No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. That’s why we need sales managers. Actually, what we need is strong sales leadership. Sales managers do what they ask others to do.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 24, 2021

How to ask for referrals and other FAQs. After more than 25 years as an expert on referral sales, I’m still asked exactly the same referral selling questions today. In no particular order, here are the most common referral selling questions I hear … 1. How do I get over my reluctance to ask for referrals?

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2021

I’m embarrassed by the bad sales behavior that blasts us every day. Obviously, I’ve never been a fan of cold calling, but now the uninvited sales pitches are multichannel. LinkedIn invitations to connect from people who immediately send you a sales pitch. Rude, rude, rude sales behavior. Sales Reps Not Closing Sales?

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Everyone in management will tell every salesperson to “ask for referrals” or “don’t forget to ask for referrals” or worse,“as soon as you make the sale, ask for a referral.” These strategies are not only wrong, they also jeopardize the future of the relationship.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 13, 2023

Learn more about the science (and art) of referral selling in my new webinar with Finlistics. It’s interesting how you meet people, and when you sell by referral, you meet a lot of interesting people. It was also the start of Finlistics’s relationship with referral selling. Referrals don’t always happen quite this quickly.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This article received a 2022 MVP Award from Sales Pro Central , putting me in the company of such strategic business writers as Dave Kurlan and Closer IQ. (Be NEWSFLASH: Buyer-Centric Sales Is NOT New. When I read about how sales has evolved to be buyer-centric and relationship-driven, I was ready to scream. Don’t Do This.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

If you think referrals don’t scale, you’re just doing it wrong. Sales leaders often tell me that referral leads are their most qualified, most convertible leads. Then in the next breath, they tell me referral business doesn’t scale. Scaling a referral business is a series of steps that must be taken.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 14, 2019

I didn’t plan to start my referral business so soon. From Consulting Business to Referral Business. It never crossed my mind that I’d launch a referral business. I would work with small-to-medium companies to craft their sales strategy. Fifty of this company’s best clients said they’d be glad to give referrals.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 1, 2020

She wanted to discuss having me speak to her team about referrals. Not only was she rude and disrespectful, but if she didn’t follow up with me, I wouldn’t trust her to follow up with my referrals. Referrals are very, very personal. Don’t tarnish your reputation, or the reputation of your referral sources. Think again.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The most valuable business relationships that salespeople have are those with our clients—the people who know our value, give us repeat business, and provide us with referrals to other great clients. How do I ask for a referral from customers I haven’t spoken with in two years?” Why You Can’t Automate Referral Leads.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 20, 2018

Don’t assume your team knows how to ask for referrals. Tim told me his team was “doing referrals.” He figured they knew how to get referrals because he told them to do it. The web is replete with articles and webcasts that tell people to just go ask for referrals, like it’s common sense or something. Dead silence.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 6, 2023

Using a referral program will bring customers into the loop of helping you grow your business. The post How to Close More Deals With a Robust Referral Program appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Customers have more impact on brand image than ever before.

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Alice Heiman

MARCH 7, 2023

If a referral closes up to 70% of the time, why are we spending most of our effort on strategies that close less than 1% of the time?! A typical B2B sales strategy relies on Sales Development Reps (SDRs) making cold calls or cold emails to try to set up an appointment for an Account Executive (AE) to deliver a sales pitch.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 30, 2023

” Referrals shouldn’t be the exception either. Read “ Celebrating the Women on the Quarters 2023 ”) How to Win New Clients from Lost Deals I have been in B2B sales so long that I’ve probably forgotten more deals than I remember. I also know when I have earned the right to ask those prospects for referrals.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

This is the best time to build your referral network. You’re in sales, so get out there and network! In the meantime, check out this month’s posts from No More Cold Calling: 4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Get the Referral on LinkedIn. This time, she arranged a call with her colleague to get the referral. Make the most of it.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 5, 2019

The most coveted prize in selling besides a sale is a referral. Everyone tells you to get referrals, no one tells you what to do next. How do you maximize the selling power of this referral? Don't appear to be too anxious to get the sale (money). Don't appear to be too anxious to get the sale (money).

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 4, 2019

You do a memorable job in making the sale. You provide impeccable service after the sale. To boost sales, make an impression, or get an audience. Align with a business that will deliver a gift of what they do at a reduced cost in exchange for the opportunity to make a sales call on your prospect or customer.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

on how he asks for referrals. I never pass up the chance to chat about referrals. Here’s how Mario describes our conversation: Joanne shares how you should ask for referrals and reveals the exact questions you should ask to qualify those referrals. 3 steps to build a referral culture for your company.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

If you’re like most sales leaders, you’re tracking the wrong referral metrics and spinning your wheels. Craig had only one referral KPI, and it was the wrong one: the number of prospect meetings that his reps conducted. The Referral Metrics That Matter. So, guess how reps choose to spend their sales prospecting time?

