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B2B Phone Sales Cold-Calling: It Still Works! | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

B2B Phone Sales Cold-Calling: It Still Works! Recently I wrote about why I think phone sales cold calling still works , and the feedback has been amazing. All of the feedback I received confirmed that cold-calling does still work when it is done right. They call it cold-calling for a reason…it’s cold!

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What You MUST Know About Cold-Calling and Your Website | Sales.

The Sales Hunter

What You MUST Know About Cold-Calling and Your Website. This one is regarding cold-calling and websites. I’ve always been an advocate of cold-calling as part of an overall sales strategy. Sorry to be harsh, but cold-calling is not for the timid people who don’t want to make money.

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Cold Calling: Brother, Can You Spare a Sale? | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

Cold Calling: Brother, Can You Spare a Sale? I know, you’re reading this wondering what this has to do with cold calling, but stay with me. Related posts: Cold Calling: The Spam of the Sales World. Cold-Calling Never Goes Out of Style. Are You a Smart Caller when It Comes to Cold Calling?

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Selling Skills or Selling Process? Which is Holding You Back.

The Sales Hunter

Selling Skills or Selling Process? A person with strong selling skills. Strong selling skills certainly are a beginning. These include the ability to listen, ask questions, create a unique selling proposition and ultimately close. I refer to these as selling skills, not a sales process.

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The Slippery Slope of Discounting | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

The Slippery Slope of Discounting. If you as a salesperson — or worse, if you as a sales manager — do not believe in the price of what you sell, then that is a bigger problem than whether you have a tendency to offer a discount. But quantity will never make up for the profits you did lose by selling at a discount.

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Finish 2013 Strong so You Can Start 2014 Right

The Sales Hunter

Mainly, they offer too many discounts or other concessions that ultimately destroy profit and diminish the confidence the customer has in the salesperson and/or the product. If you are like many salespeople, you may associate the 4th quarter with deep discounts. Believe that you can get full price. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Confidence Warrants a Higher Price: How Confident Are You?

The Sales Hunter

Salespeople always want a higher price and don’t want to offer a discount to close the sale. In fact I’ll say it is as powerful of an attribute in the selling process as anything else. Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Selling: Win the Sale Without Compromising on Price.