No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 23, 2018

Dangerously, because there are misperceptions about what it means, how to do it, and just as importantly, how not to do it. He advises: “Make friends first, do business last. One of the biggest mistakes I see social sellers do is rush to move the sale ahead. I don’t like it—and your prospects don’t like it.

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Social Selling Social Media Referrals Lead Rank 218

Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

Because of this, potential customers may be more likely to listen to your pitch and consider whether your products can fix their current problems. But as it turns out, that might not be entirely true. As daunting as cold calling may be, it still has a place in today’s sales pipelines. What is B2B Cold Calling? What is B2B Cold Calling?

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Cold Calling B2B Commission Exact 130

Gong.io

APRIL 2, 2021

Deals don’t just fall into your lap – if they do, tell me how. Sales prospecting is an essential part of your process. . Want to totally level up your sales prospecting game? Here’s a tip : Start your sales calls with this cold call opener : How’ve you been? Hint: It’s not “where do I sign up?!”).

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Meeting Prospecting Cold Calling ROI 124

Partners in Excellence

JULY 23, 2014

Some of the interesting emails are offers to explore a collaboration, people interested in getting me to do something for/with them, some outright trying to sell me something–but still interesting. .” That’s just the starting point, but it is unacceptable to do anything less. ” What’s wrong with those?

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Cold Calling LinkedIn Promotion System 98

Hubspot Sales

JULY 19, 2021

Magicians understand how to trick your mind just enough to create a conflict between what you believe to be true and what you see in front of you. That's because it breaks people's habitual response of "not interested" or "no, thanks" and gets them to reconsider your message. What is pattern interrupt? Pattern Interrupt in Sales.

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Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Up-Sell Funnel 119

Jeffrey Gitomer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

If you don’t love what you do, you will never achieve the goals that you’ve set for yourself, let alone the arbitrary ones your company sets for you (also known as quotas). You can’t do any of these without a positive attitude before you start. Or people not doing their homework. Hire Jeffrey.

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Hiring Training Social Media Follow-up 245

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If you're in sales, chances are you've encountered plenty of situations in which you're trying to reach a CEO or C-level executive to pitch your product or service. But experienced sales reps know that gatekeepers don't have to be a roadblock in your sales process. And it's the right thing to do, too. Let's dive in.

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Gatekeeper Decision Maker How To Cold Calling 132

Braveheart Sales

JANUARY 23, 2019

Of those sale leaders profiled, more than 50% lacked: Manages Behavior Manages the Pipeline Takes Responsibility (No Excuses). Their sales leaders fail to do all the things to help sales reps focus on the right behaviors and activities. Are salespeople doing enough prospecting? We’ve all seen the numbers. Check them out.

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Smooth Sale

JULY 27, 2018

He truly believes in the importance of your circle of influence, and having the right people around you for your journey. I never saw the value of homework or the tests based mostly off what you learned on your own time. I quickly grew tired of doing the same as everyone else. Excuses Lead to Being Alone.

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Groups Influencer Salary Face-to-face 92

MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 17, 2017

Phrase 2 “XYZ are doing it for £50”. What you’re doing here is to see if they can undercut the competitor and do a deal. The sales person will come back with why the offers are different so you will need to do your homework beforehand. Phrase 3 “I’m sorry but you’ll have to do better than that”.

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Discount Negotiation Buyer Face-to-face 120

Increase Sales

MARCH 2, 2012

This week I listened to numerous small business owners provide good excuses and plenty of them when it comes to why they did not return phone calls, honors promises, post to social media or increase sales, etc. So how does making excuses justify everyone from not honoring their promises including the goal to increase sales?

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Social Media Small Business Small Business Facebook 96

LeadFuze

AUGUST 18, 2021

Are you leveraging sales voicemail as part of your prospecting process? Well, we’ll help you increase your callbacks from your by crafting the best sales voicemail messages that you can. Take advantage of that short time you have to connect with your prospect. 1 Make sure to have context for your call.

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Closing Call-back Decision Maker Incentives 98

Babette Ten Haken

JUNE 18, 2018

Regardless of your professional discipline, your level of education or your current job function, you either crave comfort or target discomfort, in some way. Now, just how frequently do you enjoy swimming into what is uncomfortable? Consider whether your current professional role is fulfilling, or not.

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Lead Rank SME Exercises Proposal 61

A Sales Guy

MARCH 14, 2017

If you’re a sales person and you give a s**t about your clients, your personal development, your career, and your company, then I have a message for you. Yet, I lament, it appears we are doing less selling than ever. Rule 1: Give a s**t about your customers and prospects. New Rules of Selling.

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Account Based Marketing Promotion CRM Up-Sell 101

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 3, 2017

First, your prospect might be interested in learning more but has a legitimate reason to postpone your conversation. If you reach out again in January, he’ll give you another excuse. 1) “Do you have five minutes now to discuss your [goals for X, current approach toward Y, strategy for Z]?

