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Are You Telling the Truth About Asking for Referrals? [Q3 Referral Selling Roundup]

No More Cold Calling

I used to think it was just sales newbies who struggled with referral reluctance. When seasoned salespeople started admitting they also felt uncomfortable asking for referrals, I was shocked. If sales pros can’t muster the courage to ask clients for referrals , I doubt anyone outside the sales team is asking with any regularity.

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’Tis the Season to Expand Your Referral Network: November Referral Selling Insights

No More Cold Calling

This is the best time to build your referral network. Invite prospects and clients to come along with you. In the meantime, check out this month’s posts from No More Cold Calling: 4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Get the Referral on LinkedIn. This time, she arranged a call with her colleague to get the referral. What a difference!

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How to Build Trust and Generate Leads with a Referral Program

No More Cold Calling

And how can a B2B referral program drive up those numbers? Talk to any software vendor, and they can’t wait to show you their cool software. Problem is, buyers don’t actually buy software. They buy what your software does for them—how it saves time, decreases costs, engages customers, tracks referrals, etc.

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Your Lead Gen Is Broken (Here’s How to Fix It)

No More Cold Calling

Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. None of us stands out during prospecting. Talk to any software vendor, and they can’t wait to show you their cool software. Problem is, buyers don’t actually buy software. Try this instead. That’s a fact. Can I Trust You?

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Truth Bomb: Salespeople All Look Alike to B2B Buyers

No More Cold Calling

Referrals help you stand out in a sea of B2B sellers. Talk to any software vendor, and they can’t wait to show you their cool software. But buyers don’t actually buy software. They buy what the software does for them—how it saves time, decreases costs, engages customers, tracks referrals, etc.

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Get Referral Examples That Work on LinkedIn Learning (April Referral Selling Insights)

No More Cold Calling

Wouldn’t it be great if we could put our iPads under our pillows and awaken with a referral system that delivers qualified leads to our pipelines day after day? LinkedIn Learning has just released my complete referral system. I share plenty of referral examples and explain why referral sales works.

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Want Referrals? Ask Women [September Referral Selling Insights]

No More Cold Calling

It’s the number of views on my LinkedIn Status Update asking why referrals aren’t discussed as the #1 approach to smart prospecting. The responses got me thinking about why women in account based sales are especially adept at referral selling, and why women receive ( and give ) more referrals than men—many times unsolicited.

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