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Get Joanne’s Kindle Books for $1.99 Each [Plus, Referral Selling Insights]

No More Cold Calling

I founded No More Cold Calling in 2006, with a mission to show salespeople how powerful (and scalable) referrals can be, and to ensure no one ever had to cold call again. First came No More Cold Calling: The Breakthrough System That Will Leave Your Competition in the Dust in 2006. each until July 4, 2024. each until July 4, 2024.

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Sales 2.0

Back in 2006 I coined the term “Sales 2.0” (see the logo on this website). My concept of Sales 2.0 was, and is, “taking the sales profession to the next level”. In my opinion we’ve come a long way since 2006 but we still have a long way to go. We’ve got lots of tools/databases to get prospect contact details now.

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Celebrating 25 Years in Referrals: My Story

No More Cold Calling

My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. I asked salespeople and sales leaders I knew if they liked to get referral introductions. Get meetings with prime prospects in one call. Decrease the cost of sales. That got me thinking.

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How Getting Fired Actually Launched My Referral Business

No More Cold Calling

As I reflected on my career in sales and sales management, I realized my best business had come from referrals. I did my “feet on the street” research and interviewed sales leaders and salespeople. Prospects trust us. The book was published in 2006, and it’s selling even better today. But I had to ask.).

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HubSpot is too expensive: Saving money on software without losing features

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” HubSpot has been around since 2006 and is a frontrunner in the marketing space. If you’ve ever Googled any sales or marketing tips, you’ve more than likely seen its content. Then we pay an additional $800/month for marketing hub and $400 for sales hub … We have 5 users.”. Sales Manager, Saas Startup.

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Thank You

No More Cold Calling

It’s been 10 years since No More Cold Calling ™ was published on April 14, 2006. But sales reps have work to do as well. It is a place for engaging audiences, not for pitching prospects. Read “ Social Selling: What the Sales Pros Do Differently.”). Sales Managers—Pay Attention to How Your Reps Communicate.

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Becoming a SalesTech Entrepreneur: One Man’s Journey with Ankesh Kumar

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Some of you might recognize that name “John Morgridge” Just two year’s later in 1988, John joined a 4-yr old company with 34 employees at the time and ran it as CEO until 1995 and Chairman until 2006. When John left in 2006, the company had 50,000 employees in 77 countries. Ankesh reminds me of John.

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