No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 9, 2018

Find out how to unclog your sales pipeline. You can’t count on accurate forecasts when pipelines are unqualified, so you’re never really sure whether your team will make quota until it’s too late. Reps say they’re challenged finding the right prospects. No wonder it can take a dozen touches to reach prospects.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

Unless you address the broken links in your prospecting system, your sales reps will continue to struggle with closing the deal. Other reasons why salespeople fail to close sales include: The initial prospects were unqualified. This is not how you wow buyers, build relationships, and convert prospects into clients.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Script #1: Make sure and have an email already prepared while you’re prospecting. The point here is whether or not your prospect will: Give you the time to speak further with them. This tells you how cooperative your prospect is, and so how cooperative they will be throughout the sales cycle. Right then!

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CloserIQ

APRIL 16, 2019

Whether you’re new to sales or an experienced sales leader, prospecting is integral to your current success and your future career growth trajectory. A prospecting plan that’s strategic and worked consistently improves the quality and quantity of leads in your pipeline. Prioritize Key Prospects and Clients. Gatekeepers.

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Tenbound

JANUARY 3, 2024

Predictable Prospecting: How to Radically Increase Your B2B Sales Pipeline By Marylou Tyler & Jeremey Donovan Part 1: TARGET Chapter 1: Internalizing Your Competitive Position Conduct a Six-Factor analysis of your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. sales leaders) 2- Gatekeepers: (e.g.,

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

We’ve all been there – you call your prospect back at the appointed time for your presentation and they tell you any of the following: This isn’t a good time, OR. And, since many sales reps don’t qualify thoroughly enough, most of the leads they stuff into their pipeline are made up of 6’s and 7’s. How long will this take?” What to do?

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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. And as of July 2020, 69 percent of B2B reps didn’t have enough leads in their pipeline to meet their annual quotas, according to a survey by ValueSelling Associates. None of us stands out during prospecting. Try this instead. That’s a fact.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. They believe a call isn’t cold because it’s a marketing-qualified lead, because the prospect downloaded a whitepaper, or because they have a mutual connection on LinkedIn. Referrals help you ace Part One and set you up for success in Part Two.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

What everyone seems to be forgetting is that building pipeline for Q3 and Q4 is just as critical as making sure deals close in the short term. Basic firmographic and demographic data points simply aren’t enough to hone and engage prospective buyers in a good economy, never mind the current climate. Or the one after that?

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Message to cold callers: Pestering strangers is NOT the way to prospect. You might think you’ve been able to avoid sounding like a telemarketer, but that is exactly what you’re doing, and your prospect knows it. To gain access, sales professionals must abide by the new rules of prospecting.”. STOP 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. You ensure they receive referral introductions to their prime prospects—from people those prospects know and trust.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 17, 2018

It read, “How to handle gatekeepers and reach decision-makers.”. Some of the very questionable advice offered was: Get around a gatekeeper by calling the company’s sales department or accounts department (or another location or division) and asking them to transfer you directly to your prospect. Insinuate a false deadline. (“Bob

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2020

What do you say when you get this stall while prospecting? Let’s face it: This blow off is just a variation that prospects have been using for years. There is an easy way to find out: Have an email already prepared while you’re prospecting. This tells you your prospect has time now and has an interest). Open the email.

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Engage Selling

MAY 24, 2019

?????????????????It’s important to remember that we create the gatekeepers—they’re all in our own mind. If we create them, we can get rid of them. What Do I Mean by That? Salespeople often get into a situation where they create the … Read More »

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John Barrows

MARCH 5, 2020

What’s going to happen to SDRs and prospecting teams in the future? We spoke to Josh Roth to hear how he thinks prospecting teams and the role of an SDR is going to change. Here’s how the structure of prospecting teams is going to change… Prospecting Teams Using Marketing Skills. Compensation Plans.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? The Benefits of Sales Prospecting Tools.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The events of 2020 changed the customer buying journey, so we must change our prospecting tactics. Seller access is a newly popular term for an old problem—the struggle to bypass gatekeepers and get meetings with high-level decision makers. percent of salespeople said that 50 percent or fewer of their initial prospects were a good fit.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. And poorly managed prospecting lists will result in seller fatigue. In this article, we share how leads, prospects, and customers form the backbone of an effective sales process, enabling sales teams to tackle fatigue and sometimes mundane work.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2016

Most see selling and prospecting as two different things, as evidenced by the fact that while apply themselves to the former, but save their real creativity to avoiding the latter. But the fact remains that you can’t sell without prospecting, but sadder still, you can prospect a lot without selling. Thing 1 – “Gatekeeper”.

