When working on qualifying sales during cold calls, lightly qualify first because we’re simply attempting to determine if it makes sense for everybody to keep investing their time in the conversation. Some examples of what to look at when asking light qualifying questions are general questions that identify if things are great, ok, or have [...]
It can be the difference between failure and success depending on the sales call questions that you ask. Initially, break down the first two different sales process stages to help in outlining what questions you should ask. The first conversation is the initial stage. Setting an appointment is the second stage. There are different questions [...]
Having the ability to create sales scripts that sell is quite often the difference between success and failure. Commonly, it is thought that there is not much that can be done in order to make a sales script better when, in reality, the product is what is going to sell. There are some fundamental things [...]
It is not always considered the easiest thing to do when writing a cold call script. One challenge is that you typically only have a small amount of time for executing the cold call, and you most likely have a good amount of information that you would like to share and/or collect. The following are [...]
The following are some simple and clear things that can be done to make your phone script more powerful. 1. Confirm availability Include language that confirms that the prospect is available to speak with you for at least a couple of minutes at the beginning of your sales script. When you confirm that the [...]
The above video is an example of a sales script example for a salesperson who is selling IT services. The actual services being sold are software development and staff augmentation. The salesperson appears to be calling out of India because the accent is very strong and almost difficult to understand. But even with that, there are [...]
One area where there may not be a clear right and wrong way of doing things is leaving a voicemail when cold calling. Do you leave messages? Do you simply hang up and call back another time? What do you say when you do leave a message? These are questions that you need to have [...]
You can greatly improve your sales results by using a cold call template as a guide when making sales calls. A lot of people go back and forth about whether to use a sales script or not. The reality is that using some sort of outline will greatly improve how you sound and improve your [...]
It may seem challenging to write good calling scripts. There are very clear things that can be done to make your scripts more powerful. 1. Confirm Availability A question to confirm the prospect’s availability is a powerful thing to insert at the beginning of calling scripts. Asking the prospect if they have a moment [...]
It can often be the difference between success and failure when choosing whether or not to have a sales script for sales. The following are steps you can take to assist you with how to build your sales script: 1. Identify the Goal You should have a clear awareness of what you’re hoping to [...]