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. Talk to any software vendor, and they can’t wait to show you their cool software. Problem is, buyers don’t actually buy software. Try this instead. That’s a fact. Can I Trust You?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Here’s the thing though, reps need actionable techniques and tips to make their prospecting systematic, smooth, and, of course, profitable. What are Prospecting Techniques? How did you find those prospects?

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Get the latest from No More Cold Calling. Referrals are how most people prefer to do business, whether they’re looking for a good restaurant or a new software vendor. Research shows cold calling scripts and tricks don’t work, but referrals do. It takes roughly eight touches for sales reps to reach cold prospects.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The challenge with prospecting is that it takes place between two human beings, and as with anything human, subjectivity instantly and permanently plagues it. I recently read a piece presenting the case as to why prospecting should be automated. The author gave some valid arguments as to why elements of prospecting should be automated.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Whenever I do a piece about prospecting, specifically cold calling, one of the push backs I get is about the script. As an industry we have tried to take the bite of scripts by hiding them in apps or software, even taking up new (and silly) labels like “Talk Track” and more. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

How important are prospecting insights to your sales strategy? It could be that their sales reps know how to prospect effectively. Most likely, though, they use prospecting insights to reach their sales goals. What are prospecting insights? What are prospecting insights? It turns out they’re pretty important.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 7, 2022

Cold calling is the bane of plenty of sales reps' professional existence. It's a grating, uncomfortable, often awkward process — involving a whole lot of rejection from frustrated prospects. Enter cold calling software — the tools that take some strain off of cold calling reps and the managers that guide them.

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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

JULY 27, 2022

Even in today’s data-driven sales landscape, cold calling remains a fact of life for many sales professionals. But cold calling isn’t just a major investment of time and energy, it’s precious time that could be better spent connecting with warm leads — prospects who want to hear from you and are ready to spend.

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Sales 2.0

JUNE 29, 2014

If you’ve read my stuff before, you’ll know I have one basic prospecting framework I’ve been harking on about for the last 4-5 years. Find trigger events that show changes in your prospect’s environment, giving you a reason to approach them and potentially enough instability that they may switch vendors.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

They captured new leads using 97% outbound cold calling. These LDRs were well trained and capable of qualifying true prospects. Prospects who did engage were speaking with multiple vendors as well. Prospects who did speak with the Teleprospectors were better informed and more aware of competitive alternatives.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 9, 2014

I actually listened to his message because he outlined how his company and No More Cold Calling were aligned. And he made the business case for his software application by quoting details about the results his clients were experiencing. Cold calling or emailing me won’t get you anywhere. All good so far.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Research from XANT looked at the optimal “cadence” for prospecting based on the masses of data available to them through companies’ usage of their software. After 12 days XANT found that it is optimal to take a break for four to five days then start another sequence of eight attempts to reach your prospect.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 7, 2018

Talk to any software vendor, and they can’t wait to show you their cool software. Problem is, buyers don’t actually buy software. They buy what your software does for them—how it saves time, decreases costs, engages customers, tracks referrals, etc. Our messages are mostly digital, and they all sound the same.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 5, 2014

Software salespeople, in particular, love to give demos, thinking if someone agrees to a demo, the prospect is qualified and can go into the CRM as a lead. A prospect is not a lead until you speak with that person and ask your qualifying questions. Connect with No More Cold Calling. Comment Here.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Before we dive in, let’s take a quick look at the most-prospected-to industries. FinancialServices. Insurance. ITServices.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

While digital automation has made outreach much easier, sending cold emails is still a tricky game. It’s a science — understanding the market + humanization + appeal = (hopefully) more fitting prospects. It’s no secret that cold calling is a salesperson’s least favorite activity. Read more: Overcoming Sales Objections.

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Salesmate

AUGUST 28, 2020

“Cold calling” is one of the sales tasks that most salespeople wish to skip. Well, because it is the first contact with a prospect who has no prior knowledge about the call. Most sales professionals dread that first interaction with the prospect as they have no clue how the prospect would react to the cold call.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It includes a breakdown of the Sales AI landscape, adoption of GenAI and Sales software across buyer groups. Every automation — whether it’s cold calling, note-taking, or follow-ups — outsources tasks that build critical skills. Deep listening and synthesis: Writing follow-ups manually or reviewing call recordings.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

To be successful, sales professionals need to be experts in many different areas at once: their product’s strengths and weaknesses, their prospects’ pain points and needs, and the broader economic and competitive landscapes. You can throw in tactical skills like effective messaging, multi-threading, persuasive cold-calling, and much more.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Now all you need is a cold call script. And not just any script … the best cold call script ever. But before I give you the keys to the castle, let's learn more about cold calling and look at a typical cold call. (If What is a cold call? What is the purpose of cold calling?

