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Business Development Cold Calling

Doing for you what you don't want to do or don't have time to do
Hunting, qualifying, list-building and nurturing relationships for well-qualified prospects worth pursuing that you never get to.

Building Good Prospect Lists
Nothing worthwhile comes easy. Especially so-called telemarketing lists.
Most of what you buy are loaded with junk you need to clean up and that's a real pain.
What to do? Build your own lists and keep your data clean and up-to-date.
Helps if you have a good list company like Accurate Leads ---- Great service. Plus you can test small batches of prospect lists custom built to match your needs.
Their services I have recommened to Marketing Direct outreach clients looking for quality
mailing lists, telemarketing lists & email lists.

Question: Does effective business outreach cold calling require a background in the industry or markets you are calling?
Answer: Surprisingly, industry specific knowledge about the business segments you are calling is NOT essential.
Tone of voice is key
Your ability to bond with someone --- usually a complete stranger if you're cold calling --- will have more to do with your tone of voice than anything else.

Question: Why do sales managers consider business cold calling obsolete?

Answer: Social media and web based marketing are their focus.

And cold calling is misery for their sales people.

Question: Is cold call otreach effective?

Answer: Harvard Business Review On-Line says cold calling is "the most effective way to set up appointments with the right decision makers at your target accounts...and should be used by every B2B sales force."

Effective business development cold calling can be learned, honed, perfected.
George Clay
Phone prospectors --- the really good ones --- can work any industry.
Technical data and industry buzz words are helpful.
But over the phone skills ---genuine friendliness...business savy...good etiquette --- are even more important.
Never "Wing It". Use a script. It keeps repetitions, omissions and improper sequencing out of your pitch.
Keep It Short. Make your introduction brief and to the point.
How brief? Twenty to thirty seconds! That's all you get.
So be accurate, concise,and persuasive. Are you starting to see why you need a cold calling script?
R-e-l-a-x. Dialog and delivery in movies, TV, and plays flows from carefully crafted scripts. Yet these staged conversations sound completely natural and -spontaneous.
Effective cold call prospecting is no different.
Subtle inflections and pauses make your presentation more natural and far more believable.
Prospect Qualify. Good prospects...weak prospects?
Find out who's who by asking specific questions.
For example, "Does this interest you?" Or "When would you like me to recontact you"?
Make prospect qualify questions part of every cold call script!
Test, Test, Test ----but control your variables carefully.
Be especially careful with key words or phrases.
You might think they don't matter, but they do!
So once you find a winning script, stick with every word of it!

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Subtle inflections & pauses make you sound more natural & more believable.
Be especially careful with key words or phrases.
You might think they don't matter, but they do!
Test and fine tune your delivery --- but control your variables carefully.
And once you find a winning pitch, stick with every word of it!
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George Clay

858-756-2085

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Outreach Services

George Clay

New client outreach --- the human touch.
Hunting, prospecting, qualifying --- without mass volume telemarketing.
Get you closer to your customers.
Manage & nurture leads through handover to Sales, once there is an opportunity.

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Marketing Direct Outreach

No magic pill.

Just sales hunting with a human touch.

Slow but sure wins trust that wins clients.

Not a quick fix...but it works!

Test and see if you like results.

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