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3 Tips to Overcome Cold Call Objections

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” If that stat has your sales force running for the door, then make sure to quickly follow it up with this juicy metric : 75% of IT execs have taken a meeting as a direct result of a cold call. .

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Account-Based Everything: Is it Time for a New Territory Analyst Manager Role?

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You’re likely familiar with the stats on how salespeople spend their time: 35% of time spent could be classified as sales activities while 65% could be classified as non-selling activities. It’s no surprise then, why most of the reps had not done this exercise.

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Stitching Intent Data into Your Sales Strategy

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Why do those stats matter? Couple that with SiriusDecisions’ finding that 67% of a purchase decision is made digitally – not by engaging with a salesperson, but by actually doing research on their own time. Well, to what extent can you tap into this research phase?

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Always Be Connecting: 5 Personalities to Prospect

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Don’t be afraid to offer big ideas, as long as you have plenty of stats to back them up. (A They can smell weakness or uncertainty. Prepare an efficient pitch. Seriously, cut it down by 30% before presenting.). A Commander will take charge of a conversation, so be prepared for rapid fire questioning.). Leave the small talk at the office.

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4 Cold-Call Lines That Don’t Creep Out Your Prospect

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Finally, to cement your position as a helper (who isn’t creepy), add “social proof”: Show that you have assisted other companies (in the same industry as your prospect, of course) – and offer examples such as stats and case studies. DiscoverOrg’s Senior Customer Success Manager, Ricky Kalmbach, suggests using the 5×5 Method.

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How Corporate Recruiting Can Use Data Strategies Like Marketers: INFOGRAPHIC

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Take a look at all of the stats in our brand-new infographic to get a feel for how many challenges facing recruiters can be solved with good data. In fact, over 40% of corporate recruiters don’t call passive candidates because they don’t have their phone number. Guess who has those numbers?). Don’t believe us?

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B2B is Dead – Long Live B2P

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Consider the following B2B stats, which begin to paint a harsh reality for the state of B2B messaging and brand perception: 64% of people cite shared values as the main reason they have a relationship with a brand. But even this is changing. Consumers on both ends are doing far more research than ever before prior to making a sale.

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