No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Get the latest from No More Cold Calling. I’m calling it out, because everyone feels the same way. Just when you think you’re the only one, you never are, right?) It feels uncomfortable, because you convince yourself: You could be intruding and jeopardizing a trusted relationship. Well, that’s not cool.).

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2020

So, what do you do? You take action. Ram Charan, author of more than 20 books and consultant to CEOs, said in 2008 : “It’s counterintuitive but true that when the economy slows down, the pace of decision-making has to speed up, because you can’t put off the tough choices anymore.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 14, 2021

Why am I doing a monthly Sales TV Show? More frankly, I’m pushing myself to do more video—even though it’s not my favorite medium—but video is a favorite medium for many, because it’s visual and convenient. All episodes are recorded, so you won’t miss out. Of course you would. So why is your outreach still cold?

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 29, 2019

Do your clients want more from you? Would you be surprised to learn that prospects want the same buying experience in their business lives as in their personal lives? Two phone calls later, with people promising to notify their transportation people and promising to call me, no one called. In her Sales 3.0

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 31, 2019

Here’s what you might have missed this month from No More Cold Calling. I dreaded buying another car because of the pushy, in-your-face car salespeople, who are just like B2B sales reps cold calling you. The salesperson called and called, even after we told him to only communicate by email.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 12, 2020

In case you missed this, I received the following email last week: Dear Mike: The people have spoken and your article, “3 Keys to Dealing with Difficult Prospects,” has won 2nd place in our 2020 Sales Pro Central MVP Awards Social Selling category!” I listen to a lot of calls each week that my clients send me.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 24, 2019

. Have you ever met a salesperson who enjoyed cold calling? How about a buyer who enjoyed receiving cold calls? Not only is cold calling tortuous for everyone involved, it’s one of the reasons that only 54.3 Cold calling doesn’t address the top two challenges that sales teams face. What about “warm calls”?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

So, how do high-performing sales organizations meet prospective buyers along the journey at the perfect time? While every sales process is unique, there are central, universal elements that high-growth organizations use to tactically engage qualified buyers. Spray and pray tactics won’t resonate with even the most qualified prospects.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. How do you know if a potential customer is a good fit for your solution? How do you know whether to move prospects through your sales funnel or disqualify them? Read on to learn more.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 6, 2019

You have the perfect prospect. You know how you can help them. You have that initial phone call, and everything feels good. They share great information and provided even more information and insights in response to your questions. You feel like life is good. They’ve blown you off.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 20, 2018

He had just presented the audience with a five-step prospecting plan that included many lead generation techniques—including cold calling, emails, voicemail, and social media touches. Are you as flummoxed as I was? Yes, we know those salespeople, and we don’t want to be lumped in with them, nor do we want to be like them.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Some of you Boomers will remember the “Is it live – or Memorex” commercial, you Millies can see it here. No longer will you be a prisoner of a pink sheet, a secretary’s handwriting, or the recipient’s misinterpretation of your message. “No Now you can deliver the exact message you want directly to your audience.”

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 7, 2018

Because what you’re already doing isn’t working. Everyone complained that they didn’t have enough leads, or at least not enough qualified leads. attain quota, and about 65 percent of sales reps in Europe do so. attain quota, and about 65 percent of sales reps in Europe do so. You have a choice. That’s a fact.

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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.”. You know, that desperation sales people have when they finally get someone on the phone. How do you avoid that? You avoid the three mistakes below.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2020

I listen to a lot of calls each week that my clients send me. 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…”. Let’s do this then.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 7, 2024

So, like, I’ve been a salesperson for years and, well, I’ve learned kind of a few things. And today, I want to, um, share some of what I’ve learned with you — if that’s okay? If you’re a salesperson and you speak like this, here’s a reality check: It is going to be very, very hard to convince prospects to buy.

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Zoominfo

JULY 29, 2020

One of the best ways to improve sales numbers involves something everyone dreads — cold calling. Out of all the daily tasks a salesperson goes, it’s definitely the most uncomfortable. Why do Sales Cold Calling Scripts Matter? Challenges of B2B Cold Calling. Cold calls? More like gold calls!

