If you want to become a better closer, you should trial close your prospects in almost every interaction with them. Trial closing is performing a test close. You do this by checking in with the prospect and asking questions to see where their head is and if you are heading in the right direction. Here [...]
Everybody talks about how to approach social selling. We want to take a minute here to discuss how not to use social media as a sales prospecting tool. Before we get into what not to do, let’s outline two key principles: We are all trying to sell something. Just about everybody you connect with and [...]
In the cult classic sales movie titled Glengarry Glen Ross, there is this scene where Alec Baldwin’s character outlines a sales process that uses the acronym A-I-D-A. While the movie is quite entertaining, this scene reminds me of many things that I feel are missing from sales processes and techniques that are taught to salespeople. Here [...]
One of the most common sales role-play exercises you will see in training programs or interviews is where the request is made to sell a pen. If you have ever seen someone try to do this, most of the time, they will not handle the test well. In this post, we will explain exactly how to [...]
In this webinar, we look at the subject of what to do (and not do) with voicemail boxes when sales prospecting. Getting a prospect’s voicemail box is the most likely outcome. Prospects can be difficult to reach. You can call a prospect dozens of times, and it would not be crazy to get his [...]
An extremely common sales objection is that the prospect will say, “We do not have the budget right now.” While that might sound like an immediate show-stopper, there are some key things that you can do to try to get around and resolve that objection. How to Respond when Cold Calling One key thing to understand here [...]
You will face sales objections at different points of the sales cycle. We recommend that you don't deal with objections head-on in the early sales cycle stages as your goal is to just keep the conversation going and get to the appointment or meeting. But at some point, it does make sense to try to [...]
Here are some sales objection examples and how you can respond to get around the objection. These are objection responses that redirect the objection to keep the conversation going but try to take it in a new yet still related direction. One thing to remember when you face some examples of sales objections while cold [...]
One of the best ways to become a better closer is to ask the right qualifying questions when meeting with prospects. These are questions that screen the prospect to see how good of a fit your product is and how likely the prospect is to move forward with the purchase. Here is a short video [...]
While working for a software company in my first sales position, I went through a workshop that taught the Sandler Sales Methodology. This was actually one of the first real sales training programs that I went through, and I loved it. Here is a quick review and summary of what I liked about their sales [...]
