No More Cold Calling

MAY 17, 2019

Asking for referrals feels riskier than cold calling. I’m not sure of the reason, but I have never been comfortable asking for referrals.” That comment was from a 20-year sales veteran, the kind of seasoned pro who should know how to get referrals, and given this person’s track record, should feel confident about asking.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

This is a truthful and proven guide for how to ask for referrals. You won’t read that referrals are easy or that all you have to do is ask. What you will read are lessons and insights that I have gleaned from working my referral system with clients for the past 23 years. But referral selling is easier said than done.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Referrals aren’t favors. Salespeople often downplay the importance of referral networks or just don’t know how to ask for a referral. Relationships and referrals are what business is all about! The two of them trust each other and value the relationship, so Wes didn’t need to shop the market. You know the type.)

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 4, 2019

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. These are your best prospects for an alliance. Talk to people who sell your prospect before your sale is possible. To generate new prospects.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 1, 2020

She wanted to discuss having me speak to her team about referrals. Not only was she rude and disrespectful, but if she didn’t follow up with me, I wouldn’t trust her to follow up with my referrals. Referrals are very, very personal. Don’t tarnish your reputation, or the reputation of your referral sources.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 14, 2019

I didn’t plan to start my referral business so soon. From Consulting Business to Referral Business. It never crossed my mind that I’d launch a referral business. I didn’t focus on the referral business angle until I started working with my first client. I asked specific questions about referrals. The Answer: No.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Are your sales reps wasting time prospecting? If you’ve beaten the odds and have held your role for more than 18 months, you’ve already gotten your team lined up, your prospecting strategy in place, and your goals set. 6 Ways a Referral Program Solves These Top Challenges. Your Team Isn’t Asking for Referrals.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2021

On that note, take a look at what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling about relationship building and referral selling …. Unless you address the broken links in your prospecting system, your sales reps will continue to struggle with closing the deal. Is Asking for Referrals on Social Media Rude? Try This. “My

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 30, 2021

One person even said that referral selling changed the trajectory of his business. Ready to read more about referral selling? Check out what you might have missed from my blog over the last few months: Celebrating 25 Years in Referrals: My Story. My first client was an outplacement firm (and a referral). That’s a fact.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 5, 2018

Referral sales is personal … but it’s still business. I recently received the following email: “I finished your book on referral sales last night, and now I’m building my 100 names so that I can ask for introductions to a couple of decent sales reps with some experience selling to my market. My Referral I.Q. There it is.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 7, 2018

Despite the fact that most companies have marketing automation solutions, targeted outreach by SDRs, and intense social media strategies, account execs still aren’t making quota. And how can a B2B referral program drive up those numbers? You put a referral program in place that ensures reps have the skills to ask for referrals.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

This post describes a framework that I have found over the last two decades can really change the math on prospecting. Humans, aka your prospects, don’t care about?your?problems Consider the following questions to help you get into your prospects’ shoes and see how you can serve them. Your prospect decides to do?

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

End the year with a bang using the only prospecting strategy that converts prospects into clients more than 50 percent of the time. Referral selling is by far the most effective sales strategy out there. The truth is that our prospects still need us just as much as they did before. Learn more.) Read more.)

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

In fact, 84% of B2B decision makers start the buying process with a referral ( source ). We touched on this phenomenon in a recent blog post about word-of-mouth marketing. Today, we’re taking a deeper look at one of the most effective word-of-mouth marketing strategies: referral marketing.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 25, 2020

Is your sales team searching too many faces, looking for traces of prospects, instead of narrowing the search to recruit only your ideal clients? Of all the B2B lead generation tools at your disposal, referral selling is the most effective and least expensive. Companies focus their sales prospecting on signing new logos.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Why don’t account based selling teams ask for referrals? Why is asking for referrals ad hoc and not a discipline? 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. Referral selling is the most personal kind of selling on the planet.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 20, 2017

Here’s how to cure your prospecting problem. Let’s set the record straight: Most everyone on your sales team has call reluctance—whether they’re cold calling or asking for referrals. What’s to fear about prospecting? I use the referral system I developed 20 years ago. Prospecting Creates the Same Fear Today.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

This is a truthful and proven guide for how to ask for referrals. You won’t read that referrals are easy or that all you have to do is ask. What you will read are lessons and insights that I have gleaned from working my referral system with clients for the past 23 years. But referral selling is easier said than done.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 30, 2018

Referrals are HOT, HOT, HOT! Unless your prospect knows who you are and expects to hear from you, you might as well step into a freezer. Just because someone you know is connected to your prospect, doesn’t mean they actually know each other. Dialing for dollars or getting referrals? Stop rationalizing.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 30, 2020

