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The Unrecognized Benefits of Cold Calling

Iannarino

There is a bottomless pit of people, especially on social media, who will tell you why you should not make cold calls. You know these people are not serious when it comes to sales because the replacements they recommend all share the potential pitfalls of the cold call, but lack any of the benefits. Synchronous Communication.

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What to Track About Your Competitors

Iannarino

There is nothing you can do about how your rivals compete. You should, however, know their approach so you can counter their strategies. Chances are, you worry too much about your competition. For one thing, you can’t really do anything about how your competitors go about pursuing deals.

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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 ? Rather, let the results, numbers, and value do what most mere names cannot—close the deal!

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First You Create Value

Iannarino

The Gist: Your clients measure your performance by the value of the conversations they have with you. Your intentions can spoil the outcomes you hope for by preventing the conversation from being valuable to your contacts. The first thing you need to do is to create value for your prospective client. No more pushy sales tactics.

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How to Time Your Value Creation

Iannarino

It’s also important that you have the right conversations at the right time. You want to match your conversations to the client’s needs, even if it means placing them “out of order” from how you were trained. Why Us: You may have been taught and trained to share your company’s story as a way to establish your credibility.

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3 considerations before leaving your martech vendor

Martech

Have you sensed that your martech solution or vendor is losing interest? Or do you have concerns that recent updates might indicate a change in strategy that could threaten your own interests? Instead of propping you on a warm pillow of comfort, your support folks could be blowing smoke up your — well, you get the picture.

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Prioritizing Sales Tasks In Order of Importance

Iannarino

The Gist: We want to win deals, but we can’t do that without first creating them. Build your sales workday around the outcomes you need to create, working in the order that enables the next outcome. Failing to put tasks in the right order often leaves you off track or even unable to reach your goals. In Order of Unimportance.

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