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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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Cold Calling: The Warrior Delusion. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Success , Webinar , execution. The Pipeline Guest Post – Wendy Weiss, The Queen of Cold Calling™. What is the truth about cold calling? I feel for her.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Is Cold Calling Dead? Stored in Cold calling , Planning , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Success , Video , execution. I keep hearing cold calling is dead, yet I see people winning a lot of clients through cold calling, and without a lot of other sales people getting in the way.

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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.” With training and practice, reps begin to understand that referrals aren’t favors or impositions.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 4, 2022

Ideal tools for great prospecting [24:18]. They weren’t doing basic things that seem fundamental, like personalizing email, not sounding like a robot when you call, prioritizing their needs, challenges, and priorities first. We’re training and coaching. What we need to do is called a support response.

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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. Pre-Research Tools to look into: Our #1 “go-to” is LinkedIn for research. ” (A trick question?).

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 7, 2013

The best place to start for anyone in sales is to purchase a copy of Joanne’s best selling No More Cold Calling – it’s usually on sale at Amazon as a soft cover or ebook for a great price. Joanne’s philosophy is that no one should ever have to cold call.

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Klozers

JUNE 15, 2022

Cold Calling Training – Top question from Google How do you Train for cold calling? Read more.

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The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

3 Ways To Reduce Friction In A Cold Call – Sales eXchange – 104. Stored in Attitude , Cold calling , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales eXchange , execution. 3. Project confidence, it is infectious – One of the reasons sales people get rejected on cold calls is because they ask for it. March 2008.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 11, 2011

No More Cold Calling OnDemand™. Referral Selling Training Programs. No More Cold Calling. Home » The No More Cold Calling Workshop-->. The No More Cold Calling Workshop. The No More Cold Calling Workshop. Discover the 5 proven, game-changing referral tools.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Can you call me back at (phone number)? This is one of the oldest poor sales techniques in the world, and it just SCREAMS: I’m cold calling and trying to trick you into calling me back! Here’s what’s better: First, you have to let the caller know what company you’re calling from and the reason for the call.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today I listened to voice mails from 3 salespeople who cold called me. The good news is that 3 people actually made cold calls! Despite the tools, training, coaching, video, audio and reading that are available, all three calls were as bad as I have ever heard.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 21, 2022

Check out our best inside sales training available on the Internet: On-Demand Training! Here’s an example of a training tip that you’ll learn, and that I used, to handle a frustrating objection I used to get all the time: “The price is outside of our budget.”. Then give your team access to my award winning inside sales training!

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Fill the Funnel

MARCH 13, 2017

Prospecting in Sales – Cold-Calls, Emails and Social Selling. If you want to start an argument in your sales circles just ask an “expert” what works when prospecting in sales: cold-calls, email or social selling. If you […].

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Women Sales Pros

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Stop cold calling and start warm calling with centers of influence and referrals. An introduction to a new prospect from someone within your COI is always preferable to a cold call. LinkedIn Navigator – a great tool that tracks your leads easily & systematically. So how can you make it easier?

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Markempa - Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

In spite of the fact that in the past pushy salespeople and poorly trained marketers have tarnished the image of the phone, I still believe that smart cold calling is still a very useful lead generation tool. However, to ensure success, cold-calling needs to be part of a holistic lead generation strategy.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today I listened to voicemails from three salespeople who cold called me. The good news is that three people actually made cold calls! Despite the tools, training, coaching, video, audio and reading that are available, all three calls were as bad as I've ever heard.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 19, 2024

Organizations spend billions on B2B sales training every year. Despite the heavy investment in training, some businesses won’t benefit as much as they should. What The B2B Sales Training Program Should Include The average organization spends $1,200 a year on professional development per employee.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

If virtual sales training was ever needed, this was the time. As a trained actor, Julie understands the importance of eye contact and knows how to use the camera to connect virtually. It’s like a training manual, with exercises and opportunities to practice and refine what you learn. (It even became a verb.).

