--- title: social media sales tips tools tricks description: Sales Prospecting tools, tricks and hacks for startup business development and sales representatives --- [![cold-sales-prospecting-logo.png](https://www.coldsalesprospecting.com/hs-fs/file-2369860641-jpeg/Homepage/cold-sales-prospecting-logo_small.jpeg?width=800&height=486&name=cold-sales-prospecting-logo_small.jpeg "cold-sales-prospecting-logo.png")](https://www.coldsalesprospecting.com/) [![Get An Audit](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/474277/e2047a14-ea36-4da9-9e06-d88fa1004c6c.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/474277/e2047a14-ea36-4da9-9e06-d88fa1004c6c) # Sales Tools, Tricks, and Hacks For Social Media Prospecting # Social Media Tips, Tools, and Tricks For Sales Prospecting Sales prospecting can be downright scary without any sort of sales team budget allocated towards your sales prospecting! Luckily, Social Media has paved the way for a new, less costly method of approaching prospects without the need for a big time budget. [![Get The Quora Sales Prospecting Ebook](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/474277/c94f0f1f-0019-4e78-8c67-a539f00ad4ce.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/474277/c94f0f1f-0019-4e78-8c67-a539f00ad4ce) ## Sales Tools For The Startup Enterprise ### Leveraging the right, low-cost tools can make all the difference in your sales efforts ![Sales-tools-toolbelt](https://www.coldsalesprospecting.com/hs-fs/file-2343333184-jpg/Sales_Tools_and_Tricks_Homepage/Sales_Tools_and_Tricks_Images/Sales-tools-toolbelt.jpg?width=300&name=Sales-tools-toolbelt.jpg "Sales-tools-toolbelt") Today, more than ever, a proliferation of online tools has made it easier than at any other point in time for sales novices to reach out to their much coveted prospects. While some of these tools were created specifically to help out sales professionals, others were not intended to do so.  That's why I want to help. On my site i'll teach you to use this whole set of digital tools in combination with one another to get to your ideal customer.  More tools means more opportunities which leads to more sales! ### So What Tools Are We Talking? Lots (what a cop out)!  Quite simply, there's just too many to name here.  But if you must know, here are some: - [Quora](https://www.coldsalesprospecting.com/quora) - IFTTT - Zaiper - [About.me](https://www.coldsalesprospecting.com/about.me-sales-prospecting) - Rapportive - Streak - Salesloft   ## Sales Tricks & Hacks For Your Startup ### Utilizing These Tricks Will Get You In Front Of All Your Ideal Prospects One of the benefits to today's new breed of Internet-savvy generation in the workforce is that an abundance of your ideal prospects are now on social media. ![social-media-prospect-checklist](https://www.coldsalesprospecting.com/hs-fs/file-2340707126-jpg/Sales_Tools_and_Tricks_Homepage/Sales_Tools_and_Tricks_Images/social-media-prospect-checklist.jpg?width=300&name=social-media-prospect-checklist.jpg "social-media-prospect-checklist") The hard part is knowing how and where to connect with these prospects in the digital landscape.   Thankfully for all of us a new dawn of business tools was created for this very perdicament.  And in turn, each of these tools comes with a set of potential exploits that can be leveraged to reach more prospects in greater quantities! ### Cool! But What Kind Of Hacks? Another great looking question! And another vague answer: many! To give you an idea though, here are some: - Social Media Profile Scrappers - [Buzzsumo](https://www.coldsalesprospecting.com/blog/how-to-use-social-media-and-marketing-app-buzzsumo-for-sales-leads) - [Gmail Unsends](https://www.coldsalesprospecting.com/blog/how-to-unsend-a-gmail-email) - [Google Labs](https://www.coldsalesprospecting.com/blog/the-best-gmail-tip-for-sales-professionals-on-a-budget) - Email Validators - IFTTT cross application integrations - And many, many more   [![Get my About.me Ebook](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/474277/99dc098b-81f6-486f-8ea9-71538034593c.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/474277/99dc098b-81f6-486f-8ea9-71538034593c) ## Social Media Prospecting: Tools. Tips. Tricks Subscribe to our blog and learn all the social media sales tips and tricks to optimize your prospecting efforts! #### About Us Cold Sales Prospecting helps new Business Development Representatives at small startups leverage the power of social media to get in front of prospects and convert them into leads.  Our unconventional tools, tips, and tricks will help those in the sales development world gain an upperhand on the competition while putting the fun back into prospecting! 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