No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 25, 2015

“Turn 70 percent of your prospects into customers.” Sure, referral leads are top-notch, but they don’t just appear. If You Don’t Ask, You Won’t Get The misconception is that customers who score us highly will automatically send us referral leads. Don’t let customer service reps ask for referrals.

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JULY 16, 2015

We’re in the right place at the right time and meet the perfect prospect. Other times prospects read content we’ve posted, and our phones ring off the hook. To keep your pipeline full of hot prospects and referral leads , make your own luck. Failure to do so is an affront to your Referral Sources.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 18, 2015

Are out-of-date prospecting systems holding you back? Now imagine a sales world where you only meet with clients who want to meet with you —a world where you never have to cold call, send prospecting letters, pester strangers on social media, or entice clients with special offers. Enter the world of referral selling.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 6, 2015

Many salespeople—even sales veterans—still experience call reluctance, especially when asking for referrals. Here’s why and what to do about it: Silence Feels Like Rejection Perhaps you’ve emailed a prospect and haven’t heard back. Write an email with “ Referrals no longer a priority?” in the subject line.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 20, 2015

If you’re a sales manager, you’ve probably even said it. The problem is that sales reps neglect important activities during early stages of the sales process. Unless you address the broken links in your prospecting system , your sales reps will continue to struggle. That’s just the symptom. Save your money.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Don’t alienate your social networks by asking for referrals the wrong way. Or worse yet, to ask for referrals? Worse yet, perhaps they plan to spam me with sales pitches that are just as impersonal as their attempts to connect. And neither are your prospects, customers, or referral sources. Where’s the “hello?”

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 2, 2015

When we work with our Ideal Clients, our sales time collapses, productivity soars, deals are larger, and they help us get referrals to others like themselves. PITAs hang out with other PITAs, so their referrals will be to other demanding, stingy people. Likewise, in most sales organizations, reps don’t get to say no to business.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 14, 2015

No one had time to prospect, because they couldn’t keep up with the business coming in every day. The problem was that sales management had their heads in the sand. Leadership and Management—You Can’t Have One without the Other There’s an important distinction between sales management and sales leadership.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

In real estate, you have to understand that prospects aren't going to appear out of thin air. This is a concept known as real estate prospecting. And in the highly competitive world of real estate, prospecting can be challenging. Prospecting should be a fundamental part of your business strategy as a real estate professional.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

But those methods will only treat the symptoms, not the real sales management problem: a lack of proper planning. It’s similar to the conversations most sales reps have with prospects. Sales management: Listen up. It’s your sales team’s expertise in defining and communicating prospects’ problems.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 5, 2014

By the end of the call, I felt confident enough in his sales ability and product to offer him a referral to one of my contacts. Software salespeople, in particular, love to give demos, thinking if someone agrees to a demo, the prospect is qualified and can go into the CRM as a lead. Let your Referral Sources lead the way.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 7, 2015

Get ready to catch the Referral Spirit. An old friend and the president of a successful company, Max had grown his business year over year for 20 years, and 98 percent of his clients came from referrals. Obviously, he already had referral selling down to a science. The Power of Referral Selling Referrals rock, and you know it.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 5, 2017

No salesperson should ever have to cold call to generate sales leads. It’s an ineffective prospecting strategy and a nuisance to buyers, most of whom ignore cold calls. Current clients at a prospect company are the best source of new business within their organizations. Stop Fooling Yourself—Your Prospecting Is Cold.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 18, 2014

When you have a referral introduction, there’s no need to dupe the gatekeeper. Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect? When you receive referral introductions from people your prospects know and trust, they (and their gatekeepers) will happily take your call.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Break Free from Failed Selling Strategies It’s common sense that annoying strangers who never expressed any interest in hearing your sales pitch is a waste of time. Yet far too many sales pros are still doing it, usually because their sales managers demand it. But cold calling doesn’t work.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 2, 2014

I Googled “New Year’s Resolutions” and got nearly 45 million results.). 1 Goal: Referrals. The most critical element of your sales plan is the referral-selling goal. Even more exciting, with referral selling , you’ll reduce your cost of sales and shorten the time it takes to obtain new clients. Comment Here.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The people who drop off the face of the earth until they need a referral or want an introduction to someone in your network. Social media is a great tool for researching prospects and Referral Sources, and for positioning yourself as a thought leader. But it is not the place for a sales pitch. Ask how you can help.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

A Brit writes to me on social media and wants to discuss referral selling. An Aussie reaches out to confirm his understanding of American prospecting practices. We talk on Skype the next morning, and he introduces me to an entrepreneur who wants to learn about referrals. Referral-based selling requires strong relationships.

