It can be very understandable for a salesperson to have questions around how many cold calls should I make to a prospect before either moving on or before starting to appear to be a pest. We will try to outline a process in this blog post and attached video to give you some ideas to [...]
I was watching some videos in this pretty cool video series called The Real Deal of Sales, and there was one that I found interesting. It outlines some responses from business professionals when asked what the most challenging things about sales are. I agree with most of the challenges being mentioned and could definitely add a [...]
Getting prospects to answer the phone is the biggest challenge when cold calling. Having the best product and the best means nothing if you can’t talk to someone. If you feel like a lot of your calls go straight to voicemail, watch this webinar recording on “How to Get Prospect to Answer the Phone When [...]
I had a conversation with a family member recently, and I thought it was a good example of why you need a good sales pitch. Or an example of me not using a great sales pitch. Background The background is that I recently bought a set of ceramic knives, and I have been pretty [...]
Cold calling is one of the most difficult sales activities. You operate in an almost hostile environment, have a ton of information to share, and only have a 2—to 5-minute window to work in. Believe it or not, we have a process that you can implement that will not only make it easier but also [...]
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I received a cold call from a salesperson who sells payroll processing services. I thought her sales pitch had room for improvement, so I outlined how the call went to create a cold call script example of what not to do. Here is what she said on the call. I will break down the [...]
We recently held a webinar on using sales gamification to improve sales performance. You can watch the recording and download the slides here. What is Sales Gamification? To start to understand what exactly gamification in the area of sales is and how to best do it, let’s start by looking at what exactly gamification is. According to Merriam-Webster, [...]
Creating a good outbound sales script is not an easy thing to do. Here are some tips that will not only make it easier for you to create your script but also help you create one that is good and works. 1. Don’t sound like a salesperson trying to sell something. The first tip for [...]
Here are a few easy-to-follow tips for how to create a telephone script template. Create an outline for the call When many salespeople think of a sales script, they think of a page with a number of sentences and paragraphs that the salesperson can read from when on a call. This format is not [...]