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Why You Should STOP Cold Calling Immediately (2020 Update)

No More Cold Calling

Repeat After Me: I Will Not Cold Call. Message to cold callers: Pestering strangers is NOT the way to prospect. STOP Cold Calling. Cold calling is a duplicitous, disingenuous sales tactic. Cold callers tell you to just pick up the damn phone. STOP Cold Calling.

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The Best Cold Calling Tip Is Stop Immediately (Do This Instead)

No More Cold Calling

Have you ever met a salesperson who enjoyed cold calling? How about a buyer who enjoyed receiving cold calls? Not only is cold calling tortuous for everyone involved, it’s one of the reasons that only 54.3 percent of sales reps made quota last year. And better yet, how can you make only hot calls?

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Reasons Cold Calling Is No Good for Account-Based Sellers

No More Cold Calling

Can one call generate leads better than ten? You already know my point of view on cold calling. No salesperson should ever have to cold call to generate sales leads. It’s an ineffective prospecting strategy and a nuisance to buyers, most of whom ignore cold calls. There is no in-between.

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4 Ways to Improve your Cold Calling with Better Data

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The truth behind improving your cold calling (and cold emailing) is also a larger truth about sales in general — it’s not about volume, it’s about productivity. The hard truth: “sales is a numbers game” is an outdated way of thinking. Your ideal customer profile. Absolutely.

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How to Reach Decision Makers Every Time

No More Cold Calling

There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. The biggest challenge for sales teams is seller access , according to Gartner’s recent report, The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021. Some salespeople fool themselves into believing what I call the “warm call fantasy.”

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PODCAST 160: Why Direct Mail Sells to a Zoom-weary Population with Joe Venuti

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On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Joe Venuti, VP of Inside Sales at Sendoso, on how to maintain a healthy work culture in a remote environment and why direct mail is effective in the digital world. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. RELATED: Direct Mail Improves Sales Conversion Rate.

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Don’t Miss This Event: The Gatekeeper Died

No More Cold Calling

And certainly not when you cold call. Newsflash: Most CEOs do not respond to cold calls or emails, and neither do their gatekeepers. One assistant told me many cold callers lie and tell her the CEO asked them to reach out. Cold calling from a script, or even winging a cold call, doesn’t cut it.