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Cold Calling Playbook Tips: 10 Proven Tactics for Sales Leaders and Reps

Sales Hacker

Cold calling. Seemed like the perfect time to share some proven cold calling tips that are working right now. Establish minimum viable activity metrics, such as 150-200 cold calls per week, to ensure consistent engagement without overwhelming your reps. Cultivate a cold calling culture and lead by example.

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Why the Basics Still Beat Fancy: The Unsexy Skills That Close Deals

Sales Gravy

Phone Calls Cold calls. Warm calls. Follow-up calls. Call blocks. They make the call. Discovery Questions Stop pitching. Objection Handling If objections scare you, its because you dont practice. Objections arent stop signstheyre buying signals. Warm calls.

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3 Powerful Ways to Handle the “I’m In a Meeting!” Objection (Ask Jeb)

Sales Gravy

If you're doing any kind of cold calling or prospecting, you'll eventually hear this objection: "I'm in a meeting right now." Three Ways to Handle the "I'm in a Meeting" Prospecting Objection As I explained to Paul, how you respond in that moment can make or break your opportunity to move forward.

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9 sales role plays and exercises that boost skills

Highspot

Elevator pitch Whether it’s a cold call, a networking event, or the start of a Zoom meeting, your sales reps need a 60-second, confident answer to: “So, what do you do?” ” This role-play helps sales reps develop a concise sales pitch that’s on message and easy to personalize.

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The SDR Career Path: A Scalable Approach to SDR Development

Salesforce

They’re expected to shake off the rejection, hold sales burnout at bay, and continue their cold calls and emails – all in an ongoing quest to get one more meeting, generate one more lead, or land one more opportunity. Cold call assessment 2. Objection handling assessment 3. Elevator pitch assessment 2.

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The AI Tradeoff: Preserving Human Skills in an AI World

Sales Hacker

Leaders like Kevin “KD” Dorsey use AI to surface rep weaknesses, diagnose call issues, and build targeted training. For example, reps getting to practice pitch delivery and objection handling at scale (not to eliminate reps, but to sharpen them). Draft follow-ups, segment leads, and prep calls manually.

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Mastering the Art of Cold Calling: A Comprehensive Guide to Boosting Your Success Rate

Hubspot

Some might say cold calling is dead. I still talk to teams today, converting at a high rate by leveraging cold calling. Yet, when I work with some teams I notice that they aren't making any calls. Fear of rejection is why people believe cold calling is dead and avoid doing it. Objection handling 4.