No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Getting past the gatekeeper shouldn’t be so daunting. Why is getting past the gatekeeper and finding qualified leads so challenging for salespeople? The dreaded gatekeeper. The Gatekeeper Is Not the Enemy. The goal is reaching the right person, which means getting past the gatekeeper.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 20, 2021

Save 20% on our already discounted, Bestselling CD Series: “How to Double Your Income Selling Over the Phone.”. This powerful CD (or MP3 Download) will instantly improve your ability to: • Get past gatekeepers. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Get Access Today. Connect with decision makers easier.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 30, 2021

Wouldn’t it be convenient to have a list of 5 questions you could use to get your prospect talking, to get them to open up about how they’re feeling and what you might need to concentrate on? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Your next blog will arrive on Tuesday, August 17 th. Ever feel stalled during a close?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 11, 2023

While managers want you to jump on the next call, go from a negative experience and be positive again and “smile and dial,” you know how hard that is. While managers want you to jump on the next call, go from a negative experience and be positive again and “smile and dial,” you know how hard that is. I suck at this!” And on and on.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 14, 2023

Simply call your reps in, one by one, and ask them: “If I gave you a pencil and asked you to sell it, how would you go about it?”. Let’s first look at how most sales reps go about doing it. After letting a rep tell me how good of a closer they are, I pull out a pencil, hand it to them, and tell them to sell it to me.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2023

As I sipped my coffee and listened to the tunes in my plush car, I thought about how different our lives had turned out and wondered what happened to make them so different. Here’s what happened: I was on my way to consult with a new client one day when I stopped at Starbucks for a cup of coffee. Yes” I said. Hey, we used to work together!”

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

A referral is the best way to get a meeting with the decision maker. There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. If you don’t get the meeting, Part Two doesn’t matter.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 9, 2018

Find out how to unclog your sales pipeline. Big problem—the kind of problem that will keep a sales leader up at night, or worse, get a sales leader canned. Big problem—the kind of problem that will keep a sales leader up at night, or worse, get a sales leader canned. Why can’t they get past the gatekeeper?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 21, 2022

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.”. If you get this objection—while closing or qualifying—then the worst thing you can do is try to answer or overcome it. Life in office. And your team can too.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Without question, gatekeeper is the most intimidating designation in sales. Often, if the gatekeeper doesn’t like you, you’re not meeting the VIP you need, let alone presenting a pitch. Here are five keys to advance past a gatekeeper: No Funny Business. Distract them with a bone, and you might sneak past.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 6, 2021

Let me think about these and get back with you.”. Can I ask you how you’re handling….”. Can I ask you how you’re handling….”. The dangers with offering too many choices are you’ll often talk past the close. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Stalled sale. Sound familiar? And off you go! And off you go!

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 18, 2017

Stop trying to get around the gatekeeper. If account-based sales reps want to reach C-suite prospects, the secret is calling at night or on weekends, when their gatekeepers are off duty. This is just the latest stupid advice I’ve read about how to bypass the gatekeeper and get decision-makers on the phone.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Be honest: Do you dutifully send an email and then ask when you can follow up when you get this blow off objection? But top producers are prepared for this common stall/blow off, and they know how to qualify past it. Open the email when they get it. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Right then!

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Not getting the ROI you expected from your lead-gen tactics? Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. How could we, when we’re all typing instead of talking to potential clients? How do you ensure that your sales team gets in the door before your competitors?

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2022

It’s not often that we get something for free, but I’m going to give you some resources, some inside sales techniques that will help you sell more with less resistance. And that’s not only okay, it’s actually great for those of you who will take advantage of this material to get better! The less competition for you, the better, right?

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The Gatekeeper : the secretary, receptionist or personal assistant, whose job it is to “screen” your call and stop you from talking to the decision maker. Understand that gatekeepers are important and powerful and play a pivotal role in business. You may have to go through one or two screens just to get to the main gatekeeper!

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 12, 2021

This is an easy stall to get around—if you know how. And after reading today’s post, you’ll have several ways to get past this stall and earn the right to have a conversation: Approach One: “I understand and I’ll try not to make too many waves here. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Ever wondered how you can get the attention of that elusive prospect you've been chasing? You know how to sell - that's your job, after all - but getting CEOs and other VIPs to call you back is the tricky part. Get more meeting with effective Prospecting Sequences. Download our free how to guide here: [link]

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 25, 2023

How do B2B buyers tell one internet security company from another? How could we, when we’re all standing behind screens? They buy what the software does for them—how it saves time, decreases costs, engages customers, tracks referrals, etc. Referrals help you stand out in a sea of B2B sellers. One IT provider from another?

