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Book notes: No Forms. No Spam. No Cold Calls.

Sales 2.0

I’ve been reviewing some key books in sales and marketing to refresh my knowledge of some of the fundamentals to building world-class “revenue engines”. No Cold Calls , by Latané Conant. we then annoy them with a sequence of emails and finally a string of cold calls. I’m sharing my summaries here.

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8 Cold Calling Tips for Sellers and Sales Leaders 

Mindtickle

Let’s not beat around the bush: nobody likes getting cold calls. Research from our 2023 State of Sales Productivity Report found that during a call, buyers asked an average of 18 questions, a significant increase from 13 questions in the 2022 report. First things first: Is cold calling legal?

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Why Product and Engineering Teams Belong on Sales Calls

Zoominfo

Product managers and engineers can see the roadblocks sales teams face and experience firsthand the challenges of product-specific objections. Not only can they address these objections and add context to the call, they will get a front-row seat to how hard selling can be. Protect your experts.

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Has “Informed Calling” Replaced “Cold Calling?”

The Sales Hunter

People are quick to say how cold-calling doesn’t work and how if you’re doing cold-calling, you’re wasting your time. Today’s marketplace might be making cold-calling more difficult, but in so doing, it’s opened up a huge new opportunity — I refer to it as “informed-calling.”

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15 best cold calling books to take your sales team to new levels

Close.io

Most successful sales reps have a wealth of experience with cold calling. They are used to consistent action: qualifying prospects , sending cold emails , booking meetings, maybe following up a couple of times, and finally closing the deal. This article covers fifteen top cold calling books, divided into four categories.

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Are You Telling the Truth About Asking for Referrals? [Q3 Referral Selling Roundup]

No More Cold Calling

Get the latest from No More Cold Calling. 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. Research shows cold calling scripts and tricks don’t work, but referrals do.

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Why Productivity Tools Make You Less Productive … and Less Creative

No More Cold Calling

NASA engineers huddled in a room under unbelievable time pressure to save their astronauts. Technology is an amazing tool, but humans make the final decisions. The post Why Productivity Tools Make You Less Productive … and Less Creative appeared first on No More Cold Calling. Failure is not an option.”

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