The Pipeline

MAY 18, 2017

Sellers are a wonderfully optimistic lot, having drank the Kool Aid about their “solution”, believing that they are indeed the cavalry coming over the hill to heal all that pains their potential prospects. That however is not the reality of a prospecting call, or dare I say, cold call; enthusiasm is not enough, in fact can be your undoing.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 25, 2012

Your Monday morning sales meeting needs to set the tone for the week, the successes, challenges and activity required to move prospects forward between now and Friday, thus making the week contribute to a successful quarter. Here are a few simple to implement steps you can take to assure this.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 16, 2020

Being trustworthy means having the willingness to push back when you know someone is headed down the wrong road. It means pushing back when a client tells you what they want, and you know the consequences will be dire if you don’t speak up. At least, that’s what many prospects have come to believe.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Get the latest from No More Cold Calling. I used to think it was just sales newbies who struggled with referral reluctance. I wondered about those in non-traditional sales roles like customer success, CPAs, attorneys, architects, engineers, and consultants—who are now being asked to sell. That’s embarrassing.). Why would they?

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Increase Sales

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Securing those necessary sales meetings with clients, sales leads and even colleagues is becoming increasingly difficult. ” Just as people buy houses on contingency, so it appears buying time to meet on another person’s calendar is also on contingency. I’ll call you back tomorrow”?

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The Pipeline

MAY 29, 2013

On Monday I wrote about the need to counterbalance for some of the realities of telephone prospecting , and some things sellers can do to compensate. Some of these things may seem mundane and basic, but that doesn’t lessen their importance in consistent results from telephone prospecting. The same works for a prospecting call.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. It is through the use of the right B2B prospecting that we can continue to succeed in this always-evolving field. What is Sales Prospecting?

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. If you don’t get the meeting, Part Two doesn’t matter. The biggest challenge for sales teams is seller access , according to Gartner’s recent report, The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The six elements of a perfect sales meeting. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Emotional Intelligence(EQ) , Guest Post , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Meetings. Do you dread the weekly sales team meeting?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2018

There’s nothing more exciting or terrifying than a sales meeting. Ultimately, the goal of every sales meeting is to close the deal or move it toward that result. Fortunately, there’s something I like to call the “master tip” for closing more deals. What is a sales meeting agenda?

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 22, 2020

It felt like asking for a favor or pleading with prospects for business. Many times, they ask us the same back. Invite Joanne to lead a discussion about “ How to Boost Your Sales in a Volatile Economy ” at your next virtual or in-person sales meeting. Email joanne@nomorecoldcalling.com or call 415.461.8763.

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Close.io

JANUARY 22, 2019

In this post, we’re going to run you through everything you need to know about setting better appointments, from how to set more appointments, when and how often to send reminders, to what to do after the call and how to turn no-shows back into hot leads. Want to up your cold emailing game and start booking more sales appointments?

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Ways To Win Prospects And Contacts At A Networking Event. It remains an enigma to me that more salespeople don’t use it to replace the cold call (which ain’t no fun). If you network smart, it’s the easiest way to make sales contacts. If you network smart, it’s the easiest way to make sales contacts.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Field reps have one major advantage over inside reps: their ability to establish relationships with prospects. It’s far easier to build rapport and trust when you’re sitting across the table from your prospects rather than talking to them through a computer screen. But face-to-face meetings come with their own challenges.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 31, 2018

And as more and more outreach becomes automated, more prospects tune out and you have to try harder to be memorable. In 2018, more than ever, you have to EARN that sales meeting. We salespeople treasure our intuition but sometimes, it can hold us back. The goal of prospecting is to get a conversation.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2022

And then watch your sales go up, your confidence go up, and your income go up! Resource #1: Access to proven prospecting skills by getting a free chapter right from my bestselling book, Power Phone Scripts. If you want to get better selling over the phone, then start where it counts: getting better at making outbound calls.

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Highspot

MAY 6, 2021

And yet, many sellers are wasting their opportunities to connect with potential buyers and lead them into the sales process. 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.

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Sales 2.0

JUNE 19, 2023

AI will save salespeople time Adam believes AI will free up salespeople’s time by handling some of the more mundane tasks associated with lead generation and sales meetings, like prospect research and taking notes during meetings, allowing salespeople to focus on tasks they can do better than AI.

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The Chorus Zapp is going to fundamentally change the way that you meet and sell. Combining real-time Chorus insights with your Zoom calls will create more productive meetings, stronger relationships, and better performance. Think back to those days of in-person meetings. Let’s break it down. The Chorus Zapp.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 9, 2020

If there ever was a time for real, authentic sales conversations, it’s now. So, pick up the damn phone and have conversations with your clients and prospects—not just business conversations, but conversations with inquiry, empathy, and understanding. Reps told me they didn’t need to have sales conversations. The phone works.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Despite the state of discourse in general these days, in a one on one settings, like a sales meeting for instance, most people are helpful by nature. As a sales professional, we need to walk the line of leveraging that to help us make a sale, while not taking advantage of it.

