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Jeffrey Answers a Question on Cold Calling | Real World Sales Wisdom

Jeffrey Gitomer

real world connection strategies to eliminate cold calling. You’ll have the potential to gain fifty “cold call” connections each time you speak. Why not get praise for the great speech you gave at the conference every time someone walks by your booth, instead of trying to get them to putt a ball into a plastic cup.

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Don’t Miss This Event: The Gatekeeper Died

No More Cold Calling

And certainly not when you cold call. Newsflash: Most CEOs do not respond to cold calls or emails, and neither do their gatekeepers. One assistant told me many cold callers lie and tell her the CEO asked them to reach out. Cold calling from a script, or even winging a cold call, doesn’t cut it.

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Insights on Outbound Conference in Atlanta

Pointclear

On April 13, 2017, I attended the #OutBound conference in Atlanta, GA. One of the presenters, Mike Weinberg, summed up the sentiment in the room: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 These so-called experts proclaim that cold-calling is ineffective and pursuing prospects that aren’t coming to you is a waste of time.

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Why Women in Sales Don’t Want to Work for You

No More Cold Calling

They host business networking events for women at their annual Rainmaker conference. Overall, panels at sales conferences are getting more diverse. I was at a conference last year with only one woman on the main stage. The post Why Women in Sales Don’t Want to Work for You appeared first on No More Cold Calling.

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4 Ways to Get Past the Gatekeeper (No Tricks Required)

No More Cold Calling

And certainly not when you cold call. Newsflash: Most of CEOs do not respond to cold calls or emails, and neither do their gatekeepers. One assistant told me many cold callers lie and tell her the CEO asked them to reach out. Cold calling from a script, or even winging a cold call, doesn’t cut it.

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Three Tips to Build Powerful Customer Connections

No More Cold Calling

conference. I invited Todd to contribute his perspective in this guest blog: “When’s the last time you were sitting around, just wishing a sales rep you didn’t know would call, email, or drop by? Not even the salespeople who make cold calls like receiving them. Face to Face in a Sales 2.0 Can’t remember? Neither can I.

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The Power of Sales Intelligence #3: Lead generation

DiscoverOrg Sales

At events and conferences, some sales professionals collect as much contact information as possible: the more names, titles, and companies they’ve logged, the better. At DiscoverOrg, we use sales intelligence in a very specific process to get the most out of conferences. Turn events into a lead-gen opportunity.