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4 Ways to Get Past the Gatekeeper (No Tricks Required)

No More Cold Calling

When you have a referral introduction, there’s no need to dupe the gatekeeper. It’s tiresome reading about how to get past the gatekeeper. These “gatekeeper” tactics are insincere, duplicitous, unprofessional, offensive, and a waste of sales time. Gatekeepers are good at their jobs. Of course you would.

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Why You Should STOP Cold Calling Immediately (2020 Update)

No More Cold Calling

Whether you’re sending direct mail, knocking on doors to make an in-person sales call, sending unsolicited email, or prospecting on social media —your leads are cold, and your outreach is uninvited. Message to cold callers: Pestering strangers is NOT the way to prospect.

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How to Reach Decision Makers Every Time

No More Cold Calling

When you receive a referral introduction, you breeze past gatekeepers and walk right into meetings with your prospects. Create m etrics and accountability: Referral success can be tracked and measured just as easily as results from cold calling, direct mail, and advertising. Then, ask for an introduction.

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B2B Sales Emails that Open Conversations with Executives

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Sabrina Ferraioli When you try to call business executives, you’re up against some substantial hurdles — gatekeepers, voicemail, caller ID and their not-a-minute-to-spare schedules. Include a P.S. Direct mail letters always have a postscript (PS). If you sometimes wish there was a better way, you’re not alone.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

Pointclear

According to the Direct Marketing Association’s Power of Direct Marketing study, B-to-B marketers spent $14 billion in 2011 on telephone marketing for lead generation in the U.S. That compares to $7 billion spent on direct mail and $4.5 billion on search marketing for the same purpose.

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3 MUST HAVES DNA for High Performing Sales Teams - Pt.1 The Hunter

Anthony Cole Training

Tools - uses technology to aid and assist in the traditional methods of prospecting: pre-approch mail, direct mail, social networking, prospect facing networking opportunities. Has NO Need for Approval - This individual gets past gatekeepers and has a very powerful message to deliver to the prospect.

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3 Absolutely MUST HAVES for High Performing Sales Teams

Anthony Cole Training

Tools - uses technology to aid and assist in the traditional methods of prospecting: pre - approch mail, direct mail, social networking, prospect facing networking opportunities. They are not likely to be thrown off by the gatekeepers techniques of disuasion or the objections of the propsect.