No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

What can we learn from our ancestors about connecting with prospects and clients? So embrace your inner caveman (or cavewoman), and start connecting with people the old-fashioned way—in person. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business' Connect with No More Cold Calling.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Steve Hall had an interesting idea, “If prospecting and engaging our customers is one of the most difficult things in selling, why do we put our least experienced people in those roles? It’s hugely fashionable right now, so many organizations are trying to copy it. Not long ago, I saw an interesting discussion.

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SBI Growth

JULY 13, 2013

Dave was promoted to be Acme’s VP of Sales for the Americas. He did it as a District Sales Manager. Dave became VP of Sales for the Americas. Dave became VP of Sales for the Americas. In the first 6 months he: Did monthly pipeline reviews with every sales manager. Dave was a turnaround guy.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 3, 2019

Too often when I speak to sales managers, they focus on “monitoring” their sales people. Are the sales people hitting their goals on prospecting calls, customer meetings, and so forth? You need to up your prospecting calls hitting our daily call goals! You need more deals in your pipeline!

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Your prospects may stop listening to you too if you slam your competitor! It's become fashionable to attach someone's name to a behavior. Sales Manager: "Hey Steve, how did you make out on that sales call to Exxon/Mobil?". Sales Manager: "What happened?". Was Obama discredited by his attacks?

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Pointclear

MAY 5, 2017

Now there is a rush for software and computers to reason (yes, that is the right word) and to take action for sales and marketing revenue increases by people or in a programmatic fashion. Sales managers must acknowledge that AI is going to make its way into the ways in which sales people work, prospect, and sell.

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Braveheart Sales

JANUARY 2, 2018

Here is a quick checklist for sales managers to make sure you have everyone focused correctly. Each individual salesperson must know what’s expected of them regarding sales. This includes where the sales need to come from – will it be from new clients, an expansion of existing clients, or some combination of the two?

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Coincidentally, several of their sales managers were supposed to attend our sales leadership event and were unable to be with us because they were required to be at the client appreciation event. To me, the concept that salespeople entertain their clients in that fashion sounded very 70''s.

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The Pipeline

JULY 26, 2018

We may now live in a digital culture with all sorts of wireless gadgets, but nothing has replaced good, old-fashioned salesmanship. You (and your sales managers) invested your time and effort to bridge that comfort gap and you became successful. Is this actually the death of salesmen? Not really. It took time and practice.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 15, 2019

The fashionable answer to making our numbers is doing more–finding more opportunities. Alternatively, if we are making our numbers, and we are driven to grow, the fashionable answer is, find more opportunities. “Want to grow 20%, you have to prospect and find 20% more opportunities.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

B2B companies are making significant investments in solutions that ensure they have access to data across their prospect base. These investments include technologies and platforms that ensure prospects are tracked in a B2B world. For sales and marketing professionals, one of AI’s biggest benefits will be improving.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 10, 2020

And companies will service anyone in this fashion, no matter how they appear or are dressed. Yet they don’t provide this same deference to their prospects and customers. In a sales situation, you must bring respect, wisdom and additional value to your buyer; otherwise, they’ll go elsewhere. It’s a very customer-centric approach.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2024

Your sales manager has given your team a big pep talk encouraging you to dial, dial, dial. I’ve found that cold calling is an excellent way to engage prospects one-on-one and move them to the next step in the buying process. Cold calling is most effective when paired with strategies such as prospecting and sales qualification.

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

This was a tip I learned from one of the most favorite of my 21 sales managers over my selling career – a former IBM top sales rep and leader who would say this so regularly that it was ingrained in my 20-something brain and has been there ever since. Prospects and buyers are so busy.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 7, 2022

Performance management process? Demand gen/prospecting? Bid management process? We’ve trained our managers in coaching. Some suggestions: Sales management, enablement, and operations need understand the connection of each tool to the outcomes actually produced. Onboarding? If not, why not?

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Nutshell

JUNE 19, 2024

Most of the time, salespeople can close more deals by asking good questions, listening to their prospects, and understanding how their solutions solve real-world problems. But sales is as much psychology as it is good old-fashioned business dealing. When you’ve walked through your proposal or quote, ask directly for the sale.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 12, 2018

This technique works because it creates a sense of urgency and can help overcome inertia when a prospect wants to buy -- but for some reason isn't pulling the trigger. Salespeople who use this closing technique reiterate the items the customer is hopefully purchasing (stressing the value and benefits) in an effort to get the prospect to sign.

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Revegy

MAY 4, 2021

It’s no secret that many companies are struggling to realize their returns on investment (ROI) in any quantifiable fashion, meaning companies are spending a significant amount of money on CRM solutions that often fail to live up to expectations. Traditional CRM platforms provide a backward-looking view of sales and customer activity.

