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[Missed Connections]: December Referral Selling Insights

No More Cold Calling

For more ideas to make 2015 your best sales year ever, check out what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month: 4 Ways to Get Past the Gatekeeper (No Tricks Required) Gatekeepers are valuable to the executives whose time and energy they protect, but not to you, at least not until you’ve developed a relationship with them.

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[Missed Connections]: Referral Selling Insights from February

No More Cold Calling

But that almost never happens, because CEOs and other senior decision-makers have a powerful weapon at their disposal—their trusty gatekeepers. But while technology may power sales research, people still power the close. . They also win by getting referrals. I’ll put it right up front: Technology alone won’t deliver the complete answer.

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How to Handle Sales Rejection: 15 Great Tips to Recover Fast

LeadFuze

So when your prospect says no to what you’re selling them on the phone or face-to-face, don’t be discouraged! Worrying about how to handle sales rejection? Every salesperson has to go through that. In time though, you’ll get used to it and realize that it’s part of the business. What is a Sales Rejection?

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How To Connect And Engage With C-Level Executives

InsideSales.com

Cold calling the CEO is difficult, but not impossible — if you know how to structure your pitch and how to get past gatekeepers. Cold calling the CEO is difficult, but not impossible — if you know how to structure your pitch and how to get past gatekeepers. Read on for some tips to help engage better with high-ranking officers.

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4 Skills Sales Reps Need to Get the Most Out of ConnectAndSell

ExecVision

Let’s face it, most people are below average at starting a conversation from a fairly cold call. Use CAS as an incentive for reps to improve their conversion rates. ConnectAndSell will get you past gatekeepers and phone trees, but if you skip pre-call research you’ll find yourself faltering in those crucial first seconds.

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating Your B2B Marketing Plan

LeadFuze

The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Framework for Your B2B Marketing Plan (2022 Update). Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? LeadFuze gives you all the data you need to find ideal leads, including full contact information. Go through a variety of filters to zero in on the leads you want to reach. With the role of HR Manager.

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[Part 3] Execute on Account-based Marketing: Value Selling to Stakeholders at Key Accounts

LeveragePoint

Account-Based Selling (ABS) is necessary to execute effectively on Account-Based Marketing (ABM). ABS in the best B2B commercial organizations is deployed effectively by using Value Propositions. A Forrester survey of buyer executives found that the first vendor to communicate a vision of value wins the business three quarters of the time.