Never Cold Call Again: Achieve Sales Greatness Without Cold Calling

Never Cold Call Again: Achieve Sales Greatness Without Cold Calling
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its just ok

Never Cold Call Again

Boring!!

Competitors will eat your lunch if you don't Cold Call

Common Sense Selling

Never Cold Call Again: Achieve Sales Greatness Without Cold Calling
Frank J. Rumbauskas Jr.
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Book Description

"Cold calling is the lowest percentage of sales call success. If you invest the same amount of time in reading this book as you do in cold calling, your success percentage and your income will skyrocket." - Jeffrey Gitomer, Author, Little Red Book of Selling

"You can never get enough of a good thing! Read this book and USE its contents!" - Anthony Parinello, Author, Selling to Vito and Stop Cold Calling Forever

Salespeople everywhere are learning the hard way that cold calling doesn't work anymore. Yet, millions of salespeople are stuck in the past, using twentieth-century sales techniques to try to lure twenty-first century customers. There has to be an easier way to find prospects - and there is. Today's most successful salespeople are using modern technology to bring prospects to them, rather than fishing for prospects over the phone or knocking on doors.

Never Cold Call Again offers practical, step-by-step alternatives to traditional cold calling for salespeople, small business owners, and independent professionals who are actively building a client base. The Information Age presents endless opportunities for finding leads without cold calling. In fact, Frank Rumbauskas’s system brings prospects to the salesperson, rather than the other way around. Readers will find unbeatable sales advice on effective self-promotion, generating endless leads, how to win prospects using e-mail, prospecting on the Web, networking, developing effective proposals, and much more.

Frank J. Rumbauskas Jr. (Phoenix, AZ) provides marketing consultation and coaching services to firms who wish to provide qualified leads to their sales force rather than have them spend productive work time cold calling. He is the author of the self-published hit Cold Calling Is a Waste of Time (0-9765163-0-6).

Customer Reviews:

its just ok.......2007-09-04

the book is just ok
stuff you already know
however if you buy the book you will be put on Rumbauskas' mailing list and get endless emails.

Never Cold Call Again.......2007-08-29

Excellent book
Arrived right away
Packaging was great

Thank you!

Boring!!.......2007-07-14

Really did't like it... For me it was boring and after spending so much time reading, it didn't had any valuable content. Basically it tells you that you have to keep calling as a way of prospecting but focuses on alternate ways of prospecting such as e-mail, flyers, newsletters, etc.

Competitors will eat your lunch if you don't Cold Call.......2007-07-11

I gave a $60,000 sales training order to a cold caller. Our company gave a $450,000 lease to a cold calling Commercial Real Estate Salesperson. Both had excellent cold calling skills, something that is missing in 90% of all cold callers. The 90% are setup for failure because of inadequate cold calling training.

I would love to compete with a company that does not believe in Cold Calling. "Cold calling is the least expensive, quickest, and most effective way to increase business".

The issue is not cold calling but "cold calling technique". Remember that "skill = knowledge + practice". Unfortunately most salespeople do not have the knowledge of how to effectively cold call, so naturally they fail and also have high fear and call reluctance. Ineffective cold calling is a sign of ineffective training.

While you can win sales without cold calling, the author has eliminated a tool that works for those who have the knowledge of how to cold call correctly. Don't fall for his trap.

Common Sense Selling.......2007-07-09

The reason I have been so successful through my 30 years of selling is due to my approach which is, do unto others as you would want them to do to you. It is amazing to me that even in todays sales enviroment, sales managers continuely use sales tactics that have proven not to work. This book is a sale persons winning lottery ticket! Sales can't get any easier if you use Mr. Rumbauskas,Jr's book.

Linda Cassia
Owner of Gumption Inc

Lead Generation for the Complex Sale: Boost the Quality and Quantity of Leads to Increase Your ROI

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Very Helpful At Very Short Notice!
Tried hard to like this book, but...
The sales pipeline is any organization's lifeline.
A very important read, especially for managers and leadership
A must read!

Lead Generation for the Complex Sale: Boost the Quality and Quantity of Leads to Increase Your ROI
Brian Carroll
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Lead Generation for the Complex Sale arms you with a sophisticated multimodal approach to generating highly profitable leads. Brian Carroll, CEO of InTouch Incorporated and expert in lead generation solutions, reveals key strategies that you can implement immediately to win new customers, accelerate growth, and improve your sales performance.

