Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 25, 2019

call to prospects whom you’ve already pitched? Is it something like: “I’m just calling to follow up on our proposal….”. I’m just calling to see what you thought about our bid?”. The post Stop “Following Up,” and Start Closing appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. How do you open your 2 nd or 3 rd.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 30, 2023

OR “When would be the best time for me to follow up with you?” (And And then call them two weeks before whatever date they give you!) The bottom line is that most sales reps simply don’t have any idea of when they should follow up—because they never ask! Ask them and follow up sooner than are now!

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 4, 2022

Ideal tools for great prospecting [24:18]. Help us plant 50,000 trees this holiday season, and sign up using a friend’s referral link. Make prospecting videos, follow-ups, product demos, and other communications that drive virtual selling. Try Vidyard for free by signing up at Vidyard.com/free.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 30, 2023

Once AI is implemented, she says, “The question then becomes, ‘do sales organizations that use technologies like this shift their time to higher value activities, like training, researching prospects and strategy, so that when they do get face-to-face time to sell, they show up prepared and better trained?’” Think about that.

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Score More Sales

MAY 24, 2012

The question I was asked: “Would you rather make 100 cold calls or 20 well-researched calls to b2b sales prospects?” In fact those days of calling anyone without research are long O-V-E-R. Pre-Research Tools to look into: Our #1 “go-to” is LinkedIn for research. ” (A trick question?).

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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 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

I don’t understand why it is acceptable for a process like cold calling (now often started via email) to work one in a hundred times–or in email efforts one in a thousand times. Before you can go setting up meetings, you need to figure out who you need to meet. I used to work for a major semiconductor manufacturer.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

In spite of the fact that in the past pushy salespeople and poorly trained marketers have tarnished the image of the phone, I still believe that smart cold calling is still a very useful lead generation tool. However, to ensure success, cold-calling needs to be part of a holistic lead generation strategy.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2024

use the following script from my bestselling book: Power Phone Scripts : “I’d be more than happy to do that—where would you like me to email that?” If you follow this strategy, then you’ll be ready to side step the email stall and get right back into qualifying! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! How great will that be?

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SalesFuel

MARCH 19, 2024

Organizations spend billions on B2B sales training every year. Despite the heavy investment in training, some businesses won’t benefit as much as they should. What The B2B Sales Training Program Should Include The average organization spends $1,200 a year on professional development per employee.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 10, 2021

Chorus research shows that in January 2020, it took reps just over 150 cold calls on average to strike a deal. By July of the same year, that cold call average was almost 200. Given the heightened difficulty of cold calling , it’s little wonder that one successful call will feel like a major victory to a lot of reps.

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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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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. Nancy Nardin, CEO, Smart Selling Tools, Inc.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And you can search for any topic that is giving you trouble: For example, need help cold calling? The best (and most affordable) on-demand inside sales training program? Remember, it’s up to YOU to get better, and now, with all these resources, there is no reason not to! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. However, with so many sales prospecting tools out there, how do you know which ones are worth your time and money? Now let’s dive into sales prospecting tools.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 15, 2011

In a prospecting cold call you have but a precious few seconds to accomplish a whole list of objectives, one of which is to get the prospect to continue to listen to you. Following are three tips to help you instantly create a stronger rapport with the prospect in a cold call. #1- 1- Reflect a Like Attitude.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 4, 2019

So, you followed our tips for the perfect cold-calling approach. You nailed your sales call, dispelling your prospect’s early misgivings, and they sounded enthusiastic about taking things forward. That’s a lot of follow-up sales calls! It’s also where the hard work begins. Our research here at Chorus.ai

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Achieving revenue targets can be tricky, and it’s tempting to overlook training. A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. Get practical advice for developing an effective, modern sales training strategy.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Gone are the days of cold calls and one-size-fits-all pitches. What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 31, 2021

Picking up the phone and making “cold calls” has never been easy, and this has prevented many reps from making the calls that can make them more sales and more income. If you’re suffering from call reluctance, there is a way out! Simply follow these 3 proven ways to making calls easier, and confidently.

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Costello

MAY 30, 2018

When his dream didn’t quite take flight, he met an up-and-coming tech startup in Atlanta called Terminus , an account-based software for B2B marketers. John needed someone else to deliver sales training, and he liked the content that Morgan had been producing. Role Play of a Powerful Cold Call Introduction.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

They then leverage research tools and market insights to pinpoint promising opportunities. Through consistent follow-up and relationship-building activities, BDRs can expand sales pipelines. This is accomplished by uncovering additional opportunities and cross-selling/up-selling to existing clients.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 1, 2019

Would you like to be motivated to pick up the phone instead of sending yet another email? Better training = more sales. Starting on Tuesday, May 21 st , we’re launching our powerful, 7-week Online Inside Sales Training! Starting on Tuesday, May 21 st , we’re launching our powerful, 7-week Online Inside Sales Training!

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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. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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The Science and Art of Selling

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

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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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 30, 2020

Plus, check out what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month: Pick Up the Damn Phone and Have Sales Conversations. I wrote my second book— Pick Up the Damn Phone!: In fact, they didn’t even need to talk to prospects, because they had great tech tools. Sales Pipeline Dried Up?

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Training your team requires providing them with more than a manual and a few workshops before sending them out into the field. In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. Start a free trial 3.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

This is the fourth year in a row we have been awarded with this valuable award that acknowledges our inside sales training, scripting, and coaching services as being the best of the best! Remember: The better training you get, the better results you get! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Download it here. See it here.

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Pipeline

MARCH 12, 2024

But for that, familiarizing your sales team with the differences between cold emailing and cold calling is essential. That’s why we break down what cold calling and cold emailing are, comparing their sales outreach characteristics and benefits and how custom CRM software can help your sales team be effective in both.

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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. Cold calling mistake #1: Don’t pitch the gatekeeper.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 11, 2019

If yes, then do what I did: Get the best training you can and use what you learn. Enroll yourself or your team in next week’s 7-week online training program. 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.”.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 15, 2023

AI will increase the gap between average and great According to David, it’s going to be critical for sales organizations and individual salespeople to get up-to-speed on AI, otherwise they may be “lapped” by their competition in the future. Add tools carefully It’s easy to end up with too many sales tools.

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SalesHandy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

You need to stay updated with the latest sales statistics for setting up your goals, defining the KPIs, and measuring the performance metrics of your sales team. They use cold emails, cold calls, and frequent follow-ups to achieve consistent growth. Cold email statistics. Cold call statistics.

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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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Highspot

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sales training can be like sailing the high seas – an always-on adventure where focus, navigation, and teamwork are vital. We’ve curated a collection of the best sales training tips so you can build a program that will put wind in your team’s sails to navigate an uncertain selling landscape and outperform every quarter.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 21, 2022

I watched a sales rep making cold calls the other day. What was missing was the common currency of human interaction to set up the call. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! He was making one crucial error that was leading to him not getting very far with prospects.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 11, 2023

Here’s how: When you lose a sale or suffer a difficult call (could be a prospecting call), you hang up and find your attitude is a bit negative, simply say to yourself: “Okay. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! That’s okay.” And then leave it at that. It is what it is, and you can’t change it.

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