Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Based on how successful my last blog was on handling the objection: “We’ve Already Got a Vendor for That,” I thought I’d give you another proven response to help you overcome the objections and resistance you get daily. Then remain completely quiet and let your prospect tell you what the REAL objection is!]

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 6, 2020

What’s the biggest mistake sales reps make with prospecting or cold calling? Your prospecting will go a lot better if you do! Cold calling mistake #1: Don’t pitch the gatekeeper. To start with, the gatekeeper doesn’t want to hear your pitch. If you need more specific advice on this, see these gatekeeper scripts here.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 14, 2023

To follow up on the blog post from two weeks ago (about the one quick fix to get your VMs returned ), here is the second quick fix: Stop trying to trick your prospect! So do your prospects. Search my blog if you missed them.) Search my blog if you missed them.) I ALWAYS delete these messages the moment I hear them.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Note on today’s blog post: Due to the many requests I have received for more scripts on selling techniques, I am postponing my series on motivation and awareness. He told me that some of them are struggling to get through to decision makers, and he thought it was because they were “pitching the gatekeeper.” How wrong that is….

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 30, 2021

Note to my readers: Because of my heavy client load, I am reducing my blog articles to bi-weekly starting today. Your next blog will arrive on Tuesday, August 17 th. You could do two: one for prospecting and one for the close. Ever feel stalled during a close? If you’re a manager, this is a great exercise for a sales meeting.

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MTD Sales Training

MAY 17, 2016

To celebrate ‘Learning At Work Week’, here on the MTD Sales Blog we are giving away materials and resources that will help you enhance your sales skills. To celebrate the launch of our new ‘Professional Selling Skills’ – we are giving away a free session on prospecting. Happy prospecting!

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 13, 2016

One of the toughest prospecting challenges is simply getting connected to the right person. There are 10 ways to get past the gatekeeper that I highly recommend. The number of roadblocks seems to grow more each day, and yet the task remains the same — to reach the decision maker. Plan to also join me […].

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 14, 2022

What these approaches have in common is they are passive, and they give the gatekeeper control of the call. There are many other examples of this (too many for this limited blog post), and if you would like a book full of them, then check this out. Is Dave Anderson available?”. Top reps, on the other hand, are assumptive.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It's hard to overstate the importance of B2B prospecting in the context of most B2B sales processes. But what is B2B prospecting? What is B2B prospecting? B2B Prospecting Methods. Learn how to communicate with gatekeepers. What is B2B prospecting? Research, research, and research some more.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Today is part 2 of my 10 Ways to Get Past Gatekeepers When Prospecting on the Phone. Rather than asking the gatekeeper for the person you want to speak to, begin the call by asking them the same questions you would ask your prospect. See Part 1 at this link. Here is #2: 2. Many […].

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

I’ve been digging deeper into 10 Ways to Get Past Gatekeepers When Prospecting on the Phone, and I’ve reached #8: Let your personality come through and allow the gatekeeper to see you as a normal person who is merely doing their job, just like them. Few things turn people off faster than answering the […].

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 25, 2015

Rather than asking the gatekeeper for the […]. It’s amazing how one salesperson will be willing to help out another salesperson. When asking for assistance, be sure to offer to help them in finding potential leads and contacts.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 23, 2021

If this objection frustrates you, then all that will end after you read this blog post. First, remember: Most objections are smokescreens hiding the real reason a prospect isn’t moving forward. Here’s one way I have successfully dealt with this and gotten the prospect to reveal what was really holding them back.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 19, 2015

One of the biggest mistakes many inside sales reps make is pitching the gatekeeper. To start with, the gatekeeper is just that – someone whose job it is to screen salespeople from getting through to the decision maker. Again, they are gatekeepers – not decision makers. So, what to do? In this case it’s O.K.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 25, 2019

This doesn’t just apply to prospecting but everything you do. Prospecting is already a tough task; it’s only made tougher when you fail to prepare. Below are 10 steps you need to follow to ensure you’re prepared to prospect. Focus on prospecting with the people who align closest to your perfect customer.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

If you’ve been following for the past few weeks, I’ve been digging into 10 Ways to Get Past the Gatekeeper When Prospecting on the Phone. Today we’ve reached #9.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2022

They’ll either think they already know it all, or they’ll be too busy to open a few links or browse through a backlog of proven and helpful blog posts, or they’ll choose to watch other things on YouTube. Resource #1: Access to proven prospecting skills by getting a free chapter right from my bestselling book, Power Phone Scripts.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 27, 2015

I’ve been exploring 10 Ways to Get Past Gatekeepers When Prospecting on the Phone, and today we are at number 3: Call back before 8 AM or after 5 PM. Most gatekeepers work traditional hours, so calling either before 8 or after 5 may allow somebody else to answer the phone. This approach is […].

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Question for you: How often do you take notes while you’re on Mute and your prospect is revealing their buying motives? If not, start using it today: search my blog to read articles on how to do that.). Make a much better connection with your prospect or client because they will feel listened to and heard. You don’t take notes?