You'll start by defining your ideal leads and targeting your ideal customer. Then, you'll construct your lead generation plan, a crucial step to staying ahead of your competition long-term. To help you put your plan into action, Carroll guides you step by step to:

Align sales and marketing efforts to optimize the number of leads
Use multiple lead generation vehicles, including e-mail, referrals, public relations, speaking events, webinars, and more
Create value for the prospective customer throughout the buying process
Manage a large group of leads without feeling overwhelmed
Identify and prioritize your best prospects
Increase the percentage of leads who become profitable customers
Avoid lulls in the sales cycle

With Lead Generation for the Complex Sale you'll learn how to target prospects early in the buying process and make the most efficient use of sales productivity and marketing resources.

Customer Reviews:

Very Helpful At Very Short Notice!.......2007-07-20

I needed to know a lot about generating leads in a market that I wasn't familiar with. And I didn't have time to do lots of research. This book gave me just the important points I needed to know to develop a solid lead generation marketing plan. And it was very realistic about lead management, the relationship between sales and marketing, and lots of tips on how to make it better.

Tried hard to like this book, but..........2007-07-07

I tried hard to like this book but I just couldn't get there.

It is a generalist book. You would be better served to purchase books that extensively develop some of the key points. I found this one wanting.

The sales pipeline is any organization's lifeline........2007-06-06

For as long as I can remember, I have heard the assertion that "sales is a numbers game." For Brian Carroll, this means that the more qualified leads you have, the more you will sell and that is especially true of the complex sale. However, he acknowledges "unique demands" that limit the process of lead generation: fewer opportunities, commoditization is more difficult to overcome with differentiation (I'm not convinced of that, at least insofar as "big ticket" purchases are concerned), increased selling at the executive level, involving those who comprise the sphere of influence, less selling time (usually in combination with a longer sales cycle), and ROI. To these I would add that buyers are much more sophisticated in what has become a "customer-driven" sales environment. So the challenge is to initiate and then sustain lead generation for the complex sale. More specifically, Carroll, explains how to:

Build an ideal customer profile
Talk to your best customers
Build your personal prospecting engine
Develop a lead generation calendar
Act like a good financial manager
Define your goals for lead generation
Rigorously qualify
Be consistent
Develop a lead nurturing plan
Develop and maintain your own database

What Carroll provides in this book is a comprehensive, cohesive, and cost-effective program to initiate and then sustain lead generation for the complex sale. He has carefully organized his material as follows:

Part One: Fundamentals of lead Generation for the Complex Sale
Part Two: Lead Generation Tactics for the Complex Sale
Part Three: Lead Development for the Complex Sale

For me, some of the most valuable material is provided in Chapter Four as he explains why the ROI of lead generation depends on the quality of data: "There is an old expression that says if you have eight hours to cut down a tree, spend six hours sharpening your ax. So it goes with creating [and then maintaining] the marketing database for companies that specialize in the complex sale. The marketing database is crucial to any lead generation program. Experts agree that it can influence the program's success by a factor of 50 percent. Unfortunately it is still one of the most overlooked tools in many companies' lead generation strategies." Especially now when there is so much information readily available (at little or no cost), there is no excuse for not having all that needs to be known about relevant industries, client prospects, their competitors, key contacts at each prospect company (including those who comprise what Michael Boylan aptly characterizes as the "circle of influence"), the prospect company's history, and its current circumstances (e.g. nature and extent of operations, financials, what it sells and to whom).

Then in Chapter Five, Carroll shares his thoughts about another especially important subject, the value proposition, and its function within the complex sale's purchase process. In this context, I am again reminded of a conversation years ago during which someone suggested that there are three very basic questions anyone in marketing or sales must be prepared to answer. The first two usually pose no difficulties but the third one often does:

Who are you?
What do you do?
Why should I care?

Hence the importance of the value proposition. According to Carroll, an appropriate one "focuses on the contacts within your ideal customer profile. The potential customer has business issues that it needs - and wants - resolved. The potential customer must know the difference between opting for your solution and doing nothing. The potential customer must be convinced that you represent the best solution." (Jeff Thull calls it the "prime solution.") It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of carefully formulating and then effectively explaining an appropriate value proposition, especially when a complex sale is involved. Without one, the given lead generation process - however efficient and productive it may be - will simply increase the number of wasted opportunities.

