My Top 14 Articles on More Effective Sales Cold Calling

cold callerYesterday, I posted this article about why sales cold calling is so bad.  One of my readers asked what I would recommend to make the calls more effective.  I’ve written a lot of articles about cold calling more effectively, so I have linked to fourteen of those articles below.

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As long as we are talking about books on selling, these are links to articles on my Baseline Selling site which provide instructions for making more effective cold calls :

Saying Hello

Getting Through

Getting Your Prospects’ Attention

First Impressions

Getting More Appointments

The Five Biggest Phone Selling Traps

Obstacles to Scheduling Appointments

Overcoming Negative or No Response

What it Takes to Get Appointments Scheduled

Sales is Like an Obstacle Course

Getting Your Calls Returned

These blog links are to articles right here about cold calling:

Are Your People Still Cold Calling? The Ugly Truth

Best and Worst Cold Call in a Single Call

The 9 Million Dollar Cold Call – Do Salespeople Still Sell That Way?