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3 Things Some Pundits Won’t Tell you about Cold Calling – Part 2

The Pipeline

Whether by fate or chance, the following definition was contained in a marketing piece I received in my inbox yesterday: “By definition, “Cold Calling” is the marketing process of approaching prospective customers or clients, typically via telephone, who were not expecting such an interaction.

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The #1 Sales Tip: Everything Is a “Story” By Christina Hamlett

Increase Sales

some Mesopotamian farmers made the astonishing discovery that bread wasn’t the only thing they could make from harvested grain. What matters in a marketing context is that you’re already hooked to keep reading to find out what happens next. One afternoon back in 10,000 B.C., Credit www.sxc.hu. Credit www.sxc.hu.

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How Ronald Reagan would Change your Sales Presentation

HeavyHitter Sales

One line in the article was very thought provoking; ‘If seal pups were as ugly as lobsters, their harvest would go unnoticed. The words, “nightfall,” “strange town,” “long way from home,” provide the mental imagery that enable the listeners to be quickly transported to Reagan’s place and mood (in an unfamiliar place a long way from home).

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Heavy Hitter Sales Blog: How Ronald Reagan Would Change Your.

HeavyHitter Sales

One line in the article was very thought provoking: If seal pups were as ugly as lobsters, their harvest would go unnoticed. The creators of almost all of the hundreds of presentations I have reviewed over the past couple of years come not from sales but from marketing departments.