Obviously, it would be a fool's errand to accumulate lots of ideas from only one source or, worse yet, from a wide range of sources and then attempt to apply each of them. There is much truth in the suggestion that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. That said....

Those who share my high regard for this book are urged to check out thee books by Thull: Mastering the Complex Sale: How to Compete and Win When the Stakes are High! (2003), The Prime Solution: Close the Value Gap, Increase Margins, and Win the Complex Sale (2005), and Exceptional Selling: How the Best Connect and Win in High Stakes Sales (2006). Also these: Boylan's The Power to Get In: A Step-by-Step System to Get in Anyone's Door So You Have the Chance to... Make the Sale... Get the Job... Present Your Ideas (1996 and still relevant) and Accelerants: Twelve Strategies to Sell Faster, Close Deals Faster, and Grow Your Business Faster (2006), and, Anthony Parinello's Selling To VITO (The Very Important Top Officer) first published 1999 and also still relevant and Getting to VITO: 10 Steps to VITO's Office (2005).

A very important read, especially for managers and leadership.......2007-06-02

This book is fantastic for sales leaders, management, and business owners. It points out that the average salesperson (in complex sales, i.e. capital equipment, business sales, etc.) must generate $1,000 in business per working hour to make their quotas. That won't happen if we spend our time in unproductive, low quality work, regardless of how important such activities may be.

This book contains the strategies and tools for creating an in-house lead generation system that will help salespeople do what they do best: sell qualified prospects. This book will help transform companies into market/sales driven enterprises, critical to success in this age of hyper-competitively. I believe this is simply one of the best books on this subject (another is "The Fundamentals of Business-to-Business Sales & Marketing"). However many of the suggestions cannot be implemented and may even run counter to the politics and management of the organization you work for. Therefore most of the ideas won't work for a salesman in the territory pounding away daily to get sales. For example, aligning business systems and the value proposition to optimize lead generation is imperative, however I can't do that alone, neither can most salespeople.

If you're an entrepreneur, a sales leader or a manager this book is a must read with sage and up-to-date advice. For the salespeople on-the-ground and in-the-field better book selections for lead generation are "Selling to Big Companies" and "Selling Against the Goal." However, "Lead Generation for the Complex Sale" does inform every salesperson about the skills needed to be successful regardless of one's position. Knowing business metrics, how to profile and evaluate prospects, increasing the value of the sales process by being a consultant and not simply a vender with PowerPoint are all critical success factors for modern salespeople. Not only will salespeople be dramatically helped by reading this book, they may be able to create upward pressure for the business and management to improve as well.

A must read!.......2007-05-06

After reading this book twice and turning the entire inside yellow with my highlighter, I purchased a copy for all of my lead managers, sales consultants and marketing team! I made it required reading but I didn't have to pull teeth, everyone on my team loved it and it has become part of our company sales bible. Thank you for the excellent insight on lead generation and nuturing. I have also been subscribing to Brian's blog for a long time and have found it invaluable, thank you!

Getting Through: Cold Calling Techniques To Get Your Foot In The Door

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Full Of Strategies, Tactics and Techniques
Excellent guide for people fearing cold calling
It may seem simple, but it works!
Not if you're calling anyone important
Great for Beginners or Veterans

Getting Through: Cold Calling Techniques To Get Your Foot In The Door
Stephan Schiffman
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio
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MAKE SURE YOUR FIRST CALL ISN'T YOUR LAST!

Everyone in sales knows how to sell -- if they can get to the buyer. But in today's selling climate, the road between seller and buyer is frequently blocked with layer after layer of objections, distractions and delays. Now, America's #1 Corporate Sales Trainer shares his proven techniques for getting through all that interference to make the sale.

In this powerful program, Schiffman provides sound advice and proven strategies for cold calling -- the technique used by salespeople everywhere to make their appointments and increase their sales exponentially.

Customer Reviews:

Full Of Strategies, Tactics and Techniques.......2007-09-16

This is a terrific CD program which is narrated by Schiffman himself. This is of benefit because you can hear the techniques demonstrated by a skilled master of the art of telephone cold calling.

The beginning of the program is spent setting up the context of the different strategies which could be employed to generate activity and first appointments.

In addition, the listener is introduced to skillful telephone techniques that really do work in getting appointments with customers, by successfully completing the "dreaded cold call". This process is very well explained and demonstrated.

