Here's a quick way to test whether any cold-calling script will actually convert sales leads into sales prospects. John, I'm sure you're busy and I want to respect your time, so I'll be brief." ...

Last week, a Sales Machine reader by the name of Mike Kroll posted a LONG comment to an older post. His comment laid out a method for cold calling that transforms the runaround that prospects often ...

Cold calling scripts are the most commonly recommended tool to assist a new salesperson in prospecting for sales. However, cold calling scripts are frequently overused, abused, and relied upon as ...

A long while back, I posted a “programmed” version of that script, but the links are screwed up, so here’s a simplified and improved version. The script starts with “The Opening,” below. Here’s some ...