No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Why is asking for referrals on social media a bad idea? And why does taking these conversations offline give your sales team a competitive advantage? You want to know this person will be informative, insightful, and leave your contact with information they can use, even if they don’t buy. Get offline to get your referral.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Sadly too many salespeople start the day armed with nothing more than a singular view of their Value Proposition. When salespeople ask a limited set of irrelevant questions to set up the reciting of their “Value Proposition.”. I find a good universal measure is “time to decision,” which often correlates to their focus. “C”

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Which is why Sunday is crucial to your prospecting success. You ever wonder why they had to remove that guy once? Most salespeople are not as ready for the act of prospecting as they need be. Many succumbing, and opting for the ease of sequence operators, rather than take on the opportunity to develop salespeople.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 25, 2024

We knew the general manager of the restaurant and had a very good relationship with him and I caught his eye. That is why you must always meet the decision makers! Most salespeople don’t build relationships beyond their primary contacts, making it difficult to get what they want when their primary contact leaves the company.

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The Pipeline

JULY 7, 2021

Want to split a room of salespeople, just ask if “sales is a numbers game or not?” An alternative that allows you to build on the practical elements, while leaving behind habits that hold us back. We use the Activity Calculator to help salespeople create their improvement plans based on their own performance. By Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 3, 2020

And while change does bring good, you know what they say about too much of a good thing? Salespeople are asked to change themselves, change how and who they deal with, change the focus of their conversations, and more. Of our daily activities, 40% are habit driven, it is just a question of which habits, good or bad?

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Gatekeeper Died: Why That’s a Good Thing” is the topic for my new, monthly, live Sales TV Show on the Sales Experts Channel. Why am I doing a monthly Sales TV Show? The short answer is, more and more salespeople are finding it difficult to generate quality leads and new sources of revenue. Why would they?

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The Pipeline

APRIL 6, 2021

Salespeople seem to be collectively suffering from a variant of the Stockholm syndrome. Why is it that salespeople continue to cling to their products despite every indication that it is minimizing their success? This is easy to follow when it is clear who the bad guys or good guys are. Leave Your Product In The Car.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 4, 2019

Why do they always leave out the word “qualified”? Then they wonder why their teams can’t close , or why reps spend all day cold calling and rarely ever get a bite. percent of salespeople said that 50 percent or fewer of their initial prospects are a good fit. decades and won’t anytime soon.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 27, 2023

When I worked for a global consulting and training firm, we had an excellent system for debriefing sales situations and learning why clients decided to work with us. There’s a saying among salespeople that customers buy with emotion and justify with fact. That’s why they need us. The number one reason was because they liked us.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Salespeople bought this line of thinking, projected it on to voicemail a mistake they continue to make. People who leave a message for stranger touting how they add value, save, change, or anything, are triggering the wrong reaction in voicemail listeners. Salespeople are an optimist’s sort, how else would we put up with things?

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2024

But getting there isn't always straightforward — being able to routinely leave well-constructed, effective sales voicemails can elude even the sharpest reps. I often hear salespeople complain that prospects never return their calls after they’ve left a voicemail. 8 Voicemail Techniques That Lead to Closed Deals 1.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 25, 2018

Yes, they still get a phone, which they rarely use, because most prospects and clients are never at their desks and only give their mobile numbers to salespeople they actually want to hear from. Why 80% of Your New Hires Don’t Last. For more on why salespeople jump ship, check out the infographic from Xactly.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

A great frustration for salespeople is when an engaged buyer turns aloof, going radio silence – transponders off. Leaving salespeople to wonder how to breathe life back into what was a viable opportunity. It’s not the check-in, it’s how it is done and why. Great, I’ll have it to you in time for the call.”.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 30, 2020

Author: Andres Lares The phrase “leaving money on the table” is an idiom that means not getting as much money as you could from a transaction. That is why Shapiro Negotiations Institute has taught for decades how to plan for successful sales and negotiations while maintaining and enhancing the relationship for future deals.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

A good prospecting call needs to lead to more than a calendar invite for the first formal encounter. It should leave the prospect anticipating the meeting, curious to find out what follows. I know some have told me ‘it is specializing’, which does leave the question of who owns managing the relationship. Tactically.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Physical pain , so I understand the reality of the fear picking up the phone sends through salespeople. Leaving the driveway at 7:15, they already feel late and behind the 8-ball. So when they are trying to pack 16 hours into a 10 hour day, anything they were not thinking about when they were leaving the driveway, is an interruption.

