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The Pipeline ? Cold Calling: The Warrior Delusion

The Pipeline

Cold Calling: The Warrior Delusion. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Success , Webinar , execution. The Pipeline Guest Post – Wendy Weiss, The Queen of Cold Calling™. What is the truth about cold calling? I feel for her.

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No One Wants Your Cold Calls

No More Cold Calling

I’ve heard it takes at least seven to 10 touches for sales teams who cold call and cold email prospects to connect with decision-makers. New research from demand generation firm Vorsight paints an even more dismal picture of cold calling, suggesting it takes 60 to 90 dials to actually get meetings.

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The Pipeline ? Is Cold Calling Dead?

The Pipeline

Is Cold Calling Dead? Stored in Cold calling , Planning , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Success , Video , execution. I keep hearing cold calling is dead, yet I see people winning a lot of clients through cold calling, and without a lot of other sales people getting in the way.

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The Pipeline ? 3 Ways To Reduce Friction In A Cold Call ? Sales.

The Pipeline

3 Ways To Reduce Friction In A Cold Call – Sales eXchange – 104. Stored in Attitude , Cold calling , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales eXchange , execution. 3. Project confidence, it is infectious – One of the reasons sales people get rejected on cold calls is because they ask for it. March 2008.

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The Pipeline ? The REAL Problem with Sales Training

The Pipeline

The REAL Problem with Sales Training. Stored in Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training , e-book , execution. It seems that every week we are being told that sales training is not working in a very high percentage of cases – 85-90% was one statistic I read just yesterday. JF Corporation.

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The Pipeline ? No More Crank Calls

The Pipeline

No More Crank Calls. Stored in Attitude , Cold calling , Guest Post , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. The debate continues to rage on, is cold calling dead, is it alive, or is it just that pain in the reality of many sales people needing to make an honest living. April 2008.

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The Pipeline ? 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI ? Sales.

The Pipeline

25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Some aspects of sales training are easy to measure others not so, but it is a fair question when I am asked what they can expect from an ROI standpoint. Companies have shown selectivity with other training or development programs. Given that, why train them?

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