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Festive Funnels: Successful Strategies for Holiday Prospecting
According to Salesmate, 40% of salespeople agree that prospecting is the most challenging part of the sales
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Lot of layoff news. Reminder that Lavender is free for job seekers.
Cold emails open doors. It got me my first job in
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What's the point of community if we don't lift each other up?!
Vin Matano just hit Presidents Club attainment!!!
Doesn't take a wizard to know
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This framework kills it for cold emails & for responding to objections.
When competitors come up - create safety.
1) Acknowledge the competitor.
2) Complement the
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So... I just realized today's post is my last post of the year.
I feel weird saying this... but 2021 was likely a pivotal
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Want to close more deals?
Ask yourself... "Is this the easiest path forward for the buyer, given the circumstances?"
Friction kills deals.
Make life easy for
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๐ Emojis don't belong in your cold email ๐
Check out this email:
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Subject: Founder Mixer Alert ๐จ - Let's meet!
Hey Will -
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If your LinkedIn message doesnโt fit in a connection request, itโs too long.
(300 characters)
Less pitch. More conversation.
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LinkedIn DMs are a gold mine right now.
Where do you write your messages from?
Unless you're writing from that little box along the bottom...
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PSA: you don't need to say "the reason I'm reaching out is..."
Just say it
On that same note... cold emailers, you also don't need
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The 1 idea rule
aka
Why you should remove commas from your cold emails.
The 1 idea rule is simple
1 idea per email
1 idea per paragraph
1
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Since starting Lavender, there are 2 cold email data points that have surprised me:
1. Unsure tones (read: "tentative") in cold emails absolutely crush
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"Hey, do you have a job description for that open role?"
Startups: Sure! ๐
ps. Anyone know a good graphic designer?
... like creative director
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Before you hit send on that cold email...
Ask yourself ๐ค "Why am I reaching out?"
If your reason is...
- Job title
- Industry
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Favorite new cold email pattern disrupt I'm seeing right now:
Merge the greeting w/ an observation.
This simple change is a great way to warm
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If everyone read their emails...
we wouldn't need to have all these conferences.
Just sayin'
Ps. Conference playbook coming soon. Anyone wanna see a draft?
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Still think about the time a SDR turned down a job offer from us to join a large co.
"I just feels less risky"
In
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We're onboarding 2 new sellers tomorrow!
Below is how I'm thinking about it, but what would you say is the most helpful thing for
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Story Time... we had a first this week.
A company signed up for a trial with us. They were struggling to get email replies.
We
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LinkedIn creates an interesting challenge for personalizing DMs.
It's not the same as email.
Personalize up front... might miss them on desktop.
BUT
Personalize at the