No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 11, 2024

Most sales teams miss quota year after year. Yet, quotas continue to increase. In 2023, 72 percent of sales pros expected to miss quota, according to the Salesforce State of Sales Report. Achieving referral success means adopting referral selling as a strategic initiative for sales prospecting. So, let’s get started.

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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. Do You Know How the Telephone Works … or How to Prospect?

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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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The Pipeline

MARCH 19, 2019

With regularity, most active sales trainers and I get the following question: “When is the best time to prospect?”. First, wanting to stay real and all, what they are really looking for is either a reason not to prospect or absolution from having not prospected for a while for all the wrong and usual reasons.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 1, 2021

Executing a prospecting call well, requires competencies and skill different from selling; prospecting is in many ways counter to sales. Making many things that are acceptable while in the selling phase of the client life cycle, are useless while prospecting. Simply put, if you can’t prospect, what will you sell?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This webinar will focus on the critical elements of executing a Proactive Prospecting sales call. This is about how to do it, step by step, no academia here, nothing but a proven methodology for efficiently and effectively turn cold calls to conversations to prospects. Developing client/prospect objectives.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Here’s the thing though, reps need actionable techniques and tips to make their prospecting systematic, smooth, and, of course, profitable. What are Prospecting Techniques? How did you find those prospects?

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Gong.io

AUGUST 4, 2021

7 seconds is all you get on a cold call. That’s why I put together these 6 cold calling examples. Hit your prospect with them inside of 7 seconds and you’ll grab their attention from “hello” until “speak to you next week.”. Example #1: This cold call opener beats every line in the book.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Find out why sales is a numbers game and why using a daily phone cold call lead activity tracker and prospect management system such as a team goal tracking spreadsheet or calendar is vital to success. Ever found yourself staring at the phone, unable to pick it up to make some prospecting calls? Guess what?

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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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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Even the most experienced sales reps don’t enjoy picking up the phone to call a complete stranger. Yet, cold calling is still an essential part of selling. In fact, 78% of decision-makers polled have taken an appointment or attended an event that came from a cold call ( source ). Design by: Nicole Messier.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 9, 2020

I wrote that 15 years ago in my first book, NO MORE COLD CALLING: The Breakthrough System That Will Leave Your Competition in the Dust. But I don’t think any sales manager listened, because more than half of reps are still missing quota. So, why is it acceptable for half your team to miss quota? million per sales manager.

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The Pipeline

JULY 14, 2020

Anything worth doing is worth doing right, and in sales, telephone prospecting is something worth doing and doing right. And like with other hits, everyone piles on, including the pundits, all sharing how they feel about the phone and prospecting. But facts don’t always support feelings, and a quota is more of a fact that a feeling.

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Lead411

APRIL 13, 2023

Best Cold Calling Scripts for B2B Sales in 2023 Cold calling is a common strategy for B2B sales, but success can depend on a variety of factors, including the quality of the script, the target audience, and the skill of the salesperson. Here are some tips and examples of successful cold call scripts for B2B sales: 1.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. Despite the fact that most companies have marketing automation solutions, targeted outreach by SDRs, and intense social media strategies, account execs are still missing quota en masse. None of us stands out during prospecting. That’s a fact.

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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. Besides, a lot of data has proven that cold calling is here to stay with us for the foreseeable future.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 30, 2014

But when it came to prospecting, there were no allocations. I asked why he has clearly allocated time to all other key activities, does he not see prospecting and filling the funnel as a key activity? He hummed and haad, checking the tips of his shoes, but it was clear that the day he allocated to prospecting was Someday.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this quarter. You certainly wouldn’t lead with a sales pitch before you even knew if the person would be a decent prospect. They weren’t even close to making quota. Q3 Referral Selling Insights] appeared first on No More Cold Calling.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 25, 2023

Stand Out to Meet Quota None of this would matter if sales reps were meeting or exceeding quota, if their pipelines were qualified and their projections accurate, and if they had only committed and loyal clients. Yet, when Salesforce surveyed sales pros in 2022, only 28 percent said they expected to meet or exceed quota this year.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this quarter. I’m introducing a Referral Selling System to ensure companies build a referral culture, source only qualified leads, get meetings with their prime prospects, and close business quickly. Cold outreach doesn’t work. Everything is a system.

