No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Get offline to get your referral. And why does taking these conversations offline give your sales team a competitive advantage? Referrals are your reputation. When you introduce someone, you put your reputation on the line. The same is true for your referral sources. That’s not cold calling.

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Bernadette McClelland

MAY 22, 2022

When I was a sales rep in Corporate Australia, it was quite common to receive multi 5-figure commissions for selling certain solutions – and most often selling those deals involved a series of detailed stages: Your normal sales discovery calls. And we know that when your cup is full you have more to give to others.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I’ll explain how to always respond appropriately to Your Prospect. This is exactly what salespeople go through when a prospect pushes back, objects, displays lack of interest, or attempts to end the call. Your mind is wandering. You are in your head instead of focused on what your prospect is saying.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2021

But done right, there are dimensions to questions that can help in prospecting and lead to a more meaningful Discovery. While the average salespersons see questions as a means of gathering information, pros understand that questions shape a prospect’s thinking. Your Swiss Sales Knife. Questions For More Than Info.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 29, 2020

than before. Prospecting. These days, it’s pretty much table stakes to do some digital research on your prospect to see if you share any common interests that may help you get that critical first (online) meeting. Given this, now it as great time to connect with your buyer. Progressing deals.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 11, 2024

It can happen in an elevator, or at a networking event, or when you write a prospecting email. You need to say what you do. How do you help people? I think Aaron Ross nailed it. Change your mindset from answering the question “What do you do?” to “How do you help people?”

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Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In general, I think “proposals suck!” Just to mess this up a bit more, I am going to mess up the order of DEA as well for this email, let’s start with the letter “E”. Try to avoid producing what most people in B2B services seem to think of as a “proposal”. You could be selling during that time instead.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I had a conversation this week with a business owner about how to improve their CRM data. It’s not that this business needs more data in its CRM or is missing an important prospect list. The CRM in question has plenty of contacts and accounts–think nearly a hundred thousand contacts. Pipeline First things first.

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SalesProInsider

APRIL 16, 2024

Have you ever tried to buy something with a verbal promise? Or deposit a compliment in your personal or business bank account? You would be laughed at! Yet, that’s what can happen when discussing fees for service with prospective clients. I know at least 3 people who would work with you!” Of course not!

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Do you know who said, “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time?” And he should know. Can you say Donald Trump? A new book about Elon Musk is available.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

The stats, competitiveness, playbooks, execution, individual contribution to the team effort, and more. You all know that my tag line is execution, everything else is just talk, but the execution needs to lead to value for all involved. You can visualize it this way: Share Your Value. Productivity.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 25, 2020

How to stop ignoring your best source of new revenue. Are you looking for your B2B sales leads in all the wrong places? Are you looking for your B2B sales leads in all the wrong places? During these pandemic times, there are fewer opportunities and more competition going after the same exact business.

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The Pipeline

JULY 7, 2021

An alternative that allows you to build on the practical elements, while leaving behind habits that hold us back. But there is no escaping the fact that while sale may not be a numbers game, your numbers have to add up. This where most will talk about the need for quality over quantity. How Do You Feel?

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2020

While selling has always been personal, it is that much more so since the arrival of COVID 19. More than ever to succeed we need to think Human-to-Human is you are in B2B. This requires you to rethink your message as much as the delivery. I’ll be hosting the REAL Prospecting and Sales Masterclass.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this quarter. It’s an exciting time: The time of year to construct your business future. What will you do differently in 2024? Even If you’ve had a stellar year, you’ll be outsold if you stay with what you’ve always done. Stay tuned for more!)

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Not getting the ROI you expected from your lead-gen tactics? Your lead generation tactics aren’t driving bottom line revenue. Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. None of us stands out during prospecting. They don’t want to see your demo. Can I Trust You?

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2020

Don’t panic—here’s how to get your phones actually ringing again. So, what do you do? You take action. Sales leaders: Lead generation must be your primary focus. If You Freeze Up, So Does the Sales Pipeline. Leaders think since there’s nothing they can do, they should just do nothing.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 31, 2021

Much more than in other years, it is important to get ahead of things, and take steps to prepare for the post Labor Day sprint. Closing business and prospecting to ensure you avoid the January lull with a pipeline that propel you to success. Take time to catch up with your inbox. Recalibrate with your team.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2020

Now that almost all of North America is back on the path to complete reopening, the hype machine is about to go into overdrive. But before you drink what we pour, ask yourself, how am I or any of my peers more experienced than you? You need to trust in you! Trust In You. Still Early Days.

