Pointclear

APRIL 19, 2017

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. Sales is NOT customer service.”.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This is understandable when you consider that data shared in the Harvard Business Review suggests that 90% of decision makers won’t respond to cold calls, according to Sales Leadership Forum. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales.

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Pointclear

MARCH 17, 2015

At the core of Mike’s philosophy is this quote from Chapter 1: “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. These false pronouncements are having a severe negative impact on sales performance.”

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Pointclear

MARCH 19, 2013

Click to start video at this point — “What we try to do with EDGY is look at why business is broken,” Dan says, “not why cold calling is broken or why prospecting is broken. Treating employees, customers, and prospects as fellow human beings first influences both your tactics and your outcomes. The EDGY Strategy.

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