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Still hoping you’ll get what you want this holiday season? Save 70% from right now through December 31 st , 2020 on my Bestselling CD Series: “How to Double Your Income Selling Over the Phone.”. Save 70% from right now through December 31 st , 2020 on my Bestselling CD Series: “How to Double Your Income Selling Over the Phone.”.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 20, 2021

Get curious. How much of a problem it is. And, most importantly, learn how to deal with it—that is, if it’s even something that can be overcome. So, if you’re talking over or past objections, then you aren’t learning how to deal with them. You’re certainly not learning how to overcome them. The right thing?

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

This download features Chapter Two on new cold calling and prospects techniques to help you get through to decision makers and build the rapport needed to have conversations and qualify your prospects. Remember: The better training you get, the better results you get! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 28, 2019

If there is one type of person every salesperson has more than a few pain-filled stories about, it is the gatekeeper. You don’t have to think that the gatekeeper is the person waking up in the morning with the sole intent to keep you out. Let’s first look at who is the gatekeeper. I’ve experienced my share of this too.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 18, 2014

When you have a referral introduction, there’s no need to dupe the gatekeeper. It’s tiresome reading about how to get past the gatekeeper. These “gatekeeper” tactics are insincere, duplicitous, unprofessional, offensive, and a waste of sales time. Gatekeepers are good at their jobs. Think again.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 18, 2019

If you’re getting screened out by gatekeepers , then chances are you’re probably causing that screening. Before we get into the things you may be doing to cause them to begin interrogating you, let’s quickly define some terms. First, not all gatekeepers are the same. The other 70% are straight receptionists or operators.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

I still get requests from clients, as well as readers, about how to handle getting blown off when they call a prospect back. It will take just a couple of minutes to explain how this might help you, and if, after you understand it, you still think it’s not for you, we’ll part friends. Do you have that information handy?”.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

Many sales reps get frustrated by this and often try to get past these very important people, thinking that only the decision maker is worth talking to. Question Four: “How do you get involved in the decision on something like this?”. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Big mistake. Of course not!

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As I sipped my coffee and listened to the jazz tunes in my plush car, I thought about how different our lives had turned out, and I wondered what happened to make them so different. Have you read “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens lately? Seen the movie? His name was Brad. Yes” I said. Hey, we used to work together!” I remember,” I said.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 14, 2017

Starting at low levels will ultimately mean: Challenges for salespeople in getting access to higher levels. Executives are more likely to have admins (often referred to as gatekeepers) that invariably will ask a question that sends shivers down many sellers’ spines: “Who is this and what is it regarding?”. Handling Gatekeepers.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

He told me that some of them are struggling to get through to decision makers, and he thought it was because they were “pitching the gatekeeper.” He told me that some of them are struggling to get through to decision makers, and he thought it was because they were “pitching the gatekeeper.” How wrong that is….

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Zoominfo

MAY 8, 2019

How many calls can you make in a day? How much time do you spend on selling vs. non-selling activities? More specifically, how can you increase your numbers (calls, email, sales, deal size) during the time you spend working each day? Let’s get into it! Bypass gatekeepers.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Before you get on your high horse and tell me you wouldn’t be caught dead using a script, consider: If I were to record your prospecting and demo calls for a week, and then transcribe what you say, what would I get? Top producers aren’t afraid of making calls, and they aren’t thrown off course when they get an objection.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

you’ll be that much closer to overcoming it and getting into your demo. , you’ll be that much closer to overcoming it and getting into your demo. Print these closes out and have them handy the next time you get this objection. Right out of the gate, they won’t even give you the chance to pitch them! Let’s do this…”.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

you’ll be that much closer to overcoming it and getting into your demo. , you’ll be that much closer to overcoming it and getting into your demo. Print these closes out and have them handy the next time you get this objection. Right out of the gate, they won’t even give you the chance to pitch them! Let’s do this…”.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 11, 2019

If yes, then do what I did: Get the best training you can and use what you learn. 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.”. Do you want to be a top producer in sales? See it here. And you can, too.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

How is your first quarter turning out so far? If you have failed to understand exactly what a specific prospect’s buying motive is, then you won’t be able to speak directly to it, build the appropriate amount of value, and you’ll miss step 5 above and risk talking past the close—and yourself out of a deal. If so, pitch directly to it.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 18, 2016

In Top Characteristic Part Eight, we’re going back to cold calling and qualifying to reveal an important skill all top producers possess: Top Characteristic Part Eight: Treat all gatekeepers with courtesy and respect. If you have to make cold or warm calls to prospects, then you probably have to deal with your share of gatekeepers.

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