No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The events of 2020 changed the customer buying journey, so we must change our prospecting tactics. Or rather, change them back —from digital marketing to relationship building. Not a cold calling stranger or someone pitching them on LinkedIn. Suddenly it became almost impossible. Unless … Breaking News.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Your LinkedIn Company Page (called LinkedIn Page) is an important branding opportunity that many businesses aren’t taking advantage of. When used effectively, your LinkedIn Company Page can be your business’ content hub—the first thing that your target buyers see when they research your company’s products and services.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

In today’s environment, a quality pipeline starts with LinkedIn. This post describes the Social Seller's strategy to grow their prospect list through LinkedIn. How Social Sellers Succeed with LinkedIn. He described the widespread misuse of LinkedIn like this: “Reps use their profile like a resume.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 2, 2019

As though that was some form of barrier or obstacle or a reason for not leveraging the phone in your sales and prospecting success. What they really mean is they want to be able to talk to the prospect live; to which I ask Why? I will be honest with you; I use voicemail to triage calls, protect my time and sanity.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 30, 2024

They’ll have personalized conversations about a prospect's specific needs and why their product or service is the best-fit solution. LinkedIn as ruler of the prospect research process. LinkedIn has been dethroned as the most effective platform for prospect research. LinkedIn had this title last year.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. And this is what this prospecting guide is all about.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

95% of our prospecting is just wasted time, so just stop it! “Dave, I’d like to tell you about our products… ” You follow those with phone calls, that’s much more time consuming, even if you have an intelligent dialing system that only connects you to the few people that pick up the phone.

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 7, 2021

This article addresses ways to bring back prospects who stopped interacting and offers creative ideas on how to warm up, re-engage, and reconnect with cold leads. Discover new prospects with Crunchbase Pro – try it free. So, what are the creative ways salespeople can use to win back the attention of cold prospects?

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The only way your sales reps can meet their quotas and close deals is if they have enough prospects in their pipeline. So how can you prospect more effectively? How can you ensure that you’re targeting and focusing on the right prospects? With a proven sales prospecting process. What is sales prospecting?

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Your LinkedIn Company Page (called LinkedIn Page) is an important branding opportunity that many businesses aren’t taking advantage of. When used effectively, your LinkedIn Company Page can be your business’ content hub—the first thing that your target buyers see when they research your company’s products and services.

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Autoklose

MARCH 11, 2024

Prospecting is a high-stakes game, so many sales reps make the mistake of being too pushy in an attempt to quickly convert leads into sales. Don’t request anything from them, including an invitation to show up to your demo or a phone call. This is called the Reciprocity Principle, and it’s a powerful psychological mechanism.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 14, 2021

Register for Back in The Black Sales TV—first episode on January 19. The Gatekeeper Died: Why That’s a Good Thing” is the topic for my new, monthly, live Sales TV Show on the Sales Experts Channel. New episodes will premiere on the third Tuesday of every month at 2:00 Pacific/5:00 Eastern on The Sales Experts Channel.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 23, 2018

According to a recent industry survey, 40 percent of salespeople say it’s getting increasingly tough to elicit response from prospects, and 34 percent say closing deals is harder now than two or three years ago. Ninety-four percent of people report email as the best way to reach them, yet most prospects’ inboxes have a tendency to be flooded.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 13, 2021

You can wow prospects with your technological know-how up front and then try to win them over later, once they find out you’re honest and reliable. Building client trust can happen quickly when you’re introduced by someone your prospect already knows and trusts. That’s why building client trust is our most important job.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s how they engage with prospects and it can make a big difference in their results. It’s called the PVC Sales Method, which stands for Personalization, Value, and Call to Action. The PVC Sales Methodology focuses on how to prospect , from the “pre-hello” to the “hello.” C – Call-to-Action. V – Value.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s how they engage with prospects and it can make a big difference in their results. It’s called the PVC Sales Method, which stands for Personalization, Value, and Call to Action. The PVC Sales Methodology focuses on how to prospect , from the “pre-hello” to the “hello.” C – Call-to-Action. V – Value.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

B2B sales prospecting isn’t always as exciting and glamorous as other parts of the sales routine, as you can imagine; it’s far more behind the scenes and challenging. In fact, sales leaders agree that prospecting is the hardest part of the sales process. Find more prospects with Crunchbase Pro – try it free.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Whether you and your team need some bite-sized instruction, a full course correction or just a bit of motivation, there’s a wide variety of YouTube sales training channels that can help you. You'll find a short description of each channel as well as a few examples of especially informative or entertaining videos from each.

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LeadFuze

MAY 31, 2021

What is a LinkedIn Profile Makeover. A LinkedIn profile makeover is a process of editing your profile so that it highlights the skills and experience you want to show to potential employers. LinkedIn is a social media network where professionals can connect with other people in their industry, find jobs, or meet new business partners.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 31, 2020

Some have moved over to virtual channels like webinars and online training but a lot are just waiting it out. Don’t Panic – Step Back. Take a step back and start to plan what you can do. Have a “virtual coffee” over video or a call with a colleague. If applicable get on LinkedIn and start using it. Get Social.

