It is critical to ask sales questions when you are out there selling. But the difference between being a good salesperson and consistently overachieving is asking the right questions. Let’s look at one of the common sales prospecting questions that many salespeople think is good, and we will show you why this is one of [...]
Sometimes it can help to look at some cold call voicemail examples in order to get some ideas of what to say when prospecting. In this video, we go through some examples for you. Value Message The first of the sales prospecting voicemail examples is a value message. It is one that just focuses on [...]
Most salespeople do not ask enough or the right sales questions. While this is not good and can negatively impact sales results, it is actually very understandable for a few reasons. Companies Don’t Train Salespeople to Ask the Right Sales Questions If you looked at most new hire sales training programs, you would see most [...]
In a previous blog post, we discussed how to use soft closing questions. There are also times when you will want to be more direct and hard close a sales prospect. Here are some examples of hard closing questions and some explanations for each closing question. Are you ready to move forward to the next [...]
One of the things salespeople or business owners care most about is closing the sales. With that, everybody is looking for ways to become a better closer. In this video, we talk about some soft closing tactics that, when you do everything else right, can be more effective than trying the traditional hard close. [...]
If you were to ask a group of salespeople what the one thing they wanted to be better at was, in many cases, most would answer that they would like to be better at closing sales prospects. This is understandable because closing the sale is actually the most important step and what directly leads to [...]
We had a very productive sales training webinar this week. Here are the recording and slides. The topic was “Sell More by Screening Good Prospects from Bad.” Your Time is Valuable and Must Be Protected This sales training webinar focuses on the key principle that your time is extremely valuable. You only have so [...]
There are many different opinions about whether or not someone can truly develop selling skills. Many believe that salespeople are born and that you either have the natural ability or you don’t. I personally don’t agree with that. I see selling as a skill that can be developed and improved regardless of your personality or [...]
It can be easy to see that a cold call script is needed when making outbound calls and then feel that an inbound call script is not needed when receiving calls from prospects. Why We Feel This Way This is very understandable for two reasons. First, inbound calls, where a prospect calls you, are a much easier sales [...]
We currently live in a very narcissistic world today. If you are ever on social media, you will notice a steady flow of selfies and status updates that are solely centered around what the person posting is doing, has received, achieved, etc. The Problem with this Behavior The interesting thing is that what motivates this [...]
