No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. None of us stands out during prospecting. When they get introductions from people their prospects know and trust, they walk straight into meetings with your ideal clients. Referred reps don’t have to worry about lead-gen. That’s a fact.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 17, 2019

In fact, 83 percent of satisfied customers are willing to refer products and services, according to a marketing survey conducted by Texas Tech. What if the person says no and refuses to refer us? A referral introduction means prospects have agreed to talk to salespeople, unlike cold calling victims who never asked to be interrupted.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 16, 2020

At least, that’s what many prospects have come to believe. If they can’t help, they’ll refer someone who can. How Your Prospects Choose Whom to Trust. And just as importantly, who do your clients and prospects trust? They hear the word sales and think of the stereotypical used-car salesman. Top salespeople are different.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

percent of business buyers prefer to work with referred vendors, and 73 percent prefer to work with referred salespeople, according to IDC and LinkedIn. That’s leaving money on the table, because 83 percent of satisfied customers are willing to refer products and services, according to a marketing survey conducted by Texas Tech.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2025

It can seem harder when we cant meet in person, but prospects dont trust you simply because you meet face-to-face, shake hands, or share a meal. This is true no matter how theyre connecting with prospects. At least, thats what many prospects have come to believe. And if they cant help, they refer someone who can.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Layered on top of these activities are a myriad of sales enablement and social selling tools—all of which are intended to help salespeople with effective prospecting and, in turn, generating qualified sales leads. What does that say about your team’s prospecting prowess? Shorten the sales process because prospecting time collapses.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 4, 2019

Are you willing to refer your clients or customers to someone else? Is someone else willing to refer their clients or customers to you? 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. To generate new prospects.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 24, 2019

My definition of a cold call is any attempt to reach a prospect who doesn’t know you and doesn’t expect to hear from you. Regardless of the way you reach out—via email, social media, text, direct mail, or even a knock on the door—prospects are cold as ice unless they know who you are and expect to hear from you. What Is Cold Calling?

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 20, 2018

If only 20 percent of your clients were referred, then your team obviously hasn’t learned how to ask for referrals, which means you’re missing out on your prime source of qualified leads. Or, would you rather spend your time on a cold outreach and try a dozen touches to reach your prospect? Dramatically shorten your prospecting time.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 21, 2022

Why Your Prospects Won't Talk with You and What to Do About it - a rant. Protect Your References - a rant on why you shouldn't give out references unless it's the perfect time. Revenue Sensitivity - a rant on the lack of correlation between top salespeople and revenue. Why People Should Consider a Career in Sales.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The events of 2020 changed the customer buying journey, so we must change our prospecting tactics. But they’ll always speak with a person who’s been referred by a trusted colleague. percent of salespeople said that 50 percent or fewer of their initial prospects were a good fit. Suddenly it became almost impossible.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2019

When I refer you, I put my reputation on the line, so I need to trust that you’ll take care of my connection as I would. I refer you to someone I know well. They know I won’t waste their time, and they’ll gain insights from anyone I refer. So, when I refer you, this person’s trust in me gets transferred to you.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I’m not referring to the presentation step of the sales process, as much as I am using “sales presentations” as a replacement term for “sales calls.” Salespeople must differentiate between what is important to their prospects and customers, versus what is important only to them. Who cares other than me?

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Focus on finishing up what’s already well along in your sales process and encourage them to spend the rest of their time thinking ahead and prospecting for 2025. One more reference to check: You’ve coordinated with the client who is giving the reference and ensured the conversation has happened.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

If you have a big-deal prospect or client, you’d better jump on a plane, catch a train, or take a road trip as soon as possible. For sellers, this makes access to prospective buyers the first chokepoint. How do you get access to your prime prospects? Referrals can transfer earned trust from a customer to a prospect.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 7, 2018

When a trusted resource refers you to someone, you take the time to explore the option.”. You get leads, your prospect gets your expertise, and your referral source gets a reputation as someone with a network of experts. If you’re that kind of salesperson, referring you is not a favor. He chose the vendor his friend recommended.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

One of the most important skills that a salesperson needs to possess is the ability to engage in what I refer to as “appropriate and respectful confrontation” with a prospect…at least when the need arises. For the sake of simplicity, let’s just refer to that as the ability to push back.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 27, 2020

What they also don’t realize is that people will refer them because of the trusted relationships they’ve developed. People don’t refer companies; they refer people. Get a referral introduction from someone your prospect knows and trusts, and you get the meeting every time.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2017

Calls with their sales managers become about justifying why prospects should be in their pipelines in the first place, and discussing ways these account based sales reps can accelerate the buying process. Have you checked out the prospect’s LinkedIn profile? What are your other connections to this prospect? Get these in writing.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Why I won an award for prospecting. Always be prospecting” is my motto. Yes, sometimes December is super quiet, which means either clients aren’t ready, or you stopped prospecting. The post Prospecting Doesn’t Stop in December [Q4 Referral Selling Insights] appeared first on No More Cold Calling. Only 20 percent?)

