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Cold calling sucks - but it works well.

It's the fastest way to fix pipeline issues.

If you're struggling with it, get in touch:

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Sales Trainer | Cold Calling Trainer

Giulio Segantini

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟬 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲.

You can blame the other person, but usually:

It just means your opener sucks.
(or you have PE syndrome)

I like my openers like my personal trainers.

The crazier the better.

Nathan Mills and I put 6 together for you 👇

I promise you, the wildest you've heard.

𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲?
 
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The Weirdest B2B Sales Trainer ❄️📞 Long Live Cold Calling | Pineapple on Pizza is a Crime | IFS Therapy

𝟮𝟬 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

It doesn't matter if you:
• Have a great opener
• The best tone in the world
• A super-relevant pitch for them

You will catch some prospects at a bad time.

You will call people who hate being called.

Some prospects will just hate your voice.

The hard part is not making the call.
It's knowing you may do everything right and still lose.
Just like assembling IKEA furniture with the instructions.

This is why cold calling is a game of resilience.
(and IKEA is a form of masochism)

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻?

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Follow and 🔔 for daily (weird) sales content:  Giulio Segantini

"𝗜'𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆" 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀' 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁.

It doesn't need to be the end of the call.

The right move is to playfully push forward:
"𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺; 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬."

The trick is making the next 10 seconds worth it.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦: 
"𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳?"

There's always another line, another angle.

Your job is to give them a reason to stay.

Watch what happens in the video 👇
 
𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲?

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Follow Giulio Segantini or I'll cold call you.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 💩

This is what it sounds like 69%+ of the time:

"𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴"

The problem? 
Everyone says the same BS.
You'll sound more boring than white rice.

Instead, you should always lead with their problems:

"𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 {𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦}, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵:
1. 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 {𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 1}
2. 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 {𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 2}
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 {𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦}.

𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵?"

Now you speak their language. 
You're not a salesperson - you're someone who *gets it*.  

Still pitching like Jordan Belfort? 
That's why you hear the beep sounds...

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 👇🏻

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Follow and 🔔 for daily (weird) sales content:  Giulio Segantini

𝗡𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹.

Which is why when you call them:

They'll ask you for an email.

And most salespeople will send that email.

As if they don't receive enough emails.

Cold calling is not about politeness.

You'll have to push a little.

"Shy salespeople have skinny kids."

Agree to send that email and then say:

"𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘵-𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳?"

Most of the time, they won't even read the email.

Watch it in action below. 👇🏻

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼?

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Follow and 🔔 for daily (weird) sales content:  Giulio Segantini

Getting consistent, predictable meetings in the calendar is hard.

Usually, companies struggle because

• They've noticed they don't have enough meetings in the calendar and as a result, the pipeline is looking a bit bleak. 

• Or maybe they are meeting people but they just don't seem to convert because they're not the right types of people. 

I'm guessing this doesn't sound like you but if it does.

Website: www.wehaveameeting.com
Email: zac@wehaveameeting.com
or you can call me: 07712177411

Zac Thompson

Every single morning I get strangled and I enjoy it ... 

(It's not what you think) 

Jiu Jitsu is autocorrect for the ego.

Nothing tells you you're making progress one day and then rips it up the next like it.

Nothing puts you immediately in your body, breath and exhaustion like it.

Nothing makes an objection feel like nothing or a business curveball bounce off you.

My days used to be so stressful until I started getting choked.

Your team isn’t booking enough meetings. We’re the reason that changes. | Founder, We Have A Meeting | #1 Author, Sales Is Therapy

I offered our first hire beer and pizza to come and work for us...

When we made our first hires I had nothing to offer.

I was struggling with how to support my family and invest into the business at the same time.

Every other business at the recruitment day had the lot.

Holiday incentives. Boozy Thursdays. Pickle a relative. You name it.

When it came to my turn I basically said: 

"We don't have any of that, but we're one of the best places to work if you're a salesperson who wants to be able to sell in any sector to any ICP. 

Oh and unlimited holidays."

Did those people stay forever? 

No. It's sales. Nobody does.

But we want every person who comes through the door to leave better than they arrived. 

Which, if you think about it, is a better incentive than a Thursday Sambuca.

Don't start the business.

The market is too crowded.
You don't have enough money.
You don't have enough time.
You need more experience first.
Wait until the kids are older.
Wait until the economy is better.
Wait until you're ready.

You're not ready.

Nobody is.

The whole thing might fail. 

But if it all went wrong tomorrow, genuinely wrong, what's the worst that happens?

Can you give the new lad some encouragement?

Me:

Maddie Garrod is brand new to sales and achieved this in one week

Most new salespeople are left to their own devices to send a few cold DMS and hope for the best

Using Nooks we do all the heavy lifting at the front end meaning salespeople can spend all their time selling

You can be the best salesperson in the world but if you never speak to people it's pointless

The new features for AI sequencing are ridiculous and will change the way people sell.

Tells you which accounts have the highest intent signals
No bouncing from tool to tool
Easier to manage tasks and sequence in one place

Lock in, pick a list and focus on speaking to people

92 Meetings in 10 Days?

It started with not urinating until I closed.

I’d stare at the pipeline with my legs crossed and say,
“Not until there’s movement on both sides.”

Sounds extreme I know but it worked. 

Then I got more extreme.

I stopped breathing until I closed.

Inhale before the call.
Hold.
Pitch.
Handle.
Close.
Exhale.

Last week I held my breath for 11 minutes.
Lost consciousness.
Woke up with a signed DocuSign and a renewed sense of purpose.

The doctor said I’m doing “long-term damage.”
I said, “So is discounting.”

You don’t need urgency when you become the consequence.
You don’t sell value.
You embody the cost of hesitation.

Pipeline’s never been cleaner.
My oxygen levels are irrelevant.

Sometimes commitment looks like strategy.
Sometimes it looks like passing out in a WeWork booth with a 98% close rate.

I want you to use my wife...

Struggling to perform?

Pipeline weak?

Constantly battling your own emotions.

Meet Emma Thompson

Imagine spending an hour with someone and never having to worry about your mindset, inconsistent performance or failing ever again.

Emma is a hypnotherapist that's worked with some of the biggest names on Linkedin and she's open for two more clients.

Link in the comments.

I used to think more tools = more pipeline.

I was wrong.

We stripped our outbound stack down to two:
→ Prospeo for contact data
→ Nooks for power dialing

And the numbers speak for themselves:

📞 1,362 dials made
✅ 404 connected
💬 196 real conversations
📅 20 meetings booked
⏱️ 148.4 second avg talk time
📊 80% delivery rate

Simplicity won.

Prospeo keeps our data clean so we're not burning dials on bad numbers. 

Nooks keeps our reps in a flow state, less admin, more conversations.

The result? A 10.2% booking rate from conversations and booked meetings with right people becoming closed in roughly every 3 meetings.

Outbound isn't dead. Bad data and bad dialers are just killing it.

Fix your foundation before you scale.

Someone asked me where they should start with personal branding.

"It's simple," I said. "Rent a Lamborghini, borrow someone's Rolex, and take lots of photos of yourself looking busy with both."

He laughed.
I didn't.

For most people, "personal branding" has become a shortcut for one question: how do I look like someone you should give money to? 

With no actual answer to whether you can provide a good product or service.

Daniel Day-Lewis doesn't have a personal brand strategy. He just happens to be the best actor alive.

I've never once heard what his coffee order taught him about B2B sales.

The best personal brand you can build is being genuinely excellent at what you do. 

Everything else is just a rented Lamborghini.

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