The program is complete because it addresses the objections head on. "I'm not interested", "Send me more information in the mail" or "what is this all about" are only a few of the objections that can be over turned. Overcoming objections will become quite effortless and simple using these strategies and techniques. These techniques are also effective during any sales call to turn around certain objections when they arise.

This is a great program. Get it and listen to it repeatedly while in your car travelling between sales calls.

Eliot Hoppe
Author - Selling: Powerful New Strategies for Sales Success

Excellent guide for people fearing cold calling.......2006-01-28

I found the tape highly useful. I would strongly recommend to sales people wanting to start cold calling or improve the process. Just nake sure that you take notes and than act upon those.

It may seem simple, but it works!.......2003-11-25

I have seen some reviews that criticize Schiffman's techniques as being too simple and too sophomoric. I have to disagree. Just because a method is simple, doesn't make it null and void. Schiffman gives a sales person, who needs to have face-to-face meetings in order to sell product, very simple and repeatable procedures on how to set appointments and overcome objections to the appointment. After listening to the tape, you would think that you could come up with those steps on your own. But if you could, you wouldn't be surfing the internet looking for a book or tape.

I have listened to Schiffman's tape so many times, I can repeat it myself. I have practiced and used his techniques, and they work. Plain and simple. I have not had anyone not take me seriously when I got the appointment. In addition, the "hang up during the voicemail" technique works like a champ.

Don't listen to the guy who has to have a method developed by a PhD in order to validate it. Get the tape, listen to it, master the technique and just do it. My batting average went way up after I started using these techniques. My call back percentage increased too.

Not if you're calling anyone important.......2001-02-13

I bought this because other reviewers had said great things about it. Maybe it works if you are a salesperson who calls 800 random people a week. But when you fewer than 10 named accounts and are in larger sales, this is not the tape you need. His big secret to getting appointments is this: "Hi Mr/Ms Whoever, I'm so and so from company x. I want to make an appointment with you to talk about [enter product/service here]. You do want [enter benefit here], don't you?" I can't imagine that most people can't come up with that themselves. The moral of the story is: If you're selling life insurance, this might be of some use, since he lets you know almost everyone you use this technique on will say no, so you don't feel so bad when you're rejected. If you're selling anything else, save your money. Try "The Power To Get In" by Boylan.

Great for Beginners or Veterans.......2000-01-28

Steve Schiffman gives a quality effort in overcoming the myriad of objections that any sales representative faces. His practical approach deserves applause. I would recommend this for anyone just learning the ropes of the sales process or the road warrior who needs to brush up on his or her skills.

No More Cold Calling(TM): The Breakthrough System That Will Leave Your Competition in the Dust

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If You Want to Increase Sales...
How to Get More Referrals
No More Cold Calling
Interesting approach to an age old topic
Putting the personal back into the art of sales

No More Cold Calling(TM): The Breakthrough System That Will Leave Your Competition in the Dust
Joanne S. Black
Manufacturer: Business Plus
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Cold calling is one of the most awkwardand unsuccessfulways to obtain clients in business. Now Joanne S. Black shares her proven 5-step Referral Selling Methodology, so no businessperson ever has to make a cold call again. In this unique and practical guide, Black offers a tutorial on how to differentiate you from your competitors, make favorable impressions on current clients so theyll refer their acquaintances, and set a hook that will leave them wanting more. NO MORE COLD CALLING provides selling scripts, presentation techniques, troubleshooting advice, and a host of helpful insights to increase any sales forces productivity.

Customer Reviews:

If You Want to Increase Sales..........2007-05-30

read this book! Joanne Black offers a fresh perspective about how to use referrals to build revenue in today's competitive market. Simple, yet powerful, the book offers a step-by-step approach to implementing a system that works.

How to Get More Referrals.......2007-01-29

If you're not asking for and leveraging referrals to increase your sales, you're making a big mistake. This is especially true in today's corporate environment where decision makers seldom answer the phone, roll all calls to voicemail and never call you back.

In No More Cold Calling, Joanne Black outlines a pathway to build your business via referrals. She very pointedly differentiates between hopeful networking versus strategic referral generation. She stresses the need to:

- Clearly define your ideal customer.
- Focus in on their critical business issues.
- Know your value proposition and ROI.
- Invite others to open the door for you.