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 27, 2019

While someone's reference to a hard sell may differ, the perception of the hard sell is fairly universal. After prospects state an objection, say they're not interested, or tell the salesperson, "No," prospects tend to raise their resistance. No offense intended to those of you in one of those three industries!

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

Fifty of the company’s best clients said they’d be glad to refer them! Get meetings with prime prospects in one call. Convert prospects to clients more than 50 percent of the time. In 2018, I was referred to LinkedIn Learning. We ask for an introduction to our ideal prospect. My client was thrilled, of course.

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Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2020

They’re a critical part of personalized prospecting and account-based strategy. Great sales emails typically reflect a deep understanding of who the prospect is and what they care about. So forget your product features and brush off the benefits, because you’re going to connect with your prospect on a (virtually) human level.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 7, 2018

When they get introductions from people their prospects know and trust, they walk straight into meetings with your ideal clients. Reps cold call, send cold emails, do cold outreach on social media, and rely on marketing to nurture prospects and send them qualified leads. They forget that technology doesn’t close deals.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 26, 2024

How to Turn Your Suspects Into Qualified Prospects Ben confided in me about the four types of people in his database: suspects, prospects, clients, and the dead. Curious, I asked Ben to clarify the difference between suspects and prospects. Prospects, though? Those were people referred to him by someone they trusted.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

However, many sales reps may find themselves unsure of how to best lead a meeting with prospects over video. Consider holding a Q&A session to get to know prospects better and for them to know you and the company better. In addition, refer to attendees by their names when asking questions. Recently established hobbies.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Managers tell reps to stress the quality, the warranty, the features and benefits, but your prospects have heard all that before, haven’t they? Often times, services and products are roughly the same, and prospects will buy from the people they like, know or trust. Want a better way? But there isn’t. Get Access Today.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 4, 2018

When people refer you, they’re wagering their reputations, so they must be confident that you will provide insights, won’t pitch, value the trust they have in you, and have a stellar follow-up. Equally important, they need to know the business reason to refer you—that you have something valuable and relevant to offer the prospect.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 266

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

percent of business buyers prefer to work with referred vendors, and 73 percent prefer to work with referred salespeople, according to IDC and LinkedIn. That’s leaving money on the table, because 83 percent of satisfied customers are willing to refer products and services, according to a marketing survey conducted by Texas Tech.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 2, 2019

What they also don’t realize is that people will refer them because of the trusted relationships they’ve developed. People don’t refer companies, they refer people. Get a referral introduction from someone your prospect knows and trusts, and you get the meeting every time. Referrals are the #1 way to expand your business.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 17, 2019

I’ve spent many years selling in startups and small businesses and every time the biggest issue cratering the sales pipeline is getting enough meetings with appropriate prospects. There’s an alternative way to get meetings with prospective clients, but sales people don’t generally use it. Getting in-the-door with a cold calling.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 5, 2019

Try to get the prospect to prepare information for your meeting. If you can get the prospect to gather and/or compile information, you have an interested prospect who will be willing to talk and listen. Failure to follow up and deliver as promised makes you and your customer look bad to the prospect. Life or death.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In my experience, at least half the people you ask for referrals will introduce you to your ideal prospect. Referred prospects convert to clients a minimum 50 percent of the time (most salespeople tell me it’s closer to 70 percent). 10 people introduce you to your ideal prospect. No more than 20. 5 are a perfect fit.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Whether you are a CEO, vice president, or sales manager, you have a central role in your company’s sales process and in the decision to transition from vapid outbound prospecting to selling through referrals. So, your first action is to SHOW your sales team your commitment to prospecting through referrals. Number of referrals received.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 5, 2017

And unless asking for referrals is an organization’s #1 outbound prospecting strategy, sales teams will revert to their old habits: cold calling and occasionally asking for referrals to “anybody.”. It would be great if happy customers referred us all the time. Referred prospects actually want to hear from your team.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 18, 2018

priority in your sales prospecting techniques. You’re measuring them on the same old ineffective sales prospecting techniques, like cold calling , cold emailing, and inappropriate social media activities. That kind of prospecting activity doesn’t drive revenue. Convert prospects to clients well more than 50 percent of the time.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Sometimes, prospects will give me their personal email address, after a good phone call, because it will get lost if I email their business account!”. For example, we sell to sales and marketing, so the fiscal calendar year drives decisions for our prospects. I like to use references to “end of quarter” or “end your month strong.”

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