Autoklose

MARCH 4, 2024

Cold calling vs cold emailing? This dilemma is frequently faced by marketers and salespeople. The synergy of cold calling and cold emailing can be used for breaking the ice and getting on your prospects’ radar. Table of Contents Is It Better to Call or Email a Prospect?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2024

What’s the number one blow off prospects use these days? but face it—they rarely are. Not only is it hard to get prospects back on the phone, when you do, you usually lead off with the ineffective opening line of: “Did you have a chance to review that email I sent you?” Can you email that to me?” Can you send it again?”

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Ask any group of salespeople why they don’t like telephone prospecting, objections or rejections are number one on the list. While every cold call or prospecting call will result in an objection, the objections are not all that different. Your question can be a key to unlocking a train of thought.

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InsideSales.com

JUNE 16, 2020

Which side are you on in the email prospecting vs cold calling argument? Why a Phone Call Can Sometimes be More Effective. When to Use Email Prospecting. When to Use Cold Calling. When to Use Cold Calling. Email Prospecting vs Cold Calling: The Final Verdict.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 22, 2023

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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No More Cold Calling

JULY 1, 2018

Here’s what you might have missed last month from No More Cold Calling. Reps have KPIs for cold calling, sending emails, and making connections on social media. Reps have KPIs for cold calling, sending emails, and making connections on social media. Wondering how to get leads? It has been for years.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 1, 2023

This is one of the oldest poor sales techniques in the world, and it just SCREAMS: I’m cold calling and trying to trick you into calling me back! Here’s what’s better: First, you have to let the caller know what company you’re calling from and the reason for the call. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 19, 2024

Like this: “I’m sure you do, and that’s why I’m calling you today. Now ask questions, try to engage, and take your prospect as far as they’ll let you! Now ask questions, try to engage, and take your prospect as far as they’ll let you! Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

As more and more sales people are recognising cold calling is less fruitful than they would like, attention is being focused on what you can do to improve your overall sales success rate. 6) Become an expert in a niche area that will make you become valuable to your prospects and clients. Make it informative and readable.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 11, 2023

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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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The reason this is such a common objection is because your prospects have figured out it’s the best way to get sales reps to drop their price! Then remain completely quiet and let your prospect tell you what the REAL objection is!] Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? And most do! Listen here!

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 6, 2020

What’s the biggest mistake sales reps make with prospecting or cold calling? They call with what a client of mine once called, “commission breath.”. Read them, compare them to how you make calls, and then refrain from making these mistakes in the future. Your prospecting will go a lot better if you do!

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Because of this, it fools many sales reps who think that perhaps after a week or two the prospect might actually buy. Questioning this objection is much better than saying, “Okay, when should I call you back,” which is what most sales reps say. Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If you want more “treats” than “tricks” when dealing with prospects, then be bold and call back sooner than you are now. I don’t know why sales reps always default to: “I’ll call you again in a month…” Or 60 days or 90 days, etc, but why would you want to miss all the sales this prospect will place in the meantime?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 21, 2022

Check out our best inside sales training available on the Internet: On-Demand Training! Here’s an example of a training tip that you’ll learn, and that I used, to handle a frustrating objection I used to get all the time: “The price is outside of our budget.”. The dog days of summer are quickly approaching…. Sound familiar?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 8, 2021

Two weeks into the New Year, and are you already stressed about picking up the phone and making prospecting calls? I learned a secret years ago that enabled me to overcome my fear of making calls, and that allowed me to make hundreds of cold calls stress-free. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. They rely on what they’ve done before, which is cold calling and sending cold emails, and decision makers don’t want either. Some salespeople fool themselves into believing what I call the “warm call fantasy.”

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

However, my concern is that today’s Warm Call is the New Cold Call! Yesterday’s Warm Call. Not long ago, a warm call was one where you had more than the basic contact information, some idea of potential interest and often, some previous contact with the prospect. The New Cold Call.

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Conventional wisdom says that cold calling doesn’t work anymore. Many “experts” sit around and preach about how you must add researched insight into every prospective interaction with a potential buyer. Warm every call up. That means call activity. That means call activity.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 16, 2013

real world connection strategies to eliminate cold calling. Use the “keyword” search feature to uncover prospects you never knew existed. Use the “keyword” search feature to uncover prospects you never knew existed. Network face-to-face at the highest level possible. Here are 12.5 These are not “no brainers.”