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John Barrows

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Ryan’s strength is turning prospecting into a math game so you can reverse engineer the activities you need to generate the outcome you need. It’s time to make sales simpler… In This Podcast You’ll Learn: Cold Call Connect Rates. Making Prospecting a Science. Cold Call Connect Rates.

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Highspot

MAY 6, 2021

It’s even harder to win back the interest of a buyer once you’ve lost it than it is to attract it in the first place. Unfortunately, there are some common prospecting mistakes that get in the way. Changing the channel or message could make all the difference. Or at least, that’s what it’s supposed to be.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. But very few understand how to incorporate technology into their prospecting strategy. The Evolution of Cold Calling. Talk about rude and disengaging behavior!

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 21, 2019

I’m following a fascinating discussion in LinkedIn. He poses the premise they should do this by answering every prospecting call they get–since sales people presenting their solutions will give the customer insights and ideas to improve their business. Peer groups, and other forums are important channels.

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Vengreso

JUNE 12, 2023

Prospects do not want to be sold to. Build Your Brand Instead of training, first you must arm sales reps with a LinkedIn profile optimization. A buyer-centric LinkedIn® profile serves as a foundation that prepares a seller for training to implement new modern sales techniques.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 24, 2020

There is a simple three-step mantra to generating more leads on LinkedIn (or any social media for that matter). Most B2B buyers happen to be on LinkedIn, so that’s where we’ll focus today. They attract 45% more opportunities and outsell non-social sellers by 78% (LinkedIn). I think it’s killing the modern LinkedIn strategy.

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eGrabber

JULY 13, 2021

To find your ideal target audience, make a contact with them and convert them into a sale, sales prospecting is important. There are a lot of ways to do sales prospecting, but it is hard to determine which method brings the best possible outcome and can be employed in the marketing process. Are you using LinkedIn for Sales Prospecting?

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Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 15, 2021

LinkedIn is a good place to prospect. In this episode, listen and learn as Brynne Tillman and Donald talk about how to convert your LinkedIn connections into meaningful conversations. When is LinkedIn ineffective? Back in the early months of 2020, people connected with others and then threw their pitch in.

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Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 15, 2021

LinkedIn is a good place to prospect. In this episode, listen and learn as Brynne Tillman and Donald talk about how to convert your LinkedIn connections into meaningful conversations. When is LinkedIn ineffective? Back in the early months of 2020, people connected with others and then threw their pitch in.

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Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 15, 2021

LinkedIn is a good place to prospect. In this episode, listen and learn as Brynne Tillman and Donald talk about how to convert your LinkedIn connections into meaningful conversations. When is LinkedIn ineffective? Back in the early months of 2020, people connected with others and then threw their pitch in.

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The Pipeline

MAY 8, 2018

I do a lot of work with organizations trying to improve their prospecting, and the piece they look to from me is the telephone component of a robust prospecting routine. The best results happen when salespeople used a combination of telephone, e-mail and LinkedIn, consistently better than any other permeation. By Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Often the things one does to persuade say a prospect, start with or lead don’t always lead to being liked. Frankly, you can add LinkedIn to that list when it comes to B2B selling. I had an “influencer” share that when they launched a book, their over 300,000 LinkedIn followers did not move the dial on sales. You Liked That?

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Crunchbase

MARCH 10, 2021

Prospecting seems to be getting harder for most sales professionals. Find prospects that match your ICP with Crunchbase Pro – try it free. In those 10 years, we’ve seen the emergence of the pure-play prospecting function with sales development reps and business development reps. Why is cold outbound prospecting so hard?

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Here’s a scenario that any salesperson can relate to, whether they’re an entry-level sales rep or an expert seller with decades of experience: a prospect demonstrates interest in a product, responds to inquiries with enthusiasm– and then, out of nowhere, they disappear. What’s wrong with “touching base” with cold prospects?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The goal is to attract prospects to your brand and convert them to customers — by hosting a webinar. Read on to get the ins and outs of attracting prospects (and converting them into customers) with a step-by-step webinar formula. Dig into your buyer personas to discover what prospects want from you. What Is a Webinar Funnel?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Prospecting in the enterprise environment is just different. And to make it worse, everyone and their start-up cousin is calling them, which makes it tremendously difficult to stand out. And to make it worse, everyone and their start-up cousin is calling them, which makes it tremendously difficult to stand out. Lots of time.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2018

Yes, you read the title right -- I guarantee that these templates will get responses from prospects. But, compared to the overly salesy prospecting email templates most salespeople are sending, I am confident that these will work better -- or your money back. Where Sales Prospecting Went Bad. Any takers?

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