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The Pipeline

JULY 14, 2020

You can tell how salespeople go through these phases by the predictability of the excuses offered. I have a good shot of getting on a call with the average person. If you are making calls from the office of a business registered mobile, and news continues to be good. This is why many hide behind emails.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 9, 2020

This way, if one person on either team leaves, the stool can still stand, and things continue to move forward as a new person comes on. The good news is when the new onboards, there will be seven people already working together for some time. The clients have one too, so why not hook them up, literally and figuratively.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 14, 2020

People who work with me know I believe in leaving your product in the car, makes for a better conversation. Leave The Product In The Car. Try as we might, it is a challenge to get salespeople focused without allowing product to enter the mix. After all, we are leaving the product in the car. By Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2020

Corporate leaders are much more forward-looking than many salespeople believe. But few salespeople deal with the senior team driving long term strategy. Some because they’re unable to get to them despite their efforts, most don’t even try; you ask them why. Why distract them till the economy turned the corner a year later.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

While all salespeople love to receive referrals, most are uncomfortable asking for them, and many sales leaders don’t believe referrals can scale. Why Ask for Referrals? percent of business buyers prefer to work with referred vendors, and 73 percent prefer to work with referred salespeople, according to IDC and LinkedIn.

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Julie Hanson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

AI vs. Salespeople: Trust, Empathy, and AI Leadership Insights As a leader, it’s easy to get caught up in the rush of AI tools promising to do everything but shake your buyer’s hand. AI vs. Salespeople: Trust Trust hinges on competency, integrity, and goodwill. Human sellers, on the other hand, are pretty good judges of character.

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The Pipeline

JULY 23, 2019

But it is on mine, for one pivotal scene that all salespeople can learn from and adapt in some ways. The execution leaves a lot to be desired, but you guys are hip, so we don’t need to waste time on that. I am surprised at how many times salespeople fail to ask follow-through questions. is probably not on many.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2019

I’ve never had a good customer experience at that market, but this was over the top. We complain about consumer experiences all the time, but consumers aren’t the only ones who expect a good customer experience. That’s why a referral culture leads to a stellar customer experience. Don’t Have the Energy to Leave a Toxic Boss?

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Sell Integrity

JANUARY 28, 2021

Of course, that’s the case when any employee leaves, but the full cost of sales rep turnover can be particularly high. In most organizations, salespeople are the pivotal drivers of growth. What’s more, truly effective salespeople spend time building up a deep understanding of and trusted relationships with their customers.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 25, 2018

No wonder salespeople check email on vacation, first thing in the morning, and well after work hours. I asked why he was answering his phone while on vacation. That digital detox is good for me … and for my business. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be) appeared first on No More Cold Calling. We need to exercise.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 19, 2017

Author: Tim Riesterer, Chief Strategy and Research Officer, Corporate Visions When it comes to enabling salespeople to be great “in the moment” across the different types of selling situations they face, the technology is there. That’s the good news. why you?). or even pay more (why pay?).

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Marc Wayshak

MARCH 22, 2023

Salespeople who used to sell out in the real world, face-to-face with prospects, began selling inside, never having to leave the office in order to close deals. While there are more salespeople now heading back out to sell in the real world, many still don’t have to leave the office in order to close deals.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 5, 2020

Why is it that sales executives say their biggest challenge is getting more leads in the pipe, but they never mention “qualified”? In fact, high performing salespeople spend twice as much time on late-stage activities as their peers. Salespeople often ask me when they should bring up the referral conversation. Forrester agrees.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 9, 2019

Persistence is good. This is a good question that gets you thinking in their mindset. Why would they really want to see you? What ever it is, it’s causing her to not see you, so you have to ask yourself why SHOULD she give you time of day? It’s a good starting point. 2) Don’t leave too many voicemails.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 18, 2023

Yet, many salespeople approach negotiations with trepidation. Of course, salespeople can't afford to miss out on refining this skill. Even though you know there’s a good chance that you’re going to wind up meeting in the middle, you never want to be the one to offer to split the difference. Leave your emotions at the door.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 2, 2024

Why I am Interested in Selling (or Why I Love Being a Salesperson) (or Why I Love Being a Sales Guru) By Eric Anderson My parents were teachers, so I was automatically a learner—a terrific trait for a salesperson. And all those decades of selling have made me very appreciative of the role salespeople have in this world.

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Jeff Shore

MAY 17, 2018

Ever wonder how those great salespeople outperform everyone else year in and year out? If you want to sell more, like those top-performing salespeople – there’s a hack for that! Great salespeople are hyper-organized with their time. If you set a goal, you must have a strong inner why behind it. Whew, feels good, right?

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Zoominfo

JULY 18, 2018

Landing an in-person appointment with a key decision-maker provides salespeople with the opportunity to respond directly to a prospect’s needs and pain points. Let’s review why: Complex Buying Committees: Selling to businesses is much more complex than selling to individuals. Don’t leave anything until last minute.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Have you ever wondered what types of customers are attracted by certain types of salespeople? Without a doubt, I can say the reason some companies wind up with more bad customers than others is because they have more bad salespeople than others.

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Pipeliner

MAY 20, 2023

Now, let’s look at the first mega-threat—which deals with the salespeople themselves. And yes, this is a mega-threat for salespeople. The Specialization Disease I don’t want to bring a threat of doom and gloom, however, and say that there will be no more jobs for salespeople. Is that good? That is also no longer true.

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