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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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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 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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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. Introduction.

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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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How to Avoid Spamming Someone on a Cold Call

Iannarino

You can make the same mistakes when making a cold call by using the same flawed techniques. As a professional courtesy, I accept cold calls. I even take the spam calls that reach my iPhone, working very hard to persuade the person trying to steal from me to quit their job and find a more honorable profession.

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How to Build a Cold Calling Campaign

Iannarino

In the sales world of the past, you would have made a single cold call to a prospective client. Most of the time, you failed to acquire the meeting, but occasionally, some nice person would agree to your request. Having been told no by the rest of your contacts, you'd look for another contact in another company.

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