Blog posts that outline tips for how to have the best sales pitch
When selling a product and trying to build interest and credibility, there is a lot to discuss. You may want to discuss what the product is, how it works, and why the prospect should consider purchasing it. What makes this difficult is that when performing cold outreach, you only have a few minutes of time [...]
In my opinion, the best salesperson is the one who asks the best questions. A lot of salespeople probably spend time thinking about how to describe their product in the most attractive way. That is important, but what is more helpful is to spend time thinking about what questions to ask. Don't "Wing It" [...]
This is module three in the SMART Sales System sales training program. In this video, we will talk about how to use pain points to generate leads and sell more. Focus on the Prospect’s Pain I first learned about the concept of pain points at the mid-point of my career, when I was working [...]
In today’s Tactic Tuesday, we are going to talk about how to get conversations centered around the prospect’s pain when B2B cold calling. Which might sound easy, but executing that can be tricky, and we will provide very clear tactics for how to do this in today’s session. Talk About the Prospect’s Pain I [...]
When you’re talking to a prospect, you only have a small window to grab their attention. It might be a couple of minutes on a phone call, the first few lines of an email, or the opening of a presentation. The key to success in those moments is to communicate clearly and efficiently, which is [...]
I see a lot of cold outreach mistakes from salespeople who call and email me every day. And almost all of these salespeople make the same four mistakes. Not only are these mistakes negatively impacting sales results, but they are also likely making the job of selling more difficult. The good news is that these [...]
In this video, I’m going to share a simple process you can use for how to sell anything to anyone. And the great thing is that this process works with any product or service. To demonstrate this, I’ll use one of the most popular sales role-play exercises: “Sell me this pen.” The “Sell Me This [...]
If you want to take your cold calling to the next level, one of the most powerful tools you can add to your approach is storytelling. Now, that might sound intimidating — like you need to become a master communicator or a novelist. But in reality, storytelling in sales just means sharing examples of how [...]
One key to being a successful salesperson is finding a way to be persistent without being annoying. Most salespeople try to minimize or avoid being annoying by not reaching out too much. However, it is not the reaching out that is annoying to prospects; it is what most salespeople say when they reach out that [...]
In this video, we discuss how to use AI to create a sales script. For this demo, we will use the product of selling wheat to distributors and manufacturers. Background I had the idea to create this video because I recently worked with a Sales Scripter customer who sells wheat. When we first started [...]