For those of you who have read my book (Selling to Big Companies), you'll find this to be a perfect compliment since it tackles a subject I only briefly touch on. And, if you hate to ask for referrals, you need to read No More Cold Calling too.

No More Cold Calling.......2007-01-09

For highly skilled and experienced salespeople, this book is especially incredible. It provides breakthrough thinking. I have been a successful cold call person for 20 years. I have a library of over 300 books on selling and marketing. I own a national marketing agency. This system, though simple, is brillians.

Interesting approach to an age old topic.......2006-09-11

I found the authors approach interesting and applicable. While it is an age old topic, it is certainly not an easy one. She lays things out in a manner that is understandable and easy to take action on. The book offers how to advice that is similar to what has been said before but the approach is a good one and as with most things, if it is to be its up to me. Enjoyed it though.

Putting the personal back into the art of sales.......2006-07-26

Much of the current day thinking and practice about sales is based on talking to as many people as possible, quickly, with the idea that these brief encounters will result in the desired clients. No More Cold Calling puts the personal and the thoughtfulness back into the art of sales. This is a very grounded and practical book, with much wisdom.

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I am done with Anthony Parinello forever!
Wish I could give it 0 stars
Good Basic, Simple, Accurate Advice

Stop Cold Calling Forever
Anthony Parinello
Manufacturer: Entrepreneur Press
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Binding: Paperback

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One of today's most innovative sales trainers reveals how to be a consistent top producer while avoiding the dreaded cold call

It's time to hang up on cold calling, asserts Tony Parinello. The renowned sales trainer introduces proven tools and techniques that make such telephone torture unnecessary, teaching sales professionals how to master a powerful four-step process he calls "Identify, Contact, Present, Sell" to reel in new clients.

Parinello's approaches will work for anyone who loves to sell but hates the grind of "smiling and dialing." Instead, he explains how to:

Identify and contact the very ripest prospects in far less time than via cold calling
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Customer Reviews:

I am done with Anthony Parinello forever!.......2007-10-02

I am done with Anthony Parinello forever. this the second book that I had bought that he wrote. the first was the selling to vito. both were terrible. there were bits and peices in both that were somewhat helpful, but there is no follow through on any of the ideas. Overall, these books were a waste of my time to read and were of very little help. I have been in sales my enitre career and have read some really good books over the years. these were not it!

Wish I could give it 0 stars.......2007-06-14

Sorry, this misses the mark altogether. The title of the book promises a way to stop cold calling forever, but chapter 12 is all about how to cold call. While a couple other poor prospecting choices like direct mail,are mentioned, Parinello seems to weasel around the "stop cold calling" issue by telling you to mail something first. Garbage! A call to someone you don't know and who doesn't know you is a cold call even if you've sent them a ream of mail. You want to say mailing them something first makes it a "warm call", go ahead, just don't plan on it being effective. There is also info about creating buzz, usually not a sales function. He provides an unsolicited email technique that calls for sending the prospect a postcard telling them to look for your email. First, the postcard will likely never see the desk of the addressee, it will find the trash can. Even if the right person sees it, the email he advises you to use starts out with "during the past 7 years, we have worked with 30 organizations....." That's about as far as ANYONE would read that before hitting the delete key.

Salespeople want to stop cold calling because it is painful and highly unproductive and ineffective. Using that pain to sell a book that doesn't deliver what it's title promises is distasteful and borders on unethical.

Good Basic, Simple, Accurate Advice.......2004-11-20

As I picked up this book to start reading, the telephone rang. It was a young lady, well she sounded like a young lady, and I like to talk to young ladies. Since they were going to have people in my neighborhood anyway (in my small town, if they're in town at all they're in my neighborhood), why didn't they come by and install a free satellite TV receiver. We chatted and chatted, it was a delightful conversation (at my advanced age I don't get to chat with many young ladies). Then when I asked her if she would give me a free TV set because I didn't have a TV, she didn't want to talk to me any more.

I then went back to the book. Lo and behold, the basic thesis of the book is "don't call prospects at random, only call those who are predisposed to buy from you." If the young lady on the phone had done just a little bit of qualifying - "Do you have a TV?" - she would have saved a lot of her time.

The book is filled with good common sense advice on how to narrow down the suspects into real prospects. It's the good old fashioned basics of how to sell.

