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Assumptive Questions: The Quick Way to Improve Your Selling Skills

Mr. Inside Sales

If you would like to instantly improve your selling skills—and so your open and close rate—you can do so by taking just a few minutes to complete the following exercise (don’t worry, it’s easy and fun!). What you’ll do is make a list of all the common closed ended questions you ask, and then turn them into assumptive questions instead!

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The 3-Point Framework To Overcome Cold Call Objections

Gong.io

Cold call objections are par for the course for outbound sales reps. But what separates the top salespeople from the average ones is how these cold call objections are handled, deflected, and turned into something that keeps the buyer on the phone and, ideally, helps book that first meeting. Thanks for calling that out.”.

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Cold Call Stats: 8 Data-Backed Techniques To Blow Up Quota

Gong.io

Our data team analyzed thousands of cold calls to get these cold call stats. Stat #1: Successful cold calls last 2x longer. The data proves that successful cold calls are nearly twice as long as unsuccessful cold calls: Some ways to earn that 5 min, 50-sec call?

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Are You Telling the Truth About Asking for Referrals? [Q3 Referral Selling Roundup]

No More Cold Calling

Get the latest from No More Cold Calling. I wondered about those in non-traditional sales roles like customer success, CPAs, attorneys, architects, engineers, and consultants—who are now being asked to sell. Research shows cold calling scripts and tricks don’t work, but referrals do. Then make time for practice.

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How to Eliminate Cold Calling By Talking With People You Know | 5 Minute Selling – Part Two

Sales Gravy

On this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount's (Virtual Selling) and Alex Goldfayn (5 Minute Selling) teach you how to eliminate cold calling by talking with people you already know. Talking with the people you know is an easy way to eliminate cold calling.” It wasn't like you were cold calling.

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B2B Phone Sales Cold-Calling: It Still Works! | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

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. All of the feedback I received confirmed that cold-calling does still work when it is done right. They call it cold-calling for a reason…it’s cold!

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The 14 Best Cold Calling Tips of All Time for Salespeople

Gong.io

Try googling cold calling tips and see what happens. So, why can we credibly claim that the cold calling tips in this article are the best ones you’ll ever read? At Gong.io, we have the largest database of recorded sales calls in the world. Cold Calling Tip 1: Buy Time. Cold Calling Tip 2: Educate.