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Over the past decade, companies have cut back on travel because of the assorted tools that enable video conferencing. The post Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Why Account Executives Should Travel appeared first on No More Cold Calling. Invite me to speak at your annual Sales Kickoff Meeting.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Too much reliance on selling tools. Upcoming: Not enough training in the industry/space. From prospecting and cold calling, from discovery and engagement to problem-solving and solution development to closing, you had to do it all on your own. There was no help, no tools to cover your ass. The Bro Culture , .

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 15, 2011

In a prospecting cold call you have but a precious few seconds to accomplish a whole list of objectives, one of which is to get the prospect to continue to listen to you. Following are three tips to help you instantly create a stronger rapport with the prospect in a cold call. #1- Susan Taylor here at Nifty Brand Tools?

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 19, 2019

Cold calling is still a key strategy for successful sales teams. Here’s the proof: one survey by DiscoverOrg found that 55% of high growth companies (those with at least 40% growth over the last three years) identified cold calling as one of their key strategies. Nancy Nardin, CEO, Smart Selling Tools, Inc.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

What do you remember from your last training? I’ve heard for years that people forget 70 percent of what they learn in a professional training class within 24 hours of the event. The way to embed learning and actually remember information is to use “testing as a tool for learning.” The way we’ve been learning is all wrong.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. However, with so many sales prospecting tools out there, how do you know which ones are worth your time and money? Now let’s dive into sales prospecting tools.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 30, 2023

Once AI is implemented, she says, “The question then becomes, ‘do sales organizations that use technologies like this shift their time to higher value activities, like training, researching prospects and strategy, so that when they do get face-to-face time to sell, they show up prepared and better trained?’” Sign up for the Sales 2.0

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The Science and Art of Selling

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Cold calling is not easy; in fact, it can be frightening. Same as writing blogs about cold calling. There are some proven cold calling techniques that really work and they can help you to succeed in overcoming your fear. The post Cold Calling Works! Be an active listener and not a pretender.

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Costello

MAY 30, 2018

John needed someone else to deliver sales training, and he liked the content that Morgan had been producing. In his role, Morgan focuses on helping to enhance sales professional’s and leader’s roles by giving them tools and know-how to succeed. Role Play of a Powerful Cold Call Introduction.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 8, 2021

Two weeks into the New Year, and are you already stressed about picking up the phone and making prospecting calls? I learned a secret years ago that enabled me to overcome my fear of making calls, and that allowed me to make hundreds of cold calls stress-free. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Gone are the days of cold calls and one-size-fits-all pitches. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training? What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? The decision cycle is often longer.

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John Barrows

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

There is no shortage of free sales training resources out there. Have cold-calling power hours where you focus on calling a specific persona with a specific message. Additional resources: Your Cold Call Contact Strategy. Immediately setting the tone that it’s a sales call will turn prospects off.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Achieving revenue targets can be tricky, and it’s tempting to overlook training. A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. Get practical advice for developing an effective, modern sales training strategy.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

I don’t understand why it is acceptable for a process like cold calling (now often started via email) to work one in a hundred times–or in email efforts one in a thousand times. This information that is in the public domain is the stuff you tend to get from tools like Linkedin (especially Sales Navigator), Insideview or Owler.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And you can search for any topic that is giving you trouble: For example, need help cold calling? The best (and most affordable) on-demand inside sales training program? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Click here. Want to know what a tie-down is and how to use them more effectively? Click here. Click here.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Training your team requires providing them with more than a manual and a few workshops before sending them out into the field. In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. Start a free trial 3.

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The Science and Art of Selling

APRIL 28, 2014

Cold calling is not easy; in fact, it can be frightening. Same as writing blogs about cold calling. There are some proven cold calling techniques that really work and they can help you to succeed in overcoming your fear. Register for the upcoming Cold Calling Clinic (May 7 from 7-9PM EST).

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Free sales training can be a step in the right direction for those of you who may be new or newer to sales. To thrive in the digitally driven sales environment, access to sales training and learning are essential. A training resource worth looking at to help improve your sales ability is free sales training.

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