If we could give a copy of this book to all the people who call, we could eliminate an awful lot of wasted phone calls.

But then I wouldn't get to talk to the nice lady who wanted to give me a free satellite dish. If I only knew her number I'd call her back and talk to her some more.

Cold Calling Techniques that Really Work!

Average customer rating:

Old Style - Used Car Sales Approach
Cold Calling Techniques a must read
This Book Gets A Gold Star
Cold Calling Techniques Indeed
First Cold Calling Book...

Cold Calling Techniques that Really Work!
Stephan Schiffman
Manufacturer: Adams Media Corporation
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Binding: Paperback

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The 25 Sales Habits of Highly Successful Salespeople
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Closing Techniques: (That Really Work!)

ASIN: 1580620760

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Stephan Schiffman's sales training guides have sold so many copies because they give sales people proven tools they can use to increase your sales. Cold Calling Techniques is the ultimate guide to creating new sales-one of the most critical skills you need. If you want to increase your sales, you must get good cold calling to get the face to face appointments you need. Cold Calling Techniques features field-tested techniques for reaching decision-makers, making appointments, and making your pitch-as well as invaluable advice on how to increase the number of calls you can make, improve your closing ratio, and beat your competition.

Customer Reviews:

Old Style - Used Car Sales Approach.......2007-07-07

If you want to fit the mold of the old time sales person who can sell ice to eskimos this is your book.

If you want a higher level modern approach that works in complex B2B sales don't buy this book. If your work involves selling to senior level people in corporations or government this book will be of little use to you. It is based on principles which which don't work with the kind of people on which you call.

Try: "Value Forward Selling," "Selling is Dead," and "Same Game, New Rules." Also try the "Advanced Selling" podcast. It's free and state of the art.

Cold Calling Techniques a must read.......2007-06-27

My staff and I are going through this book chapter by chapter every week during the later part of our sales meetings. It is a great way to discuss the age old dilema......"I hate cold calling. This gives the professional salesperson the tools needed to get over the fear, and distaste of making the inital contact whether door to door, or on the phone. I would recomend this book to all salespeople, sales leaders, and or managers. You may not agree with everything written....we don't, but it provides a forum for your team to discuss what they feel will work, might work, or will not work. It's a great read.

This Book Gets A Gold Star.......2007-05-14

Each year I read approx. 25 books. I keep a list on my computer, and those that stand out and provide above average advice get a gold star. This book got such a star.

Schiffman does a great job of working with the reader on the cold calling efforts that are so important to sales professionals. Many people try to discredit cold-calling and looking for ways around it (networking is a very important tool, but only when a compliement to other calling methods!), and this book shines the light on the best practices of picking up the phone and being heard.

Cold Calling Techniques Indeed.......2007-05-07

Stephan Schiffman is a great author. This book is so easy to read and Schiffman gets right down to the point. His techniques really do work and it take the negative connotation out of "cold calling" and gives the caller more confidence. I highly recommend this book.

First Cold Calling Book..........2007-02-06

I haven't read any other cold calling books. As a result, I don't know how this compares with others that you might be looking to buy. I can say, though, that I have just started my first sales job, and I found this book extremely helpful. It started off a little weak with the typical formulas about how many calls lead to how many proposals and sales, but when it got into the mechanics of a cold call, and tips on leaving voicemail, I found a lot of helpful information.

Cold Calling for Women: Opening Doors & Closing Sales

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Great for the basics, skip if you are skilled
A waste of time and money
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Cold Calling and more
Very helpful indeed.

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Wendy Weiss
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cold Calling (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
The Accidental Salesperson: How to Take Control of Your Sales Career and Earn the Respect and Income You Deserve
Successful Cold Call Selling: Over 100 New Ideas, Scripts, and Examples from the Nation's Foremost Sales Trainer

ASIN: 0967126800

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Cold Calling is a powerful, inexpensive and easy way to develop new contacts and expand resources. In today's market, generating new business requires planning and skill. For over 10 years, Wendy Weiss has been a marketing consultant specializing in cold calling and appointment setting. In the book - based on real-life, hands-on-cold-calling experience - you will discover how to:

-->Develop a can't miss marketing plan for cold calling (chapters 3,4,5)

-->Identify hot leads so you don't waste your precious time (chapter 4)

-->Warm up to project confidence and authority for successful cold calling (chapters 2,3 and 14)

