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Happy Endings in Cold Calling – Sales eXecution 259

The Pipeline

It’s not that people don’t like cold calling, mostly they don’t like the outcome, which often is very little, leading to disappointed, and anemic pipelines. Frustrated, they seek expert advice on how to get more buyer engagement while avoiding the dreaded cold call. By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca

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How to Optimize Your Cold Calling Strategy

Janek Performance Group

A sales manager recently asked, “Is cold calling effective?” There are sales teams who find cold calling effective, while there are others who think it is useless. In this article, we’ll explore the value of cold calling, and how your team can improve their cold calling results.

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Happy Endings in Cold Calling – Sales eXecution 259

The Pipeline

It’s not that people don’t like cold calling, mostly they don’t like the outcome, which often is very little, leading to disappointed, and anemic pipelines. Frustrated, they seek expert advice on how to get more buyer engagement while avoiding the dreaded cold call. By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca

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3 Things Some Pundits Won’t Tell you about Cold Calling – Part 2

The Pipeline

On Monday, in the first post of this series , we defined “cold calling”, and looked at overlooked real opportunities for sales and revenues one misses when not including cold calling in their biz dev routine. The rule being that cold calling is a key and necessary (evil) part of successful B2B selling.

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The 6-Step Cold Calling Framework (How to Cold Call, with Examples)

Sales Hacker

Cold calling is (and will always be) a foundational skill in sales. If you want to learn how to cold call — or just improve your skills — your best approach is to watch what experienced sales reps do, listen to recordings , and of course, study cold calling examples. That way, it’s not an entirely cold call.

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How Do You Deal with Rude People When You Cold Call?

Anthony Iannarino

Your call was no different than the car in front of them that wasn’t going fast enough, the long line they had wait in for coffee, or the fact that they had to park in the overflow parking lot because the main lot was full. The very first B2B cold call I made ended with my prospective client hanging up on me.

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Overcoming Cold Calling Reluctance Permanently

Keith Rosen

However, when it comes to cold calling, all of your efforts will be futile if you don’t make this critical shift in your thinking that will overcome call reluctance permanently. Unfortunately, these tactics don’t always eliminate the anxiety or level of resistance that salespeople experience when cold calling.