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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Pointclear

APRIL 19, 2017

One of the presenters, Mike Weinberg, summed up the sentiment in the room: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 These so-called experts proclaim that cold-calling is ineffective and pursuing prospects that aren’t coming to you is a waste of time.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 21, 2013

One of the biggest and most damaging is that cold calling is dead. One article espousing the theory that cold calling doesn’t work anymore states that making cold calls creates the perception that you have nothing better to do; or worse that you are desperate and needy. This brings me to “Gold Calling.”

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The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Customer Care , Guest Post , Proactive , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Training , Social Selling , execution. Let me clarify: I would argue that the highly trained, effective salesperson is more important than ever. PointClear PD. Don’t hold it back, give it away.

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Jonathan Farrington

APRIL 25, 2012

“The growth in sales jobs, and therefore one would think, in sales training is in inside sales. Although there is a migration to inside selling, most sales training is based on the assumption that sales calls will be face to face. Based on all the questions he gets he knows most sales training has not caught up with this trend.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Cold calling is dead. My take: I cannot say it any better than Julie Schwartz, senior vice president, research and thought leadership at marketing research, consulting and training firm ITSMA : “It’s widely believed that 60% to 70% of the buying process is over before prospects want to engage with a salesperson.

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Pointclear

JULY 20, 2016

Our leads are equivalent to what SiriusDecisions calls a Level 4 or 5 lead—in other words, pretty darn qualified. If you are a “cold calling is dead, inbound is king – long live inbound” fanatic—you can stop reading now and go back to the smaller, low-level so-called leads your current inbound strategies are probably driving.

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