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icon for podpress  CCP034 - Overcoming the Limitations of Remote Selling [25:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Remote sellingIn today’s edition of The Cold Calling Podcast, we look at some of the issues that come up when you are selling to people you cannot actually meet face-to-face. How do you get around the issues of trust when you are selling exclusively via remote channels such as telephone and e-mail?

Thanks to Dan from Australia by the way, for the audio comment that inspired the theme of this episode.

Cold calling can be difficult at the best of times but remote selling, where you have to do everything over the phone and via e-mail (when a meeting is not possible because of geographic limitations for example), can present a whole bunch of challenges of its own.

In this episode of The Cold Calling Podcast, sales coaching experts Mike O’Hara and Greg Grimer discuss some of the the sales techniques you can use in those situations, when selling over the telephone is your only option. How do you build trust and credibility with a prospect you can’t meet? How can you use supporting materials (for example new media like web-based video) to enhance your telephone pitch and value proposition? What can you do with case studies and references? Where do business networks like LinkedIn fit into the equation? Is personalised collateral the key to helping support your remote selling activities?

Greg and Mike discuss all of this and more, so just click on the play icon above to listen to the podcast.

If you would like personal, one-on-one cold call training from  Greg, please visit our sales coaching page to find out more.

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CCP017 – Cultural Differences When Cold Calling

 
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On this weeks show, we talk about cultural differences. How should you change your approach when cold-calling decision makers who are based in a different country, or who come from an entirely different culture, to your own? What works in the US does not necessarily work in the UK, and vice versa.
Additionaly, we talk about [...]

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CCP014 – Cold Calling For Business Owners

 
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This weeks episode of The Cold Calling Podcast is directed squarely at business owners. If you own your own business, and you are hitting the phones in order to find new customers, what are some of the key things you should be thinking about? How can you use the fact that you are the President [...]

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CCP012 – Pushiness and Aggression on the Cold Call

 
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This week, we talk about the qualities of pushiness and aggression. Under what circumstances should you adopt a more aggressive position than you normally would on a call? We discuss the right time and place for this kind of approach. We also talk about some techniques you can use to diffuse aggression when you face [...]

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CCP008 – Cold Calling with the RIGHT Value Statement

 
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In this weeks episode of The Cold Calling Podcast, we go into more detail on the subject of value statements, and discuss some alternative approaches you could use, based upon your industry, product or service.
We explore the following eight approaches (along with various combinations) and discuss when they might be most appropriate:

Name-dropping approach
Assumed problem approach
Consumable/raw [...]

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CCP004 – Dealing With Rejection on the Cold Call

 
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This week, we discuss a range of issues to do with rejection, including types of rejection, how to deal with it, and ways to minimize the likelihood of it happening.
We start the show with some feedback from a couple of listeners (thanks Jon and Katerina!), then go on to discuss:
- Reasons for call reluctance
- Ways [...]

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CCP001 – Introduction to Cold-Calling

 
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Hello, and welcome to the first episode of The Cold Calling Podcast, a new series dedicated to helping you improve the effectiveness of your cold-calling activities.
In this episode, we give a brief introduction to some of the wide range of topics we’ll be covering throughout this podcast series.
First of all, let’s take a look at [...]

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Welcome to The Cold Calling Podcast!

This series of shows, presented by Mike O’Hara and Greg Grimer, is designed for salespeople and marketers in the business-to-business community, and is all about generating new business through telephone prospecting.
In the series, we’ll be covering a range of topics, including:
- Getting direct numbers
- Motivating yourself
- Planning call activity
- Articulating a value statement – the [...]

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