In this video, we discuss how to sell when you are an introvert. In some ways, it can be more challenging to be a successful salesperson when you are an introvert, but I believe there are small things you can do to overcome those challenges, and I discuss those in this video. Mindset The [...]
In this video, we discuss how to sell yourself in an interview for a sales job, and below is a summary of some of the main things discussed. Pre-Interview Tips Before your interview, it is recommended that you take some time to organize your sales performance for previous years. Create a spreadsheet and try [...]
While working as a salesperson, you are guaranteed to face some amount of rejection on a daily basis, regardless of how good of salesperson you are. You are simply going to come across prospects that do not need what you sell. From a percentage perspective, you could actually talk to more prospects who do not [...]
This next tip may sound a bit fluffy, but there is a concept of using sales affirmations to improve your mindset. An affirmation is a positive statement that is a reminder of your strengths or something good in your life. Having these reminders can be helpful because we often think about our problems, weaknesses, or [...]
The daily life of a salesperson can be chaotic with a lot of pressure and many different tasks that need to be completed. This can create a lot of stress if you don’t have the right level of organization in place. One thing you can do to minimize the chaos and stress is to compartmentalize [...]
If a salesperson is operating more as a taker, he or she might feel less confident about the reason for contacting a prospect, and this can lead to the salesperson using weaker language than he or she should. For example, many salespeople will open a cold call or email by saying something similar to one [...]
It may sound a little far-fetched to imagine changing the way you think, but there are some very small and practical things that you can do to modify how you think and feel while selling and talking with prospects. Value Awareness If you are in more of a product selling mode and trying to [...]
One thing you can do to improve your mindset when selling is to view yourself more as a helper when talking to prospects. This can be helpful because when you are in product selling mode, it can be easy to view yourself as a “taker”—you are calling prospects to initially take their time so that [...]
If you are in more of a product selling mode and trying to talk prospects into wanting what you sell, it can be easy to have your product and its features primarily at the front of your mind. And with that type of mindset, you can feel like you are bugging prospects because you are [...]
In this video, we discuss steps you can use for building a sales message. When working in sales, it is critical to have a good message and building a good one can seem difficult. We provide a step-by-step process that you can use to create a very powerful sales message in this training module. [...]