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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

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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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. Because of these obstacles, it takes dogged persistence coupled with sales skills to start a meaningful conversation. Keep it Short .

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How to Reach Decision Makers Every Time

No More Cold Calling

There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. The biggest challenge for sales teams is seller access , according to Gartner’s recent report, The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021. A referral is the best way to get a meeting with the decision maker.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

Pointclear

These are the five essential channels you can rely on for generating a steady stream of inquiries that you can then convert to qualified leads, and have a prayer of closing enough sales to meet your revenue quota. 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

One of their recent posts is about building a "Rock Star Team of Sales Hunters". They highlight a research paper by one of their partners, Vorsight, that has identified a hunting sales model - (DEPT)^T. In this instance, the author of the research paper is suggestion that "DNA" is defined as the genetic code for sales hunters.

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3 Absolutely MUST HAVES for High Performing Sales Teams

Anthony Cole Training

I am reading the blog of Insideview's recent post is about building a "Rock Star Team of Sales Hunters". They highlight a research paper by one of their partners Vorsight that has identified a hunting sales model - (DEPT)^T. Using OMG sales person evaluation let's further explore each one of these DNA strands.