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Is Cold Calling Dead? A Guide to B2B Cold Calling

Zoominfo

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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3 Tips to Overcome Cold Call Objections

DiscoverOrg

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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How to Learn Social Media Without Getting Scammed

Contently

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.

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B2B Reads: Social Media Hangover, Corporate Buzzwords, and Coronavirus

Heinz Marketing

We’re on the Brink of a Social Media Hangover: Are Brands Prepared to Be the Remedy? Are we in the midst of a social media hangover? If Cold Calling Is Dead, Why Is The Topic So Hot? Why does cold calling keep coming up if it’s really dead? Great read, Mukta Chowdhary. Is this the Uber for BS?

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How to Create a Lead Generation Strategy for SMBs

Zoominfo

Some of the easiest methods of lead generation include increasing traffic to your social media channels and website. Cold calling — or really any form of cold outreach. But that doesn’t mean cold outreach isn’t worth looking into. And what are one of the most difficult methods of lead generation?

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Why Sales Needs Social Media Engagement Insight

Oktopost

In this new buying process world, where buyers don’t want to engage with sales until much later in the buyer’s journey, it can be a really bad idea to have expensive salespeople cold calling and wasting time qualifying leads that turn out to be the wrong fit. Why Do Sales Reps Need Social Engagement Insight To Win?

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Top Social Selling Examples: 7 Mistakes To Avoid

Oktopost

The B2B sales process has changed, and digitalization has rendered traditional in-person sales methods (such as door-to-door and cold calling) outdated. This digital shift has welcomed a new era in sales: social selling. Pushing your sales agenda Social media posts are not elevator sales pitches.