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Objections Call-back Follow-up Buyer 107

Pipeliner

APRIL 24, 2018

Really, we all KNOW what sales people are tasked to do, right? All these breaks in bonds or trust have NOTHING to do with how honest or trustworthy YOU may be, however, when you show up to sell, you are facing the fallout of your buyers’ personal trust experiences. So how do you overcome the “DISTRUST Factor”?

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 3, 2016

I usually ask something uncomfortable, like, “Your current pipeline is only 20% of what you need to make your numbers. I usually ask something uncomfortable, like, “Your current pipeline is only 20% of what you need to make your numbers. What are you doing to fix that?” Q1 was just the warm up.”

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SalesLoft

MARCH 26, 2013

Plan on adding value to your prospects every time you encounter them. Only by listening will you be able to truly understand your prospect’s position so that you can earn the right to help. 3 Answer your phone and return emails promptly. Do you remember who pays the bills? Wake up and put a smile on your face.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 19, 2019

This blog will highlight how some of the best in the business are doing just that. Here’s how the pros suggest you do it. Tell them your 'why' and lead with value". Tell them your 'why' and lead with value". The key is to do it in a way that doesn’t stray from these key principles. Be clear on your objective.

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Cold Calling Face-to-face Call-back Lead Rank 67

Anthony Cole Training

JULY 17, 2010

Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Margin 120

Partners in Excellence

JULY 23, 2015

But, for the most part, I meet a lot of very smart, well intended marketing people who, somehow do terribly stupid things. But, for the most part, I meet a lot of very smart, well intended marketing people who, somehow do terribly stupid things. They are all the same mail, directed to different people. George passed away years ago.

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OnePageCRM

OCTOBER 31, 2019

You’re on your way home. You feel your hair standing on end and forget to breathe. With a relieved smile, you continue on your merry way, certain that “it’s all in your head”… Just to get jumped by an oh-so-murderous guy in a hockey mask. . What to do: . You hear a noise. Well, that made you jump.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 28, 2022

I love learning what top performers do and what drives high levels of performance. As a result, I’m drawn to articles titled, “Top performers do this… ” of “X% of sales people doing this outperform everyone else… (And X is a stunningly big number.)” Top performers sell with insight.

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Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile Social Selling Channels 81

Marc Wayshak

MARCH 1, 2022

Are sales calls an important part of your sales workday? Yet many salespeople still make excuses about why they can’t make sales calls. Imagine if I developed an online video game where you could make mock sales calls, role-playing with pretend prospects to test out your sales strategy on a game platform.

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How To Face-to-face Call-back Exact 89

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It has little to do with the work itself, and more to do with the societal pressure, norms, and bias that exist in 2021. The expectation is that we can “do it all.” Let’s flip the script: Your intellect, emotion, instinct, and empathy as a woman are what make you both a valuable human and invaluable company asset.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Sales Hacker Training

APRIL 9, 2023

What do you know about our company so far? Doing this research is a key part of being a great sales rep , but they want to hear that you are interested in what they specifically do. Doing this research is a key part of being a great sales rep , but they want to hear that you are interested in what they specifically do.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Integrating your personal and work life to increase transparency. Why you should audit your personal life for trustworthiness [21:45]. Pavilion’s the key to getting more out of your career. Aircall can help turbocharge your sales reps productivity. powered by Sounder. What You’ll Learn. Show Agenda and Timestamps.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Stay positive and show insight in all that you do in LinkedIn. Avoid posting or publishing your company’s brand, products or services. Instead make your LinkedIn profile shine as your personal microsite where the value you provide and the values by which you operate are front and center. This video is very funny!

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Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn Hiring Outsourcing Services 68

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Or in conversations with our managers, it’s easier to talk about all the stuff we are doing, or the stuff the customer isn’t doing, than to talk about the numbers. What if we did enough homework to suggest, “We think you may be missing these opportunities which have this impact on your results?”

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Conversion Decision Maker Face-to-face Margin 48

SugarCRM

DECEMBER 9, 2021

But great marketing involves more than what’s coming down the line — it also means effectively leveraging the people who already stand by your brand and its offerings. With the endless outlets and communication channels available, there’s no excuse for not keeping your existing customers happy and enthused.

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Social Media SugarCRM How To Webinar Metrics 26

Customer Centric Selling

JULY 8, 2015

Part of my excuse is that I attended a cooperative school. To have that flexibility I tried to avoid professors that collected homework because that required staying current in their courses. In many companies, selling is considered more an art than a science. Sales calls are as unique as snowflakes. By October 31st they’re at 41% YTD.

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Lead Rank Quota Sales Cycle Pipeline 40

LeadFuze

MARCH 28, 2019

Going through your old database from time to time can be very useful. It is best if you consider every opportunity to provide useful information so multichannel marketing will maximize your efficiency and the following strategies will show you how to make the most of every channel. Ask them if you can feature them in your blog post.

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Prospecting Social Media Marketing How To 40

Allego

MARCH 29, 2018

How do we consistently keep salespeople equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to take control of the customer conversation when the “ground truth” is constantly changing? . Jake Miller: How you doing, everybody? We let them equip one another. Why is crowdsourced sales training suddenly blowing up in popularity?

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