Gong.io

MAY 3, 2018

Try googling cold calling tips and see what happens. So, why can we credibly claim that the cold calling tips in this article are the best ones you’ll ever read? At Gong.io, we have the largest database of recorded sales calls in the world. Cold Calling Tips: The Anatomy of Successful Cold Calls from Chris Orlob.

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Lead Fuze

JULY 18, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll delve into the art of handling sales objections effectively. We will explore common objections you might encounter during prospecting or follow-up calls such as price, budget, competitor comparisons, and timing issues. If so, how will you address this objection?

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 19, 2019

That’s everything captured using Gong during web conference meetings, phone calls, and emails. And if there’s one part of the discussion you’ll want to steer with a strong arm, it’s objection handling. Respond to objections by asking questions. Sales Tip #7: Avoid Discovery on Cold Calls.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

When I think about different types of sales calls, some of the first terms that come to mind are terms like warm calling or cold calling. These are important to understand of course, but salespeople aren't always going to call just to pitch to a potential customer — the job encompasses so much more.

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Martech

JULY 19, 2023

She’s done everything from cold calling to cutting-edge B2B marketing. I got to really know outbound marketing: Objection handling, what do we say to a customer? I found a startup called MRP and was there in the beginning with the founders James Reagan and Kevin Cunningham. I ended up leaving them.

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criteria for success

JANUARY 20, 2022

Fielding unexpected objections can be one of the most daunting aspects of sales, especially for a new hire or someone new to selling entirely. This fear is also a leading cause of debilitating “head trash” that can keep salespeople from making enough cold-calls or setting up new business meetings.

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Gong.io

AUGUST 22, 2018

These sales conversations were recorded on web conferencing platforms, transcribed from speech to text, and tied to the sales outcomes they produced so we could analyze what selling behaviors correlate with success. They spread their questions evenly throughout the call, leaving plenty of “breathing room” between each major question.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Gone are the days of cold calls and one-size-fits-all pitches. The B2B sales process is a structured yet flexible journey tailored to meet the unique needs of customers. Each stage requires specific selling skills to satisfy prospect needs. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

The strategy ensures reps are well-prepared to meet and exceed sales targets. The goal of a blended and financially supported approach is to transform sales professionals into exceptional performers, equipped and ready to meet evolving customer needs and achieve measurable business outcomes.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Here’s how you get out of this trap, with one magic heck-of-a-sentence about the sales objection they named: “If we somehow figured out how to solve that issue completely, what other obstacles would we have to overcome before moving forward?”. If the customer voices other obstacles, those may be the real sales objections you’re up against.

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Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

Sales success = meeting booked in the next 10 days. Sales Stat #2: DON’T ask for time when booking meetings with cold emails. We’ve all shared a link to our calendar in a cold email. Silence, followed by phone hanging up sound. I was hoping you’d call! Opening a cold call with “Did I catch you at a bad time?”

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Salesforce

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Benefits of a playbook Sales plays to include in your playbook How to write an effective playbook How to keep your playbook up to date 7 sales playbook types and examples Make your enablement about results, not effort Close your revenue gaps and get more out of every rep — with Sales Programs delivered in your CRM. What are sales plays?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Their calendars are blocked with 76 meetings. And to make it worse, everyone and their start-up cousin is calling them, which makes it tremendously difficult to stand out. Chances are you’ve heard the advice, “ Don’t sell something you don’t believe in. ” Sell time on your calendar. For the rest of you, listen up.

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

Inside sales (sometimes called remote sales or remote selling) is often the primary sales model for B2B, SaaS, tech, and certain high-ticket B2C sales teams. Let’s say you’re looking to implement a new email marketing campaign , and you need an email automation platform to set it up. Inside sales vs. outside sales .

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For example, as part of the sales process, a rep may choose to reach out on LinkedIn or make cold calls to find prospects. When you’ve really got the stages in the right order in your sales cycle down, it frees you up to be connected with your prospect in the moment,” said Elyse Archer, CEO and founder of She Sells.

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Gong.io

JUNE 19, 2018

Step 1 – Prospecting: Get the First Meeting Every Time. If you can hold their attention, you’re twice as likely to book a meeting as someone who can only keep them on a three-minute call: You’ll hold their attention by making sure you have s omething worth saying. In fact, it makes you 40% less likely to book a meeting.

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Gong.io

MAY 12, 2019

Let’s move from a cold call through to a closed deal. That’s true whether you meet them in person or on a cold call. That phrase should have been put to bed ages ago, but it’s in enough sales books that new recruits still pick it up. Simply put, there’s no cold call opening line that works better.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2023

Bonus: 7 ChatGPT Prompts for Selling to the C-Suite Table of contents What AI can do for AEs Introduction to ChatGPT Easy guide: How to set up and use ChatGPT 5 things you should use ChatGPT for right now (with prompts!) Meet ChatGPT: The account executive’s AI personal assistant What is ChatGPT?

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Highspot

JULY 6, 2023

With proven sales training strategies and ongoing coaching and enablement, reps will be ready to tackle the art of selling. Becoming a good salesperson involves much more than simply knowing your product; it’s a rich blend of product and market expertise, meaningful dialogue, solution-based selling, and emotional intelligence.