-->Eliminate telephone terror and call reluctance (chapter 8)

-->Create appointment-setting scripts that make your prospects want to see you (chapter 6)

-->Breeze past the screens and gatekeepers (chapter 10)

-->Easily handle the voice-mail barrier and reach your prospects (chapter 13)

-->Convert any and all objections into profitable sales (chapter 12)

-->Double the number of face-to-face appointments you set (chapter 6)

-->Have fun (yes, fun!) with cold calling (chapter 18)

Customer Reviews:

Great for the basics, skip if you are skilled.......2003-09-15

I do not think any of these techniques work just for women, so men, go grab it and read on....
I think for anyone just starting out in sales, whether on the phone or in the field, these techniques will give you the basics to get started. It is also a good idea to go back and read any good sales book as a refresher or a motivator.
Wendy does focus on selling from step one (prospecting, how and where to find your client base) to closing the sale and everything in between. What do I say, how do I say it, what do I do if I fumble... She gives many great real life examples to which we can all relate. Highly recommended for those new in the sales field. But remember for those of us that have been around the block a few times, it's not new information, just a reminder that what we were trained to do years ago still applies.

A waste of time and money.......2003-09-10

I found absolutely no value whatsoever in this book. It's another "take a deep breath and dial the phone" books that lacks any specific advice to work with. A complete disappointment.

She's Got the Process Down Cold!.......2003-02-16

Cold Calling for Women is one of the most helpful books I've ever read. It starts well before the tactics of picking up the phone to include the important strategies of identifying your market, targeting the right prospects, and positioning your product or service for maximum appeal.

That said, it is also extremely specific in terms of tips and techniques for handling each stage of the cold calling process - something I was formerly terrified of. By the time I finished this book, I thought "Hey - I can do this!" Let me tell you - that's saying a lot!

The book is also wonderfully readable and blessedly concise. Wendy Weiss' energetic writing style makes it a fast read, and the exercises she includes motivate you to take action NOW. I read it cover to cover in one sitting - including all the exercises and note-taking - and by the time I was done, I was ready to pick up the phone and get started!

Cold Calling and more.......2002-12-27

Wendy Weiss has done a fabulos job of delivering what was once stale information and making it interesting. Cold calling is one of those daily "chores" for people in business. Ms. Weiss' has clearly detailed helpful "Tips", the best "Do's" and the "Don't" you want to truly avoid. I enjoyed her style and found it an easy read. Its one of those books I keep on my desk for ideas and reference.

Very helpful indeed........2001-08-09

There are several glowing testimonials contained in this book; believe them all. The comparison of cold calling to a performance is as effective an analogy as you'll find. This, and the many techniques recommended therein, are reinforced throughout with exercises that construct a winning strategy for successful cold calling. Even seasoned veterans will find new approaches that work. Do not view the title as a deterrent; anyone who has to cold call (male or female) will find this book quite useful.

HANG UP And Start Selling: The 30 Minute Guide to Finding New Customers without Cold Calling

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Finally, a new idea in sales
One of the most clever sales books I ever read

HANG UP And Start Selling: The 30 Minute Guide to Finding New Customers without Cold Calling
Bob Bolen
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Selling Sucks: How to Stop Selling and Start Getting Prospects to Buy!
Heat Up Your Cold Calls: How to Get Prospects to Listen, Respond, and Buy

ASIN: 1425961649

Book Description

Hang Up. and Start Selling describes a smart, dignified, professional step-by-step way for sales reps to introduce themselves to every decision maker in their territory. No more wasting time with someone who can't make a decision and no more cold calls. This book is a must read for sales people and their managers who are selling big ticket items or concepts that require executive level sponsorship or approval. SEE WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT. "I remember the first time Bob contacted me. His message was concise, relevant, and compelling. I sent it to one of my managers to look into and within six weeks, we were using his company's services and were very satisfied. I can't remember a single cold call to my office that ever resulted in a contract." Brian Cafferty, CEO Vero Systems, Inc. "Bob's system is simple, logical and professional. This should be required reading for every B to B sales force." Rick Mace Executive Vice President, Global Business Group Operations Tekelec "Bob got to me. He used his own prospecting technique to bypass all the HR procedures to contact me and present himself as a candidate for our area sales executive position. I hired him after the first call and instantly had him train the rest of the team on his approach. I have never seen an easier, more effective method for getting to the right person. Simple, effective, and no more cold calls." Reed Humphrey, VP Sales BCE Emergis "Bob taught me his prospecting technique when we worked together and I have been a convert ever since. My pipeline grows faster and is more solid than ever before because I am dealing directly with the decision maker on every deal. I should split my commissions with Bob, ..but I won't." Mike DeLuccia, Sales Executive Weichert Realtors

Customer Reviews:

Finally, a new idea in sales.......2006-10-24

This book is long overdue. Bob Bolen finally cracked the code and brought sales techniques into the 21st century. His examples are concrete and his step-by-step method is brilliant in its direct, common sense approach.