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 18, 2023

Establishing rapport with a prospect in the very beginning is perhaps the most important first step to earning the right to have a conversation that might eventually lead to a sale. Get it wrong, and that could mean the end of your call—and your chance to make a sale. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Then… BE BRIEF!

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Allego

APRIL 8, 2022

There’s one question I seem to field from sales reps on a frequent basis, more than any other: What are your best cold calling tips to improve effectiveness? I give more than simple pointers, I’m suggesting a 6 stage model to dramatically improve cold calls that I’m sharing below. And my response?

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Small talk : That warm up is always a good thing in a face-to-face sales interaction. However, should you ever attempt to initiate such a warm up in a cold call ? Some sales professionals admittedly believe that you should never attempt to make the slightest bit of small talk when cold calling.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 12, 2022

Congrats to those companies & individuals who sent in their prospecting scripts for review. Usually, they asked it this way: Gatekeeper: “Thank you for calling the Johnson company.”. Here is a better way: Gatekeeper: “Thank you for calling the Johnson company.”. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 14, 2023

To follow up on the blog post from two weeks ago (about the one quick fix to get your VMs returned ), here is the second quick fix: Stop trying to trick your prospect! Call me back as soon as you can…” just reeks of a tricky salesperson calling. So do your prospects. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 13, 2021

Are you making cold calls right now, as you read this? Do you ever get the feeling that cold calling is just the equivalent of taking a giant brick and banging it against your head… day after day after day? This is the experience most cold callers go through. Cold calling can be very difficult.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2023

So many sales reps are anxious when they speak with a prospect. Plus, they know that most of the “prospects” they speak with don’t turn into a deal anyway, so, why not learn who is a real prospect right from the get go? Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

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SalesHandy

MAY 28, 2021

As a consumer — we all hate getting unsolicited calls to be sold on credit cards and overpriced barbeque grills. But imagine getting called by a recruiter at a dream company you always wished to work for since you were a teen. Cold calls have gotten a bad reputation — but that’s because they’ve been done the wrong way.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

In today’s world of e-prospecting, social media marketing, texting and sophisticated electronic communication, it seems picking up the telephone is becoming a lost art. The fact is that while the sales call paradigm has changed, as did the prospective buyer, so has the meaning and stronghold of Phone Phobia. The REAL Reason.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 30, 2023

I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. This interview is with Heidi Messer Co-Founder of Collective[i]. Collective[i] provides the most comprehensive solution on the market for companies seeking to optimize revenue using AI, connections, and collaboration. More time on actual selling activities.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And you can search for any topic that is giving you trouble: For example, need help cold calling? The best (and most affordable) on-demand inside sales training program? Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Click here. Click here.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

At first, it seemed almost rude to utter it… But let me ask you: out of ten prospects you pitch to, how many end up actually buying? Yep, two out of ten prospects you speak with turn into buyers. Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Just consider these (true) stories: An account executive who couldn’t get her prospect on the phone scheduled an in-person meeting. Another senior account executive was annoyed that a prospect gave him less than a week to show up in Paris for a meeting with all decision-makers present. Ridiculous, right?

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

In the recent post, “Today’s Warm Call is the New Cold Call,” I uncovered the fact that with today’s modern prospecting avenues, sales people are often able to establish some contact with a prospective customer before making a telephone call. 1: The Gatekeeper Screen. 3: Proper Introduction .

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2020

I listen to a lot of calls each week that my clients send me. This week, I listened to a closing call from one of their reps, and here is how the prospect opened the call: Prospect: “Let me just tell you upfront that we’re looking at a lot of different options right now of which yours is just one…”.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

Video conferencing is a great way to get face to face with clients. If you have a big-deal prospect or client, you’d better jump on a plane, catch a train, or take a road trip as soon as possible. For sellers, this makes access to prospective buyers the first chokepoint. But not referral sellers.

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Cience

JULY 9, 2020

If you’ve worked in marketing or sales over the past decade then you’ve most likely heard it said: “Cold calling is dead.” And yet, many of the most successful businesses still practice cold calling in 2020, and they won’t be stopping anytime soon. How is cold calling still viable? What Is Cold Calling?

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