No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2021

I’m embarrassed by the bad sales behavior that blasts us every day. Obviously, I’ve never been a fan of cold calling, but now the uninvited sales pitches are multichannel. LinkedIn invitations to connect from people who immediately send you a sales pitch. Rude, rude, rude sales behavior. Sales Reps Not Closing Sales?

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Similarly, sales reps and managers require a new set of capabilities. Sales Operations must transform its reporting to track these key capabilities. By registering for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review , you''ll get the “ Top 15 Metrics to Track in 2014.” Five Sales Metrics You''re Not Tracking. Social Reach.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Let’s recap the time you have sucked out of the sales rep’s day. Perhaps you implemented a new CRM, Marketing Automation or Enterprise based social network. The goal is improved efficiency and sales rep effectiveness. You’re trying to help but you’re killing the sales teams’ selling time in the process.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 25, 2018

I know, you fell into sales, and perhaps from there, sales management. studying sales methodologies, you know that you are obsessed. Are you obsessed about getting that key decision maker live even if they tell you “no.” Go network at all costs. Your net worth is the size of your network. (h/t

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 14, 2013

It’s getting harder for your sales reps to get at bats these days. As a result, your sales team is missing out on revenue opportunities. Competitors are beating your sales team consistently. Think about the last 3 meetings you took with a sales rep. Your sales team needs the ability to sell this way.

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SBI Growth

MAY 12, 2013

As Sales Ops leaders, you need to trust your data in order to make crucial decisions. At a sales meeting, Manny the Manager posed this question to his team: “How is our average Opportunity Close Ratio 80%? I’ll change the expected close date because the decision maker needs two more weeks.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 26, 2013

These meetings are net new sales opportunities you wouldn’t have otherwise had. Worse, your sales teams’ newly updated LinkedIn profiles attract recruiters. When you register you’ll also receive the Sales VPs Guide to Social Selling Implementation. Many of your sales rep''s profiles probably look like this.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Yet many reps struggle to get that critical first meeting with a decision maker. The best sales & marketing leaders are leveraging social selling to make the number. The best sales teams are leveraging their LI connections to prospect and generate referral leads. Companies are trying to grow new business.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 24, 2013

Your Reach on LinkedIn will be one of your best sales assets in 2014. 84% of B2B decision makers begin their buying process with a referral. These numbers leave little room for doubt: More referrals = more qualified opportunities = more sales. You build your LinkedIn network, and increase your Reach. How do I know?

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Cold calling is a duplicitous, disingenuous sales tactic. If you make 100 calls, you’ll talk to about 20 people, schedule 10 sales appointments, and if you’re lucky, close one new deal. Why would you bother with a sales system that gets such dismal results? Message to cold callers: Pestering strangers is NOT the way to prospect.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 6, 2014

You’ve relied on the same tried tired and true hiring practices for sales reps over the last couple of years. Rolodex vs. Social Network. We find many firms continue to hire with traditional connections in mind, instead of social networks. These measures will help you objectively evaluate potential and current sales reps.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

I used to think it was just sales newbies who struggled with referral reluctance. They simply hadn’t built their networks or their confidence. I wondered about those in non-traditional sales roles like customer success, CPAs, attorneys, architects, engineers, and consultants—who are now being asked to sell.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

At most companies, the sales process is a balancing act that doesn’t always work so well. Then there’s outbound lead generation: identifying trigger events, determining relevant content to send in an email, creating messaging, preparing short videos, and networking on social media. in my Referral I.Q. In 2015, 43.6 In 2016, it was 53.3

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2013

A field Sales Rep should be spending around 64% of those available hours selling. The statistics I share below are from SBI’s 2012 Sales & Marketing Research. These tools will help you excel in your current and future sales positions. A close second is “post-sale support” clocking in at 16.4%. of a seller’s time.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 20, 2017

Twenty years ago, I would have told you referrals couldn’t possibly be more important for account based sales development. This digital dependence actually decreases productivity and extends the time it takes to reach a decision-maker. The goal of account based sales development is to land and expand within named accounts.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 10, 2017

According to LinkedIn’s State of Sales 2017 US Report , 70 percent of the time that decision-makers respond to salespeople, it’s because those reps were introduced through a professional network. How do you make P2P selling work for your account based sales team? Either way, it works. Why P2P Works for B2B.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Unlike traditional broad-based advertising, this approach allows marketers to tailor their messaging and content to key decision-makers within carefully selected organizations. Improved Personalization Tailored messaging resonates more effectively with decision-makers, increasing engagement and conversion rates.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 23, 2014

Marketing is not driving the quality sales leads the field needs. You’re hearing it from your Sales Managers and reps. Your VP of Sales is sick of the excuses. They have a large pool of prospects with direct access to key decision makers. Sales Operations should implement this strategy to help manage the funnel.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 24, 2017

When DiscoverOrg hosted a Meet-Up event, “Overcoming Roadblocks When Selling Enterprise IT,” we expected insights into how successful sales people identify and access key decision makers at targeted accounts. But how do you use this data to make an informed, relevant sales pitch? Who do you think made the sale?

