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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Predictable Revenue

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Jason Bay joins the Predictable Revenue podcast to share his cold calling framework for outbound sales, along with his top sales coaching tips. The post Jason Bay’s Cold Calling Coaching Framework appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 16, 2017

Cold calling is bottom-of-the-barrel prospecting. It can take eight to 14 touches to just to reach a prospect who isn’t expecting a call from your sales rep. Cold calling is a demeaning sales tactic and an inefficient way to generate qualified sales leads. Wake Up from the Warm Calling Fantasy.

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Add cold calling to your sales outreach strategy. Reports show that cold calling is still among the top five outreach methods in terms of effectiveness. You can get up to 82% of buyers to accept a meeting by starting a series of communication with sales cold calls. What is Cold Calling?

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Predictable Revenue

JULY 18, 2022

Can outbound sales survive without cold calling? The post How To Do Outbound Sales If You’re Legally Restricted appeared first on Predictable Revenue. Here are our top tips to help you navigate sales prospecting where mass outreach is legally restricted.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 24, 2019

As a marketing leader, if you have ever thought about where your next new form of revenue is coming from, the answer is Outbound Marketing. Eric Quanstrom, CMO of Cience, joins us to discuss how Outbound is the new normal.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Learn the best effective phone sales techniques including successful cold calling business prospecting, outbound telemarketing, professional telephone calls process, and other opening selling skills, tools, methods, tips and ideas. You’ve Got 5 Seconds to Make a Good Impression. By Mike Brooks, [link].

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Author: TJ Macke For marketers, obsessing over outbound strategies isn’t necessarily a bad thing. How can you tell if any or all of these obsessions are waylaying your outbound operations? If you’re going to obsess over B2B outbound marketing strategies, try fixating on the right ones. Switch Out Your Obsessions.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Cold call objections are par for the course for outbound sales reps. But what separates the top salespeople from the average ones is how these cold call objections are handled, deflected, and turned into something that keeps the buyer on the phone and, ideally, helps book that first meeting. Objections. Objections.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In a recent survey of 1,000 IT decision makers at Fortune ranked, small and medium-sized companies, DiscoverOrg found cold – sales calls and e-mails affect and “more importantly disrupt vendor selection.”. Further, “nearly 600 said an outbound call or e-mail led to an IT vendor being evaluated.”.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 7, 2022

Cold calling is the bane of plenty of sales reps' professional existence. Enter cold calling software — the tools that take some strain off of cold calling reps and the managers that guide them. The program works in tandem with the HubSpot CRM to help you easily line up and prioritize your calls.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Later, articles predicting the end of selling became both more prolific and more specific including the certain death of: Solution Selling Cold Calling Consultative Selling Sales Process SPIN Selling and more. Most BDRs are atrocious at making outbound calls, sending emails and LinkedIn reach outs, and following up on inbound leads.

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Allego

MAY 11, 2022

I had the opportunity to talk with Chris Beall, CEO of ConnectAndSell, about the benefits of cold calling during a recent webinar, How to Improve Cold Call Success Rates. What follows are some insights he shared, as well as cold calling techniques that top-performing sellers use to get meetings with prospects.

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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, Call it what you want.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 12, 2017

What’s a little friendly cold call competition? It was an ordinary Tuesday morning for two salesmen … except that Robert is feeling a little extra competitive with his cold call skills. Robert takes a break from slurping his celebratory take-out noodles to drop some knowledge on Dan: His secret sales cold call weapon?

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Nutshell

AUGUST 16, 2018

Definition of Cold Calling: Cold calling is a form of telemarketing in which a salesperson attempts to solicit business from potential customers who have not previously expressed interest in the seller’s product or solution. Cold Calling 2.0: Why Your Cold Calling Strategy Needs to Evolve.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 24, 2018

Best Openings for Your Closing & Presentation Calls. Discover effective openings and sample outbound cold calling phone telemarketing sales pitch scripts including the best tips, techniques and examples ever written for closing calls. By Mike Brooks, [link].

