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cold calling

  1. Mr.Nichan

    The UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer

    MARKETING 
    Just wanted to post this to see if anyone else finds this content as interesting as I have done! A guy that certainly looks like a real strange fellow, but he is a really talented sales trainer with great content and an interesting method. Check out his other content :) What do you guys think...
  2. DistressedDenim

    Cold calling for web design clients

    EXECUTION 
    Hello, Has anyone here had any success cold calling for web design clients? I'd like some advice if you have any I'll be cold-calling law firms.
  3. cornishpasty

    A Couple of Points on Cold Calling

    NOTABLE! EXECUTION 
    I got a job in sales 2 years ago, and have made approximately 150 cold calls per day since then. I'm by no means a master, and there's always room for improvement, but I'm pretty well versed in the art and I feel confident in my abilities (for context, I finished top of my team for new business...
  4. NielsA

    Tips for Cold calling

    MARKETING 
    Hello all, I am having a bit of a hard time at the moment with cold calling and cold mailing. Are there maybe people who have tips on how to do this professionally and convincingly.
  5. Laksh Ramesh

    How to improve in cold calling at the best possible?

    QUESTION 
    hi fellow fastlaners, I have developed a solution regarding auto repair niche, but when I cold call the conversion rates are low and there are a lot of gatekeepers in the niche. Could I have some advice and insight on it. Thank you
  6. M

    Cold Calling tips for SaaS Companies

    IDEA 
    B2B Cold Calling Tips for SaaS Companies: 10 powerful cold pitching tips for SaaS organizations in India that will assist you with producing more leads and meet your deals target. 1) Do in-depth research 2) Define your list 3) Use a local number and ensure it’s working well 4)Use script 5)...
  7. PiotrB

    Cold Calling Strategy

    QUESTION 
    Hello! I'm launching my service business pretty soon and I'll be targetting US-based companies. One of the methods for reaching out to customers that I'm going to use is cold calling. However, I'm not from the US and therefore I don't own any US phone numbers. I've tried using virtual numbers...
  8. M

    How to find data for market research

    MARKETING 
    Hi everyone! I am currently doing a marketing internship at a very early-stage B2B startup in the EU (I am in college and I'm doing it just to learn about business, I am not starting my own company because I don't have money and I am planning to move abroad soon). They asked me to find data...
  9. Andy Black

    How not to cold message

    MARKETING 
    I've been getting quite a lot of messages like the one in the screenshot below. It's a reason I stopped participating in Facebook groups. There must be a flavour-of-the-month course showing people how to do outbound via Facebook messenger (I'm sure this is applied to LinkedIn and other...
  10. Kalactose

    Nervousness Cold Calling

    MARKETING MINDSET EXECUTION 
    Do you guys have any tips to be less anxious when cold calling? In my case, I need to meet people physically which makes it way worse. I've approached about a dozen people and saw success in one out of six people. I thought it would be easier but jeez, the conversation gets so awkward I just...
  11. rodvaN

    LEADGEN.tools - B2B/B2C Lead Finder, Verifier and Exporter to other Platforms. Many other Tools, Templates, Spy + Community [FREE Trial]

    SAAS / APPS MARKETPLACE 
    LeadGen.tools is a platform that will allow you to Scout the whole internet for TLD's, Footprints, Contact-Pages, Profiles with Contacts, Telegram Groups, and all that can be found on main Search Engines. It also includes a Search Engine for Google Places which will be crawled with our AI to get...
    • rodvaN
    • Thread
    • cold calling cold emailing cold emails lead gen lead generation
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Fastlane Marketplace
  12. AndreiR

    February Cold-calling Challenge: 1 more person every day.

    EXECUTION 
    I run a web design business and have been doing so for several years now. I've been doing well with word of mouth and referrals, but I want to get to the point this year where me and my freelancers are getting 1 website per week (and 40 a year). One of the things I regret most in my business is...
  13. A

    Advice Needed From E-Mail Pros For Cold Outreach Template

    MARKETING 
    Hello guys, I wrote an e-mail template to promote olive oil through partnerships with nutraceutical/pharmaceutical or any other health product company out there. There is olive oil used for therapeutic purposes? Yes, and it's quite rare with a lot of research behind it so there is no question...
    • Andreas
    • Thread
    • cold calling cold calls cold emails email email marketing marketing
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Marketing Strategy
  14. K1 Lambo

    Is door to door still effective?

    MARKETING 
    I'm thinking in terms of local businesses, not approaching some huge a$$ corporations who got 50 different managers . But businesses in your local town who are small-medium sized. Like not approaching them in a salesy type of way, but genuinely caring about solving business owners' problems by...
  15. Walter Hay

    How Commission Reps Helped to Rapidly Grow My Business

    My importing and B2B marketing business began its life in our farmhouse 1 ½ hours’ drive from a big city. I started the ball rolling by travelling to the outer suburbs and visiting schools where in face to face discussions with school principals I obtained orders for school badges, mostly...
  16. jb5150

    Cold calling Rehab Clinics, input requested!

    EXECUTION 
    I run a trauma psychotherapy clinic, and I am looking to expand across my state/province. What we do is offer a no fee (free) trauma counselling to anyone who has been involved in a vehicle accident. I am able to provide this due to the fact we have one government funded auto insurance...
    • jb5150
    • Thread
    • cold call cold calling cold leads coldcall lead gen marketing referrals
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Process and Execution
  17. M

    Cold Emailing Restaurants

    Hi, I have a marketing agency but it is not big so far.( below 2k per month) We target local businesses and sell mainly fb ads. Has anyone experience with cold emailing restaurants? Because I believe that most big companies should be cold emailed and smaller ones should be cold called. I...
  18. MakeItHappen

    Many of the TOP 100 forbes billionaires had the same first job... have a guess

    EXECUTION 
    The first job of most billionaires was... drum-roll... SALES! Not a big surprise to many I guess. Many very successful people recommend to learn sales as soon as possible, including many on this forum. I have to admit that I didn't spend any time honing my sales skills... mostly to stay...
    • MakeItHappen
    • Thread
    • billionaire cold call cold calling personal development sales sales agent sales calls salesmanship selling selling products
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Process and Execution
  19. J

    We have a business idea, what would be the best way to test if idea will work?

    IDEA 
    Hi guys! My teammate and I have a startup idea related to IoT, which will be targeted to B2B. We know that we have to execute and test the idea with business straight away, to avoid waste of the time (we know that nowadays everything is about the speed of execution). Unfortunately, we are...
  20. 458

    Doing $75,000 USD Per WEEK (Service Business)

    GOLD! HOT! EXECUTION 
    Hitting stride now but still growing fast, 2019 should have us averaging 150k a week, right now i am at 75k per week. I've learned a lot as we have grown, who has questions? Add them below and I'll answer (good questions only). EDIT: SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO YOUR OWN STARTUP OR BUSINESS...
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