Category Archives: Cold Calling

ConnectAndSell: Novel Solution for Increasing Sales Efficiency

If part of your lead generation or lead nurturing strategy involves outbound sales calls, then you already know one of the key metrics critical to sales productivity is connection rate – i.e. the percentage of dials that result in live conversations. Typical B2B connection rates range from 15 to 30 percent, which means that 70 [...]

Where Do I Buy Lists for Cold-Calling?

A client writes: “We’re considering buying a few lists for our sales team to use for cold calling (versus marketing) — what are the best sources and approach to doing this? For example, I’m interested in lists of ISPs and also, general CISO lists. Do people usually use a broker or are the subscription services [...]