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

How to Build a Lead List My Tips for Building a Sales Lead List A prospect may have shown interest in a product or service by responding to an online offer, visiting your company’s booth at a conference, or engaging with social media posts. I generated many of my own sales leads through cold-calling and networking.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Invite prospects and clients to come along with you. In the meantime, check out this month’s posts from No More Cold Calling: 4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Get the Referral on LinkedIn. My client, Sue, identified a colleague on LinkedIn who knew her prospect, George—a high-profile, very senior buyer.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2020

Do cold calls work? How can you find more success with cold calling? We often discuss how to make a cold call, but rarely the next step after your cold call fails to get picked up. Sales Voicemail Statistics Today’s sales professionals have more ways than ever to get in touch with prospects.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 12, 2018

We can be on calls anyplace around the globe at any hour. Prospects tell us they’re decision-makers, even when they’re not. Just as we ditched our legacy software, we must ditch our legacy history, and the legacy processes that are stalling our growth. The post Want to Up Your Prospecting Success? We get mixed messages.

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Sales Gravy

AUGUST 18, 2023

Curiosity Is Your Key To Effective Cold Calling On this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Ulysses Price, filling in for Jeb Blount, interviews Chris Beall, CEO of ConnectAndSell. ConnectAndSell is a software service that helps salespeople initiate conversations with prospects.

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Zoominfo

MAY 10, 2018

You make too many cold calls. You don’t need to work in sales to know the phrase, “cold calling.” Cold calling is a classic sales technique, but many sales professionals question its effectiveness. Less than 1% of cold calls result in a sale. Cold calling is ineffective 90.9%

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 31, 2017

You are probably wondering if this is truly typical within most organizations – and if so, why are we talking about leaving cold voicemails? Does cold calling and cold voicemail work? Cold-call voicemail script templates. Also, do you have the ability to see what software the companies are running?

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How would you like to fill your Q1 pipeline with only qualified leads—the kind of prospects who already want to talk to you before you ever make contact? Now’s the time to get on your prospects’ radar—before their 2020 budgets are set and before your competitors have had a chance to make their mark. It’s not too early for a Q1 push.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Their offerings fall into the following categories: Offshore SEO/web/software development services Lead Generation/Appointment Setting services, lists, marketing etc. Access to Capital Recruiting software/services And in my case, Guest Posts, Articles, Paid Speaking Engagements, etc. Why aren’t salespeople making calls?

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Allego

JANUARY 21, 2025

Sales prospecting has transformed from its traditional roots of cold calls and door-to-door pitches into a dynamic discipline that blends strategy, psychology, and technology. This shift has turned prospecting into a strategic effort. What Is Sales Prospecting? In addition, buyer behavior has changed.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 19, 2016

In fact, conversion rates through the funnel were 5x better for software and support associates than they were for sales and marketing candidates, so we had to develop a funnel for each role – driving a certain number of candidates every week per position. Actively Source and Prospect into Passive Candidates That Fit Target Criteria.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Cold calling is the bread and butter of sales reps in real estate. So, how should you cold call in real estate? In this post, we'll share 11 cold-calling scripts for real estate agents. Whether your prospect is a potential buyer, seller, or tenant, use these scripts to grab their attention.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

How to Write Sales Prospecting Emails Using ChatGPT One advantage of ChatGPT is that it can iterate on what it’s already produced. Microsoft , an OpenAI investor, has begun using AI capabilities in its own sales software to remove roadblocks from the selling process. We tried creating some sales prospecting emails with ChatGPT.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 25, 2023

Talk to any software vendor, and they can’t wait to show you their cool software. But buyers don’t actually buy software. They buy what the software does for them—how it saves time, decreases costs, engages customers, tracks referrals, etc. Our messages are mostly digital, and they all sound the same. You’re different.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Telling your stories and the stories of others humanizes your selling and makes connections with prospects more meaningful (and productive). Your prospects Are Wired for Storytelling. And that makes sales pitches more engaging – for both you and your prospects. Get Your Prospect’s Attention (and Hold It).

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 4, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Jason Bay , Chief Prospecting Officer at Blissful Prospecting , a company he built to coach B2B reps in outbound sales. About Jason Bay & Blissful Prospecting [1:52]. Ideal tools for great prospecting [24:18]. About Jason Bay & Blissful Prospecting [1:52].

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