Prospecting in Sales – Cold-Calls, Emails and Social Selling. If you want to start an argument in your sales circles just ask an “expert” what works when prospecting in sales: cold-calls, email or social selling. Unfortunately, you will also hear name-calling, ridiculous claims of success and techniques that would make your mother cringe. If you […]
Continue readingIn both webinars and workshops with SalesMakers, the #1 question I am being asked is how to get the phone number and email address for the prospects on your list? In other words, how can you Fill the Funnel? I am going to make this real simple. In a special arrangement with Jigsaw, I am able to provide you with twenty free contacts (as compared to the two contacts that I have offered in the past). Follow the step by step instructions below and you will receive your twenty free contacts. Here is what you do:
Continue readingPurpose. If you do not first define your purpose in making the call, you will not achieve a positive outcome. I have found an ideal way to approach this exercise is to begin with a blank notepad in front of me, and if possible, in a room with others that are involved in the same sales/marketing effort. Write down your individual answers to the following questions on your notepad:
Continue readingIt is that time again. Buyers are slowing down or stopping their spend. Sales leaders are dragging out the tired old horse from the barn…cold calling. Things have changed! It is time to embrace an alternative called “FirstCalling”.
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