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10 Best Cold Call Opening Lines for Sales Pros

Veloxy

Getting and keeping your prospect’s attention on a cold call can be done in four ways. You can either: Make the call about them. The cold call opening lines below all help you do one or all of those things. ( Only 69% of buyers taking one or more cold calls each year. Respect their time.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 154: Q&A with Anthony Iannarino @iannarino

Heinz Marketing

Probably the most aggressive stance I’ve taken against it is about one thing, and it’s simply the idea that you should never pick up the phone, and cold-calling is dead, and any kind of outreach that you do makes you a smarmy, self-oriented, manipulative, old-school, Glengarry Glen Ross-type salesperson.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 139: Q&A with Jeb Blount @SalesGravy

Heinz Marketing

So, Jeb, where in the wide world are you calling from today because I’m pretty sure it’s not from home? I’m working on my tenth book, and I’m hold up in a cabin overlooking the beautiful Lake Rabun in northeast Georgia. And so much of it’s driven by cold calling. We just call people up.

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Sales Pipeline Radio Episode 162: Q & A with Dan McDade @dandade

Heinz Marketing

No, I think the Masters Golf Tournament down in Augusta, Georgia, is one of my favorite sporting events of the year. Where outbound is dead, cold calling is dead, that kind of thing. I’d forget about the Golf Masters. Matt Heinz: Paul, you’re a little over the top today, it’s pretty impressive.

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6 Tips for Using Sales Acceleration to Close Deals Faster

Salesforce

With outbound marketing, the organization actively reaches out to potential customers through cold calls, emails, and direct mail. Inbound marketing focuses on catching the attention of the target audience via channels such as content marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) , and social media.

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The SDR Career Path: A Scalable Approach to SDR Development

Salesforce

They’re expected to shake off the rejection, hold sales burnout at bay, and continue their cold calls and emails – all in an ongoing quest to get one more meeting, generate one more lead, or land one more opportunity. Cold call assessment 2. Featured win in weekly team review call 2. Complete onboarding 2.

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70 Words That Win: Sales Terms Every Rep Should Know

Salesforce

Cold calling Making a cold call means reaching out to potential customers without previous interaction between the salesperson and the company. Outbound sales Outbound sales is a sales approach where representatives reach out to potential leads through cold calling, LinkedIn messaging, or emailing.