Here are seven inside sales tips that can immediately improve everything you are doing. 1. Don’t sound like a salesperson Your prospects get sold to a lot. Their phone will ring all day with people like you trying to sell them something. Being aware of this could be used to modify how you approach them. [...]
It can sometimes seem daunting to train salespeople to ask the right sales prospecting questions. This is understandable because a conversation can go so many different directions. But it does not need to be so difficult, and we will provide some structure here that you can apply to your sales training processes. Question Branches One [...]
At Sales Scripter, we often discuss how to deal with sales objections. We provide a process for what to say and how to overcome various objections. However, it is worth pointing out that the same process does not really work when you receive an objection in an email. The reason the same rules do not apply here is [...]
If you really want effective sales messaging, you might want to start thinking about your buyer persona. If you don’t take this step or put thought into this area, you can fall into the trap of using the same talk tracks for all the prospects you interact with. Why this is Important This is important because you will [...]
Having a good cold email subject line can sometimes be the difference between having your email opened and having your email deleted. With that being the case, there is a lot of curiosity in the sales world around what makes a good subject line. We will try to provide some logic here to help with [...]
The most common sales objection you can hear when cold calling is when the prospect says, "Just send me your information." When you hear this, you may not see it as a sales objection, but it is, and we will outline why in this blog post. There are two different times when this can come [...]
The biggest challenge when cold calling is getting prospects to answer the phone. Having the best product and pitch 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 Cold [...]
If you find yourself thinking you need to do some sales prospecting but you just can’t seem to get going, you are not alone. Part of this might be a little call reluctance, but most can be tied to a few hurdles that make it tough to just get your outbound effort going. 1. You [...]
It can be easy for us salespeople to often get stuck on talking too much about our products and services instead of talking about their value proposition. And if we do remember to talk about benefits, we usually talk about the first level of benefits which are the ones that are most obvious and visible [...]
The most common gatekeeper objection is when they ask you, “What is the call in regards to?” They use this question as a tool to identify if you are a salesperson or not. And it is very effective. If you follow your instincts or directly answer their question, you might respond with something like: Well, [...]
