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Marketing Management and the EU
Many of the marketing texts argue that marketing is a logical process with a natural structure which can be viewed primarily as a method of: understanding the marketing environment; using the marketing mix; developing a marketing plan based upon the use of the mix; imp

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The aim of a cold call is simply to get to an appointment and nothing more; you are not trying to sell on the first call

Do your homework and know all about the company you are calling before you ask for the appointment

Cold Calling will come into play more often than you will like. If you want to read a book on Cold Calling techniques there ar

Career Change: From Suits & Sales to Boots & Rails
Peter Humleker had it made. As the general manager of a successful car dealership, he was earning an impressive income. The only problem? He hated what he was doing."I was making a living off of manipulating and misleading people, taking advantage of them with u

Even the word Cold Call will send shivers down anyone's spine. Most of the people I deal with do not like them and will avoid them at any cost. I do not blame them and most often cold calls will not yield very high results. You are only likely to gain ten percent of your business (at the most) from cold calling. So why do we do it? First, there is a myth that cold calling is necessary to gain new business. Second, it seems to be a challenge to many salespeople to make the cold call. All of this is totally unnecessary if you can change the cold call into a warm call.

Here are ten things that you can do for cold calling:

Find out who makes the decision for the company through the receptionist (sometimes called the gatekeeper)

Ask who they currently do business with for your particular product or service

Put on a seminar and ask who the correct person would be for sending the invitation

Find out what organizations a decision maker attends and see if there is an opportunity for you to also attend

Find an opportunity to be introduced to the decision maker from someone you already know

If you see an announcement in the newspaper about the company you wish to do business with, send a note with congratulations to the new person or to the person in charge of the project, then follow-up with a phone call

Find the right people to talk to and get the first appointment; this is more easily done at a networking event.

Do not simply call all the businesses on the block with a memorized script

The aim of a cold call is simply to get to an appointment and nothing more; you are not trying to sell on the first call

Do your homework and know all about the company you are calling before you ask for the appointment

Cold Calling will come into play more often than you will like. If you want to read a book on Cold Calling techniques there are

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ss. Second, it seems to be a challenge to many salespeople to make the cold call. All of this is totally unnecessary if you can change the cold call into a warm call.