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Hot Tips for Cold Calling

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Perhaps the hardest sell a salesman can make is the cold call. Dialing up a stranger whom you’ve never met and attempting to talk them into purchasing a product, with no invitation to call whatsoever. However, while difficult, success via cold calling is far from impossible. Don’t expect a high conversion rate, but with the [...]

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Leaving a Sales Message

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Perhaps the trickiest part of any phone sales job is leaving a message. After all, not even friends return every single voicemail, so what can possibly be done to ensure a call back from a relative stranger? In a matter of principle, leaving a sales message is actually a lot like leaving a message to [...]

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