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Gong.io

JULY 6, 2018

So from our brains to yours, here are the 21 best tips you’ll ever read about sales calls. Sales Call Tip #1: Schedule Your Sales Call for the Right Time. Congrats on landing the sales meeting. There are good and bad times of day for the first sales meeting. Sales Call Tip #2: Structure Your Sales Call.

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Salesforce

MAY 30, 2023

Get answers to your burning questions about the best ways to sell, learn, and grow in this ever-changing field. You pick them because of their reputation, how they relate to you, and how they meet your needs. It’s crucial to stay up to date on skills and education (via sales certifications, typically). Have a question?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

So you decided to become a sales development representative … My guess is your plan involved getting a promotion or making a lateral move within a year, as that’s the plan for most people who sign up for what I call “the struggle.” . They train you on how to introduce yourself, the company’s value prop, and objection handling. .

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Whether you call them SDRs, account executives (AEs), or business development representatives (BDRs), their ability to engage prospects through persistent, multi-channel communication outreach, and swift follow-up strategies is critical in transforming leads into viable opportunities and improving retention.

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Salesforce

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As celebrated entrepreneur Siva Devaki noted, “Sales is not about selling, but about building trust and educating.” ” To ensure you lead a successful sales call, we’ve curated expert tips and techniques below, including guidance on how to prepare. What you’ll learn: What is a sales call? If so, with whom?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 28, 2019

Whether they are SDR hire #1 or #20, you need to get them up and running quickly and efficiently. For many companies, the ramp-up time for new sales professionals typically is 6 months or more, but inside sales has changed. Here are some simple ways to ramp up SDRs to see those results as soon as possible. Objection handling.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2023

Bonus: 7 ChatGPT Prompts for Selling to the C-Suite Table of contents What AI can do for AEs Introduction to ChatGPT Easy guide: How to set up and use ChatGPT 5 things you should use ChatGPT for right now (with prompts!) Meet ChatGPT: The account executive’s AI personal assistant What is ChatGPT?

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Ready to amp up your sales training results? You can also get insights into how your sales team is using (or not using) content, if they’re nurturing leads, how quickly they’re following up with customer requests, what their daily behaviors are, and which channels they use most to communicate with prospects. Actionable takeaways.

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Gong.io

JUNE 19, 2018

Step 1 – Prospecting: Get the First Meeting of the Sales Process. If you can hold their attention, you’re twice as likely to book a meeting as someone who can only keep them on a three-minute call: You’ll hold their attention by making sure you have s omething worth saying. Or use the runner-up: “How are you?”.

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Gong.io

JULY 6, 2018

So from our brains to yours, here are the 21 best tips you’ll ever read about sales calls. Sales Call Tip #1: Schedule Your Sales Call for the Right Time. Congrats on landing the sales meeting. There are good and bad times of day for the first sales meeting. Sales Call Tip #2: Structure Your Sales Call.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just because you raised funding, you launched a product, or your CEO told you ‘it’s time to scale,’ doesn’t mean you’re ready to scale up your outbound sales team. Here are a few things you need to make sure you’ve checked the boxes on before you scale up the team. Then, ask them to sell me something related to their hobby.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We recently uncovered the the ORIGINAL cold call script used as a the training guide for all sales reps at Stratton Oakmont. There’s an article from Napoleon Hill on personal achievement, one from Carl May on the strategy for winning, and a selling power piece from Les Brown. It’s pretty incredible. Terms and definitions.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 25, 2019

These interview questions will help you size up a candidate’s sales potential. Sign-up to learn 7 ways to ramp new sellers lightning fast : Magic Bullet Sales Interview Questions. To tee it up well, let the candidate know that your hiring process includes talking to former bosses. They’ll show up ready to impress and inspire.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Sales analytics to improve booked meetings from cold calls. Watch these metrics to understand whether your approach to booking meetings using cold calls works: Calls made. Measure the number of calls your reps make per hour, week, and month. Calls longer than one minute. Meetings booked.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Gong captures anonymized data from our customers – web conference meetings, call recordings , and emails – and uses AI to analyze how seller and buyer behavior impacts success rates. . Millions of calls. Cold calling is not for the faint of heart. Here’s why: Cold calling isn’t about discovery.

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Gong.io

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Starting Meetings 3. Objection Handling 6. They’re split into sections from discovery call tips , to product demos , to objection handling , and more. There seems to be a ‘ cold calling is dead’ trend floating around these days. But fear of cold calling is going to hold you back.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Gong captures anonymized data from our customers – web conference meetings, call recordings , and emails – and uses AI to analyze how seller and buyer behavior impacts success rates. . Millions of calls. Cold calling is not for the faint of heart. Here’s why: Cold calling isn’t about discovery.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Consistency is key if you want to meet revenue targets month after month, year after year. It depends on what you’re selling, how you’re selling it, and who you sell it to. . New sales reps can get up and running faster when there is a proven and repeatable process they can follow. Why is a sales cycle important?

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