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The Unrecognized Benefits of Cold Calling

Iannarino

The Gist: Teaching salespeople to avoid making cold calls stunts their growth and development. Asynchronous prospecting does not provide the experience necessary to become a great salesperson. There is a bottomless pit of people, especially on social media, who will tell you why you should not make cold calls.

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Cold Calling vs. Warm Calling

Iannarino

A cold call is any call you make to a prospective client who isn’t expecting to hear from you. Some percentage of salespeople are uncomfortable calling strangers, even though every good thing that happens in sales starts with meeting a stranger.

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Why a Fear of Cold Calling is Destroying the Latest Sales Generation

Iannarino

The Gist: Salespeople are being taught to fear cold calling by people who should know better. Much of the advice they offer validates and even spreads a fear of sales interactions. There is never a reason to fear calling a stranger, especially since every won deal starts by meeting a stranger. The Mass Infection of Fear.

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Cold Calling Was Never “Alive!”

Partners in Excellence

For years, the fashion has been to declare, “Cold calling is dead!” Or any other engagement approach where “cold calling,” is the obvious foil. It seems to strengthen whatever position they want to take, and some are valid, the primary argument is to declare “Cold Calling Is Dead.”

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The Ultimate Guide to Sales Outreach

Sales outreach is an art and a science. In this eBook, we’ll cover: How you should respond to inbound leads Tactics for engaging outbound leads (cold calls, email automation, and gifts) The key to keeping a prospective account alive for the long haul Buckle up!

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4 Cold Calling Tips for Making a Good First Impression

Veloxy

In addition to being a great Nicolas Cage movie, those four words also demonstrate what your prospect will be if you don’t have the right first impression formula for cold calling. Why do you need a first impression for cold calling ? Bookmark Now: Cold Calling - Everything a Sales Person Needs to Know.

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The Complete Guide to Cold Call Scripts

Veloxy

Are your cold call scripts costing you potential qualified leads? Cold call scripts are not one-size-fits-all, so what works for one team may not work for the next. If you sell telecommunications, your cold calls could and should be different than a salesperson selling software. Prospect: Yes!

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3 Sizzling Ways to Warm up Cold Calls

Even in today’s data-driven sales world, cold calling remains a fact of life for many go-to-market professionals. Fortunately, today’s sales leaders have a crucial advantage over their predecessors: market intelligence and outreach platforms that can warm up virtually any introduction.