No More Cold Calling

MAY 24, 2018

That bright, shiny object might be rustier than you think. If you’re researching the latest and greatest sales trends, you just might fall victim to the bright-shiny-object syndrome. Just because certain sales prospecting techniques are all the rage, doesn’t mean they’re right for you or for your buyer.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

This is where prospecting has to come in. I want you to be successful, so my last 10 truths are to help you have success in your prospecting. When you put all of the “50 Prospecting Truths” into action, I promise that you will achieve your sales goals and more! Truths 11-20: Your Prospecting Plan.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Social media has become a bullhorn for top sales influencers, and these easy-to-use (not to mention, free) platforms are something you should absolutely be active on in order to stay current in your sales strategy and become a sales influencer yourself. Find what works and what doesn’t, what argument holds and what falls flat.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Balancing sales goals and learning goals requires a focus on skill mastery and progression, ensuring that reps have the necessary skills before moving on to the next objective. Recognizing the need for extra training, they brought in experts for areas like social media, territory planning, and sales messaging.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 14, 2023

I shouldn’t get so wound up about the stupidity I see in LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social media. I’m trying, though sometimes fail, just to ignore the “expert” advice guru’s are offering about using ChatGPT for prospecting. The post In What World Is This Considered Great Prospecting?!??!!!

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. What is Sales Prospecting? The ultimate goal is to guide your prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually make a purchase. How to Prospect: Step by Step.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Although increased revenue is the ultimate objective, you can’t forget the end goals for landing page strategies are increasing traffic and conversion. It serves as a validator for offering up contact information and a promotional space for other content, such as relevant articles, newsletters, and social media channels.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 31, 2023

One of the most important of these is prospecting. In addition, for many sales reps, prospecting is one of the most difficult activities. Here, let’s examine some of the challenges sellers face when prospecting. This will be followed by a three-part framework reps can use to master the art of prospecting today.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Understanding the Process of Prospecting for SMB Leads The process of prospecting for SMB leads can be a complex task, particularly for salespeople at digital marketing agencies who specialize in selling to small businesses. Prospecting commences with pinpointing the type of small business you envision as your prospects.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A good place to start is to set the right sales objectives. In this article, we’ll explain what sales objectives are and why they’re critical to business growth. We’ll also look at examples of sales objectives that you can set for your sales team. What is a sales objective? How to set sales objectives. Measurable.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 31, 2017

Let’s face it — prospecting by phone is hard. It doesn’t matter if you’ve done your social media homework on LinkedIn and found a distant cousin in Utah, if you’re making, fill in the blank here (“unexpected calls”, “prospecting calls”, “discovery calls”, “cold calls”, etc.), you’re going to get resistance.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In a discussion between Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley, they highlight the importance of incorporating learning goals alongside sales objectives. For instance, if the goal is to increase prospecting activities, salespeople need the necessary skills in email outreach, networking, and asking for referrals.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2018

Common Sales Objections. Every prospect you speak to has sales objections, or reasons they’re hesitant to buy your product. Why are sales objections unavoidable? To be successful, reps must learn how to both discover and resolve these objections. What Is Objection Handling? It's too expensive.".

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LevelEleven

APRIL 12, 2018

This article is the first installment in The Sales Person’s Guide to Social Media blog series. Check back for new articles covering other social platforms. Once upon a time, social media was just a casual place to chat with friends. It’s a thing, and not adhering to it can be costly. Optimize Your Profile.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 10, 2016

Here’s the thing: Cold-calling prospects gets a bad rap. Today, buzzwords like “social selling” drown out the importance of actually calling prospects. In fact, as a direct result of social selling entering the scene, it isn’t uncommon to hear statements like “ cold-calling is dead.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In their journey, prospective buyers want to know they can trust the company as much as they can trust the individuals they’re dealing with. Here are a few ways you can earn all of that from your prospects. Here are 5 ways you can get your audience to know you: Have conversations with people on social media, and answer their questions.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. And this is what this prospecting guide is all about.

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Increase Sales

JULY 21, 2017

Top sales performers know how to overcome a sales objection. Yet when that sales objection is something beyond their control such as customer service, delivery by another vendor to invoicing, earning the sale becomes even more difficult. Recent events on social media have shown the impact of real time customer experience.

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BuzzBoard

APRIL 5, 2024

This involves generating a consistent supply of quality blog content ideas, capitalizing on social media marketing, employing effective lead magnets, and crucially, devising a well-organized content calendar. Lastly, the importance of leveraging social media marketing cannot be dismissed.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 29, 2021

As part of the sales process, you can expect objections from everyone you’re speaking with, including your prospects. Join us in this episode as Donald Kelly and Matthew Pollard answer the question, how can you prepare for your prospect’s most likely objections? Leverage Social Media. Select a story to tell.