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Zoominfo

MAY 8, 2019

This shift led to the intertwining of concepts and phrases like technographic data, sales intelligence, sales enablement, and sales prospecting tools. Consider contact and company data to be any data points you’d need to get in touch with the right prospects at the right time. Bypass gatekeepers.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

It takes roughly eight touches for sales reps to reach cold prospects. The #1 challenge salespeople face is reaching decision-makers quickly, but getting prospects to call you back is deceptively simple with a referral program. Yes, your most predictable and measurable prospecting tool is your very own sales team, asking for referrals.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2014

And which tactics will help us keep our pipelines full in 2015 and beyond? Here’s a hint: Any sales tactics, activities, or systems that help you build relationships with clients and prospects are worth the time and effort. Gatekeepers can smell phoniness a mile away. And certainly not when you cold call. Learn more.) [Top

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John Barrows

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Ryan’s strength is turning prospecting into a math game so you can reverse engineer the activities you need to generate the outcome you need. Making Prospecting a Science. But the difference is, I think in a lot of these reported stats is that people identify connect with like a gatekeeper or an admin or something of that nature.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Pack your pipeline with nothing but hot referral leads. When you get referrals, you: Bypass the gatekeeper and score meetings with decision-makers every time. Earn trust and credibility with your prospects, who are pre-sold on your ability to deliver results. Your prospects expect to hear from you and happily take your call.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 19, 2018

Technology has evolved, but has your approach to your sales pipeline? This list of 10 Tips for Building a Strong Sales Pipeline includes modern approaches and shows you how to apply technology to update a few classics that never go out of style. That means building and maintaining a pipeline is vital. Ask for referrals.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The very thought of picking up the phone or writing an email to a prospect who has never heard of you or knows little about your products can be so daunting to a sales professional that they spend hours doing other things so that the inevitable rejection doesn’t have to be faced. 2) Do your prospecting professionally.

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eGrabber

DECEMBER 2, 2021

But the smart ones know it’s a perfect time to drop an email into their prospect’s inbox. Here is why December is the best month to start B2B prospecting. Cut Across Gatekeepers. In January 20x more salespeople will be active and have to fight harder for their prospect’s attention. What are you waiting for?

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 23, 2018

LinkedIn Prospecting Tips. Reach Out to Prospects in New Roles. See Who’s Commented On Your Prospects’ Posts. They keep their profiles in tip-top shape, look up their prospects' profiles before calling or emailing, and keep close tabs on what potential customers post in groups. How to Use LinkedIn for Sales Prospecting.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Qualifying prospects is a critical step in the sales process. How do you determine if a prospect is a good fit for your products or services? It helps sales teams qualify prospects and determine if they have a high chance of converting. BANT is an acronym for: Budget: What is the prospect’s budget? .

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The Pipeline

JULY 20, 2015

Words impact not only what your prospects hear and their reactions to them, but almost as important is the effect they have on you as the seller. In most instances the prospect says “not really”, the sellers asks “when is a good time?” Prospect offers up a random time, and the rest is just painful.

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The Sales Developers

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Sales teams have everything needed for outbound prospecting activities. These steps will eliminate roadblocks (gatekeepers, wrong titles, bad phone numbers, bounced emails, etc.) Once you have a list of validated data, have your reps work only the channel(s) that you know will reach the prospect. The Current Data Problem.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 11, 2020

Boost your pipeline with Crunchbase Pro. The reality in outbound sales is that the overwhelming majority of activities don’t result in the goal of that prospecting. Refuse to let an interaction with a prospect go by without: Learning something new about the company; Trying to build rapport on a personal level with that person.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 20, 2017

Too many account based selling teams over-rely on technology to reach their prospects. Account based sales development only works if reps get in the door and meet with their ideal prospects. and try every ploy to get around the gatekeeper. Prospects expect to hear from your team when they’re referred. I was wrong.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

What do you say when you get this objection while prospecting ? Let’s face it: This blow off is just a variation that prospects have been using for years. All you have to do is have an email already prepared while you’re prospecting. And you know how frustrating that is. It used to be: “Can you send me something in the mail?”

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We believe the key is the right data and the tools that can drive insights at each stage of the prospect’s journey. This goes for everything from tactical approaches to business development research to the underlying characteristics that make said prospects qualified enough to engage in the first place.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 24, 2019

My definition of a cold call is any attempt to reach a prospect who doesn’t know you and doesn’t expect to hear from you. Regardless of the way you reach out—via email, social media, text, direct mail, or even a knock on the door—prospects are cold as ice unless they know who you are and expect to hear from you. What Is Cold Calling?

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Remote sales or virtual selling is the process of prospecting, engaging, and closing deals from a remote location. Instead of traditional in-person sales meetings, the salesperson and the prospect are in different places such as their home or work. Keeping prospects engaged. What is remote sales? Sales reps are more productive.

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