The Pipeline

JULY 14, 2014

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. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2014

Well it seems that cold calling is coming back into fashion. Many closet callers are coming out and proudly proclaiming not only that they regularly part take in cold calling, but that it producing results that exceed the expectations many, and helping many exceed quota. gang, inviting me to a webinar on cold calling.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 11, 2014

As we have all noticed more and more companies are putting the Twitter and Facebook icons/logos not only on their marketing materials, but on trucks, and the signs on their buildings. She picked up the phone, and a few minutes later, out cam a young lady, introduced herself as the person in marketing responsible for social media.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. Instead, go-to-market teams are tirelessly doing anything and everything they can to hit their numbers today. Market segmentation needs to be beyond reproach and sales metrics need to be measurable and projectible.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 6, 2024

According to recent research from SalesLoft best-performing senior salespeople (like Account Exectuives) need to self-source around 48% of their pipeline–rather than having leads come from a sales development rep (BDR, SDR etc.) or inbound via the efforts of their marketing department. It’s time for the dreaded cold call!

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 5, 2017

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. They’ve done their research.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2022

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. Here’s how you can work smarter by working with the right data to improve your cold calling. Your ideal customer profile. Absolutely.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

But it seems that that’s exactly what some of the “ never cold call again ” crowds are suggesting, no insisting. The problem for me and the no-callers is that dancing is fun for those who enjoy and know how to do it, and I don’t; and cold calling works for those willing to and can do it, which clearly the no-callers can’t.

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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. Every sales rep asks that question, and surveys of sales leaders confirm that getting leads in the pipeline is their top challenge. Reps have KPIs for cold calling, sending emails, and making connections on social media. It has been for years.

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The Pipeline

JULY 14, 2014

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. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 3 Ways To Reduce Friction In A Cold Call – Sales eXchange – 104. Stored in Attitude , Cold calling , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales eXchange , execution. What’s in Your Pipeline? Cold calling is alive and kicking!

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Pointclear

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

I've written many blog posts on the fact that cold calling isn't dead. Using these gold calling techniques will help you have faith in the cold calling process. Whether you call high quality cold calling Gold Calling or Cold Calling 2.0,

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The Pipeline

APRIL 16, 2014

The best sales processes are those that evolve and reflect the changing nature of their clients and markets. While there will always be “new ways” to sell, the best sellers look for what works, not what is new or fashionable, including yes cold calling. Why Cold Calling and social selling are not mutually exclusive.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

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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Tenbound

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Guest Post by Drew Kluender I’ve had the opportunity to make around 75,000 cold calls so far in my career. A successful cold caller fights this and outclasses others with their mindset. In a world where there is high rep churn, high rejection and batting.200

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Break down your sales pipeline into basic parts: Lead generation channels: decide on the channels you will be using to generate leads. This could be a mix of email, content, social media marketing, cold calling, industry trade events, etc. Your website is your best source to pull inbound leads into your pipeline.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

There is no hotter topic in B2B sales than cold calling, does it work, and is it necessary in today’s social environment, call screening, voice mail , and “inbound” universe. Definition: To start we need to define “cold call”, there are almost as many meanings as there are pundits.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling. Q4 has now begun, which means it’s time to build your sales pipeline for Q1. If you make the mistake of being 100 percent heads-down getting deals done, you won’t have qualified leads in your pipeline for next year. The post How Robust Is Your Q1 Pipeline?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 10, 2016

Here’s the thing: Cold-calling prospects gets a bad rap. Today, buzzwords like “social selling” drown out the importance of actually calling prospects. In fact, as a direct result of social selling entering the scene, it isn’t uncommon to hear statements like “ cold-calling is dead.

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Sales 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2024

Up to this point many of the tools available to sales teams have encouraged volume-based sales techniques, like mass emailing and cold calling. At the same time, driven by a softening economy, account executives have been pushed to “self-source” more of their pipeline ( 60-70% according to Jason Bay.)

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Given that 70% or more of the market is not looking for a solution, the interruption just seems worse when they deem the message to be irrelevant. Managing and overcoming objections on a cold call starts long before they come up in the call. The post What’s The Difference Between A Cold Call and Warm Call?

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 16, 2023

Cold calling is dead – That’s what everyone’s been saying for the last few years. However, many companies, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, still use cold calling to fill their pipelines all year round. 82% of buyers book meetings with salespeople after a series of contacts that start with cold calls.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. BDRs typically make 17 attempts per contact (distributed between social media, phone calls, and emails).

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Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2020

Do cold calls work? How can you find more success with cold calling? We often discuss how to make a cold call, but rarely the next step after your cold call fails to get picked up. First, do Cold Sales Voicemails Work? But keep your cold call sales voicemails short!

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 2, 2019

Recently, someone made a comment saying, “It’s interesting to see cold calling coming back into style… ” The comment startled me, and I can see where the speaker was coming from, but I couldn’t have disagreed more. The reality is cold calling has never gone out of style. Is Cold Calling Dead?

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Plus, here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this summer. Obviously, I’ve never been a fan of cold calling, but now the uninvited sales pitches are multichannel. On that note, take a look at what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling about relationship building and referral selling ….

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Someone tried to suck me into a LinkedIn discussion on cold calling today. The article declaring cold calling dead was written by a colleague I deeply respect, and I have no disagreement with the points in her article. I’ll look at a variety of aspect of cold calling. What is cold calling?

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Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

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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Pipeliner

JUNE 11, 2022

In this Expert Insight Interview, Jeremy Chen discusses telemarketing and cold calling. This Expert Insight Interview discusses: Why cold calling and telemarketing work better now than ever before. Many “experts,” say that telemarketing and cold calling are dead. The same is true for cold calling.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

No More Cold Calling OnDemand™. No More Cold Calling. Home » The No More Cold Calling® Webinar Series-->. The No More Cold Calling® Webinar Series. No other sales or marketing strategy comes close to the results you get through referrals. The No More Cold Calling Webinar Series.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 19, 2016

Since I didn’t know any better, I figured that I might as well build the recruiting engine in the same fashion that I built a marketing engine, and it turned out the approach worked. Here are the 5 key ways that recruiting teams can leverage sales and marketing tactics to maximize hiring success: 1.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I know, they told you cold calling is dead, but it’s not dead, it just smells funny, and those that tell you this, probably confuse Shinola with other matter. You Don’t Know Your Own Metrics – Many in sales fail to own and be accountable for specific aspects of their success, in the case of cold calling, it is their specific metrics.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

As salespeople, the most important indicator of our success is the state of our pipelines—whether they’re full of qualified leads that will keep us hitting our numbers in the months to come or clogged with prospects who will never pay off as clients. No More Cold Calling Audio Book. But referrals will.

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Tenbound

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Tenbound, your source for intelligence and insights to grow your Pipeline & Revenue, today announced their virtual Pipeline & Revenue Conference series scheduled for 2023. Attendees of each event gain the skills and assurance to.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. Instead, go-to-market teams are tirelessly doing anything and everything they can to hit their numbers today. Market segmentation needs to be beyond reproach and sales metrics need to be measurable and projectable.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 28, 2021

What is Cold Calling? Cold calling techniques are used to make contact with potential customers by phone. Cold calling is still an effective way to grow your customer base and reach new people that may not have been introduced to your company before. Cold calling myths. People hate cold calls.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

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.” Contact me at joanne@nomorecoldcalling.com , and we’ll schedule a call. They’re how deals get done.

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