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Increase Sales

JUNE 30, 2014

Some recent social media discussions revealed there exists significant confusion about sales objections. Usually the small business owners to even those in sales management must integrate marketing activities with selling activities and thus begins the sales objections confusion path. Now with 97.7% Now with 97.7%

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 29, 2021

As part of the sales process, you can expect objections from everyone you’re speaking with, including your prospects. Join us in this episode as Donald Kelly and Matthew Pollard answer the question, how can you prepare for your prospect’s most likely objections? Leverage Social Media. Select a story to tell.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 29, 2021

As part of the sales process, you can expect objections from everyone you’re speaking with, including your prospects. Join us in this episode as Donald Kelly and Matthew Pollard answer the question, how can you prepare for your prospect’s most likely objections? Leverage Social Media. Select a story to tell.

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Apptivo

MAY 16, 2023

From seeds to success: Journey of leads and prospects in sales 2. What is a prospect? Lead Vs Prospect: what’s the difference? Where are prospects and leads in the funnel? How to turn a lead into a prospect? Let’s take a stroll through the sales garden, examining the subtle differences between leads and prospects.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 23, 2024

Tell that to the untold numbers of people who have been fired for saying the wrong thing on social media or who have been terminated after being involved in illegal activity. Tone and delivery are very much in the realm of your control and they matter when talking to prospects. Prospect: Who is this? How are things going?

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Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

Objection handling is tough. Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face. Why Do Buyers Object?

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Lead generation is pointless if it doesn’t result in a prospect and a conversion. Before we dive into how to drive conversions, let’s first unpack the difference between a lead and a prospect, and how to turn one into the other. Grow your revenue with all-in-one prospecting solutions powered by the leader in private-company data.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

If a client or prospect contacts you for something, say, more information or to look up the status of an order, etc., Consider the impact this will have on your client or prospect compared to them not hearing from you for a few days, or even a week or longer. 10 seconds? I mean, there’s only so much time. Get Access Today.

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Marc Wayshak

MARCH 27, 2024

While prospects are inundated with emails, LinkedIn messages, and social media outreach, their phones often remain relatively quiet. Confidence is key for positive prospect engagement during cold calls. Prospects can’t physically harm you, which should alleviate some of the fear associated with making cold calls.

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Zoominfo

JULY 4, 2018

Social selling has quickly become one of the most popular and effective selling tactics. As social media platforms grew in popularity, businesses began to recognize how essential social media is to the sales process. Social sellers generate 38% more new opportunities than traditional sellers. Keep reading!

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 24, 2021

How do you get past objections? To make it more specific, what can you do if you can’t address your prospect’s objections during a call? Natasha Davis joins Donald Kelly in this next episode on objections. Addressing Objections with Prospects Not being prepared for the objection is painful for a business.

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LinkedFusion

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In short, an SDR is responsible for making thorough business planning to meet set objectives and criteria. using networking to find new sales prospects and converting them into long-term partnerships. Good SDRs are able to modify their strategy to sell product and services depending on the prospect. When should you Hire an SDR?

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 24, 2021

How do you get past objections? To make it more specific, what can you do if you can’t address your prospect’s objections during a call? Natasha Davis joins Donald Kelly in this next episode on objections. Addressing Objections with Prospects Not being prepared for the objection is painful for a business.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 24, 2021

How do you get past objections? To make it more specific, what can you do if you can’t address your prospect’s objections during a call? Natasha Davis joins Donald Kelly in this next episode on objections. Addressing Objections with Prospects Not being prepared for the objection is painful for a business.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

We have trade show prospecting down to a science. Blog: How to Prospect at Trade Shows: The Ultimate 10-Step Sales and Marketing Checklist. Set specific prospecting goals. Take advantage of social time. Connect with prospects in the moment. How to efficiently follow-up with prospects after the show.

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BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Digital agencies, armed with the right knowledge of audience psyche and sharp techniques, have the power to transform local prospects into loyal customers and brand advocates. Local businesses are discerning, well-informed, and inherently skeptical in the age of online reviews and social media.

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PandaDoc

JULY 1, 2020

Precision prospecting is the first step towards reaching new revenue heights. Prospecting is the process of searching for potential buyers (the prospects) that are good fits for your service or product and then communicating with them in a way that moves them to the next stage of a sales pipeline. Be relentless.

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