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Sales Gravy

AUGUST 11, 2021

On this #AskJeb, Jeb Blount takes a question from Jennifer who is looking for the best times of the day or week to make outbound cold calls. Jeb offers three of his best Fanatical Prospecting tips for timing prospecting calls. Jeb offers three of his best Fanatical Prospecting tips for timing prospecting calls.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

That’s why mastering an outbound call is so important. Outbound calls are any call made by your business, while cold calls happen when sales representatives call prospects without knowing if they’re interested in your offerings. How to Make Effective Outbound Calls 1.

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Predictable Revenue

MAY 20, 2019

For the topic of our first e-book, we decided to, well, start at the beginning: the cold and the cold email. The post The Cold Call and Cold Email: Part 1 of Predictable Revenue’s Outbound Sales Learnings from 2018 appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Learn the best outbound B2B telemarketing sales appointment setting tips, techniques and strategies for making effective lead generation cold calls over the phone. Nothing is more frustrating than making an appointment with a good sales prospect and then calling and getting their voicemail at the time of meeting.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 4, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Jason Bay , Chief Prospecting Officer at Blissful Prospecting , a company he built to coach B2B reps in outbound sales. Join us for a high-energy, people-focused conversation about doing a complete 180 with your outbound sales framework. The 3-part outbound framework [10:58].

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Predictable Revenue

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

What are call dispositions, and why do they matter? Learn how to leverage call dispositions and cold-calling funnels to improve your sales leadership. The post Leveraging Cold Call Dispositions as a Sales Leader appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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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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Pointclear

OCTOBER 24, 2017

It seemed like, suddenly, a lot of things were dying: cold calling was dead; telephone prospecting was dead; outbound marketing was dead … many said that even marketing was dead. I casually said what we do, which is outbound business development for B2B companies, is not old fashioned, it is timeless. Inbound, Outbound?

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Tenbound

JULY 19, 2023

Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash In this conference talk, Tito Borht, CEO of AltiSales and renowned Sales Development expert, discusses the challenges of driving sales success in a down market and shares valuable insights on how to approach outbound sales effectively.

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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. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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PandaDoc

APRIL 20, 2022

Creating an effective outbound sales strategy for your team can be a tricky proposition. Cold, impersonal outreach won’t win points with customers — and that’s assuming that it even reaches their inbox at all. Instead, you’ll have to take a more targeted approach to earn leads with outbound strategies. Engage in social selling.

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eGrabber

JANUARY 9, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of sales, outbound strategies stand as the champions of proactive lead generation. Outbound strategies pave the path to showcase your offerings, targeting prospects directly and initiating conversations that fuel business growth. It’s not about a scripted pitch; it’s about starting a conversation.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Why would anyone, in any role, at any company, choose to waste the time, money, resources and effort to send out prospecting emails when in the worst of circumstances, they could make cold calls and one in fifteen calls will be answered? I get around 600 of these shitty emails each month and two cold calls.

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Close.io

JUNE 18, 2018

If you’re in the B2B space, these are the benchmarks you should be hitting at every step of your cold email and cold calling sales funnels. Sales benchmarks for cold emailing: The 30/30/50 rule. A basic cold email sales funnel looks something like this: Open rate: How many people opened your email?

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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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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Make referrals your #1 outbound prospecting strategy, and watch the qualified clients pour into your sales funnel. While your competition is still playing around on social media, sending cold emails, and trying to identify decision-makers, your sales team can be in the conference room sealing deals. But they do scale.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 25, 2011

InsideView nailed it by titling its Sales Intelligence blog “ Why Cold Calling is the Bottom of the Barrel ”. company states that cold calls are dead.Yet, many sales people continue to cold call. My definition of a cold call: You call a person who does not know you and is not expecting your call. (For

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Score More Sales

MAY 24, 2012

The question I was asked: “Would you rather make 100 cold calls or 20 well-researched calls to b2b sales prospects?” In fact those days of calling anyone without research are long O-V-E-R. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside and outbound sellers in technology and services companies.

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Selling Power

JANUARY 28, 2021

Outbound selling can be intimidating even to the most senior rep who hasn’t had to make a cold call in a long time. However, with the right skills, processes, and strategy, leaders can help transform their teams into confident outbound sellers.

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