Sales Gravy

JULY 27, 2022

Are You Using LinkedIn's Marketing Power to the Fullest? I sat down with my good friend Daniel Disney, author of The Real Secret to Becoming a LinkedIn Selling Machine. Salespeople need to learn and practice using LinkedIn. It isn’t something that you can jump into headfirst and be successful.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 21, 2022

Apparently, I stuck my foot into my mouth, but I’m getting use to the taste of shoe leather. I was reading a LinkedIn article on “Cold Calling… ” I’m beginning to think articles or surveys about cold calling happen when you don’t have anything else to talk about.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 18, 2021

Probably one of the weakest areas of buying and selling I see is “qualifying.” ” As sales people, there are dozens of acronyms, if any are applied, you have a “qualified deal.” However, these are for sales people to use, hopefully, in finding good deals to chase.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction: Several weeks ago, I wrote, “ Sellers, Are You Really Interested In Selling? ” My good friend, Christian Mauer , challenged me, “Dave, why are you so interested in selling?” And I challenge others to write, “Why are you so interested in selling?”

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 12, 2021

It’s become high fashion to declare the future of selling is “virtual.” ” While F2F, telephone, text, and other approaches will continue to exist, everything is moving to virtual. Usually, there’s a whole bunch of data to support why this is important. We get more done with the same resources.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 30, 2019

Ask salespeople what their number one issue is and you’ll probably hear, “getting good prospects.” Here’s a simple fact: you can’t close a sale until you have someone to sell to. Never start what you can’t finish. Believe 110% that you can help others. Use it as one of your sources.

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Closer's Coffee

MAY 20, 2019

For Parts 1-3 of the Essential Selling Skills Bootcamp, click here. Telephone Prospecting. The Five Steps of Telephone Prospecting. The Reality of Telephone prospecting. You will have everyone tell you that telephone prospecting doesn’t work or cold calling is dead. Don’t ask “How are you Doing?”

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 24, 2017

It seemed like, suddenly, a lot of things were dying: cold calling was dead; telephone prospecting was dead; outbound marketing was dead … many said that even marketing was dead. Without chairs, what are you going to sit on? Without the phone, how are you going to sell? Maybe I was just sensitive. Poetry was dead.

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B2B Cold Call Manufacturing Up-sell 156

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Did you know that the average businessman or businesswoman receives over 115 emails per day ? We’ve got you covered with the ultimate guide on everything you need to know about cold calling. Just be sure you print and bookmark this blog post so you can take it with you wherever you go, wherever you sell.

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Smart Calling

JUNE 22, 2020

It does not matter how many calls you place; what’s important is the amount with which you have success. You can still have high levels of quality activity. Cold Calling Myth: “For every no you get, you’re that much closer to a yes.”. Cold Calling Myth: “For every no you get, you’re that much closer to a yes.”.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

I’ve been revisiting a lot of selling basics. We take for granted that people, us, understand the basic of selling. What we do, why we do it, who it’s for… The reality is few training programs address these things well, focusing instead on how we do these things. Why are we even talking about this??

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Throughout my many years of selling, I have been constantly gaining new insights and ideas. It’s up to you to determine how you want to hear the noise. I do see technological advances helping us in sales, but sales is still about human interaction and emotional decisions. This is where prospecting has to come in.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

And why did Google CEO Eric Schmidt call Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang to offer Yahoo help? email, telephone number) that a user submitted on the website. email, telephone number) that a user submitted on the website. Google wasn’t happy about the news. Meanwhile, was Yahoo considering an alliance with Google?

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Score More Sales

APRIL 5, 2014

As a remote professional seller you use the phone continuously throughout the day. If you are not using the phone at least half of the time you are reaching out to buyers, then I hope you are using video conversations to a great extent. E- you need to express the value to them.

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Pointclear

MARCH 17, 2015

Read Mike’s book and you will know what to do , and what not to do. These so-called experts proclaim that cold-calling is ineffective and pursuing prospects that aren’t coming to you is a waste of time. He told us he is there every day and there was no sense in our calling into Warner Robins. Anthony Iannarino and Jeb Blount.

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Hubspot

JUNE 9, 2023

But what if I told you that a degree isn't always required for a sales job? In this guide, we’ll explore how you can get into sales without a degree. In this guide, we’ll explore how you can get into sales without a degree. Once you can get your foot in the door, your earnings potential will greatly increase.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 21, 2014

It started innocently enough when I replied to my industry colleague and social selling advocate Jill Rowley via Twitter to something she asked me. I said, “let’s talk – by telephone” She responded by saying, What’s wrong with Skype or a Google Hangout? . I say, what’s wrong with using the telephone?

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Sales Pop!