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 16, 2017

Cold calling is bottom-of-the-barrel prospecting. It can take eight to 14 touches to just to reach a prospect who isn’t expecting a call from your sales rep. There has to be an easier way to score qualified sales leads! Cold calling is a demeaning sales tactic and an inefficient way to generate qualified sales leads.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 21, 2023

An objection is a legitimate concern that could threaten a deal, while a brush-off comes from a less genuine place — it's a knee-jerk reaction prospects raise when they want to quickly and abruptly end a sales call. And if you want to consistently engage in meaningful conversations with prospects, you need to know how to work past them.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 30, 2018

There’s no such thing as a warm anything in sales—an email, phone call, social media outreach, or even a knock on the door. Unless your prospect knows who you are and expects to hear from you, you might as well step into a freezer. How do you want to work? Your outreach is cold as ice. Let me guess.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 28, 2022

When was the last time you, as the CEO, listened to a conversation a salesperson at your company was having with a prospective buyer? . Further, you have sales leaders who do that, right? If you were listening to them on a sales call right now, what would you be listening for? . What Do Buyers Want?

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Nutshell

AUGUST 16, 2018

Definition of Cold Calling: Cold calling is a form of telemarketing in which a salesperson attempts to solicit business from potential customers who have not previously expressed interest in the seller’s product or solution. Well, we’re hard at work building that out for you. Cold Calling 2.0:

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The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In order to create effective call scripts, you must understand your company’s product and services, what is your value proposition and what problems or pains they solve. In theory, scripts cover a range of customer needs, giving the salesperson a list of answers to objections or questions a customer may ask.

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Anthony Iannarino

AUGUST 28, 2020

There is no reason to spend time with people and companies who cannot benefit from what you sell. When you target individual companies, you eliminate the kind of companies that do not need what you sell or can in no way benefit from your general value proposition.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If you’re thinking about a career in sales, you probably want to hear the cold, hard truths about sales and what it entails. So, we partnered with some of the best sales professionals to give you their insights, including the biggest challenges and tips to get past them. You can showcase value by Providing demos.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Do your reps follow a consistent and repeatable process that makes it easy to predict quarterly sales? But you need to take steps to change it. . In this guide, we’ll help you follow in the footsteps of the successful sales rep described above. What rules your sales team – order or chaos? What is a sales cycle?

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The number one competitor every salesperson faces is the “no decision.” This is the customer who despite everything you do chooses to not do anything. Either way, for you, it is time wasted. More on this in my video below: You know what can make the “no decision” even more painful?

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

How do you transform someone who has no cold calling experience whatsoever into a fully competent and confident prospecting superstar? How to Create Cold Calling Confidence in 10 Steps For sales reps to succeed at cold calling, companies must have a structured process for training them.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Outbound lead campaigns might be even more involved, and it might take hundreds of calls to make one successful appointment. But from a lead management standpoint, you do need to establish if you are obtaining enough leads—inbound or outbound—to sustain your sales team. Inbound and Outbound. I arrived in the U.S.

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Gong.io

JULY 7, 2022

Modern tips, tricks, and software certainly have their place, but they help you maximize an effective sales methodology — they don’t replace it. In fact, given the tendency for technology to make sales even more of a number’s game, Sandler’s method may be even more effective now than it was when it was first created.

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Marc Wayshak

JANUARY 5, 2022

What is the most valuable resource you have as a salesperson or business owner? You’ve only got 24 hours in a day, and you’ve got to sleep a little…so your time is really the most valuable resource you have. Even so, most salespeople spend their days as if they have unlimited amounts of time. Check it out: 1.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 10, 2024

As a sales manager, I’m sure you have pipeline meetings often. But, do you ever ask yourself, “How can pipeline meetings be a coaching opportunity?” Let’s start with an analogy: You wouldn’t expect a rookie with no training to pick up a bat in a major league baseball game and knock it out of the park on his first try.

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Anthony Iannarino

MARCH 9, 2020

Some of these companies have decided to separate prospecting from the rest of the sales process, believing they will improve their sales results by having an SDR do the prospecting , handing-off a “qualified” prospect to a senior salesperson. Qualifying means verifying that your lead will benefit from what you sell.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 30, 2020

The training program, called "Professional Selling Skills," took a then-new consultative approach to sales. It’s much easier now to find out what you need to know about a prospect or a client. The typical sales process in the simplest terms goes something like this: Do target audience research. Keep one important thing in mind.

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Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

Recruiting salespeople is so important that companies spend $10,000-$15,000 a year on average per person hiring salespeople, and if you want to increase your profits, you should do it too. But, you need to focus on the perfect hiring profile and teach your sales managers how to nail it from the beginning. .

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Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

Recruiting salespeople is so important that companies spend $10,000-$15,000 a year on average per person hiring salespeople, and if you want to increase your profits, you should do it too. But, you need to focus on the perfect hiring profile and teach your sales managers how to nail it from the beginning. .

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 22, 2018

Qualifying Questions. What's prompting you to do something about it now? What has prevented you from trying to solve the problem until now? Have you tried to solve this problem in the past? What happens if you do nothing about the problem? Do you have a budget allocated for this project?

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