The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Not the right question, reaching someone is a single point on a continuous prospecting journey. Many of those distractions impact our prospecting, making the challenge of a full pipeline even more critical. Which is why Sunday is crucial to your prospecting success. Hard to do when the world is unfolding around you.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Now comes the hard part — the cold call. Daily, sales reps (mostly SDRs) face the daunting task of turning cold calls into warm calls. Sales reps look to increase conversion rates by upping their cold call game. And If you haven’t tried out cold calling scripts yet, now’s the time. Reason for Calling.

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Cold Calling Guidelines Prospecting Face-to-face 264

Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 12, 2024

Who do you think knows why your prospect buys? Who do you think knows when your prospect is going to buy? The answer, of course, is your prospect! The problem for many sales reps, is that they prefer to pitch and talk at prospects more than they actually ask questions and listen. Or who they like to buy from?

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Prospecting Face-to-face Gatekeeper Licensing 212

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. It’s like back pain. You can stretch and put heat or ice on an aching back, but unless you treat the source of the pain—a pulled muscle or degenerating disc—your back will continue to hurt.

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Closing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 409

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It’s a prospecting call, please stop apologising, it’s OK to do your job. But we are not given that choice, so we have to cold call. And if you are going to cold call, then by definition you will interrupt. I am call specifically to set a time, book an appointment, schedule a meeting, but none of the softy stuff.

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Cold Calling Call-back Prospecting Meeting 355

Sales 2.0

JULY 17, 2019

It’s about an alternative way to get in front of your target buyer without cold calling. It’s my belief that there are networking style ways to generate appointments that are actually more effective than cold calling. What really holds most sales people back is getting in the door not closing. Closing is easy.

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Outsourcing Services Cold Calling Call-back Networking 78

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Want prospects to respond with lightning speed? The triple touch is a tactic that salespeople use to engage prospects. The ‘touches’ include contacting the prospect three different ways, each time building trust, getting on their radar, and moving them further into the sales funnel. . What is the Triple Touch in Sales?

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Prospecting Top of Funnel Decision Maker Sales Qualified Lead 237

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 16, 2020

Being trustworthy means having the willingness to push back when you know someone is headed down the wrong road. It means pushing back when a client tells you what they want, and you know the consequences will be dire if you don’t speak up. At least, that’s what many prospects have come to believe.

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Face-to-face Call-back Cold Calling Webinar Metrics 434

The Pipeline

JULY 20, 2021

I’ll follow up by asking “for prospecting and selling?” The majority will tell you they do most, if not all their “research” before even prospecting someone. Taking us back to the question, “to research or not to research?”. If you can ‘spend’ time on things leading to prospecting, you can pretend.

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Research Call-back Lead Rank Lead Scoring 386

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Back then, new digital marketing companies were telling everyone that salespeople would be replaced by inbound marketing. Later, articles predicting the end of selling became both more prolific and more specific including the certain death of: Solution Selling Cold Calling Consultative Selling Sales Process SPIN Selling and more.

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Top of Funnel Positioning Scale Inbound 409

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Get the latest from No More Cold Calling. I’m calling it out, because everyone feels the same way. And then you might owe them something back. Research shows cold calling scripts and tricks don’t work, but referrals do. 4 Secrets to the One-Call Meeting: Your Powerful Referral Program. That’s embarrassing.).

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Referrals Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Call-back 373

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. If you sent out the hottest lead ever, a “10” on a scale of 1 – 10, when you call them back, have you ever noticed that now they’re about a “7”?

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Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face Scale Call-back 320

Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 6, 2021

Rookie mistake: You’ve got several products or services you can offer a prospect, and you start by offering the first, or main one, then hear an opening for another one so pivot to that one, and describe another—and then another. Let me think about these and get back with you.”. Stalled sale. Sound familiar? At that time, load them up!

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Face-to-face How To Pivotal Call-back 317

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. They rely on what they’ve done before, which is cold calling and sending cold emails, and decision makers don’t want either. Some salespeople fool themselves into believing what I call the “warm call fantasy.”

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Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 5, 2021

We've gone from don't wear a mask, to wear a mask, to wear 2 masks, back to no need to be masked and now back to wear masks indoors, even if you have been vaccinated. Allow me to introduce you the competency called Supportive BuyCycle TM. For example:

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 13, 2021

But when you’ve done a presentation and then don’t hear back from a prospect, it can often mean the kiss of death. While it seems counter intuitive, I’d rather know up front if I’m wasting my time or if this is a real prospect. 2: Make more calls without leaving a message. I take the opposite approach: I call.

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Face-to-face Call-back Gatekeeper Licensing 317

Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 23, 2021

First, remember: Most objections are smokescreens hiding the real reason a prospect isn’t moving forward. Here’s one way I have successfully dealt with this and gotten the prospect to reveal what was really holding them back. And then hit MUTE and listen to what your prospect reveals. They like a different solution.

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Face-to-face Gatekeeper Licensing Decision Maker 334

The Pipeline

AUGUST 31, 2021

Vacations over, back to work, finishing the year and setting the table for next year. While this year is no different, there is greater anticipation in light of vaccine and people’s back to work attitude. Closing business and prospecting to ensure you avoid the January lull with a pipeline that propel you to success.

