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Is Cold Calling Dead? A Guide to B2B Cold Calling

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In today’s crowded B2B ecosystem, where personalization and relevance are seen as crucial competitive differentiators, the idea of cold calling might seem archaic. Pop into any social media feed or read industry publications, and you’ll invariably hear about unsolicited phone outreach as a spray-and-pray tactic from yesteryear.

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The Perfect Cold Call: How To Turn Prospects Into Customers

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We may live in the time of TikTok, where an unknown number calling your phone strikes fear, but in my 13 years of training sales teams, I’ve found nothing is more impactful than the cold call. In fact, cold calling accounts for up to 50% of new deals , according to Dale Carnegie Training. What is cold calling?

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3 Tips to Overcome Cold Call Objections

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Here’s the thing: Cold-calling prospects gets a bad rap. Today, buzzwords like “social selling” drown out the importance of actually calling prospects. In fact, as a direct result of social selling entering the scene, it isn’t uncommon to hear statements like “ cold-calling is dead.

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Cold Call Sales Voicemail Scripts That Get Callbacks

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Do cold calls work? How can you find more success with cold calling? We often discuss how to make a cold call, but rarely the next step after your cold call fails to get picked up. Today’s blog post offers some valuable tips to optimize your sales voicemail strategy and improve response rates.

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10 Sales Influencers You Should Be Following On Social Media

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Social media has become a bullhorn for top sales influencers, and these easy-to-use (not to mention, free) platforms are something you should absolutely be active on in order to stay current in your sales strategy and become a sales influencer yourself. Cold calling does too. Kyle Porter. Fortune favors those who prepare.

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Why social media is an invaluable tool for sales executives

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Social media marketing managers and sales executives are no longer sitting on opposite ends of the strategy table. To close more deals, sales executives are starting to take social media for sales seriously. What’s the difference between thought leadership on social media vs. a cold email with similar content?

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How to Learn Social Media Without Getting Scammed

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This February Austin McBroom, former college basketball star and patriarch of YouTube ‘s ACE Family, launched an online social media course. ‘How to Make Money from Social Media’ and ‘How to Grow Your Social Media Platforms’ weren’t tautologies but classes, priced at $50 per month.