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2019

Referral makers don’t want your money. You’re going to pay me how much for referral business? You’ll let me know if this was a good referral for you. You’ll let me know if this was a good referral for you. You’ll send me a handwritten thank-you note , whether the referral worked out … or not. We all know why.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Finally, after two decades of working with CROs, sales VPs, and CEOs on referral selling, the conversation has shifted. Clients now ask: “How do I create a referral culture?”. That says it all, and that’s the goal of a referral culture. My referral course launched on LinkedIn Learning , so it’s accessible to everyone.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 28, 2017

You don’t have to be the life of the party to succeed in sales. That’s exactly the kind of people account based sales reps are—life-of-the-party types, not fearful of confrontation, can talk to anyone about any subject, blazing extroverts. But introverts have their own advantages in sales. The Introvert’s Secret Sales Weapon.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

How to connect beyond the click when asking for referrals. She’d tried asking for referrals to George on LinkedIn, but she felt their introductions lacked the emotion needed to convince George to meet with her. This time, she arranged a call with her colleague to get the referral. Not only did she get the referral.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Why didn’t he think to ask for referrals? Social media, marketing automation, AI, predictive analytics, and all kinds of technology have cast doubt on traditional sales techniques and encouraged organizations to rely on digital sales prospecting. In B2B sales, closers aren’t the ones with the best technology. Well, sure.

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Vengreso

JULY 5, 2023

As the world of sales continues to evolve, Digital Sales Referrals have emerged as a powerful tool for driving business growth. In this comprehensive guide, you will gain insights into the transition from traditional to modern selling techniques and understand the impact COVID-19 has had on sales strategies.

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KLA Group

AUGUST 16, 2022

Sales referrals are one of the best – and easiest – ways to find new opportunities, By Kendra Lee This post was originally published in August, 2018 and updated in August, 2022.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 25, 2019

You might have a question about referral selling I can answer, want to work together to build a referral culture , or put me in touch with a perfect referral partner. Ideally, you have referral partners in your close business network—people who offer different services to the same size companies in the same industries as you.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Author: Matt Kamp For B2B sales teams, referrals are worth their weight in gold. When customers or other companies refer people to you, your company is viewed as more trustworthy in front of those leads, and because of that trust, you can expect a faster – and more successful – sales cycle. That’s a huge jump. Active stage.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Getting qualified sales leads is the fastest way to sales success, but these common mistakes in pursuit of referrals can be career-ending. The post Avoid These Mistakes When Asking for Referrals appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 29, 2019

Don’t miss this opportunity for your own training in the Virtual Referral Selling Workshop Series beginning Tuesday, July 16. Enter the Referral Code Save300. In the meantime, here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month: How to Ask for Referrals: A Comprehensive Guide. But I might be in the minority.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 7, 2018

I’ve just returned from three conferences, and the #1 challenge I heard sales pros repeat again and again was how to get leads in the pipe. attain quota, and about 65 percent of sales reps in Europe do so. What sales leader would find these stats acceptable? And how can a B2B referral program drive up those numbers?

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2017

Think a referral system is easy? That’s why referral selling is the only prospecting strategy that ensures qualified lead generation. And it only works if you have a referral system in place to ensure sales reps ask for referrals every day. The business case for referral selling is loud and clear.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Q4 has now begun, which means it’s time to build your sales pipeline for Q1. Every sales meeting is about closing deals—who are the influencers, who knows whom, what have we missed, what do we need to do to get this deal done? Once they learn how, they vow to adopt a referral approach for 2020. I’d had it. Why You’d Better.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 5, 2018

My new LinkedIn sales training courses take out the guesswork! By getting referrals. And my new sales training courses on LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com are your ticket to referral selling. Sales: Referral Selling by Joanne Black. Referral Sales Training Courses Can Make the Difference.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I have seen and heard tons of techniques and tricks on how to ask for referrals from your customers. I am going to make this short and sweet, because asking for referrals from your clients should be a natural and comfortable act and not some slick technique. The whole problem is in the way you THINK about asking for referrals.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 14, 2018

There’s a lot of great sales technology out there, and it would be dumb for sales reps not to use it. But sales technology doesn’t close business. It also enables you to get referrals. Without a strong network of people who trust you, you can forget about referral selling. It doesn’t have meaningful conversations.

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