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18 Phone Sales Skills Tips You Can Use Right Now | Sales.

The Sales Hunter

Show the same level of respect to the gatekeeper or other any other person who answers the phone as you would show to the person you’re looking to talk to. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

Pointclear

The DMA’s 2010 Response Rate Report reported a healthy 1.68% response rate to B-to-B prospecting letter mail and 2.18% to its cheaper cousin, postcard mail. Its high perceived value and standout physical features tend to get past gatekeepers, and straight to the executive desktop.

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15 best cold calling books to take your sales team to new levels

Close.io

In the following sections, the author covers converting your cold calls into warm calls through better conversations and getting past the gatekeeper to close more sales. Author : Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen Published : November 2, 2010. It concludes with a section on how to secure your position at the top.

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IT Sales & Marketing Grows More Complex: Only 5% of CIOs Can Authorize IT Investments Alone

The ROI Guy

With the financial executive wielding so much approval power, savvy marketers and sales professionals must understand how CFO's views technology investment decisions, directly influencing, or empowering the champion with the right content to connect, engage and sell these economic-focused gatekeepers.

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Heavy Hitter Sales Blog: Huge Ego Behind Every B-to-B Purchase

HeavyHitter Sales

Whats Wrong With Sales Training Today » June 01, 2010. I was recently interviewed by blogger Matthew Schwartz about the C-Level Sales Psychology:   ZoomInfo: When trying to reach C-level buyers, there seems to be an increasing number of gatekeepers in the purchasing process, from “fans” to “champions.” September 2011.

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Preparation and Sales Success

Anthony Cole Training

Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Sales and a Fish Story. 3 Lessons for Effective Communication in Selling. Read Tonys Featured Segment in SalesForceXP Magazine! Listen to Tonys Live Interview with Business Expert Radio! Click here to listen to Tonys BEW Interview.

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Dialing for Dollars Web Tool

Fill the Funnel

A quote from respected sales research and consulting firm CSO Insights sums up the problem that SalesDialers is built to resolve: ” 96 percent of a sales reps time when making outbound calls is spent dialing, leaving voice mails, navigation phone trees, and talking with gatekeepers.”

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