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 22, 2015

I am starting a new blog series to dig into the 10 ways to get past gatekeepers when calling on the phone. Here’s the first one: Call and ask for the Sales Department. Talking with salespeople can be an excellent approach. It’s amazing how one salesperson will be willing to help another salesperson. When […].

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Sales Evangelist

JULY 30, 2021

Every salesperson is familiar with the frustration that comes with being blocked by a gatekeeper, which could be a physical person or even just a system or automation that prevents you from interacting with the decision-maker of your target organization. Bring Intelligence Let’s say two people reach out to a prospect. Write a blog.

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Sales Evangelist

JULY 30, 2021

Every salesperson is familiar with the frustration that comes with being blocked by a gatekeeper, which could be a physical person or even just a system or automation that prevents you from interacting with the decision-maker of your target organization. Bring Intelligence Let’s say two people reach out to a prospect. Write a blog.

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Sales Evangelist

JULY 30, 2021

Every salesperson is familiar with the frustration that comes with being blocked by a gatekeeper, which could be a physical person or even just a system or automation that prevents you from interacting with the decision-maker of your target organization. Bring Intelligence Let’s say two people reach out to a prospect. Write a blog.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2022

I thought I’d give you, my readers, a gift: Click Here to download a sample chapter from my bestselling book, Power Phone Scripts , on “ Better, Smarter Prospecting Techniques That Really Work !”. Please note that we will be taking the next two weeks off, so your next issue of this blog will arrive to you on January 3, 2023.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 23, 2019

I received this question from a reader of my blog last week: “Mike, I have a question for you. The answer is simple: Prospects now have more ways of identifying sales reps they don’t want to speak with, and now have more ways of evading them. It’s the same for your prospects. Speaking about prospects hiding behind emails, etc.,

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 28, 2022

Let’s face it: your prospecting emails can be lost in the sea of unread emails. And if it’s from someone the prospect doesn’t know? There is, however, an easy solution you can implement right away that will immediately draw your prospect’s eyes directly to your email and give it that personal feel.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 15, 2020

If you have benefited from my material or blogs and scripts I provide, then would you be willing to take a minute to nominate me? I need your help! . Each year, the AA-ISP recognizes outstanding service providers with their annual Service Provider Directory “SPD” Awards. . There are two categories below that would help me tremendously: .

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Head on over to my blog and you’ll find tons of excellent, free resources to help with just about any problem you’re having! Want some free, proven resources to help you or your team sell more right now? And you can search for any topic that is giving you trouble: For example, need help cold calling? Click here.

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Zoominfo

MAY 8, 2019

This shift led to the intertwining of concepts and phrases like technographic data, sales intelligence, sales enablement, and sales prospecting tools. Consider contact and company data to be any data points you’d need to get in touch with the right prospects at the right time. Bypass gatekeepers. Time your outreach.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 15, 2018

One of our earliest blogs looked at dealing with gatekeepers, and there have been requests for more details and tips for how to handle the barrier to decision-makers, so we thought now would be the perfect time to revisit the topic. Here are some advanced strategies to consider.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

If you’ve been following along the past few weeks, I’ve been digging into the 10 Ways to Get Past Gatekeepers When Prospecting on the Phone. Everyone takes breaks, and many times the person who relieves the gatekeeper for lunch and/or […]. Here is number 7: Call at different times of the day or over lunch.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 8, 2022

This blog post is for those of you who haven’t purchased and read any of my book of scripts yet (what are you thinking? ). For those of you who are prospecting, this objection, “We’re happy with who we’re using,” is something you most likely encounter often. The question is: what do you say to it?

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Have you ever had that feeling when you’re talking to a prospect that the person isn’t who they say they are? 3) Use the gatekeeper screen to get further information. Some salespeople dread talking to the gatekeeper (a person whose job is to filter approaches so the decision-makers don’t get hounded by sales calls ).

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Learn more about the power of referrals in the Q3 blog posts and podcasts below. It takes roughly eight touches for sales reps to reach cold prospects. The #1 challenge salespeople face is reaching decision-makers quickly, but getting prospects to call you back is deceptively simple with a referral program. Dylis Guyan Podcast.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The best way to create the kind of value proposition your prospect is looking for is by addressing a need. And that’s not what your prospect is looking for. The first is making the problem real and vivid in the prospect’s mind. Let’s talk about what value is – and what value isn’t. 300,000 minus $30,000). That’s not value.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 29, 2015

I’ve been looking closely at 10 Ways to Get Past Gatekeepers When Prospecting on the Phone. We’ve reached number 4, which I think is quite effective: Call during holiday weeks. I’m always surprised at how people behave differently knowing there’s a holiday coming.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 3, 2020

Not only that, but after you’ve given your response, have you ever found that your prospect just comes up with another objection? Example: Your prospect says that it costs too much. A bad answer in and of itself, but not the subject of this blog post.). Your prospect then says that they have to talk to their boss….

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