One of the most clever sales books I ever read.......2006-10-23

This book is great! Easy to read, fast, and straight to the point. One of the most common sense books I ever read.

Power Prospecting : Cold Calling Strategies For Modern Day Sales People - Build a B2B Pipeline. Teleprospecting, Lead Generation, Referrals, Executive Networking. Improve Selling Skills. (Selling Skills From Great Moments In History, Volume 1)

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Amazing...if only I had this 20 years ago!
Painless Prospecting

Power Prospecting : Cold Calling Strategies For Modern Day Sales People - Build a B2B Pipeline. Teleprospecting, Lead Generation, Referrals, Executive Networking. Improve Selling Skills. (Selling Skills From Great Moments In History, Volume 1)
Patrick Henry Hansen
Manufacturer: Brave Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials)

ASIN: B000NS4E2Y

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What does it take to be a successful prospector What can we learn from history's most powerful personalities? Patrick Henry Hansen's Power Prospecting draws on some of history's most compelling moments-Aristotle's banishment from Plato's academy, Robert Bruce's victory at the battle of Bannockburn, mountain man John Colter's miraculous escape from the Blackfeet Indians, General George S. Patton's march on Berlin, and more. Beginning each chapter with a captivating historical event, Power Prospecting both informs and entertains. Using examples from the past to teach modern principles of prospecting, Mr. Hansen provides instruction of timeless value. ----- About the Author - Patrick Henry Hansen is one of America's top business speakers, a best-selling author, radio talk show host, and foremost authority on sales methodology, presentation strategies, and sales-side negotiation. His firm, Patrick Henry & Associates, provides corporate trainings and conducts sales and marketing retreats for managers, directors, and executives. ----- Comments from Readers: I HATE cold calling! What a senseless waste of time! That is what I used to say, until our group was trained by Patrick Henry Inc. I'm glad to have this book in my library. It teaches you how to put together the language of a cold call so you aren't getting hang ups in the first second. I have had five times the success after using the principals taught in this book! Stephen C. Kunzler ----- I gained a lot of useful information from reading this book. I learned to overcome negative responses and how to effectively ask questions to find customer's needs and pains. Mr. Hansen takes you step by step in helping you become a successful prospector. After reading this book my qualified leads tripled! Christopher A. Walker ----- Autographed Copy.

Customer Reviews:

Amazing...if only I had this 20 years ago!.......2007-04-20

This book is absolutely a "must" read for any sales professional or manager. Whether you want to improve your own results or those of your team or company. This book gives a path to Prospecting Nirvana. It is simple, yet very powerful and is brutally honest about why Prospecting is such a hige problem in the sales profession. With this book in hand a rookie or a veteran can see dramatic results. Can't wait to read the rest in the series!

Painless Prospecting.......2007-04-19

I HATE prospecting, but this book provides the most painless and effective approach that I have ever seen! Five stars.

Dead Guys Don't Buy: A Winner's Guide to Cold Calling LIVE Prospects Successfully

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Dead Guys Don't Buy: A Winner's Guide to Cold Calling LIVE Prospects Successfully
E., R. Carpenter
Manufacturer: Forest Wade Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0977107140

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Does cold calling give you cold feet? Ask the average salesperson that question, and he will honestly tell you yes. If you're one of them we have good news; help is on the way! "Dead Guys Don't Buy" is filled with helpful and well-thought-out advice for professionals who must cold call well for a living. This book includes instructions on how to create a primo calling list so that you don't waste time calling dead guys, how to get past gatekeepers, when and when not to leave voice mails and how often, how to overcome objections, "The 10 Commandments of Cold Calling," and much more. It's the perfect reference guide for those who struggle with the challenges involved with cold calling and want to master the art of prospecting.

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