Struggling to get prospects to give you the time of day? In this webinar, renowned sales executive and entrepreneur Jeff Hoffman shares a simple cold calling structure that can dramatically warm up your prospecting efforts.

1. Getting Attention in 15 Seconds or Less:
How to Turn Any Cold Call into a Warm One
Featuring Jeff Hoffman, Devon McDonald, and CeCe Bazar
@mjhoffman @DevMcDee @howbazar #warmcalling

2. Agenda
•The Importance of Cold Calling
•The Truth about Cold Calling
• Why traditional techniques don’t work
•How to get attention in 15 seconds
•Strategic problem solving
•Q&A
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3. The Importance of Picking Up the Phone
•Calling leads and prospects is still
relevant
•People still pick up the phone
•However the days of just “checking in”
are long gone
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4. The Truth about Cold Calling
•The meaning of AIDA
•The ultra-competitive in-Box
•The metrics
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5. What are the Challenges To Cold Calling
S&MM’s study of the relationship between cold
call “touches” and closed deals…
48% reps averaged 1 touch per lead
13% reps averaged 2 touches per lead
7% reps averaged 3 touches per lead
3% reps averaged 4 touches per lead
80% of sales take a minimum of 5 cold
calls.
- S&MM Magazine Survey
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6. How can we overcome these challenges?
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7. Getting Attention is 15 Seconds
•Calling the C-Suite
•Leveraging the Gatekeeper
•The “Why You? Why You Now?”™ Approach
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8. Calling the C-Suite
•Why Cold Call at the Executive-level?
– Best source for research
– Establishes internal credibility quickly
– Source of better referrals
– Competitor-proofs the Account
– Not easily intimidated by the sales process
– Better investment in your career
– Less popular
– Lands in front of a live audience
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9. Calling the C-Suite
•Accountants, lawyers, bankers
•Airport lounges
•Annual reports, SEC filings
•Book endorsements
•Business Directories/Who’s Who
•Chambers of Commerce
•Charitable Organizations
•Civic Organizations
•College Alumni Orgs
•Competitors websites
•Current customers
•Current partners
•Current/former coworkers
•Former customers
•Fraternal Orgs
•Friends/family
•Local/National news
•eNetworking (LinkedIn, twitter,...)
•Other sales reps
•Professional Orgs
•Prospects
•Public filings
•Radio/TV interviews
•Seminars
•Speeches and inteviews
•Subscription lead generators
•Trade magazines
•Trade orgs
•Trade shows
•VCs
•Want-ads/job boards
•WWW
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10. Leveraging the Gatekeeper
•Identify the type of gatekeeper
•“We’ve never met..”
•Engage them directly
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11. Why You? Why You Now?
1. Start with the “WHY YOU?”
• A specific reference to the person (or company.)
• Relates back to a “sales trigger.”
2. Next, introduce the “WHY YOU NOW?”
• Relates back to a “sales trigger.”
• Must be shorter than the “Why You?”
3. Finish with an (Open-ended) Close
• Something you WANT
• Easy to deliver and “outbox”
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12. Why You? Why You Now?
From: M. Jeffrey Hoffman
Sent: Sun 22-Oct-09 8:17 AM
To: Bx, Michael
Subject: Your cover story in SMM
Hello Michael,
I just got off the phone with Barbara after she shared your interview with me in this months issue of SMM. I found your recent sales shift to
"discipline, structure, and focus” intriguing.
Many technology companies rely on our approach to sales training due to the very same principles.
Who do you recommend that I contact at EDS to introduce our training programs?
Best regards,
Jeff Hoffman
MJ Hoffman and Associates, LLC.
617-371-2905
From: Bx, Michael
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2009 9:33 AM
To: Jeff Hoffman
Cc: Lx, Margaret A
Subject: FW: Your cover story in SMM
Jeff
Thank you for the email - Margaret runs this area and I have copied her on this email so you can connect.
Regards,
Michael
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13. Strategic Problem
Solving
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14. QUESTIONS?
Ask away…
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15. THANK YOU
Connect with Jeff:
http://www.mjhoffman.com/
@mjhoffman & @YourSalesMBA
Make sure to keep your eyes peeled for our next webinar on
Structuring SaaS Sales Comp for your team
Thanks for joining us today!
Happy Prospecting!
#warmcalling
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