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Silence Isn't Awkward— It's A Powerful Tool In this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Keith Lubner, Sales Gravy Executive VP, and Jessica Stokes, Sales Gravy Master Sales Trainer, discuss strategies that leverage discomfort on sales calls to drive engaging conversations and achieve better outcomes.

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PandaDoc

JULY 14, 2020

If you are running a business, a lot hinges on your ability to close a deal through a sales meeting. By following a sales meeting agenda that you know is effective, you will have a consistent framework to turn leads into clients. . Creating a sales meeting agenda will help you keep your meeting on track.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 19, 2022

Here’s what it is: Simply commit to listening to your sales calls—both prospecting and closing calls— every day for 90 days straight. I know we’re all busy, but imagine if you put your phone down for half an hour a day and invested that time in listening to your calls instead? Strange indeed.

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Close.io

JANUARY 22, 2019

In this post, we’re going to run you through everything you need to know about setting better appointments, from how to set more appointments, when and how often to send reminders, to what to do after the call and how to turn no-shows back into hot leads. Want to up your cold emailing game and start booking more sales appointments?

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Nutshell

MAY 12, 2020

One of those legends was Social Centered Selling Founder and CEO Barbara Giamanco , who revolutionized the sales industry when she co-authored the first book about social selling, The New Handshake: Sales Meets Social Media. She now hosts the award-winning podcast, Conversations with Women in Sales.

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The Brooks Group

AUGUST 23, 2017

The annual sales meeting is a crucial part of setting the tone for the upcoming year with your sales team. If you’re intentional about the planning of your annual sales meeting, your salespeople will be more engaged and will walk away prepared to hit their goals in the New Year. Get Input from Your Sales Team.

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Sales Evangelist

JULY 26, 2020

How to Virtually Forge Deep Connections With Prospects The pandemic has changed the methods of prospecting. The managing partner told him that he didn’t have the right skill set for the job and it was suggested he go into sales, start his own company, and come back to the firm as a client. Steve did not.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 3, 2018

Stats like this suggest that buyers don’t really need salespeople anymore—that we should just wait around for prospects to do their research and then call us when they’re ready to buy. They know how to prospect for sales, and it’s not sitting back and waiting for marketing to send them leads. That’s not selling.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 27, 2021

And a discovery call “best practice” that actually tanks your success rates. And the (counter intuitive) ideal length for a follow-up prospecting email. By analyzing MILLIONS of sales data points. To help you get the most out of your year end, I pulled together the 5 best data-backed tips of 2021. . How did we do it?

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The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2017

The fate of an unscheduled call to a prospect, a cold call, is determined in the first few seconds of a call, one can argue even before that. By before that, I mean the hundreds if not thousands of practice calls the prospect has had to hone their craft and perfect their means of blowing us off.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

A new research study unlocks the key to using social media for sales. Is it just another term to check off your buzzword bingo card at the next sales meeting you attend? You bet, and it’s critical to increasing B2B sales effectiveness. Read “ PowerPoint Is Killing Your Sales Presentation.”). I know who’s calling.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 7, 2017

That focus will drive you forward instead of holding you back. Whether it’s a cold call on a prospect or a follow-up email after a client visit, have the clarity to know exactly what you are trying to achieve. If you get a sale, learn what went right so you can repeat it and improve it. 5) Learn from every experience.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 25, 2022

As anyone in sales knows, there is nothing worse than a sales slump. You pick up the phone and no one is answering your calls. After countless attempts to connect with prospects and land a meeting to no avail, you’ve hit a wall. Have you reached out to more or less prospects compared to last month?

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 23, 2016

You’re on the way to the sales meeting with a prospect or client and you’re stuck in a jam. You frantically make calls to the client apologising for the delay as the sat nav screams at you that your life is inexorably ebbing away while you sit there. You apologise again and then the meeting takes half an hour.

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Growbots

JULY 30, 2021

Outbound sales prospecting is essential to business growth, but vastly different from traditional marketing. Outbound sales is highly proactive — it’s all about finding just the right customers and convincing them to work with you. How to Make First Contact in Outbound Sales. Cold Calling B2B Sales Prospects.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 30, 2019

Part of a salesperson’s training comes from nose-to-nose selling; in sales, there is no substitute for practical experience. But an integral part of one’s training comes from books, recordings, sales meetings and training courses. “If Another great truth in the profession of sales. Criswall Freeman. It’s that simple.

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