Blog posts that outline tips for how to have the best sales pitch
Here is a cold call script example from a salesperson that is selling cable and internet services. In this video and blog post, I will break down the call into the different steps of the SMART cold call process. At each step, I will share what she does and then share what I would do [...]
Hosting webinars and events is a great way to generate leads for your business. Usually after you have an event, you will have a spreadsheet of registrations or attendees. This is a great list to work but it can often be unclear what best to do to convert the list of attendees into leads. We [...]
Here is a real cold call example from a salesperson that appears to sell PEO services which is a type of HR and payroll outsourcing. In this video, we provide the recording of the call and after that we provide an assessment of the call in terms of what went well and what could have [...]
A cross-sell cold call script is a script that you can use to call existing customers and try to upsell them a different or additional product. Here is how you can create your sales script for cross-selling and upselling existing customers. Introduction Since this is an existing customer, opening the call should be fairly easy [...]
This is an example of a cold call that we received from a salesperson that appears to sell some sort of payroll software. While the call may seem short and uneventful, there are actually some really good things to reflect on and discuss. What Went Well One thing that I think went well on this [...]
Getting into new accounts can be one of the biggest challenges for salespeople. To have the ability to do this is also where a lot of money can be made and career growth can be achieved for a salesperson. And being able to do this can be the difference between failure and success for a [...]
This is an example of a cold call that I received from what I believe is a fintech startup or a financial services provider. Overall, I think it was a pretty good cold call and here is my review of what went well and what he could have done better. What Went Well I think [...]
Here is a cold call example from a call that I received from a financial advisor with some analysis on what went well and what he could have done better. What Went Well I think the guy on this cold call example did a pretty good job in the area of tone and overall impression [...]
This is a cold call script example from a call I received from a stock broker. What Went Well One thing I think this salesperson did well on this cold call script example is that he had good energy. He almost sounded like he just had a cup of coffee and that he enjoys his [...]
We held a sales training webinar on “How to Do Cold Emailing” and here is a recording of that event and the slides for you to download. If you sell something, you likely send some type of cold emails. And while cold emailing can be difficult in terms of getting replies and engaged, [...]
In this podcast, I discuss the analogy that I believe that selling to executives is like trying to talk to a pretty girl at a bar. I spend this time diving deep into this analogy down not just to give you something to ponder, but more so because I believe this analogy can be used [...]
Using empathy as a social skill can help you in all areas of your life. But it can help significantly in the area of sales prospecting and we talk about how to do that in this video. What is empathy? A definition that I found on a quick internet search is: "the ability to understand [...]