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Vengreso

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I started my sales career cold calling, but in my mind, doing cold calls is not modern selling. However, I’ve decided to bring in some experts to share some cold calling tips with the listeners of the Modern Selling Podcast. Here are David’s top cold calling tips. David says.

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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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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

OCTOBER 18, 2018

priority in your sales prospecting techniques. Message to sales leaders: Your job is to get the rocks off the road so your team can close deals, exceed quota, and blow past revenue goals. That’s not happening with cold calling. Oh, and they’re not making quota—not even close. Why Aren’t Referrals on the Radar?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The modern day sales call sounds a lot different. Gone are the days of cold calling without doing your research. If you’re a salesperson, you’re probably asking yourself how you’re supposed to meet your quota, and possibly questioning your whole career choice. Prospects don’t want to be sold to. Thanks, internet.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 5, 2018

It’s more complex, and despite all the tech tools at our disposal, prospecting certainly hasn’t gotten any easier. Just getting prospects to return calls is hard enough. They’re bombarded with cold calls, cold emails, and pitches on social media. But quotas and KPIs aren’t happenstance.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2017

That’s why referral selling is the only prospecting strategy that ensures qualified lead generation. Spend more time with customers and less time prospecting. Convert prospects into clients at least 50 percent of the time (Most clients report a conversion rate of more than 70 percent.). Connect with No More Cold Calling.

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John Barrows

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Armand Farrokh has a winning formula that is allowing him to crush quota repeatedly. Hitting 100% of quota is one thing but getting above 200% is a whole new ball game. Book 1/4 People Who Pick Up Your Cold Call. If at any single day got too ugly, I would block two hours minimum for prospecting only.

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Sales Hacker Training

JUNE 17, 2020

If a salesperson hit quota at their last job, they’re much more likely to hit quota at your organization, right? of sales professionals globally are achieving quota. It turns out that quota attainment has become the exception, not the rule. I didn’t make this decision because quota information was difficult to get.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 30, 2013

Even though most salespeople haven’t met quota in years, sales managers have greater expectations than ever. Only 63 percent of sales reps met quota in 2012, according to the 19th annual CSO Insights Sales Performance Optimization study , the same number as the previous year. Are you on track to meet your quota this year?

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 27, 2023

They weren’t even close to making quota. A sales leader in Europe needed the same splash of cold water. He complained that his prospect in Paris had arranged a meeting with all the key decision-makers, but the prospect had only given him four days’ notice. Technology doesn’t close deals. Relationships do.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

It’s even more essential that sales teams optimize the time they have to hit their sales quotas during this period. It may sound counterproductive to focus on anything other than meetings and calls when it comes to growing sales numbers. Schedule the day into chunks: calling prospects, admin, responding to emails.

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Chorus.ai

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

High-octane performance" and "high-velocity quota attainment” will be all we hear about for the next few months. As we know, cold call dialing is the preferred method to reach these goals. What Does a Great Cold Call Look (and Sound) Like? The truths of objectively excellent cold calling are still a black box.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 30, 2018

There’s no such thing as a warm anything in sales—an email, phone call, social media outreach, or even a knock on the door. Unless your prospect knows who you are and expects to hear from you, you might as well step into a freezer. Your outreach is cold as ice. Reps say they’re challenged finding the right prospects.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Prospecting, seeking new opportunities and clients, is an integral part of sales. However, when it comes to prospecting, many salespeople experience fear. A driver of performance anxiety, it can lead to sales slumps, missed quota, and restricted pipelines. Always think of prospecting from the prospect’s point of view.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 6, 2022

It’s also more than a little insulting to your prospects. Crushing quota : A sales quota is either achieved, or not. appeared first on No More Cold Calling. Alignment: Sounds like a really nice idea, but I doubt it will ever happen, so maybe it’s time for a new goal (and a new word). Pivot : To what?

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Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2021

Eighty percent of the prospecting sales force is under 25 years old. Outbound prospecting shouldn’t be any different. And since the sales process is a journey for a prospect/customer, it is also the roadmap for a sales rep’s job. A linear, measurable, and repeatable outbound prospecting process.

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