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The Pipeline

JULY 14, 2020

Anything worth doing is worth doing right, and in sales, telephone prospecting is something worth doing and doing right. You can tell how salespeople go through these phases by the predictability of the excuses offered. But facts don’t always support feelings, and a quota is more of a fact that a feeling. By Tibor Shanto.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 12, 2023

Isn’t that a great analogy for what happens when you miss, or skip a crucial step in the sales process? But that’s not my primary analogy for today’s article because a better, more profound analogy came from listening to music. Your prospects and customers use a similar process for choosing who to buy from.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2024

Correlation: Salespeople Strong in This Competency are 2125% More Likely to be Performers The Data: What Percentage of Salespeople are Really Coachable? The Caliper vs OMG Comparison: Which Sales Candidate Assessment is More Predictive? How to Transform Your Sales Pipeline Today Can Malcom Gladwell Explain the Sales Hiring Problem?

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Marc Wayshak

MARCH 13, 2024

One aspect that consistently sets top performers apart from others is their ability to ask quick questions that motivate prospects to open up. The data indicates that the more a salesperson can prompt a prospect to talk , the more likely they are to close the sale successfully. Tell me more about that.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 24, 2021

After more than 25 years as an expert on referral sales, I’m still asked exactly the same referral selling questions today. Maybe even more frequently than before.) When an experienced sales guy told me he wasn’t comfortable asking for referrals, I had to think seriously about the answer. You bet you should.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 19, 2024

Dave: Thanks for the opportunity to speak, I’m sure I can have a great impact in driving growth in your sales organization. CEO: I’m excited to speak to you. Can you tell me a little about the results you produced in your last role. What was your the average tenure of your people?

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SalesFuel

APRIL 10, 2024

adults think salespeople are credible, according to SalesFuel’s The State of Credibility in America study. SalesFuel explains that to be considered credible, buyers must know what they're talking about. Buyers should know how to help solve business problems or achieve goals. One way is to do your research.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 15, 2024

Thoughtfully calculated, well-executed prospecting is central to virtually every successful sales engagement. It sets a tone — giving you the momentum and perspective you need to lock in on viable sales opportunities and ensure the rest of your sales process goes as smoothly as possible.

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Autoklose

APRIL 8, 2024

Understanding your potential customers’ pain points and identifying their needs will help you figure out how your product or service can best solve their problems. Plus, it allows you to set initial expectations and build trust with your prospects. You can’t pick up the phone and improvise.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

But in the modern sales landscape, more and more salespeople have started reforming their behavior. Because it’s the right thing to do and in the 21st century — you are only as good as your public persona. Some legacy salespeople think this is a wild attitude. industry) does not fit your target market.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In sales, preparation is the steps taken to understand prospects and clients at each stage of the sales process. From prospecting through account management, it’s being informed of their personnel, their processes, their strengths, and weaknesses. Regardless the stage of your relationship, this starts before making contact.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 7, 2024

And today, I want to, um, share some of what I’ve learned with you — if that’s okay? If you’re a salesperson and you speak like this, here’s a reality check: It is going to be very, very hard to convince prospects to buy. No matter how much you know, if you don’t speak like an authority figure, you’ll never be treated like one.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 10, 2024

Photo by Andrea Schit z via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Know How To Increase B2B Sales? As a result, B2B companies don’t have to underrate the importance of building a robust sales strategy that targets high-value prospective clients and convinces them to transact with their brands.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 1, 2024

Want more content like this? You can bet their answer will be “no.” So, let’s take a look at the trends sellers are reporting about inbound lead flow on RepVue , and three things you can do to still hit your targets. Some B2B tech giants who’ve seen success for a decade or more. Subscribe to our newsletter.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. If you’re thinking about a career in sales, you probably want to hear the cold, hard truths about sales and what it entails.

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Marc Wayshak

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In a world filled with various methods to reach prospects, the follow-up call remains the gold standard for setting appointments. In this article, I’ll guide you on how to make a follow-up call that gets sales meetings. Think of your first 17 seconds on a follow-up call as similar to a first date. Check it out: 1.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 16, 2023

Over the past week or so, I’ve been writing a lot about our commitment to the status quo. I’ve written about how we are trapped in “business as usual.” I know I am sometimes prone to make things more complicated than they need be, which keeps me from moving forward.

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BuzzBoard

MARCH 22, 2024

Key Takeaways from the Post: Understand Your Prospect: Have a nuanced grasp of the audience mindset to solve a real problem they care about right now. Get More Context: Gain more powerful insights into your prospects, and uncover their underlying thoughts and needs through generative AI-powered tools.

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