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Get the Gatekeeper on Your Side

No More Cold Calling

So why are you still cold calling? Newsflash: 90 percent of CEOs do not respond to cold calls or emails, and neither do their gatekeepers. One assistant told me many cold callers lie and tell her the CEO asked them to reach out. A lot of them keep calling and calling, hoping to eventually get past her.

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How to Avoid the Trash Folder

No More Cold Calling

Most ask me to buy lists of Salesforce, Oracle, or Sage users. Connect with No More Cold Calling Follow Joanne on Google+ or Twitter @ReferralSales , or connect on LinkedIn and Facebook. If you’re sending mass emails to prospects you don’t know, don’t be surprised when you get deleted.

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Are You Expecting Too Much?

No More Cold Calling

Sage advice from a sales VP I used to work under: “Joanne, never leave a meeting without giving your buyer a task. Great expectations lead to great sales outcomes. That’s the best test for whether the person is serious about moving forward.”.

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An Introduction to Brand Archetyping for Social Selling

LeadIQ

As a prospector who is posting on social media, cold emailing, cold calling, etc, you can make your prospects feel more comfortable about you as an individual brand by consistently wrapping your content, messaging, and and public image into one or two brand archetypes as much as possible. 4: The Sage. It brings comfort.

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Do You Play Truth AND Dare to Succeed?

Smooth Sale

Cold calling is dead, only focus on high revenue clientele. The so-called sage advice kills possibilities rather than enhance them. We each have to come to terms with our personality and non-traditional way of thinking. Only by doing what is in sync with our unique thought will we successfully build a sought after brand.

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Creating Your Own Sales Cinderella Story

Janek Performance Group

Either on court or in a cubicle, managers should guide their team’s movement or sales calls. They should offer tips, tricks, and sage advice. From building critical skills, such as cold calling or engagement to presenting and negotiating, training can boost performance. They have sales stories from their own experience.

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Are You a Spreadsheet Jockey or an Observant People Manager?

Keith Rosen

So, just make more calls and schedule more meetings with key decision makers.” Can you envision that salesperson leaving the meeting, reading that email, or hanging up the phone and after hearing this sage advice, feel inspired and empowered to make the changes they need to succeed? ” WOW! So what’s missing?

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