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How to Turn Networking Into Prospecting

The Sales Hunter

If you’ve been following me for a long time, you know that I don’t consider networking the same as prospecting. Too many people go to a networking event but call it prospecting simply to avoid prospecting. The issue I have is that networking by nature operates on a different timetable than prospecting.

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Reps need to self-source leads

Sales 2.0

Actively networking : Most salespeople do not have enough happy clients to generate the leads they need just from referrals. But introductions can come from anyone in your social network and these introductions will turn into meetings at a much higher rate than cold calling. It’s time for the dreaded cold call!

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Be Memorable or Why Go?

Anne Miller

The good news is you’re at a networking event with the potential to meet key players at your target companies. The bad news is you are not alone; your competition is also there talking to these same prospects. How do you stand out? And at networking events, that is a big missed opportunity. Your Turn 1.What

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Stop Counting Dials, Start Counting Connections

No More Cold Calling

He complained that his prospect in Paris had arranged a meeting with all the key decision-makers, but the prospect had only given him four days’ notice. My colleague thought it was rather presumptuous of the prospect to ask him to drop everything and hop on a plane. Technology doesn’t close deals. Relationships do.

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Maximizing Referrals: Strategies for Turning Your Network Into a Powerful Revenue Generator

No More Cold Calling

It’s interesting how you meet people, and when you sell by referral, you meet a lot of interesting people. But prospects become clients much faster when you’ve been referred and have commitment from the leader than when you generate leads by bugging strangers (read: cold calling ). Referrals don’t always happen quite this quickly.

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Using Video In Social Selling Pays Off For Sellers

SalesFuel

Using video in social selling can boost engagement across social networks. From prospecting to building rapport, social networks offer great opportunities. When researching vendors, buyers often turn to social media to research and learn more about them. Pennings cites other research that also supports the use of video.

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

No More Cold Calling

They simply hadn’t built their networks or their confidence. Referrals are how most people prefer to do business, whether they’re looking for a good restaurant or a new software vendor. It takes roughly eight touches for sales reps to reach cold prospects. Get the latest from No More Cold Calling. Well, that’s not cool.).

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