Archived posts tagged with cold calling

What Your Prospect Says Is More Than Just A Distraction

My observation from dealing with hundreds of sellers on the phone—and please don’t assume this is a cold caller issue alone as a great many sellers make these mistakes whether on the phone or in-person although they seem to be more prevalent in phone conversations—is they cannot distinguish between a straightforward question about their product or service, an objection to purchasing, and a direct statement ending the conversation. But if we sellers want to be relevant to prospects, we better learn the communication skills that have always been one of the hallmarks of the top sellers.

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Getting Over Your Fear of Cold Calling

The accepted wisdom is that reps do not like to cold call for fear of rejection. Strange because you never hear reps say they are afraid to engage with prospects or submit proposals because they may get rejected. Consistent prospecting action is a critical element of building a healthy sales pipeline.

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Why Preparing for Prospecting Will Help You Get Better Results

Since most sales people do not like to prospect to begin with, they like preparing for cold calling even less. Anything worth doing is worth doing right, and in sales and prospecting that means taking the time to prepare.

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Shift Your Cold Calling Hours

Many people suggest that you do your calling first thing in the AM. Reality is that you need to shift your prospecting calls to when your audience is more likely to be available.

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Get Inside Info on Prospects and Customers

Try to read every new sales book that’s published and your head will spin. Worse than that, you’ll second-guess yourself constantly and change your selling strategy on every sales call. But occasionally a book comes along for sales professionals that offers something completely different and important.

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Linking Up to New Prospects

Good, 15-minute podcast on leveraging LinkedIn for cold calling purposes. My two cents: LinkedIn is great, but be careful how you use. You could alienate people (your contacts and theirs) really quickly if you don’t do this in the right way.

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The Right Opener

Colleen Francis with some good thoughts on the best opening line to use when cold calling. Here’s more on sales scripts, writing an elevator pitch and telephone sales script as well.

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Does Cold Calling Work?

James Durbin outlines five basic truths about cold calling. James also reviews Sean Cheyney’s “5 Ways to Screw up a Cold Call”. And there’s even more on sales scripts, writing an elevator speech and telephone sales script as well.

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Setting Appointments, Part 2

Some time back, we lobbed our first grenade at the current method of setting appointments through mass phone calls. It’s become one of our most popular posts.
Finally, we come through with a follow-up. The short message: call when companies are ready to work with you! And here’s how you find out when that is…

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