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Harvest Referrals Call-back Video 360

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 31, 2021

Here’s what you might have missed this year from No More Cold Calling. Their clients weren’t returning calls, and budgets were constricted or put on hold. Even so, emails and cold calls aren’t going to help your business recover. They recognized that asking clients for referrals was the way to gain access to prime prospects.

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Referrals Cold Calling Call-back Sales Qualified Lead 371

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. None of us stands out during prospecting. When they get introductions from people their prospects know and trust, they walk straight into meetings with your ideal clients. Not getting the ROI you expected from your lead-gen tactics?

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Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 397

Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Question for you: How often do you take notes while you’re on Mute and your prospect is revealing their buying motives? Then, by feeding these back to them, you’ll be speaking to a person’s listening. Make a much better connection with your prospect or client because they will feel listened to and heard. You don’t take notes?

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Motivation Face-to-face Gatekeeper Licensing 332

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 31, 2024

As long as I know where I cut it I can splice it back together again and I have spliced that cable back together so many times that there are more splices than Pete Rose had hits in his career. I exaggerate. You could say I have spent a lot of time chasing my tail as each repair takes around fifteen minutes.

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Cold Calling Call-back Follow-up Proposal 316

Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 19, 2024

Like this: “I’m sure you do, and that’s why I’m calling you today. I know it makes sense to have several vendors you can check pricing and availability with, and having another supplier in your back pocket is only going to help you, right?” [Get Now ask questions, try to engage, and take your prospect as far as they’ll let you!

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Face-to-face How To Gatekeeper Licensing 273

The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2020

I have a lot of empathy for pundits in a subjective undefined area of practice, like prospecting for example. A great example of this Greek-like tragedy, is the never-ending debate about the best day to make prospecting calls? Many will tell you that their data has pinpointed the best day and time to make prospecting calls.

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Call-back Pipeline Face-to-face Cold Calling 290

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Prospecting : Companies routinely run cold calling prospecting processes that fail 99% of the time, with 1 in 100 calls getting a meeting. Smarter approaches to prospecting are needed. One of the main reasons for this low close rate is that sales people miss decisionmakers in the prospect company.

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Territories Compensation Scale Decision Maker 396

Sales 2.0

MARCH 12, 2020

This includes your prospects. Don’t be surprised if prospects associated with these deals don’t respond to your team’s emails or phone calls anymore. Don’t be surprised if prospects associated with these deals don’t respond to your team’s emails or phone calls anymore. Your prospecting numbers may drop too.

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Top of Funnel Pipeline Follow-up Proposal 378

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The events of 2020 changed the customer buying journey, so we must change our prospecting tactics. Or rather, change them back —from digital marketing to relationship building. Not a cold calling stranger or someone pitching them on LinkedIn. Suddenly it became almost impossible. Unless … Breaking News. Think about it.

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Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 323

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 14, 2020

It is called the Breakfast For Champions , you can see past episodes going back to August. Tony shares a range of things, including his sales superpower is he conducts LIVE sales calls on stage to his audiences’ dream prospects and most importantly, he gets results.

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Call-back Webinar Metrics Sales Industry 360

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? You could do two: one for prospecting and one for the close. Ever feel stalled during a close? Happy Selling!

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Closing Gatekeeper Face-to-face Licensing 334

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Your prospects sure don’t! But weren’t you telling me Tuesday that they’ve never been out on a client call? What really counts in the real world (you know where sales are made), is the prospects’ and clients’ perception and definition of value. Prospecting consists of regaling anyone who’ll listen with that value prop.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Margin SME 398

Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 12, 2020

In case you missed this, I received the following email last week: Dear Mike: The people have spoken and your article, “3 Keys to Dealing with Difficult Prospects,” has won 2nd place in our 2020 Sales Pro Central MVP Awards Social Selling category!” I listen to a lot of calls each week that my clients send me.

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Decision Maker Face-to-face Call-back Gatekeeper 291

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Plus, here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this summer. Obviously, I’ve never been a fan of cold calling, but now the uninvited sales pitches are multichannel. On that note, take a look at what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling about relationship building and referral selling …. Try This. “My

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Referrals Decision Maker Cold Calling Social Media 316

Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 11, 2021

And when your ears are closed, you learn nothing about your prospect’s buying motives, their possible objections, or whether or not they are buying into your pitch. Ask questions frequently of your prospect. Intersperse it with tons of questions and tie-downs and opportunities to engage and learn more about your prospects.

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Face-to-face Gatekeeper Licensing Decision Maker 317

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But all too often, this “cut to the chase” mentality precludes sales reps from taking the time to establish customer relationships before trying to convert people into prospects. That’s a cold outreach and is as offensive as a cold phone call, cold videos, or the plethora of cold emails your prospects receive every day.

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Referrals Customer Social Media Revelation 432

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Momentary panic can spell the end of a call, meeting or opportunity. I’ll explain how to always respond appropriately to Your Prospect. This is exactly what salespeople go through when a prospect pushes back, objects, displays lack of interest, or attempts to end the call. Your mind is wandering.

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Prospecting How To Call-back Objections 177

Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 8, 2021

Two weeks into the New Year, and are you already stressed about picking up the phone and making prospecting calls? I learned a secret years ago that enabled me to overcome my fear of making calls, and that allowed me to make hundreds of cold calls stress-free. The post Overcome Call Reluctance Today! That’s right.

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Face-to-face Cold Calling Gatekeeper Licensing 313