JULY 29, 2021

The next significant advance, the telephone, came about a short time later. We’re now using Smartphones for just about everything, and they accompany us wherever we go, monitor what we’re doing, and practically know more about us than we do about ourselves. But let’s go back 2,000 years to ancient Rome.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 5, 2015

Our team of software advisors provides free telephone consultations to help buyers build a shortlist of systems that will meet their specific needs.”. I came across an old email sent to me from Ike Jablon. Ike is a media relations specialist at SoftwareAdvice a company that helps businesses find sales software.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Research shows that for every $1 you spend on email marketing, you can expect an average return of $42. You can see why email is such a crucial part of an effective product launch strategy. . Email is profitable because it allows you to talk directly to your audience. You only want to build hype and excitement.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Here, we'll take a closer look at what cold calling is, review why sales orgs still leverage it, and see some strategies you can employ to do it right. The telephone is still an incredibly popular resource for salespeople. Why is cold calling done by sales professionals?

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Sales Hacker

MAY 22, 2020

Looking for a prospecting email template you can easily personalize and that works for almost any situation? Keep reading to learn the simple, one-size-fits-all template that my team uses with huge success. That’s why we came up with SP3O, a powerful framework for outreach personalization. Why Most People Suck At Outreach.

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 23, 2013

When was the last time you listened to one of your voicemail messages? Lousy voicemail messages will kill sales faster than you can hit speed dial. This week I received a voicemail message from a salesperson who was looking to sell me something. Third, the quality of the telephone equipment he was using was horrible!

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Is it trying to engage someone you have never met before? ” But in reading it, I thought, “Based on his description, I’m not sure if was a cold call… ” Alternatively, I thought, “Well that’s just one, how many do you make that are unsuccessful, what are you doing to generate pipeline? .”

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The inbound route leans on different outreach efforts: content marketing, social media marketing (often using LinkedIn as the most popular professional social media), email-drip campaigns that are usually within the purview of the marketing department, and any sales pitches, as well. B2B sales prospecting in a nutshell.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 26, 2018

We’ll miss a ton of great stuff, so if you found something you think is worth sharing please add it to the comments below. The best results happen when sales people use a combination of telephone, e-mail, and LinkedIn. The best results happen when sales people use a combination of telephone, e-mail, and LinkedIn.

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Lead Fuze

OCTOBER 22, 2021

A lead can express interest through visiting your site, visiting one of your trade shows or events, and/or filling out a form on the website to get more information about products and services offered by you. What is it that you need to get started? You’re looking for someone to speak with, that could give you something to look into.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 12, 2014

We’ve all heard stupid voicemails, and if you’re like me, you do two things. One, you delete them before they’re done, and two, you remark to yourself how the person leaving it is a village idiot. Let me share with you 5 stupid voicemail mistakes: 1. Not using a decent telephone.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 21, 2023

You have your list of names and phone numbers. Before the end of the day, you need to make 100 calls. Your sales manager has given your team a big pep talk encouraging you to dial, dial, dial. Now all you need is a cold call script. Plus, you may not always have an abundance of inbound leads. What is a cold call?

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 9, 2017

We’ll miss a ton of great stuff, so if you found something you think is worth sharing please add it to the comments below. In the meantime, here are some B2B Reads we love: 5 Key Questions to Help You Decide When to Gate Content. How to Use Social Listening to Find B2B Leads. Product Versus Solution Selling.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 22, 2012

There are times when you have to discuss price with a customer during a telephone call. I’m a strong advocate of using face-to-face meetings to discuss price, but I realize there are many times when you can’t. Key in talking price on the telephone is to still not forget the basics.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 23, 2020

A lot of what sales trainers have told you is wrong. Because of this, many established sales training practices don’t work like they used to, and in some cases, they can even hold you back. Because of this, many established sales training practices don’t work like they used to, and in some cases, they can even hold you back.

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Gong.io

MAY 3, 2018

So, why can we credibly claim that the cold calling tips in this article are the best ones you’ll ever read? Let us explain. There’s an important rule of thumb for any cold caller: Once you make a connect, you have 5 seconds to earn 5 minutes. And once you earn 5 minutes, you use that time to earn an hour.

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Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

10000 Leads in 10 Minutes: Using Web Data to Generate High Quality Sales Leads in Mass. In its simplest form, it’s someone you can sell to. It is common to buy databases of telephone numbers, email addresses or mailing addresses. Go through a variety of filters to zero in on the leads you want to reach.

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PandaDoc

JULY 24, 2020

Read on to learn the steps that will help you create a good impression and can help lead your project to success. Ensuring you have a contract in place before you start work sounds like such an obvious first step to successful onboarding that it’s not worth highlighting. You might consider a verbal commitment to be sufficient.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2019

To many, cold emails are synonymous with spam and a nuisance—one reason why U.S. Why would anyone want to use cold email? You can only knock on so many doors or make so many cold calls each day. Review the laws for where you plan to send cold emails. The term has a bad reputation. workers spend 3.2 CAN-SPAM Act.

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Sales Nexus

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Here’s what you need to know if you’re interested in using text messaging as part of your marketing strategy. And it’s not as daunting as you think! If done correctly, it has an effective response rate to get you engaged with your customers. We’ve been using it ourselves. It just is.

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