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SBI Growth

MAY 11, 2013

Sales VPs need to make the number this quarter. Sales Managers want more new business. Sales Reps need more leads. Too often, Sales VPs don’t get ideas outside of their own sales organizations. Have your sales rep find out who his customer’s Sales VP wants to sell. Get the Creating Social Debt Guide.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A solid social selling strategy falls somewhere between “nice-to-have” and “need-to-have” in the modern sales landscape. There are some common pitfalls sales reps tend to run into when leveraging social media as a sales resource. When reps connect and immediately push for a sale, it turns people off. Let's take a look!

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 8, 2019

In honor of International Women’s Day, how can your sales team attract more female rainmakers? There’s always been bias against women in sales, and anyone with different color skin, ethnicity, or beliefs than decision-makers and hiring managers. But what if women don’t want a career in sales? It was 1936.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 4, 2024

Robert Brooks IV has spent 12 years leading sales, marketing and customer success at early-stage startups. Typically, he has served as the first sales (and first non-technical) hire reporting directly to a technical founder. How to train your sales team to sell to highly technical buyers and decision-makers.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Every account based selling rep asks that question, and pretty much every survey of sales leaders confirms that lackluster lead generation is also their chief concern. Finding those qualified leads takes time and resources, and it’s getting tougher and tougher to reach decision-makers. They gain access to decision-makers.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

Sales leaders acknowledge that referrals are their fastest revenue driver and solve their two biggest issues: getting qualified leads in the pipe and scoring meetings with decision-makers. One reason is their sales teams don’t know how to ask for referrals. Today, sales leaders tell me I can skip the stats.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 14, 2019

Since then, I’ve spent a lot of time reading, writing, and talking about women in sales. Yet, we still hear of discrimination against women and, frankly, anyone who looks different than decision-makers and hiring managers. That prompted me to write “ Men with Daughters Get It ” in honor of International Women’s Day 2015.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Successful sales professionals understand that technology is a must-have business tool. Consider this: Despite the ever-growing treasure trove of new sales technology, sales is actually harder than it used to be. Technology has an important role to play in sales, but it’s a supporting role. The Evolution of Cold Calling.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 13, 2014

A higher sales number to hit. As a sales representative these are a few of the hurdles you may face. Review notes in your CRM from the previous sales rep and support resources. Contact sales representatives who had the territory / customer before. Offer to buy them a drink at the upcoming sales kickoff meeting.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 19, 2017

It makes no sense at all, because every sales leader and account based sales rep knows that referrals are their hottest leads and best business. Now, here’s my point of view and advice for sales leaders about how to overcome the six organizational barriers that stand in the way of your team asking for referrals. Click To Tweet.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 1, 2020

She made it clear that she wasn’t the final decision-maker and said she would follow up. Read more about the importance of following up (and other important referral sales topics) in this month’s No More Cold Calling blog posts: The Sales Fortune Is in the Follow-Up. Read “ The Sales Fortune Is in the Follow-Up.”).

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

To outperform their peers, Social Sellers use LinkedIn as a sales tool. The Value of the Sales Rep. The Value of the Sales Rep. In today’s market, where competitive differentiation is razor thin, only top Sales Reps win. For Sales Reps to make their number, overcoming these risks is a daily battle.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2024

Then, the game changed when I leveled up my sales email writing game with curiosity-provoking subject lines, strong body text, and compelling closing statements. Read on to hear my tactics for ending a sales email.e From there, initiating conversations and strengthening relationships with business buyers and influencers got easier.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

By leveraging advanced algorithms and data scraping techniques, these tools can extract potential leads from various sources, including customer databases, sales histories, website analytics, and social media platforms. A goldmine of qualified leads that can significantly boost your sales pipeline and drive business growth.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Fast forward to today, and though events have regained their status as a cornerstone of B2B marketing , many key decision-makers are being extremely selective about where to spend their time and resources. If you dont nail this, the event itself is just an expensive networking gamble.

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SalesFuel

DECEMBER 23, 2024

There are several top sales challenges that B2B sellers are likely to face. The most significant variable in your sales success is you, according to Integrity Solutions. Prepare for these top sales challenges One of the most common challenges that sellers face is being unable to reach decision-makers.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 10, 2019

Whether you’re a sales newbie or a veteran rainmaker, asking is hard. Sales execs tell me the reason they don’t ask for referrals is that they have other priorities. What is more important than generating qualified leads, getting every meeting with decision-makers, closing deals, and generating revenue? Lack of skills.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 4, 2019

You do a memorable job in making the sale. You provide impeccable service after the sale. To boost sales, make an impression, or get an audience. Align with a business that will deliver a gift of what they do at a reduced cost in exchange for the opportunity to make a sales call on your prospect or customer. FREE GitBit.

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