In fact, they didn’t even need to talk to prospects, because they had great tech tools. The #1 Way to Land Top Prospects Now. They cut advertising, travel, training, marketing, and discretionary expense line items. The #1 Way to Land Top Prospects Now.”). Reps told me they didn’t need to have sales conversations.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

A referral is the best way to get a meeting with the decision maker. Referrals help you ace Part One and set you up for success in Part Two. That’s an over-simplification, I know, but it’s the easiest way for people to understand the power of a referral introduction. Part Two: Everything that happens after that.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. Despite the fact that most companies have marketing automation solutions, targeted outreach by SDRs, and intense social media strategies, account execs are still missing quota en masse. None of us stands out during prospecting. That’s a fact.

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Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

And with generative AI taking hold in the sales and marketing professions, these numbers will only get worse, as more emails are generated, and buyers get even more inundated with unsolicited messages. Go to the conferences and live events where your potential customers and referral partners go. Phone call connect rates (i.e.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Finally, after two decades of working with CROs, sales VPs, and CEOs on referral selling, the conversation has shifted. Clients now ask: “How do I create a referral culture?”. That says it all, and that’s the goal of a referral culture. My referral course launched on LinkedIn Learning , so it’s accessible to everyone.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 22, 2024

Referrals solve the key problems that modern sales leaders face. A disciplined referral program—with ongoing coaching, metrics, and accountability for results—is the solution to the key business development challenges that CROs face today. Without high-quality prospects, your team can’t close enough deals to meet revenue targets.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Sure, marketing will toss you some names after the holidays, but those aren’t leads you can count on. If you want to boost your sales pipeline for Q1, I have a simple “ask”: Check out my referral course on LinkedIn Learning. Once they learn how, they vow to adopt a referral approach for 2020. Tough, right? I’d had it.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 19, 2018

Author: John Ruhlin Decades ago, sales professionals hit upon a mantra to understand how to woo prospects: “What’s in it for me?” Such a negative viewpoint only fosters a feeling of distrust for sales experts, making it tough to close deals and garner referrals. But the value of our referral traffic makes the waiting worthwhile.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Why the sudden interest in referral sales? The events of 2020 changed the customer buying journey, so we must change our prospecting tactics. Or rather, change them back —from digital marketing to relationship building. Referrals are as old as time. Referrals are based on trust. A sudden decline in seller access.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 27, 2020

What do the following have in common: Referrals, Meetings, Minimal Marketing, and Maximum Impact? Get the referral, get the meeting. You’ve heard me say that many times, but it’s now come to life—with a provocative addition from my colleague Sonia Dumas, who says “ Marketing is Minimal, Impact is Maximum.”

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

When you prospect by referral, you treat all customers like gold. I’ve never had a good customer experience at that market, but this was over the top. They can also help fill your pipeline with referrals to piping hot leads. That’s why a referral culture leads to a stellar customer experience. I’d had it.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 2, 2019

Perhaps they came from marketing, IT, product development, finance, consulting, or customer success. I looked forward to discussing why referrals were the fastest business driver and how to create a measurable, impactful referral sales plan. Was anyone going to come and learn how to sell by referral? I waited and waited.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

For more on referral sales, check out my blog posts from this month: Why You Need to Make Time for Asking for Referrals. Is your team asking for referrals? Are you getting customer referrals? Or are you sticking with your current prospecting strategy—“personalized” marketing and social media blasts?

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It starts with inbound leads: responding to leads from marketing, answering website inquiries, and following up with podcast and webinar attendees. in my Referral I.Q. What does that say about your team’s prospecting prowess? This does, however, explain why prospecting is so challenging for most sales teams.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 1, 2020

Referrals from your clients and network : In all my years of selling the one thing that I have found makes the biggest difference is having a relationship. From a relationship you can get a referral. Referrals get you in multiple times more easily than when you are an “outsider”. They can be your aunt or plumber. It still works.

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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. Too many account based selling teams over-rely on technology to reach their prospects. It requires personal connections—referral introductions from current clients. I was wrong. Nothing else really matters.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Author: Matt Kamp For B2B sales teams, referrals are worth their weight in gold. In fact, most companies experience close rates of 10% to 30% from most lead sources, while referral-based sales tend to close at 50% to 70%. If you want to secure valuable partnerships to generate referrals, you have to take a strategic approach.

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The Sales Heretic

AUGUST 6, 2014

Recently my e-mail in-box was graced with the worst sales letter I’ve ever received: Subject: Referral please – company contact Dear Don: I am hoping you would direct me to the right people within your organization to speak with. Sales letter marketing prospect questions' Thus, it is [.].

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