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Allego

JANUARY 11, 2024

To help you out, I did the work for you and found some of the top GPTs for sales professionals. Below you’ll find GPTs for sales coaching, sales content, sales leadership, sales management, and sales strategy. Suggested prompts: How should I approach a new prospect?

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SBI

JUNE 28, 2021

Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? Q: What steps can Sales Enablement leaders take to best facilitate their prospects’ decision-making given that interactions are likely remote?

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 18, 2022

Perhaps a small number of people don’t really understand why it’s so important, but agree because it’s fashionable. Most of the data shows: Too many managers aren’t coaching their people. These external coaches can be leveraged by managers in focusing on specific skill areas.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As your business grows, manually keeping track of your prospects and customers with spreadsheets and random notes in different places becomes near impossible. Not only is this type of system time- and energy-consuming to manage, but things also start slipping through the cracks at an alarming rate. Benefits of CRM. Deal Stage.

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Highspot

MAY 26, 2022

Sometimes, it’s possible to capture lightning in a bottle, and reps can pull off sales miracles. And as any sales manager will tell you, some reps just seem to have whatever it takes to always pull off a sale, which can lead to a massive imbalance on the team.

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Pointclear

MAY 15, 2013

The top performers aren’t the problem—it’s the middle-of-the-road sales people who believe that by eliminating a dodgy deal they are reducing the value of their pipeline—when of course the opposite is true. But it’s not just down to the sales people. And you might not irritate your prospects quite as much. Don’t Be a Smart Alec!

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Here we look at some of the more surprising aspects of the research and what this might mean for sales in the future. Prospecting for new leads in 2020 – the old and the new. The survey first looked at how salespeople prospected for new leads. It seems that sales prospects will invariably check them once they are contacted.

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Allego

JUNE 2, 2022

Although marketers conduct online research to supplement upcoming content, unless they consult with reps and sales managers—people with firsthand understanding of the sales cycle and buyer interactions—they’ll continue to put out materials that aren’t used, wasting time and effort. Construct More Agile Content.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Want to know the best way to get your 2012 sales off to a great start? Commit on your calendar a dedicated amount of time each week to prospect.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1).

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Your sales manager has given your team a big pep talk encouraging you to dial, dial, dial. Cold Call Script Examples How to Create a Cold Call Script The Best Cold Calling Script Ever Cold Calling Script Variation Cold Calling Script Templates Cold Calling Tips Once you have a list of prospects to call, it's time to reach out.

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PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

Sales velocity is a robust metric used by sales managers for good reason. It presents a snapshot of how your entire sales process is performing. This guide will explain the sales velocity formula and what it means for your business. Opportunities are those prospects that have been qualified by your sales team.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 3, 2021

We know that it is far more expensive to sell to a new customer than an existing one, making it very interesting that CRM companies rarely empower sales to existing accounts. Pipeliner, however, holistically supports the entire sales spectrum in a totally visual fashion. Combining With Technology.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 16, 2015

We’re in the right place at the right time and meet the perfect prospect. Other times prospects read content we’ve posted, and our phones ring off the hook. To keep your pipeline full of hot prospects and referral leads , make your own luck. Or better yet, stand out by sending an old-fashioned thank-you note.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 20, 2020

As there are many, many books on sales management, so there are endless publications, articles, and blogs on the subject of lead generation. This article doesn’t touch that subject but addresses another vital topic: how to handle leads as they’re coming in, and the basics of establishing your lead management.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Call me old fashioned but I prefer not to be hitting target on New Year’s Eve!! Begin by realising you can’t manage your target , which is an output. You can’t manage outputs. What you can manage is inputs. Average sales value: £5,000. Aim to hit target before the year end.

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Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 1, 2019

MENTAL TOUGHNESS Airica’s story doesn’t directly involve sales, but it does involve difficulty and mental toughness. She started working as a model in the fashion industry and she had a dream to succeed there. She realized that the fashion industry demands that you be your own product and that you bring your A-game all the time.

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Showpad

APRIL 23, 2021

Sales enablement focuses on granting sales agents easy, instantaneous access to the tools they need in order to have meaningful interactions with their prospects while remaining grounded in a firm understanding of pain points, product offerings and general subject matter expertise.

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Anthony Iannarino

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

After I moved to Los Angeles to play music, my manager forced me into outside sales when I was twenty-three years old (and still with shoulder-length hair). At twenty-five, clients and prospects treated me like I was young, and would often acknowledge that fact in sales calls. Learn how to sell without a sales manager.

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