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

If so, you might often find yourself thinking, “I feel like with just a couple of small tweaks, we could be making so many more sales…”. One of the most common questions I get from sales managers is, “How can I make some small changes that will allow my sales team to sell significantly more?”. Scalable offering.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Because a person visited a tradeshow booth, she’s a prospect. Assuming is dangerous because it makes us lazy about increasing sales pipelines. They usually don’t believe I could build a successful company solely on referrals. Don’t let assumptions cause your sales pipeline to dry up. Assuming is the easy way out.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 10, 2016

So while the Internet has enabled us to connect with more prospects than ever before, it’s also ruining our ability to do so effectively. Sales managers, listen up. Even the most effective sales techniques fall short if your team sounds, well … stupid. Come on, salespeople are smarter than that!

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Or you can close the laptop and actually talk to colleagues, prospects, and clients. And if we’re really good, their referrals will keep our sales pipelines full of hearty leads. Get out there and actually get to know your prospects. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business'

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2014

Now is the time to kick your prospecting efforts into overdrive, build a strong pipeline for 2014, and determine if you’re really getting the most traction out of each and every day. Most salespeople only spend about 10 percent of their workdays actively selling, and another 10 percent on prospecting, according to Augusoft.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 13, 2014

Text messages with truncated words or 140-character Twitter posts are not the kind of meaningful, effective dialogue that increases sales conversions or gets you referrals. While your competitors are wasting time tweeting, you’ll be talking to people who matter, increasing sales referrals , and sealing deals.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 17, 2015

A new ebook from InsideSales.com tells how to turn cold calls into hot leads with referral selling. Well, you could —if only your manager would let you. If only you weren’t graded on the number of dials you made or restricted from spending too much time on the phone with a prospect. Avoid common mistakes sales teams make.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Many sales reps and sales managers commented and shared about the previous post on How Salespeople Goof Up on LinkedIn so we were compelled to share more ideas to help sellers do better. First, I wanted to share that our blog is up for an AWARD – as one of the top Sales Blogs at Top Sales World.

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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? Think You’re Duping Your Prospects?

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

If the executive chairman of Google can do it, so can you. As executive chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt is often invited to deliver commencement speeches at college graduations. Technology provides all sorts of ways to connect with clients, prospects, and referral sources. Turn off the technology. Stop Typing.

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Pipeliner

MAY 2, 2018

The true sales hunters will dive 10,000 leagues deep below the ocean and know what their prospects had for breakfast that morning. If you don’t have a provocative business case that will pique your prospective customer’s interest, you’re sunk like the Titanic. Set Google Alerts for that name and their company.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 2, 2015

What’s the most powerful sales tool at your disposal? LinkedIn, Twitter, Salesforce, Google+ … I could go on and on. Each of these social apps and online platforms promises a killer feature that will streamline the sales process and make us all rich. That app is referral selling. Salespeople love their apps.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 19, 2015

The Death of Small Talk When it comes to research, social media is the best thing that’s ever happened to sales. With a few clicks of a button, we learn all about our prospects—both personally and professionally. Want prospects to like you? Small talk, then, becomes something much deeper.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Complete Guide to Prospecting for Sales Using Proven Outreach Techniques. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? What is Sales Prospecting? What are the best ways to prospect in sales? What does Sales Prospecting means? Prospecting is the first step in sales.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 20, 2015

You’ve still got to prospect. This is especially true if you’ve been so busy closing deals that you lost focus on the business development part of your career, and your sales pipeline has dried up. While we were so very busy, we didn’t make time to prospect. As a sales professional, you make dozens of decisions daily.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The only way to keep your pipeline full of HOT, qualified leads is to prospect through referrals. To learn all about the role of technology and referrals in sales, get your copy of my new book: Pick Up the Damn Phone!: It’s been nominated as the “ 2013 Top Sales and Marketing Book ” by Top Sales World. (I’d

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2022

Prospects are on vacation. Taking action will at least improve your attitude and at best snowball into a steady stream of sales. Prospect, prospect, prospect. Paying attention to trigger events and using them as sales openings is a best practice year-round, but can be particularly helpful during a slump.

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Nutshell

MARCH 25, 2024

Increased referrals: Happy clients are typically loyal but often become brand advocates, too. That means more word-of-mouth referrals, more customers, and more revenue. DOWNLOAD Ready to become a better sales leader? Get 70+ expert strategies for sales management success in our Sales Manager’s Survival Guide.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 9, 2014

It’s our job as smart, strategic sales pros to deliver value—real value—and we can only do that if we’ve invested time in researching our prospects. In fact, 86 percent of business buyers engage in research independent of the sales cycle. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business'

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