Blog posts that outline tips for how to have the best sales pitch
Whether you realize it or not, you likely experience someone giving you a sales pitch just about every day. I experienced one yesterday, and I was very impressed with the salesperson’s approach, so I thought it might be good to point out some of the things he did well. Quick Background I was in [...]
If you can design your cold call script so that you find out what pain and challenges the prospect is experiencing, you will greatly improve your ability to generate leads. Unfortunately, that is a little easier said than done, as pain is often something fairly difficult to uncover in a quick cold call. But there [...]
Prospects that you reach when cold calling will often be very guarded, and there are some small yet powerful things you can do with your cold call script to decrease and defuse this guardedness. Try not to sound like a salesperson When you sound like you are a salesperson, you will typically increase a [...]
A common thing for a salesperson to think is, “Where can I get cold call scripts?” While you can usually google topics like business plans, proposals, executive summaries, or sales presentations and get results with plenty of templates and examples, searching for cold calling scripts will not be as easy. The reason why is that [...]
There are some very clear details that can make good cold call scripts stand out from the rest. Value Statement Does the cold call script have some sort of value statement? This is a one-sentence statement that communicates the value offered. Most call scripts usually have an introduction statement. And these have details about [...]
Cold calling is tough, but there are some very clear things you can do when writing your cold call script to improve your results. 1. Remove the “How are you doing today?” Our natural instinct as a salesperson is to ask the prospect how they are doing at the very beginning of a call [...]
There are three key things that you can include in your cold call script that can take it from good to great. 1. Value Statement A cold call is very challenging in that you need to do a lot in a very short period of time. You need to grab the prospect’s attention and [...]
Don’t use a cold call script….is what some sales professionals say. Are they right? Let’s break that philosophy down to answer that question. You do not sound good when you read from a script. There are a couple of reasons why a salesperson might be fairly negative about the concept of using a script. [...]
Having a good cold call script can sometimes be the difference when trying to get a prospect to open up. And there is one component that we can easily leave out, and that is pre-qualifying questions. What are pre-qualifying questions? Pre-qualifying questions are questions that help to determine how well the prospect fits with [...]
Many salespeople debate whether or not cold call scripts work. There are definitely some key benefits from using a cold call script. But what is important is how you build your script and how you use it. Benefits of using cold call scripts If you don’t use a call script, you are going to [...]