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Is Cold Calling Dead?

Mr. Inside Sales

I received an email last week from a real estate rep asking me if cold calling was dead. The real question should be: how can you “cold call” more effectively? In terms of this real estate agent, one suggestion I had was to do what others in his industry are doing. appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales.

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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How Your Marketing Turns on Sales Objections – Part 01

Increase Sales

People buy from people they know and trust ( Sales Buying Rule #1). For example, I just received the third direct mail piece from a local real estate agent here in Northwest IN who is attempting to attract my positive attention. His ego is beyond big and a real turn off. The first four bullets were 100% about him.

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NEXT – The Most Important Word In Sales

Mr. Inside Sales

I was talking to a real estate agent the other day about the importance of disqualifying leads, and he told me an interesting story about their office’s top producer. He said he was afraid to let go because he didn’t want to chance losing a sale. She said her secret could be summed up with one word. ” I told him. “I

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The Perfect Sales Pitch: Examples, Templates, and Best Practices 

Highspot

Overfamiliar, aggressive, awkward – we’ve all been on the receiving end of a terrible sales pitch from a pushy seller. But sales pitches are so much more than an uncomfortable phone call or an unwarranted email. How can you maximize the potential of your sales pitch? What Is a Sales Pitch? Are you reducing costs?

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

Without further ado, here are some of the female movers-and-shakers who are creating powerful ripple effects and paving the path for the next generation of women sales leaders. Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018.

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The Perfect Sales Pitch: Examples, Templates, and Best Practices 

Highspot

Overfamiliar, aggressive, awkward — we’ve all been on the receiving end of a terrible sales pitch from a pushy seller. But sales pitches are so much more than an uncomfortable phone call or an unwarranted email. How can you maximize the potential of your sales pitch? What Is a Sales Pitch? Are you reducing costs?