future. Your prospecting will go a lot better if you do!

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Women Sales Pros

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

In email prospecting , one of the first things I recommend is that you send yourself a draft before hitting send. That way, you experience what it’s like for the prospect you’re emailing – from the perceived length to the content and call to action. So, how do you assess your cold call effectiveness?

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Can you call me back at (phone number)? This is one of the oldest poor sales techniques in the world, and it just SCREAMS: I’m cold calling and trying to trick you into calling me back! Here’s what’s better: First, you have to let the caller know what company you’re calling from and the reason for the call.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2023

So many sales reps are anxious when they speak with a prospect. And, if they are an influencer collecting information, then: “What is the timeline of the (decision maker) to put something like this to work for them?” And, to qualify the influencer: “How do you get involved in the decision process?”

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 22, 2015

When you get referrals, you get meetings with one call. I’ve heard it takes at least seven to 10 touches for sales teams who cold call and cold email prospects to connect with decision-makers. And why is it so hard for these reps to actually get on their prospects’ calendars?

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

I hope you enjoy today’s cold calling tip. He told me that some of them are struggling to get through to decision makers, and he thought it was because they were “pitching the gatekeeper.” I listened to some of his calls, and he was right! I was talking with a client last week about some of his new employees.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2024

What’s the number one blow off prospects use these days? Not only is it hard to get prospects back on the phone, when you do, you usually lead off with the ineffective opening line of: “Did you have a chance to review that email I sent you?” And then when a prospect blows you off with, “Can you email that to me?”

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 19, 2024

Now ask questions, try to engage, and take your prospect as far as they’ll let you! You see, the value of having a proven response in your back pocket is that it allows you to move past a prospect’s initial resistance. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! [Now take it down, and then move into qualifying!]

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 12, 2022

Congrats to those companies & individuals who sent in their prospecting scripts for review. Usually, they asked it this way: Gatekeeper: “Thank you for calling the Johnson company.”. BTW: If you or your team needs other proven techniques to connect with and sell more decision makers, consider my On-Demand Training.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2020

This week, I listened to a closing call from one of their reps, and here is how the prospect opened the call: Prospect: “Let me just tell you upfront that we’re looking at a lot of different options right now of which yours is just one…”. Then: “And also, I’m not the decision maker on this, I’m just an influencer.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

However, my concern is that today’s Warm Call is the New Cold Call! Yesterday’s Warm Call. Not long ago, a warm call was one where you had more than the basic contact information, some idea of potential interest and often, some previous contact with the prospect. The New Cold Call.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The reason this is such a common objection is because your prospects have figured out it’s the best way to get sales reps to drop their price! Then remain completely quiet and let your prospect tell you what the REAL objection is!] ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! In this case, “Your Price is Too High.” And most do!

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 27, 2023

They spent plenty of time on social media and sent tons of emails, but they rarely reached actual decision-makers. Well, that was a splash of cold water, and you can guess the answer. A sales leader in Europe needed the same splash of cold water. It can help us research prospects, identify mutual connections (i.e.,

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 21, 2022

Check out our best inside sales training available on the Internet: On-Demand Training! Here’s an example of a training tip that you’ll learn, and that I used, to handle a frustrating objection I used to get all the time: “The price is outside of our budget.”. Then give your team access to my award winning inside sales training!

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Sales Hacker

MAY 24, 2020

Cold calling is (and will always be) a foundational skill in sales. If you want to learn how to cold call — or just improve your skills — your best approach is to watch what experienced sales reps do, listen to recordings , and of course, study cold calling examples. That way, it’s not an entirely cold call.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 5, 2018

My new LinkedIn sales training courses take out the guesswork! It’s more complex, and despite all the tech tools at our disposal, prospecting certainly hasn’t gotten any easier. Just getting prospects to return calls is hard enough. They’re bombarded with cold calls, cold emails, and pitches on social media.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

If you are still having problems with unqualified DMs (Decision Makers) when you show up, then perhaps you are not qualifying for the true DM on the telephone as strong as you think you are. Qualifying mistakes often happen due to the sales person seeking the prospect with a particular job title. MTD Sales Training.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If you want more “treats” than “tricks” when dealing with prospects, then be bold and call back sooner than you are now. I don’t know why sales reps always default to: “I’ll call you again in a month…” Or 60 days or 90 days, etc, but why would you want to miss all the sales this prospect will place in the meantime?

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

Unless you address the broken links in your prospecting system, your sales reps will continue to struggle with closing the deal. Other reasons why salespeople fail to close sales include: The initial prospects were unqualified. The salesperson left without getting agreement on next steps or scheduling the next call.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2017

That’s why referral selling is the only prospecting strategy that ensures qualified lead generation. When sales reps receive referral introductions, they: Score meetings with decision-makers, while the competition is still figuring out how to get in. Spend more time with customers and less time prospecting.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Because of this, it fools many sales reps who think that perhaps after a week or two the prospect might actually buy. Like my suggestions from the last two weeks, try this the next time you get this objection, and see if you can have an open, honest discussion with your prospect. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 8, 2021

Two weeks into the New Year, and are you already stressed about picking up the phone and making prospecting calls? I learned a secret years ago that enabled me to overcome my fear of making calls, and that allowed me to make hundreds of cold calls stress-free. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 7, 2012

You finally get through to the decision maker (DM) and before you can even explain the reason for your call , you hear, “I’m not interested!”. The prospect has nothing to object to at this point. Look at it this way: Just why SHOULD the prospect be interested in talking to you? Prospect: “I’m not interested!”.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

In the recent post, “Today’s Warm Call is the New Cold Call,” I uncovered the fact that with today’s modern prospecting avenues, sales people are often able to establish some contact with a prospective customer before making a telephone call. 1: The Gatekeeper Screen. 3: Proper Introduction .

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Influencers are key to both getting through to decision makers, and to eventually making a sale. If it’s true that the influencer has to show this or present this to the decision maker, then they had better be sold on it themselves, right? Set a follow up call after they have pitched the decision maker.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Just consider these (true) stories: An account executive who couldn’t get her prospect on the phone scheduled an in-person meeting. Another senior account executive was annoyed that a prospect gave him less than a week to show up in Paris for a meeting with all decision-makers present.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 14, 2023

To follow up on the blog post from two weeks ago (about the one quick fix to get your VMs returned ), here is the second quick fix: Stop trying to trick your prospect! Call me back as soon as you can…” just reeks of a tricky salesperson calling. So do your prospects. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 18, 2023

Establishing rapport with a prospect in the very beginning is perhaps the most important first step to earning the right to have a conversation that might eventually lead to a sale. Get it wrong, and that could mean the end of your call—and your chance to make a sale. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

No More Cold Calling OnDemand™. Referral Selling Training Programs. No More Cold Calling. Home » The No More Cold Calling® Webinar Series-->. The No More Cold Calling® Webinar Series. Getting past the gatekeeper to your decision-maker. Speaking Video. Consulting.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. B2B Phone Sales Cold-Calling: It Still Works! Recently I wrote about why I think phone sales cold calling still works , and the feedback has been amazing. I feel it is bigger than the need to have good people or leads to call.

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Smart Calling

JUNE 22, 2020

When I talk with sales leaders whose reps are struggling with prospecting, quite often I find the root of the problem is actually with the leaders themselves. Upon examination of their methods, processes, and beliefs I often can spot mistakes being made due to belief in one—or many—of the cold calling myths that still are being perpetuated.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

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