Free B2B Sales Training Part Five (a) - Cold Outreach

Teach yourself to about sales prospecting through cold outreach.

On Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, we began delivering a free B2B sales training course via bite-sized posts on the SalesSense LinkedIn company page. This page presents links to the posts in part five (a) - Start a Conversation Through Cold Outreach.

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Course Contents

The complete course addresses the following B2B sales topics:

1. Map a typical customer buying process.
2. Define customer problems or situations that you fix or address.
3. Find sales prospects who need what you sell, right now.
4. Identify the right people in suspect organisations.
5. Start a conversation (a) via cold outreach.
6. What to do if suspects don’t engage.
7. Planning a discovery call or meeting.
8. Persuasive communication.
9. Negotiating access to those who can say yes.
10. Prompting a customer buying process.
11. Participating in a customer buying process.
12. Preparing an effective proposal.
13. Conducting buying negotiations.
14. Closing the sale.
15. Managing the customer relationship.

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Part Five (a) - Start a Conversation via Cold Outreach

Introduction - 5.1

Cold Calling. 5.2

Cold call Preparation. 5.21

The receptionist. 5.22

Voicemail. 5.23

Via a colleague. 5.24

Via an executive assistant. 525

The decision maker. 5.26

A decision-maker example. 5.261

Fob off objections. 5.262

Fob off objection examples. 5.263

Bad timing. 5.264

Measurement. 5.265

Motivation. 5.266

Cold email plus call. 5.3

The subject line. 5.31

Cold email and call - an example. 5.32

A sales letter example. 5.33

A sales letter with a gimmick. 5.34

A sales letter with a gimmick - example. 5.35

Test, test, test. 5.36

The parallel approach. 5.4

The parallel approach - dependencies. 5.41

The rifle shot letter headline. 5.5

The rifle shot letter PS. 5.51

The rifle shot letter PS explanation. 5.52

What to write. 5.53

The envelope. 5.54

The time to call. 5.55

The follow-up. 5.56

Follow-up example. 5.561

The closing question. 5.562

Qualification questions. 5.563

The personal assistant or secretary. 5.564

Outreach part (a) summary. 5.57

Have just the cold outreach element of this course or any combination of the modules, delivered for groups or individuals through online sales training sessions or one-to-one coaching. Call +44 (0)1392 851500 or email jimm@salessense.co.uk for details.